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    Most productions has more design work than the production staff can use. Just look at McQuarrie's work for Star Wars or Probert and Sternbach's work for Star Trek. You can't really integrate something into a military that has no place for them to integrate into. 1) As Seto mentioned: in M+, they're used as targets. 2) Evangelion plays by a different set of rules, where the "Angels" are committing themselves largely to land-based attacks, designed to inflict harm upon humanity. Evangelion is not Macross. 3) Again mentioned by Seto: this is before SW1, when the Unity Government is still thinking the coming conflict will be a land war. 4) The Cheyenne turned out to be about as effective as one would expect in a situation where much of the attacks were aerial. As for the Koenig: it's a big slow valkyrie. In Armored Core, the piloting is very much ground based with "flight" time in the air being limited to how long the AC can last before its' boosters overheat and it enters "cooldown mode". In those scenarios, the destroid is still a sitting target on the ground for space-based forces . Destroids are, by default, playing in a 2 1/2 D playign field, limited by the fact that while they can shoot up, they cannot move up. Their opponents however are moving and fighting in 3D, and have those benefits to assist them. And if they really want to be sadistic (and have the time), they can simply run the pilot out of ammo. Sooner or later, gunpods run out of ammo but a Valkyrie can still maneuver and fly. But with Destroids: once their ammo is used up, they are slow and plodding with limited hand to hand ability. Also: eventually, armor, shields and structures taking a heavy beating will fail. Even overtechnology materials has its' limits, especially when pounded on by multiple beams of energy weapons and salvos of high-explosive warheads. "Newer computers, actuators, tech upgrades, etc." can only do so much in a combat environment where the enemy is airborne, has a space navy with starship-grade weaponry, and the forces they're fighting are largely landlocked. Which is exactly what any trained Valkyrie pilot worth their salt is going to stay in for the fight as long as they have to maneuver. As for the "jump jets": the operative word here is "jump", not flight. At best, that will get them into the air for about 15-30 seconds, maybe a minute at most. Meantime, the standard Regult can stay airborne much longer than that.
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    And be careful; Revel's version of the instructions has an error when it comes to the polycap for the hips inside the Battloid nose/ cockpit section: Imai/ Bandai (in red circle; shows polycap in the correct position): Revell (in red circle; note it shows the nub on the polycap turned to one side, which will cause the nose to separate and break) : (Note: instructions are for Axoid, but they are the same for all of Revell's Vf-1 Valkyrie 1/72 transforming kits) As for the delicacy of the transforms, a few things: 1) as much as possible, scrape paint/ do not paint where the "sliders" for the arms meet the body. Otherwise they will stick and can cause breakage. 2) if possible, the "slide" parts that allow for the chest section to slide down should have their posts reinforced/ replace with brass wire. 3) replace the plastic hinge for the "backpack" with one made from steel or aluminum wire bent and filed to shape. the plastic one simply will not hold up. 4) heavy brass rod (hobby lobby or hobby supply store) can be used to replace the styrene nubs that serve as the hip joints in battroid mode (cockpit/ nose ) 5) scrape the paint from the slot in the two noses where they connect with the main body; otherwise, they can stick and possibly break if you try to separate them. I've done this with mine and it's still standing up! Still transformable as well!
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    1/55's revisited

    pengbuzz replied to kanata67's topic in Toys

    I've run into that when conducting repairs on mine (G1 Jetfire). Also, the super armors can be different, with one set not fitting another and even causing breakage if you're not careful.
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    Revisited this. Stay tuned.
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    Agreed: I think a lot of the characterization in Macross got murdered by Carl Macek on the behest of HG, in order to "americanize" the series and make it palatable for this side of the Pacific.
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    Given how thin the parts appear in the first pic, I would say they aren't missiles (not enough room to contain them). In the third pic, they could be some kind of communications/ projection array or something, seeing as they have no barrels on them.
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    Yes; Taco Bell Gundam began that trend.
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    May as well call it GUNDAM: The Xerox Wars.
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    Would these be of any help? https://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/174708.aspx I know you probably don't want to go so extreme as the video, but maybe there's some info in the vid or the first link that may be of use to you? I currently have 3 F-14's that I'm needing to build (to replace the ones lost when my neighbor's tub overflowed and leaked into our computer room); I thought the stuff I found might help you in some way .
