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  1. 11 hours ago, MechTech said:

    @pengbuzz Cool mechanism for the elevator. What did you use for power?

    I used a phone charger with a USB plug in; the USB multi-port was just too weak and I didn't have a "Y" connector.

    9 hours ago, Gabe Q said:

    @pengbuzz elevator engineering is impressive. I don't know how you guys do all this electronic stuff.

    Thanks! Actually, it's just an old electric motor culled from a broken printer, a couple of gears and metal rods, heavy wire for elevator cable and a switch. Hardly "electronic" :lol:

    BTW Gabe: nice job on the VF-0!

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    38 minutes ago, MechTech said:

    @pengbuzz Great work on the elevator! Is it just me, or does it sound like on the way up Optimus needs to lose some weight!?😄 Just kidding! It's normal for drives to sound like that under load. Cool concept too! - MT

    Thanks MT! Yeah, under load the sound changes. I had a faster motor for it, but it almost put Optimus into orbit! :lol:

    In all seriousness, though here's some pics of the internal mechanism:

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  3. 1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

    My wife went up to Winstar Casino with her brother this weekend for a quick end of summer trip.  For some months now, I have been trying to gently convince my loving bride that after 10 years of me SUFFERING standing up, airbrushing models outside in the garage IN TEXAS is really getting to me now that I'm in my mid 40's.  It's HOT, HUMID AF or.. COLD and hurts my back standing on the concrete.  There are about 10 weekends a year MAYBE that it is actually enjoyable to do so. SO!  My main problem is convincing her that I'm ONLY going to spray acrylics, which are water based and non toxic, and I spray such small amounts and clean up with Windex, that it would be fine. She thinks I'm going to asphyxiate us including the cats which eat and poop in that room and stink up the entire house with paint odor.  I have shown here multiple pros that have indoor home setups such as Barbatos Rex on YouTube and he does EVERYTHING indoors, acrylics,, lacquers and enamels.  ANYWAY,  I took the bull by the horns and did a ton of research online, spent my $50 on supplies, had them shipped to my office last week and setup a proof of concept trial this morning while she is away!  (She knows nothing about this!) LOL! This WILL be my idea of HEAVEN ON EARTH!!! Well....

    RESULTS!!! -- Mixed -- I airbrushed the front and rear decks of the Titanic with Tamiya Acrylic.  No paint odor at all and I got to SIT IN THE COOL room and paint!!!  However, I used my handy new digital thermometer to take readings for temp and humidity in the kitchen, far away from the room, and later in the modeling room. 3 degrees warmer in the modeling room, and it just smelled like "outside" ICK.  I went outside and could not feel any cool air escaping from the window, so that was good.  You could definitely notice the outdoor smell and the temp change though, I'm guessing the temp change is due to just the piece of plastic letting in more heat then a double paned window, and the smell just is what you get from the air coming back through the tube into the spray booth, everything else was sealed up pretty darn airtight.  So...I don't think it's going to work this time around, If I sealed the window panel better maybe, but for now, I'm going to keep all the parts I bought and maybe the next house we get, I'll have a "Man Shed" with AC out back or something...back to the garage I go...:unsure:....and I'm sad, after experiencing painting sitting down in the AC. 

    Links to the supplies I used:

    Amazon.com: MOAOO Portable Air Conditioner Window Kit, Adjustable Window Seal for Air Conditioner, AC Replacement Window Kit, Sliding AC Vent Kit for Doors and Windows and 5 inch Diameter Exhaust Hose : Home & Kitchen

    Duct Reducer Round Reducer Duct Fitting Pipe Increaser Reducer PVC DWV (Drain, Waste and Vent) Reducing Coupling Plastic 5" to 4" - - Amazon.com

    Amazon.com: AC Infinity Flexible 4-Inch Aluminum Ducting, Heavy-Duty Four-Layer Protection, 8-Feet Long for Heating Cooling Ventilation and Exhaust : Patio, Lawn & Garden

    Amazon.com: Defender Security U 9809 Sliding Window Lock for Vinyl Windows – Easy Installation to Keep Windows Securely Closed – White Diecast Construction (Pack of 2) : Arts, Crafts & Sewing

    Weather Striping Door Bottom Strip Weatherproof Window Draught Excluder Self Adhesive Silicone 16.5Feet (25mm-Translucense) - - Amazon.com

     

    Thoughts and criticisms welcome...here's some pics of the trial.. 

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    My thoughts: clean everything up before she gets back, or AC will be the least of your worries! :lol:

  4. On 8/24/2021 at 8:50 PM, Seto Kaiba said:

    I'd always assumed it was because she couldn't think of a way to make it look like an accident.

    Well, Basara was hang-gliding in and mysteriously, the strings from his guitar got wrapped around his neck during the landing he failed to stick. Mylene was simply...er...trying to unwrap them before he strangled to death, but the poor girl just wasn't strong enough.

    Such a tragedy... I hope they can cope with his loss. 😛

      

    On 8/24/2021 at 8:50 PM, Seto Kaiba said:

    It's probably also a way of clawing back some money from the bootleg uploads too... if there's an official channel airing a rotating catalog of the genuine article for free, they can steal views from the bootlegs AND rake in some ad dollars while they're at it, and whatever its faults YouTube is a pretty widely used streaming service.

    I just wish Big West would put a little more effort in.  These videos from their Macross mobile game aren't exactly great-looking or representative of the actual content of the franchise.

    Agreed.

  5. 12 hours ago, crackpot said:

    So Michael Bay huh?

    Let's see... this is US based so it's gonna be HG territory... I'm gonna pair it with the first TF cast.

    Rick - Shia LaBeouf 

    Minmay - Megan Fox

    Roy - Josh Duhamel 

    Ben - Tyrese Gibson 

    Max - dunno

    Millia - dunno

    Lisa - John Turturro

    Yup... looks right.

    Well, Shia "isn't famous anymore", Megan Fox ticked off either Michael or Steven Spielberg and ended up falling out of favor, Josh is still nursing his divorce from Fergie, and John just doesn't have the legs for the role anymore.

  6. On 8/18/2021 at 5:20 PM, Seto Kaiba said:

    In all fairness, it wasn't even really Sharon Apple's fault... the computer model of a human mind she was built on was populated with emotion data from Myung Fang "I have issues" Lone, and then that idiot Marj Gueldoa installed a processor that might as well have had a label "CRAZY INSIDE" into her to make her autonomous.

    Revisiting this, I have just the thing for ya:

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  7. 20 hours ago, derex3592 said:

    @arbitI guess I never really thought about it, I guess 6 to 8 inches or so??? Maybe closer, BUT I'm now 46 and just got a new glasses prescription for my 1st pair of BIFOCULS...eeekkk!!!.. I'm old! So with that being said, when I get those new glasses in in a couple of weeks, things may change for me for the better with the working distance to small parts..I'll keep you posted! 

    I'm 47...ya wanna get me my walker sonny? 😛

     

  8. 2 hours ago, aurance said:

    It’s funny how a little face fix can make me go from “going in the box to hide your shame” to “I’m transforming you twenty times a day again” but I guess we Macross fans are a weird lot.

    Nahhh... ya gotta take the "woosh" factor into account. :D

    Anyways, some music for your newly-repaired Valk:

     

     

  9. 58 minutes ago, sketchley said:

    So, the net effect is it will look more streamlined/stealthy in fighter form, but things like the torso, arms and legs will be more complex with lots of concave, convex, hollow, and otherwise uneven surfaces.  Not to mention gangly arms with a smaller head...

    In other words: they're designing valks to look like Callista Flockhart in Battroid mode?

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