Danny Lectro

Bill, I may disagree with the way you've presented your case in this thread, but I do wholeheartedly agree with your point. We can be aware that perfection is a state that may never be achieved, but if we continue to pursue a state of perfection, we can achieve some amazing things. I like what Moebius has been doing, both the quality of product and their engagement with their customers. So far I've only built three of their kits, but I have quite a few others in my stash. Even looking at the stuff on the sprues shows attention to detail. I've also had good experiences the couple of times I needed to make use of their customer service. Mr. Metzner, if you read this, I want you to know that what you are doing with Moebius is appreciated. I hope you have a long, rewarding and successful venture. For the most part, I like what Revell does. I think they put out a quality product, but that only serves to highlight when they make glaring errors like what happened to the Fox body Mustang. Admittedly, the Mustang issue didn't affect me as I'm not a Mustang connoisseur, but I can see how it might affect those who might have an emotional attachment to that generation of Mustang, or those who have spent time working on the real car, or those who just have a naturally good eye for catching things like that. Revell should have expected someone to notice, and their response when someone DID notice was really not good. Perhaps if Revell took some inspiration from Moebius' business model, by engaging their customers more on forums and other social media, somebody might have caught the problem before production started. They would still have sales in the bag from those who wouldn't notice the error, plus sales from more of the people who would have noticed, plus possibly even more sales from general good will shown by engaging the customers in the process.

Thanks!

My wife got me one of these for Christmas. I'm pretty impressed, but I think the carbs on the S20 leave a bit to be desired. I will try to find some Weber carbs for both engines. Does anyone know if this set is supposed to come with material for making the seat belts? Any suggestions on what is a good material to make the belts from?

Wow, excellent work!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone!

My previous WIP post was lost in the recovery from the forum hack, so I am re-posting. Here are the metallic frame and thruster parts, primed parts that will eventually be painted Testors Navy Gloss Gray, and parts that have been painted in Mr. Color gloss white lacquer. The pistols were painted in Aluminum metallizer, and I plan to detail with gunmetal. Thruster nozzles were rubbed with Tamiya burnt red Weathering Master pastel I can't remember if these pictures were taken when the parts are just primed, or if they were already painted in Testors Gloss Gull Gray. I had originally planned on replacing the flight pack with something kitbashed from a modern jet fighter, but I'm not sure I am going to bother anymore. I've begun to think this kit is not worth the extra effort. I don't have any more recent pics to show, as life has thrown a couple of curve balls my way in the last few weeks.

That looks great, John!

I'll either listen to music or podcasts. One of my most prolific model building sessions, I had just gotten into the music of Dr. Steel. I found a great deal of creative energy in his work. When I listen to music at the workbench, I'll pick a consistently strong album or artist, and just lose myself in the music and the work. Most recently, it's been "Heroine" by Lorde, "The Hunting Party" by Linkin Park, "Phase 2" by Daikaiju and "Hesitation Marks" by Nine Inch Nails. I also will listen to audio drama and comedy podcasts, depending on my mood.

I like some of the stuff Postmodern Jukebox does. Their cover of Lorde's "Royals" introduced me to Puddles' Pity Party: This is Puddles' cover of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" With a bit of Metallica thrown in:

Here are a couple of Bob Dylan covers I haven't seen posted yet: Maggie's Farm covered by Rage Against The Machine Lay Lady Lay covered by Ministry (I love a good fuzz-bass tone.)

Some people say, "Stupidity should hurt." Well, stupidity does hurt, but unfortunately it usually hurts everybody but the person being stupid.

Anyone who thinks that film was made on a whim, without copious preparation, practice, safety considerations and VIDEO EDITING, is simply not firing on all cylinders, and probably should not be allowed anywhere near any form of motorized transportation. Do they not see the police cars closing off the areas Block was driving on? Here's an article that shows just how much work and preparation went into that film shoot. http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/11/gymkhana_seven-how-it-all-went-down/

THANK YOU for the answer!

Beautiful build, Cesar! That paint looks great.

I like that a lot! Great idea and excellent execution.

