Gundam 1/35th Dio "Run for Cover!"

smeagol the vile wrote:

WOAH watch it there.  Dont go promoting elfen lied without really preparing people to it.  There is alot of excessive voilence, mutilations, that kind of thing, its a disturbing anime.

Anime is usually rated or unrated. Both versions can contain violence, language and adult situations.  It is NOT for the kiddies. Some of the series are good, some are not. It all depends.

I started back in the day watching Dominion Tank Poilce (both series), Bubblegum Crisis, Robotech, and Akira. The "new" Bubblegum Crisis 2040 was OK, but I like the origional series better.

Just my contribution to derailing the thread!

I like the dio progress so far!  

Skonch wrote:

With all respect, the artwork is phenominal but the dialogue is so plastic, it makes watching yogurt going mouldy seem fun. But then I am 40, so what does the opinion of an old (by most Gundam lovers) man matter.

Perhaps you're watching engilsh dubs? Sadly anime, especially any anime done before the popularity of DragonballZ is poorly translated, then poorly acted by english voice actors who put in about as much effort as your average burger flipper. Dubs of shows from the 80's and most of the 90's are particularly bad, and are so horrible as to ruin the show you're trying to watch. Thankfully the quality of dubs has gone up in recent years, but it's still usually best to watch the subs with original japanese dialogue.

Sian wrote:

Perhaps you're watching engilsh dubs? Sadly anime, especially any anime done before the popularity of DragonballZ is poorly translated, then poorly acted by english voice actors who put in about as much effort as your average burger flipper. Dubs of shows from the 80's and most of the 90's are particularly bad, and are so horrible as to ruin the show you're trying to watch. Thankfully the quality of dubs has gone up in recent years, but it's still usually best to watch the subs with original japanese dialogue.

It's not even so much bad translations.  If you watch some of them with the subs turned on and in English they seem to think it's acceptable to rewrite the dialogue.  Some of the bigger name animes have had a decent job done with the dubs, but a majority of them are just horrible. 

P.S.: Anime. So we stop derailing the thread.  

Fokker1138 wrote:

P.S.: Anime. So we stop derailing the thread.

Thank you.

Once I find batteries for my camera ill post new pics.

For the inside of the wires on the side tubes I used

I took the snake chain, cut it to the size I wanted, like I showed earlier.  At the ends I cut a little bit of the snake chain (the top one in the pic on my table) and put it in the very end, so it sticks out about quater to half an inch and I super glued it in. 

I used the snake chain for two things;

a. it was used as a pin to glue into the socket the hold the chain onto the kit itself

b. it was used as a stopper, to make the snake chain thicker at the end so the pieces wouldnt fall off before they were glued in place.

Once that was finished and the pieces were in place I cut the snake chain where I wanted the split to be.  Then I stuck the copper/brass/whatever metal into the snake  and glued it, so that it would be capable of being bent into a shape and stay there.

(also, I whole heartedly support www.mechaskunk.com they sell some amazing scratch building stuff for gundam and scifi kits, and the owner is awesome.

The mesh chain looks great. I can see a lot of uses for it as a woven hydraulic lines not just in sci-fi models. Thanks for sharing that tip. Keep building.