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Model Forum / General / Models / February 2008OK, I'm seeing 64 messages before I start down the list...
Anybody have more? Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > Anybody have more? > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. Uh...yeah...a LOT more: 206.  Signature- Rufus > > Anybody have more? > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- > - Rufus Cr-a-ap. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >> > Anybody have more? >> > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. the verizon news server is cr-a-p. and god help you if you call the 800 number trying to get help with it. all they will or can tell you is, "first get your windows disc..." then it goes horribly wrong. > >> > Anybody have more? > >> > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > all they will or can tell you is, "first get your windows disc..." then it > goes horribly wrong. Heh, haven't got a clue where the windoze disc is. Probably lost somewhere in the son's house. Lately that's where everything I lose goes to vanish forever. ;] Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >> >> > Anybody have more? >> >> > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. cash, too? children are great for that. > >> >> > Anybody have more? > >> >> > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > cash, too? children are great for that. Ah, yes. The son has been a regular black hole for money since he was a teenager. One of the things I discovered amongst my father's papers was a list of everything he lent to his grandson. I think I'll keep it for emotional blackmail. ;) The daughter has not been a rerun in this case. She takes care of herself and her family on her own. Obviously I learned all the mistakes with the 'prototype' and didn't repeat them on the 'improved model'. ;) Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >> >> >> > Anybody have more? >> >> >> > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. reminds me of first super-detailed kit i built. twice. > reminds me of first super-detailed kit i built. twice. > You think that's bad? Read this: http://tinyurl.com/3yvxrd I sat there for around five seconds in complete shock...realizing that actually _had_ happened, then started jumping up and down on the concrete basement floor so hard I had sore feet the next day. The end result of the experience was good, although the Valley Forge was gone. It took me around a generation to do it, but I always knew that _someday_ I'd build a spacecraft model bigger than that, and a lot better done. And I did do that... it's around six inches longer (on purpose)...and it's not in a case: http://www.starshipmodeler.com/gallery/pf_disc.htm Live and learn. Of course, it's around time for its yearly washing... and sooner or later, something goes wrong while taking it down from over my bed and getting it into the shower, and then getting it back into place over the bed. Nowadays, I'd think that was funny, and indeed a Zen lesson about the transitory aspect of all things in the world. :-D I'd miss it a bit, but when it came right down to it, not all that much. After all, it, like Camelot, is just a model. Pat on 2/7/2008 3:12 AM Pat Flannery said the following: >> reminds me of first super-detailed kit i built. twice. >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Pat I had a number of built models that were stored in large cardboard boxes under my basement stairs for over 20 years. Even though they had tops on the boxes, they got pretty dusty. Some of the dust had attached itself to the models so well that compressed air couldn't blow all of it off. I sprayed each model with Windex and let it sit for a few seconds, then ran warm tap water over it. They cleaned up very well without having to brush the model off and brushing off small parts as well. SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ >on 2/7/2008 3:12 AM Pat Flannery said the following: >> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >ran warm tap water over it. They cleaned up very well without having to >brush the model off and brushing off small parts as well. good tip! >> reminds me of first super-detailed kit i built. twice. >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >Pat i would love to build about a 6 foot version of the rodger young during a drop, with trooper's capsu;es slamming down. wheneve i read an account of a drop, i can see it perfectly in my head. the one ry model i've seen wasn't what i'd imagined. big surprise.... > i would love to build about a 6 foot version of the rodger young during a > drop, with trooper's capsu;es slamming down. wheneve i read an account of a > drop, i can see it perfectly in my head. > the one ry model i've seen wasn't what i'd imagined. big surprise.... > I never pictured it that way either. I thought it would be something like a big lifting body that slammed belly first into the atmosphere to slow down, dropped the landing capsules, then climbed vertically out of the atmosphere back into space. A cutaway model of one of those landing capsules in the book would be interesting in its own right. If they ever want to do a powersuit, this would be a good piece of machinery to base the design on: http://www.sub-find.com/newt_suit.htm Or a more streamlined version: http://www.nuytco.com/products/exosuit.shtml Pat >> i would love to build about a 6 foot version of the rodger young during a >> drop, with trooper's capsu;es slamming down. wheneve i read an account of a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Pat no, not an atmospehric vehicle. read the drop scene again. i see her as a clip and ejector setup. the caps get fed into a cat and as he said, WHAM! the living section would be hung onto that mech. might be symmetric, might not. i could see early