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That's what happens when you feed your valk Taco Bell...

Expected nothing, was still disappointed.

Yup (on all accounts! ) Working on the model as we speak; at least it's keeping my mind off the diabetes diagnosis I got today (organ damage to pancreas amongst other things). Doctor put me on ozempic, so we'll see how that works. (at this rate, I wonder how it is my body still works at all!)

They should have named this one:

I need to find the RT/ Exosquad large version of this to convert to a model...

Yeah! She told me a little bit ago she went on eBay, tracked down the exact same version and bought it, then when it came in yesterday, she hid it until she could surprise me with it! Sneaky wife!

My sentiments exactly!! I'm very careful of that, Big s! She had a rough upbringing and life before I met her, and I'm the only one she ever felt safe around. I understand her hurts, and she understands mine (mental and physical); we take care of each other. Definitely. Well, I just did the "pick-through", and was able to salvage the cockpit and pilots (badly damaged, but repairable) the OMS and Main Engine bells, and of course, the satellites in the bay (they weren't in the shuttle when it fell). Really, I just need decals. But all the ones I saw on eBay are stupid expensive (and I just need the basic sheet that came with the kit!) And yeah; she is a treasure!! I hugged her so hard she yelped! She managed to not only locate a kit, but the exact same version ("Young Astronaut"s from the 80's!)!! So with that, I plan on doing this kit; only this time I'm hand-carving the tiles by hand, and doing the thermal blankets one-by-one in masking tape! I might even do the individual tile numbers. O.O Stay tuned...

Not to mention needed glands such as the thyroid and pancreas, as well as the liver and kidneys. You'd have to maintain oxygenation, nutrition/ hydration, dialysis and the complex mix of hormones, enzymes and such. Also, the immune system would be utterly wrecked, and that brain would need continual infusions of red blood cells (the brain has no capability to make it's own, nor white cells and antibodies). That leads us to health: what if the brain develops some kind of disease such as cancer or Parkinson's? Or the vehicle gets into a crash and it ends up with a TBI? It's easy to say "we'll just replace it after scanning it", but you have to remember that some injuries and illnesses don't show up right away. And that can lead to instances where the vehicle ends up making catastrophic choices. Speaking on that: without visual/ tactile/ audio input to learn language, rational thinking and decision making skills, judgment, morality ("it's WRONG to run someone in the crosswalk over because they took a few seconds too long!"), you'd have a virtual newborn trying to drive a 2 1/2 ton vehicle around! On that note: what if the brain has a "bad day" or a temper tantrum? We've all seen children act up in public (restaurants and retail stores, etc.); would you want that in control of a 5,000 lb vehicle when it decides it "doesn't want to play nice" anymore? I know there's probably "ways to control" these things that folks will bring up, or that these concerns "aren't so much of a concern"; I don't claim to be an expert on these things. But I know enough so safely say that much of this AND the moral implications (along with Seto's breakdown of the issues with it thus far) are more than enough to render the idea of a "living brain" in a self-driving car something that you'd really not want to happen.

Right? On another note: last Thursday, I finally broke down and told my wife what happened to my 1/72 Space Shuttle model kit. She said that she "knew something had happened" and I explained to her how I lost control of it and how it shattered. She gave me a hug and told me not to worry about it; but she insisted from now on I spray it outside on the ground floor, and that she would "take care of anyone complaining". I thought that was the end of it. A few minutes ago, I came into the room where my worktable/ computer table is and found this: Trying to find a box of tissues right now... and decals for this. Stay tuned...

Okay, my apologies then. I thought the plethora of them were doing this and not just Tesla. Apparently, given the info you gave me just now, we can tell where the "flow of the BS" is coming from. TBH: it's not really a surprise given he 3d prints rocket engine parts (I don't trust the sintering process for the metals used in them). Thanks again for the clarification; apparently, my info is half-baked at points (and needs some cinnamon and brown sugar plus icing!).

