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    UPDATE: some color (and a light):
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    Originally a double post, but since I have progress to show, may as well use it, right? Finished re-covering the model with a new outer skin of masking tape. sealed it as a measure against any further mishaps, then primed it in black: Once I have the final colors and whatnot on there, it will be sealed again. This time around, I took the liberty of correcting some details that were misshapen or errand on the last version (more on those in the next post). Stay tuned folks...
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    Well, now that the dio is pretty well set, I'm dealing with a disaster on another project. Humidity on the East coast pretty much wrecked the Regult I built; should've sealed it before moving out here. Anyways, replaced the knees (cracked plastic), replacing several of the cannons, repaired the lighting system, the entire paintjob is scrap and the surface is peeled and... ..well, I simply stripped away all the surface tape and redid it. Start finishing it again from zero. Updates later.
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    While I understand (and largely agree), I can't help imagining the following scenario: Saru: "Let's go to warp" *warp engines take off without the rest of the ship* Saru: "Well...that was rather unexpected..." Well, I was envisioning the warp core vaporizing the ship... guess they were too, huh?
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    I say go for it! You may also want to so a wash on the floor to bring out the detail near the front control panels.
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    Sorry to hear about the drive bro; I wonder if you need gears instead of pulleys? As for the finish on the plane: that just stinks! I've had that kind of thing happen, and it's just a miserable thing to go through. As for the guy in the chemsuit: I did that as a practical joke to see who would catch it! :D
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    Thank you for all the memories, David. *salutes with lightsaber*
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    I really like that they got her into the series! Awesome to see her finally outside of animation!
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    Detached warp nacelles, eh? now they just need to detach the antimatter magnetic shielding couplings... and we're good to go.
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    Actually, the worst criminal in Starfleet history is the idiot who thought these ideas would make for a good plot...
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    Okay...after a couple of days away from this, this is what I finally decided to do concerning the GBP-1S project: Basically, I decided to make the Valkyrie look like it had shot off most of its' ordnance and was in the process of being refurbished and reloaded. I purposely left off the back launchers on the legs, with "aircraft zinc oxide yellow" squares denoting where modules should plug into. I envision the launchers as being pre-loaded modules that are simply plugged in and calibrated to the onboard computer (allowing for rapid reload situations). I also transferred the 1/72 seat head post piece I made so the head could be shown in "open" position; I simply had to glue a bit more plastic to the bottom of it so the head had the clearance to display properly. It also allowed me to put this piece back into the display: So overall, the diorama is changing and improving; just need a Tomahawk (and to build the other half of the factory!) Scene so far: Meantime, disaster hit my Imai VF-1S: the plastic backpack hinge broke last night when i was dusting the valk. Sick of that nonsense, I bent a wire coat hanger into a square about the size and shape of the piece, hammered the sides as flat as I could, and installed that. Slightly floppy, but then again, so was the original hinge. At least this won't snap on me:
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    Still improbable for me. Wouldn't have minded an "LSA 15 in one" knockoff they had for 10 bucks at K-Mart back in 2008, but that ship sailed, wrecked and sank to the bottom of the collectible ocean...
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    Kinda tempted to do up a can of "Xenomorph Chow" cartoon.
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    Maybe we should include a tire pump for the hands?
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    I noticed that and did a rework of this pic: While the arms still look a bit small, I thickened the lower legs while reducing the upper intakes. I did try to increase the width of the arms as well, but it was limited by the "collision" between the arms and the inside of the lower legs. But I think this is more in the direction of how it should look, at least in some part.
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    I'd say the legs need to be about 15% bigger to start with, and thick enough to match the width of the wing root just ahead of where the wings pivot. The arms could use some beefing up too; visually, the masterfile looks too skinny IMHO.
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    The chest piece isn't the primary issue so much as all the missiles got melted behind it. Anyways, when I get back to it, no opening hatches is probably going to be the best way to go.
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    Hence Cable TV; GoT got away with some serious carnage.
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    Yamato 2202: "We're off to outer space/ the script we've misplaced!" *sung to tune of "Starblazers"*
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    I think a "Colonial Marines" series would do well on cable TV; doesn't have to be about the Xenomorphs specifically, as I'm sure they had other issues to deal with.
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    Thanks, but tonight I suffered a MAJOR triple setback.. 1) Hip joints broke; the plastic was not holding up well to the stress. Okay, glue those into place, as the model didn't really pose that well anyways. 2) Knee joints broke as well. Brittle plastic, too much weight on them. Not happy, but not exactly a "deal-breaker". Glued those into place and continued on. Number 3 was waiting 'round the corner though: 3) I finally got those fixed, only for the freshly -installed missile doors to reveal that they had been glued shut and had melted all the missile detail I had installed underneath!! So, after much "venting" (and contemplating turning the Armored Valk model into a "kamikaze"), I resigned myself to leaving the doors glued shut and am now simply building the entire thing with non-opening doors. VERY not happy, but Ce La Vie, right? (so much for that idea). Then, the one where my temper ran out: 4)I found out that the entire chest was misshappen and out of specs with the blueprints- Mine: Blueprints: So, that one made me just place the model down on the shelf where I had been storing it. I'm done with this for tonight.
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    Agreed. I liken what the movie makers need to do for the Predator series to what was done for Darth Vader in Rogue One: remind the audience just why he creates dread in all that encounter him. I think while Vader didn't exactly suffer "villain decay" per se, seeing Anakin in the prequels lessened the threat Vader had become in many folks minds, and watching Vader demolish a Rebel squad on his own reestablished the "oh crap" quotient. One thought I had was: if humanity has advanced in their ability to defend themselves, then wouldn't the Yautja also adapt to hunt them? A possible example would be that mud no longer works to mask humans' heat signature, as the Yautja have refined their sensors to use a different wavelength in addition to IR. Another would maybe be a further refinement on the stealth camo that would minimize the distortion effect that was visible. Just some ideas. "Buy time" is definitely the keyword here; and one more thing I would throw in is the possibility of the Predator succeeding in killing the entire human cast. Make it out as if the last one or two characters would survive... ...but time runs out.
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    Reminds me of this:
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    @MechTech Really liking the work you put into that little guy! Seeing that whip around the lighthouse is going to be a blast! @derex3592 Sorry that the Cat's Eye is being such a pain! I know all too well the "joys" of stripping paint back down to plastic (which is why I had offered to help!); that recently ate one of my projects and gave me grey hairs! But the Runabout looks like she's getting power now and that will be a diorama within a model indeed! Going to be very interested in seeing the final on that one! UPDATE: began installing missiles in the shoulders (after hollowing them out for that purpose), as well as fitting missiles and their covers to the chest: I plan on using a single pin in the middle to joint both halves of the chest doors. It's going to be a bit of a pain to fit, but I was expecting that. Then the shoulder covers will be the next issue. After that, a bit undecided on trying to hinge the lower leg missile covers, as those simply fold out and are going to be flimsy as all get out. I'll see how things go from here and feel my way though this. I also cleaned up around the neck area a bit and did a little repainting around the armor; nothing worth taking specific pics for this time around. Also need to work the angle on the chest chamfer surrounding the missiles and blend that in a bit better; adding the strip didn't go as planned and was a bit wonky, so just another issue to consider. Not bad for starting from half a Battroid, right? Stay tuned...
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    Humane for us, not them!
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