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    Well, they could always use insults to Southern Cross as a method of resisting extremely high heat at Mach speeds. After all, those are pretty cold... 😛
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    Sorry I haven't posted much in the way of thanks folks; been a bit busy for me as of late! So, let's take care of that now: Thanks! It's been a dream for some time to do this one, and it finally came true! The diorama was just the icing on the cake, but it really helped to "sell" the figure! Thanks derex! I wanted to make this a "slice of the movie" and get that gritty "Old Detroit" feel to the scene! Yup! And you have to name the ship "U.S.S. Murphy"!! Thanks! It definitely was a blast to work on! Thank you! It became a game of "what else can I put in there to sell this scene?" Thank you sir; that's high praise coming from you!! Yeah, and I tend to go a hundred times harder on myself than anything else. ROFL!! Thanks MT!! I was worried that it wasn't looking like Mr. Weller compared to his photos in and out of makeup. But in comparison to the original face (that I literally made a mold of to cast the unhelmeted version), it looked a lot better. I ended up pressing detail into the cooled hot glue with a burnishing stylus, sandpaper (to simulate skin tone by pressing it into the glue and sand rough spots), and trying to counter-shade the recessed areas as seen onscreen. All that said: if you folks want to know what the papers said (I accidentally blurred some of the print with water while gluing them down ), it readsas follows: Front of page: LOCAL NEWS OCP INVESTIGATED FOR FRAUD, BRIBERY OLD DETROIT ARENA CLOSED REBELS BURN DOWN RESORT OF ACAPULCO MAJOR STORM TO HIT DETROIT AREA THIS WEEKEND THOM BUILDS A STAR TREK MODEL MECHTECH INC. FINALLY FINISHES REPLICA BOAT Back: CAR-TASTIC SALES EVENT!!! (Some crappy sketches of cars, including the 6000 SUX taking up 1/3 of the bottom of the page). 6000 SUX: AN AMERICAN TRADITION Thanks everyone!!! See you all next build!!
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    You could try a silver colored pencil for that; it's worked for me in the past.
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    https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=909009517508316&set=a.566214738454464
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    Okay...had to do some rework on the helmeted head, and the helmet popped off. While I was warming the glue gun up to conduct repairs, I thought it might be nice to take some rare (in this case) comparison pics: Apparently, I did a better job on Peter's face than I first thought!
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    Not to mention that given the current state of the human race at this point, communications and info-sharing within a fleet as well as communicating with other fleets and governments would be vital. On that note Seto: one question I have is that aside from the dedicated military comms, say a colony fleet ran into a branch fleet of Zentraedi. How far off would I be in assuming that the network between fleets would be used to communicate position, size and composition of said fleet to warn other fleets of their presence and threat capacity? And would the local network allow for a military sub-network that would allow for connections to sensor probes that would presumably be ahead of the fleet?
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    Thanks; I didn't realize you already had experience with the stuff!
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    In all fairness: Voltron was an improvement on King of Beasts GoLion. The original's music stank, the story was way too dark and violent, and it never achieved much popularity over in Japan. A jump across the ocean, some name changes and story tweaks, and a much better soundtrack and it took off. (just my opinion; your mileage may vary)
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    A build like this is never late, my friend! On that note, let me introduce you to a material that has been invaluable to me in my kitbashing and customizing efforts: https://www.amazon.com/Devcon-22045-Plastic-Welder-Dev-Tube/dp/B003NUGL9S?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A1VXXWE5IFXYV3 Unlike the plastic weld solvent adhesive you're using, this is a two-part adhesive that sets in 4 minutes, cures in 15 and reaches full strength in 24 hours. It holds 3500 pounds, can bond metal, plastic and just about anything else, and is strong enough and durable enough to make parts from (I have done this with countless projects). It can be sanded, shaped, filed, ground down, drilled, tapped, primed and painted with no issues and can fill in imperfections and repair cracks/ broken/ shattered parts. I can personally vouch for this material and have used it on the following projects: And these are just the highlights! If you get a chance, try it out for your project: I don't think you'll be disappointed!
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    Not to mention he's being turned into guacamole by the excessive g-forces (not a limit so much on the craft as it is the pilot).
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