I'd love to see Christopher Eccleston return to the role, but he had reasons for leaving: (more) http://badwilf.com/eccleston-explains-why-he-left-doctor-who/

We need a Homelander™ Spartan mech.

Actually, I don't drive at all; I suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 2007 that affects my visual perception, motor reflexes, judgment and coordination so badly, that I can never sit behind the wheel of a car again. Add to that seizures (tonic/clonic aka "grand mal") and emotional instability due to damage to the Amygdala (center that controls fear, anger and anxiety), and I'm the last person in the world you would ever want driving. It sounds like these "self-driving cars" would drive worse than I would now! O.O

Right? BTW: with that pic, I noticed something missing from it:

I wish they'd do a transforming Battle 7 from Macross 7!

Yeah; by the way, if anyone needs them for theirs, they sent me a coupe of dozen!!O.o Let me know if anyone needs any!

Thanks for the clarification and additional info; I knew there had to be more to it than just what I was thinking, otherwise they'd have done it already. So basically, what the companies were showing us with "self driving cars" is mostly just smoke and mirrors to impress the public into thinking they're more advanced then they are, right? I would also assume it's to garner more investors and money from the government for research and development, but you know more than I do since you work in the field.

Thanks Thom! Yeah, I'm trying to make it look like shadowing and not a fire sale! I've always had trouble with sludge washes (no wonder I like X-wing models; they're supposed to look beat up!). Going to do more white drybrushing and detail painting to correct it. This is what I'm going for: This is Astronaut Bruce McCandless II; on the NASA Shuttle Mission STS-41B ( OV-099 Challenge,r Feb 3-11, 1984), he made history as the first astronaut to pilot the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) on the first untethered spacewalk in the history of spaceflight. This photo always resonated with me since they first showed it, but I never knew who the man in the suit was until a few years ago. Let me introduce him: The first picture is of McCandless in the Apollo Program in the 60's, while the second is of him 20 years later for the Space Shuttle missions. In this picture, he was serving as Capsule Communicator ("CAPCOM", main voice communicating to the astronauts aboard the craft ) for the Apollo 11 mission: It took him 20 years, but he finally got to space in the 1980's. As a former Navy pilot, he served aboard USS Forrestal and USS Enterprise (on the latter during the Cuban Missile Crisis), and was an electrical engineer (graduating with a BA in electrical engineering from the Naval Academy, 2nd in his class in 1958. His classmates: NSA Advisor John Poindexter and Sen. John McCain!). There's a ton more info about him at his Wikipedia entry (otherwise I'd be three pages deep talking about him!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McCandless_II He was one of the designers of the MMU, and the first one to test it out in space! Sadly, by the time I discovered all of this, Mr. McCandless had passed away (December 21, 2017). I had wanted to meet him, but I missed him by 2 months. This is why it pays to examine the stories behind the things you find pics of or want to model; there are some truly incredible lives waiting to be discovered and read about if you're willing to look. And I want to do a diorama using the figure I modified that replicates the photo of him during his historic spacewalk.

Nice job! For the Strike Cannon, try here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224701195212?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050

From my failed Shuttle model: originally, these two figures were the same pose and such. I cut apart one of them, repositioned the arms, legs and head, then built an MMU pack for it.

Could such a computer be land-based and have telemetry sent to it/ commands sent back via cell/ radio? I know the issues with that (loss of signal/ signal degradation, hacking vulnerability, data corruption, signal crossover, signal jamming. blocking, spots on your dishes in the dishwasher, etc.); I just thought that might be another approach...

Ah, I see. In that case: try rubbing the outside of the polycaps with #0000 grade steel wool. I used to have to do that for some of my Gundam models back in the day. That should dull them down and lighten them a little.

A friend of mine used Rit DyeMore dye for synthetics to dye his polycaps a darker color. Maybe that would work?

Loretta Swit, star of 'M*A*S*H,' dead at 87 From FoxNews: (more) https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/loretta-swit-star-mash-dead-87

I disagree: