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Not sure what "plunge molding" is; I do know the "heat and smash" technique (heat plastic, pull over buck), but I would have to carve a buck for the canopy and I don't have a lot of luck getting proportions right.

NICE!!! Sometime if I come across a 1/100 VF-1 kit, I should consider at least some of those! BTW: looks like you dinged up your right index and middle fingers! O.o Watch out: those models can bite!!! Seriously, I'm sure all of us have those "badges of honor" from our endeavors with modelling. I know I get at least one during any kit or project I build! Thanks! And yeah: just waiting on more Plastic Welder (next Wednesday) to continue that project. I still need to make the windshield for it (no idea how to do that just yet!) and seal up the cockpit before painting. Also still waffling on doing attachable weapons on it. Meantime, my parts for Reliant should be in this morning; I've already done some modifications to the warp nacelles to make them look more like the Refit's (they originally had a "belly" on the bottom, the Bussards were shaped wrong and a few details were lost in sanding and needed replacement). Also: 3 Tomcats still in the works (1/72 VF-1 Wolfpack, Top Gun [Maverick's plane pre-crash], and VF-142 Black Lions), a 1/72 Hasegawa VF-1 Valkyrie (Millia's, but will be repainted to VF-33 Starfighters) with a custom flight deck catapult diorama, a new blade for my Voltron's Blazing Sword (made out of aluminum, once I can find an appropriate piece of the right thickness and length/ width that won't break my wallet!) ... ...and a new set of nerves for my old, poor shot ones! Speaking of projects: I almost forgot to post the pics of the Thuverl-Salan Class ship I scratch-built some time back- Yeah... it needs some work still (antenna, weapons emplacements, etc). Got burned out on this (kept thinking green turd); I'll have to come back to it sometime. Stay tuned folks....

Still waiting on BBTS for my ML G1 Prime preorder. Looking more like April than March about now...

"The Crow"? More like Turkey Day...

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Well, I did finally finish a brand-new Christopher Reeve version of Superman (to replace the one that was was ruined recently): This is what I started with (pic from the actual eBay auction I bought this in): (YES, that had took a LOT of grinding and work to get it anywhere Chris's likeness!) And Lois (although I'm still trying to capture Margot Kidder's likeness and can't quite get it): Stay tuned...

Thanks; when I saw they had a backplate I went ahead and ordered it. Just need nacelles.

Not an issue; I have a reliable method for dealing with those.

UPDATE: After a disaster trying to mount a front windshield to Airwolf, I'm taking a break from the project to clear my head. Working with ancient plastic and diecast is no treat, so I could use some distance from that one before I go back in to finish things. Meantime, came across this dirt cheap: Really want to build this, but I want to replace the saucer section and warp nacelles with ones from a 1/537 Refit kit. This way, it looks in continuity with the Refit on display (the thickness of the saucer is lacking and the warp nacelles just don't look the same as they do on the refit). Going to have to see who might have them, but eBay is being ridiculous about now, and I don't need a full kit!

Or beside yourself.

Guess none of these would touch .Hack//, right?

Yes, I loved that ending. Kinda reminds me how GoT should have ended.

Ladies' day out?

I would imagine though that fossil fuels would be in very short supply though. It would have to be like Macross: slush deuterium/ "heavy water". But even then, that would take some tech and their world looks pretty barren given that.

Par for the course with them; Frank's daughter is just as stingy as he was.

Also: do not use Dijon Mustard on the model; it will stain the plastic and smell weird. Don't ask me how I know this; just take my word for it.

I would probably clean them in dish detergent or something to remove any oils from the manufacturing process.

Well in that case, it's certainly a far more understandable reason than say, the driving forces resulting in the utter trainwreck that was Southern Cross. Maybe I'm comparing apples and oranges here?

From CNN: (more) https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/entertainment/eric-carmen-death/index.html

UPDATE: As promised (albeit a bit late; had a couple of incidents today that shook me badly), pics of my current progress: Found out the tailboom (the two "winglets") were too small; when I tried to carefully cut them off, the section of the tail shattered. I managed to repair it and fill it in; that took a lot of work! I didn't get any pics of the in-progress repair, but the new tailbooms are in place and the missing section is repaired (next batch of photos will show the restored area). Anyways, on to the crew: I sanded and filed down the figures Thom sent me (thanks again Thom! ) to make them more closely resemble Hawk and Caitlin (I gave Caitlin a bit more slender and graceful figure and made her a little shorter than Hawk). Santini got made even pudgier and all three were primed and painted. I did up a basic EDCC, but I'm not going to try hyper-detailing it (as most of it wouldn't be seen anyways). Hawk and Caitlin: Dom Santini: At this point, I also began custom fabricating my own rotor blades and hub; the old ones were molded wrong, and I wanted a much more realistic set: On a lark, I chucked these into my Dremel tool to see how they would spin: they did fine at lower speeds, but I ended up accidentally hitting the switch to full speed! I panicked and fumbled with the controls to get them to shut off, which gave the blades about 1-2 seconds at 35,000 RPM!!! O.o Well....they survived, much to my amazement! Nothing flew off, shattered or even broke! Considering that the real Bell 222's top rotor RPM was 348 RPM, I think mine did quite well! The Lady, at this current point in construction: Still needs more work (you can see the brand-new tailplane in the back!), but she's coming along. Need to finish up the cockpit and work out the rotor mast attachment, then we'll see about sealing up the body and getting some other stuff (such as windows and windshields) done! Stay tuned...

H-E-L-L NO!!

Heavy drinking and/or drug use? 🤷‍♂️

Thanks MT!! I have several update pics to post later tonight (have to go do laundry).