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    Star Trek: Picard (CBS All-Access)

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    STP has a -- very small -- chance of being salvaged if they go back to the drawing board and scrap any footage that even hints of Bad Reboot's and Klutzman's influence... make it so the test screening episode never happened; STD, on the other hand, is beyond redemption and needs to be relegated to a Q induced nightmare that causes Picard or Riker or Janeway to wake up in a cold sweat, or the aftereffects of some bad replicated fish... strike it from even an alternate canon.

    New Moscato Macloss Model Project!!!

    in Model kits

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    On 6/15/2019 at 5:59 PM, captain america said:

    Hey mechaniac,

    I have no doubt that you could have carved a hatch more quickly on the computer, but I like to leave myself a bit of wiggle-room if only because I frequently design things one way, then hold it approximately at the same angle seen in the line-art and then tweak it to look more faithful to a specific view, even if the geometry is off. It's a necessary concession when working from hand-rendered illustrations. The line-art for the landing feet was all over the place too, so I tweaked it and made it work. I think the Greeks did something similar when they designed the Parthenon: they intentionally warped some angles of the structure which would be discernibly "wrong" when viewed in a CAD program, but it would look correct when viewed from the perspective of a person standing on the site.

    I get where you're coming from; anime magic + crudely drawn line-art pretending to be orthographic views and perspectives make for very confusing and often contradictory representations of even simple geometries.  Yes, the enchant Greeks were a clever and resourceful bunch... IIRC, they would bias the taper on columns inward towards a structure so that they produced the optical illusion of being straight when viewed from bellow, because a perfect taper -- or worse, a constant thickness -- would give the impression of the column leaning out and on the verge of toppling over.

    New Moscato Macloss Model Project!!!

    in Model kits

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    I just found this thread after my curiosity prompted me to look into what Mr. Moscato was up to.  This thing is looking fantastic, making me proud to have played a small part in its development.

    Fantastic work as always Cap'n; although, I must say, I could have saved you a bit of trepidation and time on that access hatch by modeling it into the upper hull, either with the full opening removed, or as a score line on the inside (maybe 2+ mm deep X .5 mm wide) to facilitate cutting and negate the need to measure and hope, but I know all too well that that kind of foresight requires a lot of pre-planing and certainty to execute well, specially when one is designing on the fly.

    I'll keep following your progress to witness the final result.

    Cheers!

    Mospeada

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    28 minutes ago, RavenHawk said:

    Just saw a comment on FB, saying they are scaled to the Toynami Alphas (supposedly).

    If that is the case, then it would scale fairly well with the upcoming Sentinel "Alpha" fighter... I'm in, if it's reasonably priced and doesn't turn out to be either vaporware or an utter piece of poop.

    Eaglemoss Star Trek Starship, BSG & other starships Collection

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    5 hours ago, easnoddy said:

    I gotta say the lack of scale consistency with the Eaglemoss Galactica fighters is annoying.  Mainly just that the mk II is too big compared to the other 2 I have (modern Cylon raider and mk VII viper).  I'm guessing TOS viper is too big also.  I'm sure TOS raider will be too small, but its really a big craft.  Also the Galacticas and Pegasus would have been nice to keep in scale.  They're very nice regardless.

    Unfortunately with Eaglemoss, their message is loud and clear:  If you want scale consistency, build a model kit.

    It would be no big deal for them to keep similar sized craft in scale to each other; but alas, their shtick is box scale, and they are fairly inconsistent at that too.

    Hellboy 2019

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    Hellboy fans wanted a continuation/resolution to Giullermo Del Toro's version, preferably with the same cast... the final act of a trilogy.  But no, in their infinite wisdom they decided to heck with that noise -- what do the fans know anyhow?..  Just give'em something and they'll eat it up -- and reboot the franchise.  Is it any wonder this thing is tanking hard?

    Mospeada

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    This was so much more like it than last night.... wake up, check this page, click on several links, decide which one to go with, add to cart, check out... no muss, no fuss, no drama, no disappointment.  I went with Amazon.jp; <20K Yen shipped by DHL.

    Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

    in Toys

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    39 minutes ago, moose said:

    Does NY take PayPal credit 

    If you pay in USD, at N-Y's inflated exchange rate, then yes you can use PP credit, which would buy you 6 months to pay, interest free as long as you pay the minimim every month and the entire amount before the grace period runs out, for any amount totaling over $99.00.

    Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

    in Toys

    Posted

    I got the availability email from N-Y, so I clicked on the link.  I looked at the price, laughed heartily, and closed the browser tab.  For that price, they can sit on it for all I care; I'll wait and see if AE lists it, or if CDJ or some other reputable vendor reopens POs.  What a farce N-Y has been with this thing; first a ticket system that finally lets you win after the item you wish to secure is already sold out, then they conveniently "find" extra supply and add over 10K Yen to their initial price... sheesh!

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