NZEOD
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its a VT-1 body with extra bits so its the same length
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yeah... I'd love a 1/72 Fighter for the hall display
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I'm running Vallejo White Primer as my white
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Its gone and hes not returning the money unfortunately. I had the guys at Starship Modeller remove the links to the site.
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Consider them underway... Agreed... you have to be so careful even in the handling of them!
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you can get the decals via Chinese makers now. So different sizes will be out there too. Don't bail on the idea yet. http://www.ebay.com/itm/water-slide-decals-Macross-Lynn-Minmay-for-different-scales-model-kits-63745-/172015456431
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Nice tags!
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I used to use the grill setting on my mums oven with the sheet wedged between two same sized picture frames. As soon as you saw it start to sag you'd pull it from the oven and slam it down over the form then hit the vacuum cleaner button to finish dragging it into shape. http://blog.protoneer.co.nz/building-a-vacuum-forming-machine-and-making-your-own-parts/ http://www.widgetworksunlimited.com/12_x18_Hobby_Vacuum_Former_p/vf-12x18-vac_former.htm And the simplest one yet... http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-good%2c-cheap%2c-upgradeable-sheet-plastic-vacu/
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you really wouldnt want an SV-51... so many fins and blades you'd be forever patching it up after every landing. A VF-0C or D would be interesting and likely good at RC combat too with that huge wing area.
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ITs the Haswgawa kit so its Paint and Decals. You paint the base white, then mix up a Tamiya Red 40 parts, Orange 10 parts and White 50 parts mix and you get the red/pink colour for the arms, top fuselage, tail fins and wingtips. I've just finished that stage and am doing the Future coat and decals next. when my grandad passed I was on a promotion course and the army threatened me with being RTUd if I took a day to attend the funeral. Then they let a Maori guy leave course for 5 days to attend his distant cousins funeral with no issues as its his cultural right.... yeah.
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Thanks. We are a Services family with Army, Airforce and Police as well as a Doctor in the family so death is a part of life for us.
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I'd be in for 20sets 1/72 VF-1 Cockpit and also Intake sets
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Right... yes I have actually made some progress and now have the SV-51 built and preshaded ready for a wild Russian Splinter camo, the VF-0B built, Preshaded, base painted and ready for decals as the Space Proving version, the VF-1J Minmay Special painted and ready for decals, the VF-0C mostly built and ready for metallic detailing and the decals ready to make it a VMFA-122 Werewolves version, and all mounted with their magnets to fit in the cases. Making a VF-1 into a British version in honour of my old man who died last night. His father was one of the chief designers of the English Electric Lightning Fighter. The VF-4 is being redone from blue to red as I cant source decent VFA-213 Black Lions Decals in 1/72 scale anymore so its to become the 70th Anniversary CAG scheme of VFA-41 Black Aces. The VF-0C and VF-0D are HUGE too! Photos tonight of the work done so far.
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I'd call that a win. Amazing how the addition of the black line has given the impression of darkening the pink and the red as well.
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There are some references to caseless but thats likely due to the Eighties obsession with trying to make working real world caseless small arms.... which for the most part were a total failure. The G11 is a success but there are still issues with Cook offs from chambering into a hot breech and foreign objects/debris fouling with the square rod shaped cartridges as well as exposure of the rounds to the environment while in magazine pouches. I have 3 rounds of 4.73 from training cse in Germany. The other thing to note with the Macross gunpods is they would need a belt of some sort with lots of flex in it to allow the rounds to be wrapped like that shown around the barrels in a double stack. So belt links should also be getting ejected out an earlier port ahead of the spent cases. Linkless wouldnt work in the space they have around the barrels.
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As I said... reinventing the wheel. They forget to ask themselves my favorite line for training soldiers... In Order To Do... What? we need a new engine with whizbang parts... in order to do...what? What is it that the current design isnt doing? Nothing? Then we dont need a fancy engine, just a stronger basic one thanks. The F-35/A10 debate... CAS missions, the plane needs to drop large amounts of ordnance effectively, precisely, in all weather and in all hours in order to support ground ops. Does it need the cannon then? Not really. Does it need stealth? not really. What does it need? Loiter time, range, carriage of ordnance, comms with ground units, on board targetting, slaved targetting from ground units, survivability, low maintanence, fast turn around times, low costs to allow for numbers of units to allow constant overwatch, low logistics or ease of logistics in the least. The rest is a Nice To Have.
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Violating SOPs will get you up on a murder charge. They aren't guidlelines, and the real world doesnt mean much in a court room afterward. The instructor is right when you kick in the door to a kid with a squirt gun and you knee jeck the trigger and drop that kid. Right there by violating the SOP you claimed you life is more important than the civvies which is counter to the reason we are soldiers. You train hard enough and the muscle memory to flick from safe to semi is nothing. Its the least we should do a professional soldiers. Thats one reason I have such disdain for reservists and territorials, this is my trade, my career and I take pride in professionalism and working with men and women just as professional, this isnt a weekend hobby or a joyride with a gun. No excuses for violating rules. If they dont work, work on changing them.
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Tease...
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I buy all mine from there and have them sent to NZ... still cheaper than whats here
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Ahhh ??? Try here... 153 of them available for $44 http://www.amazon.com/72-VE-1-Elintseeker-Plastic-model/dp/B0006NGPT6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1462927885&sr=8-2&keywords=Elintseeker
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Working on a bunch of mine at the moment for the Hall displays and that front door on the rear legs, the one with the light in it.... I hate it with a passion now. So much of the back side of it has to be shaved off to have it sit flush!
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HAHAHA MINE NOW!!!!
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Its a heavy beast and now has major engine fatigue issues. Airbus is having to pay out compensation for lost dollars due to the planes not being delivered and now their shares have plummeted.
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Not an Exit Strategy yet but other aircraft to fill the capability gap the A400M is leaving now its over weight and cant carry the Vehicles and equipment its was intended too. Redesigning the wheel when the wheel was already working fine. In this case the Antonov and the Hercules.
