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The colors are a little light for me to see as well - working on it.

Slowly.... the color thing, don'tcha know.

I am mostly having difficulty with the new site setup- the colors are hard for me to see well and the navigation not as easy for me as with the original site. (I have been told there will be an option to allow people adjust the color theme eventually) Working on that --- in the meantime, I have scr...

I just tested it on my daughter's chromebook. Hold down the control key, then use the scroll wheel on the mouse to make the stuff on the screen bigger/smaller.

Yeah - sigline images are still banned.

I've updated the terms of use forum

"Quick Post"? I'll see if there's a mod/extension for that

Is there a way to graphically highlight when a section has unread/new posts? If its doing it, I don't see it. Mousing over works, but it isnt' as easy. from a lazy old guy. :) Actually, if you look at the top/left under the forum logo, you'll see"quick links". In there are selections to s...

Let's knock a few out up front and then y'all can chime in with any others you may have. 1) Inline Images? Yes. The ban is lifted. Keep it family friendly. You can control whether you see them or just links in the User Control Panel. 2) User Control Panel? Look at the top right of the screen. Your l...

Scotaidh wrote:Moderators, please move this thread to the Special Purpose area.

Thanks!

Oh, now I see where you want me to move it.

OK - but not until you add me in to the list of participants.

Scotaidh wrote:

Good Lord, man - what can you not make with a collection of circles?

A Borg Cube, for starters.

I don't think I saw it in the rules (though I'll admit I only read once through), so clarification - a plate on which someone would put food, not a photographic plate, or a hull plate, or ....

OK - here's your forum:

http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/viewforum.php?f=105

The spirit is willing but the flrsh is weak. I'd never get something done in just one day.

something I'd have to re-program. In my copious spare time.

Now go with black and maybe really dark grey for some contrast. Bit of weathering and you are golden!

That is really, really cool Sean ---- love that cockpit.

There's always lumber, too....

http://www.starshipmodeler.info/contest6/scratch_12.htm

Anyone know where I can find 1/35 scale chainmail? I went looking for something similar --- Mark Yungblut suggested mesh purses, which routinely turn up on eBay. I found something that worked for a 1/16-ish figure. Not sure you can get something that is fine enough for 1/35 (or even 54mm) figures ....

How about something along the lines of teh M60A2, the infamous 'starship'? Perhaps lower and longer?

OK, so here's the hull, pretty much done. The weapons mounts are being added. http://www.baltech.com/onezero/hovvah_2601.jpg The semi-circular thingy on the robot's right is from ... a Zoid, I think. Anyway, it's that nasty toy plastic that's a bitch to sand and paint. I've opened up all the holes t...

Um, yeah - what Robb said. And Sean.

Update: primer is on and textured - going for a cast hull look, even though I can't really justify it (I'd think in the interest of lightness the hull would be ceramic/composite and 'grown vice cast .... maybe it is, and has a textured anti-something coating, like non-skid) (And maybe I'm over think...

OK, the Cat/Buttered Toast is truly inspired.

Au contraire: "Ne dites pas à Walter sa vache est manquant."

Heh. That should be the title of the vignette .....

Scale of this model is 1/20. The cow is only there to lend a certain je ne sais quois.

Actually, it's the seat from the PEgasus Alpha Centauri UFO kit

OK< here is the rough shape:

http://www.baltech.com/onezero/100_2596.jpg

well, it seems to have been my mission in life to try to counter these air force claims. Joe (M1A1 gunner) was US Army in 3AD. My (Marine) unit was attached to Joint Forces North .... lemme tell you, hanging with the Syrians was .... an experience. You wanna bash the Air Force, go right ahead. They...

Joseph C. Brown wrote:You have heard about the Battle of 73 Easting, correct?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_73_Easting

My next-door-neighbor back home was gunner in one of the M1A1's; he said most of their kills were tanks loaded on transporters. 'course he wasn't in the thickest of the fighting ...

One of the things I've been thinking about is UAVs. Small, relatively cheap, unobtrusive, and if you break one or it gets shot down, no human crew were hurt. If I had the tech to make a hover-/counter-grav/anti-grav tank, I'd man it with a smart computer or a remote pilot. Arming the thing .... now ...

Oh, I just had a Very Bad Idea..... I've been hoping for you to expand on this. Share! My thoughts have led me down the path of an AI or remotely piloted vehicle that operates between 0 and (let's say) 20 feet above the ground - a nap-of-the-earth UAV, if you like. I'm more interested in a tank-kil...

Sorry One Zero but what does C/BT stand for? My design will use the C/BT countergrav It will probably be obvious but I'm stumped right now. :? Cat/ Buttered Toast. If cats always land on their feet* and buttered toast always lands butter side down, then if you duct tape buttered toast (buttered sid...