In spite of my complaints, I think this Frame Arms thing is still much less of a challenge than your Corsair. Much respect to you, Sir. I've come to see Kotobukiya's injection plastic kits as a mixed bag. On the one hand, their molds are excellent, with so much fine detail. They also produce licensed kits from the Armored Core video game series, which have lots of sharp edges and fine points. They make stuff that is kind of risky for a model manufacturer to make, like stuff from obscure anime and video games. They produce some stuff that's really good for customizing models, from stuff that's specifically for customizing the Frame Arms and Armored Core models (but could easily be adapted to Gundam), to weapon sets good for mecha models in general, to more generic stuff like rocket thrusters, spikes, hooks, handles, panels and even drills that are excellent for all sorts of genres of models. On the other hand, the plastic they use is pretty bad. It's very soft, making it very easy to destroy those fine details when you are fixing seams and mold-parting lines. The stuff also feels, well, greasy, even after washing off mold-release agents. Fortunately, the plastic does take paint pretty well in spite of the greasy texture. The kits are also really expensive, especially for the licensed stuff. I think that's because they are a smaller producer, and they actually have to go out and procure licenses, unlike Bandai, who actually OWNS the license for most of the stuff they produce, being part of the same company as the anime production house.

Correct!

Blur, "Song 2" I love the fuzz bass on that song.

I don't think this one has been posted yet: Got a surprise from my honey Got a message from my girl When she picked up a pen from beside her bed And wrote me a scribbled note Said, she'd be coming back to see me That she would be visiting real soon Gonna get up from her long white bed And leave this cold white room

Wayne: Looking good! I'm curious as to how you made the copper cables. Did you wind them together like that? If so, how? Did you put them in the chuck of a drill to get that twist? Miles: Those tractors of yours are rather impressive. Did you use a Datsun straight-six? It's hard to see under the cowl. Joe: I like what you're doing, especially the replacement gun barrels. I'm not too happy with the kit I'm building. The poorly pre-assembled frame is causing frustration, with way too many sprue scars and some alignment issues at joints. It's disappointing, because some of the other kits in the Frame Arms series have some rather interesting designs, but I don't think I'll be bothering to get any more of them. I would be much happier if I could have built up the frame myself in the first place. I thought about just putting this thing back in the box, but I've already invested too much time. I'm going to finish, but I'll be doing a straight from the box build. I no longer feel it's worth taking the time to customize it.

There are two types of people in this world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data... I'd tell you a chemistry joke, but all the good ones Argon. Two atoms are walking down the street. Suddenly, the first atom turns to the second and says, "Oh no, I think I just dropped an electron!" The second atom says, "Are you sure??" To which the first atom replies, "I'm positive!"

Ooh, corny science jokes! Werner Heisenberg is driving down the road and is pulled over by a cop.When the officer asks him if he knew how fast he was going, Heisenberg responded by saying, "No officer, but I know exactly where I am!" The cop said, "You were doing 95 miles per hour!" Heisenberg responds, "Great, now I'm lost!" A neutron walks into a bar; he asks the bartender, 'How much for a beer?' The bartender looks at him, and says 'For you, no charge.' Helium walks into a bar and orders a beer, the bartender says, "Sorry, we dont serve noble gases here." He doesnt react. Schroedinger gets pulled over for speeding. The cop says he needs to search Schroedinger's car, and asked for the trunk to be opened. The cop returns to the driver's side window and asks, "Did you know there is a dead cat in you trunk?" Schroedinger replies, "Well, I do now!" A Higgs Boson walks into a church and the priest says, "We dont allow Higgs Bosons in here." The Higgs Boson then replies, "But without me, how could you have mass?" There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't. Werner Heisenberg and Rene DesCartes are having drinks at a bar, when the bartender asks them if they would like another drink. DesCartes replies, "I think not," and promptly disappears. The bartender turns to Heisenberg and asks, "Did you see that?" Heisenberg takes a sip of his drink, and replies, "I can't be certain."

Yeah, he certainly does get it. That is a beautiful build. Here is another build from the same shop: http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/07/galaxian-japan-reinvents-hot-rod/ Not as pretty as the Rodriguez, but still very creative and nicely executed. There is some really good stuff coming out of the Japanese hot rodding scene.

Buck the dog, Married with Children. And I swear I figured that out before I saw it in the file name.

Hey, I don't judge. This was a rather good program. Ran for one season front 2002 to 2003. A science fiction program broadcast on the FOX network (so of course, it never had a chance).