Martinnfb Posted April 16, 2019 Posted April 16, 2019 the only weapon that will defend us from the Nazis from Moon 4
Martinnfb Posted April 17, 2019 Posted April 17, 2019 instrument bezels for Beaufighter arrived , and I just noticed that they are in 1/48 scale. Still ok, useful for something . Back to ordering 32nd scale this time. Oh well more time for the dolphin nose with brand spanking new sanding blocks and few sheets of save 220 and 180 grit sand paper. 4
GazzaS Posted April 18, 2019 Posted April 18, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 11:00 AM, Martinnfb said: instrument bezels for Beaufighter arrived , and I just noticed that they are in 1/48 scale. Still ok, useful for something . Back to ordering 32nd scale this time. Oh well more time for the dolphin nose with brand spanking new sanding blocks and few sheets of save 220 and 180 grit sand paper. Dude, What do you use that coarse stuff on? The roughest I've used is 400, and then I regretted it because it scratched the plastic too much. I use 800-1500 for normal modelling. 3
BlrwestSiR Posted April 18, 2019 Posted April 18, 2019 Not all of them are new to the stash but I finally collected them all together. Didn't realize I ha so many. 7
Martinnfb Posted April 18, 2019 Posted April 18, 2019 What about the Bandai's new Death Star did kit? 3
GazzaS Posted April 18, 2019 Posted April 18, 2019 3 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Not all of them are new to the stash but I finally collected them all together. Didn't realize I ha so many. The force is strong with this one! 3
GazzaS Posted April 18, 2019 Posted April 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Martinnfb said: What about the Bandai's new Death Star did kit? I always wondered how the energy blasts from the x-wing, which normally shoot straight managed to make that sharp turn down the tubes.... 3
Jeff Posted April 18, 2019 Posted April 18, 2019 7 hours ago, GazzaS said: I always wondered how the energy blasts from the x-wing, which normally shoot straight managed to make that sharp turn down the tubes.... 1
BlrwestSiR Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 On 4/18/2019 at 12:17 AM, Martinnfb said: What about the Bandai's new Death Star did kit? That's the plan. I've got two of the Tie fighter sets so i can have Vader and his two wingmen chasing Red 5 down the trench. 3
BlrwestSiR Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 On 4/18/2019 at 2:01 AM, GazzaS said: I always wondered how the energy blasts from the x-wing, which normally shoot straight managed to make that sharp turn down the tubes.... Plot device? They were torpedoes though so maybe they were designed to do that... 3
GazzaS Posted April 20, 2019 Posted April 20, 2019 6 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Plot device? They were torpedoes though so maybe they were designed to do that... On 4/18/2019 at 4:08 PM, Martinnfb said: drugs were cheap in seventies Anyway... Lucas lost me with Ewoks. Vertically challenged peoples with stone-aged technology beating trained troops with armor and blasters? A glider with a 6 foot wingspan that can drop a boulder... Come-on! 4
Wumm Posted April 20, 2019 Posted April 20, 2019 1 hour ago, GazzaS said: Anyway... Lucas lost me with Ewoks. Vertically challenged peoples with stone-aged technology beating trained troops with armor and blasters? A glider with a 6 foot wingspan that can drop a boulder... Come-on! No less fanciful than the notion of having a spherical Space Station the size of a small Moon that is capable of both real and hyperspace travel about multiple axes, while having just a single 2 metre wide exhaust port situated on the equator. 4
Bomber_County Posted April 20, 2019 Posted April 20, 2019 I’m with Gaz on this one, having grown up with Star Wars etc etc and not being a fan of Sci-fi in any format the Ewoks and the Death Star just pushes the space time continuum we’ll past amplifier setting number 11............ 6
Wumm Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 Probably in fairness to George Lucas, I remember the original intent of A New Hope, was to be more like the Flash Gordon / Lone Ranger 30 minute serial films of the 1930's and 40's. A nod to a different era; itself now also part of a different era, in this current age of Keyboard Warriors and empowered Geekdom. You weren't meant to question that the Kessel run and return would take 78 years to complete, and that everyone else Han and Chewie knew would have aged accordingly; or that the Death Star could have simply come out of Hyperspace at the exact position required to destroy the Rebel base, and there would have been no Battle of Yavin as such. It would have made it far less entertaining for a 10 year old Yours Truly. 6
BlrwestSiR Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 9:03 PM, GazzaS said: Anyway... Lucas lost me with Ewoks. Vertically challenged peoples with stone-aged technology beating trained troops with armor and blasters? A glider with a 6 foot wingspan that can drop a boulder... Come-on! The Ewoks happened because Lucas suddenly had kids who were old enough to go see his movies and he wanted something cute in them. 3
GazzaS Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 On 4/20/2019 at 12:41 PM, Wumm said: No less fanciful than the notion of having a spherical Space Station the size of a small Moon that is capable of both real and hyperspace travel about multiple axes, while having just a single 2 metre wide exhaust port situated on the equator. Heh... remind me never to get into an accuracy debate with you! 4
GazzaS Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 1 hour ago, BlrwestSiR said: The Ewoks happened because Lucas suddenly had kids who were old enough to go see his movies and he wanted something cute in them. R2D2 was cute. Jawas acceptable. I can even accept the prissiness of C3P0. OK... I'm just gonna say it. I'm an ex-Marine, Damnit! With my M-16 in my hand I was the baddest motherfucker in the woods. I would find it terribly insulting for my fire team to be unable to cover the forest floor with dead Ewoks. You know... When Cortez got to the new world, he conquered the Aztec Empire with 150 flintlocks and a few cannon. 2
HubertB Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 On 4/20/2019 at 2:03 AM, GazzaS said: Anyway... Lucas lost me with Ewoks. Vertically challenged peoples with stone-aged technology beating trained troops with armor and blasters? A glider with a 6 foot wingspan that can drop a boulder... Come-on! In Avatar, you get the same plot, btw (only they are vertically challenged the other way round ) Hubert 4
Martinnfb Posted April 23, 2019 Posted April 23, 2019 On 4/20/2019 at 10:44 PM, GazzaS said: I would find it terribly insulting for my fire team to be unable to cover the forest floor with dead Ewoks. 4
HubertB Posted April 23, 2019 Posted April 23, 2019 Just got a new piece of hi-tech gear , encouraged by what I saw from MIke (Swinburne) on Ernie's Lancaster thread. The price on Amazon was too good to miss, for what is said to be the best at this price (below USD 500) : I paid 400 €, including P&P to Portugal... Not exactly cheap, but comparable with a big 1/32 kits with some AM and books , of which I have a few .... I am about to fly off for work, then some vacation. It's going to be another two weeks before I get it levelled and can try some printing Hubert 7
Jeff Posted April 23, 2019 Posted April 23, 2019 5 hours ago, HubertB said: Just got a new piece of hi-tech gear , encouraged by what I saw from MIke (Swinburne) on Ernie's Lancaster thread. The price on Amazon was too good to miss, for what is said to be the best at this price (below USD 500) : I paid 400 €, including P&P to Portugal... Not exactly cheap, but comparable with a big 1/32 kits with some AM and books , of which I have a few .... I am about to fly off for work, then some vacation. It's going to be another two weeks before I get it levelled and can try some printing Hubert You guys all get such cool stuff......................... 3
HubertB Posted April 23, 2019 Posted April 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Martinnfb said: On the other hand, I do not have a Mustang with all the bells and whistles in the garage Hubert 3
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