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  1. pengbuzz
    That would have been a very interesting situation; although that might have led to him calling in other fleets. And then they found out that was a mistake. Interesting; the VF-0 is coming up several notches for me in my view. I may have to obtain a model of that sometime. Thank you for the info on that!
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    I faintly recall those from the FamilySoft games (I'm old!). Yeah... my question was would they have still bothered with them? That's an interesting point: barriers that could bring a war fleet or other threat to a dead stop! Either protect a planet, or conceivably trap a fleet in deep space by surrounding them with a barrier. Right; I wouldn't imagine trying to deploy anything like that unless they had a way to do so without effectively trapping themselves. Okay, I keep forgetting that the VF-0 even exists! O.o But on that point: I'm surprised that once UN Spacy ran into the fuel issues, they didn't simply start producing the VF-0 en masse. (yeah, production wise, Macross Zero hadn't of come out yet IRL). I really dislike the VF-3000 nowadays; after carefully studying the design, it strikes me as clumsy looking and kinda dorky. For the sake of argument, how hard would it have been to change the VF-0 from conventional fuel to a fusion setup?
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    I meant the same original airframe, but if they had considered larger fuel capacity and thrust. Well, considering that a Main Fleet showing up would pretty much do that for you anyways, at least with the Fold faults, you might have a way to disperse them once you deploy them.
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    I also think they may not have focused so heavily on Destroids, have bothered much with the Prometheus or Daedalus classes, and maybe have had a different attitude about completing the Grand Cannons. That said: with what NUNS knows now about Fold Faults and whatnot, do you think a possible direction they may be seeking with research into this is a way to stop Zentraedi Main Fleets assaulting Unity colonies by creating artificial Fold Faults (like the ones that cause so many headaches for Windermere IV)? And on the note of the VF-1 being larger: hmmm... a VF-1 designed from "go" for that would be an interesting project.
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    You know... I ended up getting lost at TV Tropes and reading just a few moments ago about how the invasion in SFDM was a deconstructed trope! Then I thought to come back here and check in, and sure enough! It makes me wonder though: how would Macross have been different if they somehow had guessed correctly the type of forces and strategy and prepared for that?
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    Would it be fair to say that the Zentraedi glassing Earth from orbit instead of landing and conducting the "classic invasion" scenario the Unity Gov't was expecting was a trope subversion? https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlienInvasion
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    Yeah...otherwise Wesley would have been bald too!
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    BTW: if you have a birthday coming up, sign up for Firehouse and Jersey Mike's subs' online clubs! You'll get a free regular sub at each of them for your birthday, but you have to do it at least a couple of weeks before your actual b-day!
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    The only Zentraedi subs I ever knew of were the ones Guld Goa Bowman ate for lunch at The New Edwards Base Subway™ on Planet Eden.
  10. pengbuzz
    Thanks Bro!! I always wanted to get a Misa/ Lisa Matchbox in her normal uniform, but they never made one! Looking next to do a Captain Global/ Gloval figure, then hopefully Roy! At some point (Providence willing), I'd like to have the main cast (except Minmay; I can't STAND her voice!).
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    So would that make it an ImHaDai model?
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    Nice project to tackle, Derex! Looking forward to the results! 👍 That reminds me: I'm currently trying to piece together an old Italeri 1/48 scale F-22 that was misassembled and abandoned to a thrift store (bought this one a couple years back). The canopy was so badly scratched that I had to sand it down and am struggling to re-polish it; the plane had to have every single seam popped and scraped down (stuff glued into the wrong position and left to solidify), and the main fuselage was glued with several large gaping seams open. I'm literally going to have to either re-scribe them all, or (most likely) draw them in with a mechanical pencil: Yeah, this seam. It's been a royal pain, and the marks from the previous attempt by the former owner remain: Also: missing the pilot, so I had to cobble one together from pats of 1/48 pilots I had kicking about. The cockpit is plain and bleh, and will need considerable work to get to a level I'm willing to accept. Also on my list: finding cheap wood (i.e. free, as my wife has put her foot down) to start my Yamato project. I'll be hiding under the bed, folks. Stay tuned.
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    I was going to say the UN SPACY logo and Kite Roundel, but doesn't M+ and MII also use them?
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    She looks like she ate a rotten lemon....
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    Actually, Tekkering and I both do. He's correct on the conning tower, VOTL assemblies and Main Cannon Booms. Both of us have been working for quite some time now on accurizing the 1/3000 scale SDF-1 Macross, and are intimately familiar with the correct proportions and alignment of the ship in Fortress and Storm Attacker modes. Those areas could use some major tightening up if they plan on selling this as a product.
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    Matchbox RT Lisa Hayes.... After I got done with it (Misa Hayase)....
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    Hmm.. Gung-Ho in dress uniform might actually work! Thanks for the tip!
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    700mm...that would be roughly about 28 inches, or just over two feet long.
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    So am I, to be honest; some of the RT figs can be ridiculously expensive (particularly Roy Fokker). Going to see if I can find a cheap GI Joe now to convert into Gloval.
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    Recently, I came across a 3/34 inch Robotech Lisa Hayes figure on Ebay for a really good price: (yes, in package. It was only 10 bucks.) So, after getting this Wednesday, I got to work on her: First, I had to shave down the overall thickness of her arms, legs and torso. Her waist also needed work, as her hips looked too "male" instead of female I also addressed the hair situation: I know it was intended to fit a helmet, but the figure didn't look right: Then I still wasn't happy with the overall look, so I shaved the figure down again. I ended up having to fill in the back where her pack had been: It was at this point that I decided that I wanted the uniformed version of Lisa we usually saw in the show instead of the suit she wore like twice in the entire series. So, to that end, I recut her feet into high heels: I then began the task of sanding her legs down even more, smoothing them out and painting them a flesh tone to match her face: I used some material from a vinyl shower curtain that I sprayed rustoleum white, then attached to her waist. I left a layerd "split" in the back so she could sit and actually move her legs. Masking tape then filled out the details on her uniform coat: The happy couple: Or...maybe I spoke too soon:
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    Well, in all fairness, Machine Robo/ Gobots did have a couple of entries in Mospeada:
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    What? Where was that in the trailer?
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    From Rick Sternbach on Facebook: Link: https://www.facebook.com/rick.sternbach
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    Yeah, you've got a point there I hadn't considered! I would have to say then that it's the placement of the hinge pin for the angled segment; it's probably too low on the piece, causing it to skew upwards. Let me look at my spare SDF-1 and see if I can work something out. That just may actually be easier!
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    That is because the center piece that swings down and forms the top of the torso is too tall. If you look at the side-by side for a moment, where the square end of it ends on the schematics, it begins on the toy (my lines in blue) I took a look at mine on a side profile and snapped a pic; looking at this from the side, you can't really do too much about where the square cut-off on the front begins; that's to clear the main body when it rotates 45 degrees. But one thing that is possible is to cut the top of it off at just above the indented circle, then use heavy sheet styrene to rebuild the top at a much less steep "ramp up". after that, it would be a matter of taking some off the bottom of the removed part that the bridge is attached to, and gluing it into position. Yeah, it would be quite a bit of work; with the fact that you put pins into place for the bridge on yours to change positions, it would be more feasible than trying to retain the sliders on mine ( I might go with your idea for the bridge, to be honest!). But this is the best that I can figure for the ship. That, or we draw up our own blueprints!
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