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This is the theory, it is a combination of U.V and Oxygen reacting with the plastic. This was something I was going to explore in http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=28428&hl I just never got around to it due to my life getting all busy and suddenly having nowhere to paint etc. But we were all hopeing that a nice coat of future or clear Krylon would keep out the nasty Oxygen

Peroxide will bleach out the discoloured parts but it soon comes back. Did some work on it here last year. Plenty of pictures. Too. I was going to try coatings like krylon and future but so far I have been too busy with RL.

True but this one was supposed to be grounded in near now technology. Then in the first battle viewed from earth in a nearby star system (i forget which one) the news commentator tells viewers which ships bite the dust whilst the explosions are clearly visible on earth in real time. Two problems there our nearest star is four light years away. Also a small ship even several miles long wouldn't make a big enough bang to be seen from 1 AU out let alone 4 ly's. Graham what you are saying then is most of us have been abducted by aliens who then drop us off at the pub or bar. Such interspecies cruelty is unfair.

Ha Space Above and Beyond was filmed in a Chemical factory, well a couple of episodes were. That wasn't so bad as long as you disregarded the shows blatant disregard for physics and the speed of light.

The main problem is not should we shouldn't we, but can we. Some time in the future the earth is in a bit of a bad way population levels have out stripped food production, and raw materials are getting harder to procure, so Mankind looks at moving out of the house to a new place. The problem is as stated earlier the cost of energy to get all the resources that are not available in near space, into space. By cost I don't mean $£ etc more how many tones of Oil Hydrogen Oxygen etc. I forget how many tones of Hydrogen and Oxygen it currently takes to get 1 tonne of cargo into orbit but its quite a few. Think how many tonnes of equipment and materials would be needed to build something capable of Stella travel, Light speed capable of not. Chances are the required amounts will not be produce-able in one country but probably also the ability will be owned by several mega corps, so it will have to be an all in project unless we get one Mega corp going it alone and finding something to own or patent out in space. Even if the need is not urgent for several hundred years it will still be a costly one. I saw something a while ago on propulsion and how scientist were looking at working out how gravity works, they said something along the lines of it is a force exerted on objects but is also an energy and working out how the two interact would be the key to unlocking its manipulation. There are some experiments being done including work with the Hadron Collider to try and work this out. Fast-forward X years and we unlock it and use it to get the hundreds of tonnes of stuff in orbit, that would put mankind back in the driving seat. For all the oil fans and haters out there IMO you cant really be either in this day and age, what would happen say if some terrorist organisation dropped a nuke on one or more of the larger oil fields rendering it/them useless, suddenly oil is in shorter supply globally and like it or not the alternatives would have to be explored. Economics would certainly take a dive and several companies would benefit, maybe they would end up kick starting an expansion expedition. Maybe afterall it will be something slower like the colonization of America or Australia albeit without horses and railroads, space travel becomes easy much like air travel to day new planets and opportunities are made available and mankind just starts to expand outwards, at a gradual pace.

It went for two series over here in Blighty. I didn't see all of them but the odd one or two were ok. But bear in mind while it was airing we had Seaquest DSV and Babylon 5 to see. Both were superior.

You know it cost over a million pounds per episode to make. Not much by todays standards but back then that was quite a price.

This could end up becoming a really first class fan fic type thing. Maybe the big Kauna Kawamori will see it and think oh My Macross is really popular and these guys know their stuff. Then maybe he'll hire you to do more or give you story to do

I'm gonna use this thread as an instructional along with the actual instructions

Well one thing is for sure sooner or later all the oil will be gone all the trees will be gone and the fish are already going, so we have to do something. Either that or get smart limit the birth rate and produce more sustainable food and fuels. The only other thing is gonna be a future akin to something like (pick your Sci Fi) Judge Dread, the cursed earth or Avatar, a world where everything has been used up, so we go and plunder another world, or Mad Max, we Nuked our selves back into the stone age over some dispute over oil or something similar. There are many many SciFi books that use these type scenarios as a back drop or story prequel to the novel context. The other way to look at it 100 or so years from now we have fleet/s out there plundering the resources of the solar system and or nearby systems, acting like the aliens in Independence Day who go from planet to planet taking everything regardless whether life exist there or not. This way would mean we as a species had learnt nothing or have not learnt to make our own fuels or food supplies. Although as the saying goes theres always a bigger dog.... Sooner or later we'd come up against aliens who might take offence to us destroying their world.

IIRC I heard of a possible remake of Logan's Run. Might actually work with todays doom and gloom end of the world film ideas.

Arrrg that wouldhave cut down on production costs. Maybe the original is still out there quietly skulking around looking for its next victim. Then again maybe not due to global warming.

All I can say is see above.

Cobywan what/where and how. Is that a kit or one of your "specials"

Me too the VF17 was the first kit I ever bought in Tokyo. Since then I got two more and the VF 19S Blaster. The Blaster is the harder to find one and I only have one so it wont get built unless I get a double. Although with prices well over $100 U.S that maybe never

..... and being that this would have to appeal to the High School Musical / Glee generation there would be lots of impromptu singing and smultchyness. Oh and the ocasional Valk or Zentran pod just to make sure you remember its set in space with aliens........ Pass me the bucket please.

I think I have two of these One is on my to do pile which is about 30ish kits, and about ten years work at the speed I work at. Life just keeps getting in the way.

Awesome as always cool8er, how did you do the shoulders. ? I have this kit and wanted to build it both ways.

Yup make it available to the masses and you'll be on to something. Keep it anime style with the smooth lines and slightly matt look and do one with an extra texture layer for the Modeling purists with dirt and shadows.

This news fills me with new joy Gatchaman has always been a favorite of mine.

Nice work. Bet there was a heart stopping moment when you made the first cuts to the Batman head. Turned out ok in the end though. Of cause now you will have to do all the non micronised characters.

Nice. In the ideal world Yamato would swinging by your house now with a cheque book and a nice box to put it in so they can set up manufacturing for the masses.

Zentran green goodness, with things that go boom

Nicely done

The detolf cabinet must have paid for many a new store build for IKEA the amount of them I see in shops and in collectors displays and friends lounges. These led lights are a definite purchase next trip. My low watage bulb solution Is coming out