in the bug war there might be several types until they get their essex-analogue. could see cvl and jeeps for hitting airless bases. different capsules for different jobs, only relation the launcher...you could make a capsule for any kind of assault. even a tea and crumpet special for diplomatic invasions....add some retief for fun. > >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > and ejector setup. the caps get fed into a cat and as he said, WHAM! > In the book they state that a good dropship pilot will match the speed of a planet's rotation and drop the capsules straight down onto the target. That means the dropship is going considerably slower that orbital speed at release, so one way or another it will be falling toward the planet. You could this slowdown maneuver either via rocket braking or aerodynamic means. Aerodynamically would let the capsules be ejected at lower altitude and save fuel on the dropship. It would also look very neat in a movie. An interesting question is how capsules are landed on airless moons, as in the book they rely on aerodynamic means to brake their fall towards the surface before opening to release the mobile infantryman. > the living section would be hung onto that mech. might be symmetric, might > not. i could see early in the bug war there might be several types until they [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > fun. > Remember though that the capsule disintegrates before landing to generate radar chaff. So that just the trooper in his powersuit with his weapons ends up on the ground. I may know where this idea came from. The Snark intercontinental cruise missile had a separate warhead that would release near its target and fall supersonically on it...the rest of the aircraft like-body would then pitch violently upwards and break up to generate clutter on the enemy radar. Although you could make capsules for all sorts of assaults, carrying a wide variety could take up a fair amount of room aboard a dropship...maybe whatever type is needed is loaded aboard before a specific operation via a supply ship. Here's a neat little item; back before the book, "Starship Troopers" was "Starship Soldier" and published in The magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction; here's the cover art of what Mobile Infantry looked like when Heinlein first wrote the story: http://www.wegrokit.com/mfsf1159.jpg Pat >> >>> [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > >Pat you can match rotational speed without entering atmosphere. easily. the comm sats are about 24k out, way beyond air. parts or layers of the caps disintegrate. the final is blown off by the troope. landing on an airless body just requires rockets to slow the descent enough for the suit to handle the landing. the book was serialized in 58 and release in full in 59, so i supect heinlein was as he stated, influenced by aircraft carriers the most. he also said there were specialized varietys of capsule including defensless ones for diplomatic or already pacified areas. ships like the ry carried more than one type, though they would be mission specific for many operations. boy scout rule. taking rah literally is safest. he calls a dog a dog and killer a killer. he was prett specific. i've read st about 50 times and may do it again before bedtime tonight. the movie was ok as a hollywood movie but lousy heinlein. no suits or caps....like no spaceship in puppet masters. how did the slugs land, osmosis? >> cash, too? children are great for that. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > emotional blackmail. ;) > I hate to admit this, but my way of getting money out of my parents for models closely resembled Cartman's technique from South Park. If you whine enough, they'll get you the model just to get you to shut the hell up. :-D Pat >>> cash, too? children are great for that. >>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Pat for me, getting a job was a lot easier. > >>> cash, too? children are great for that. > >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Pat > for me, getting a job was a lot easier. Same here. Dad had the talent of making you feel bad for having disappointed him. I never could get that to work on mine. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >>>>> cash, too? children are great for that. >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. ...I mowed lawns and washed cars. Then, when I got to high school and found out I could get school credit for doing essentially the same thing I was doing building models by taking jewelry and metal smithing classes, I said - "sign me up". Then I got into my first scholastic spring art show, made money selling my stuff, and I said - "sign me up AGAIN!" And again, and again, and again. My art teacher never knew until I told him during my senior year that I had been spending all of the money I was making selling jewelry on model airplanes. Signature- Rufus > Anybody have more? > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. I've got 81 messages time stamped 2/5. WmB > Anybody have more? > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. Best that I can tell, about 100 and some change came in on 2/5. Not very busy stuff. --- Stephen > Anybody have more? > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. I am seeing 75 today. Of course, it depends somewhat on exactly what time you check, but this does seem to be a better day than some lately. I wouldn't mind if we had this number every day. I read this forum through Talkabout Network, if anyone is familiar with that. I see the list of the latest 100 topics (undated)with authors, with the newest at the top (which theoretically could be weeks old), but there is no indication of what's new in the way of replies, or how many total posts there are. 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