Here are some random tricks and tips that have proved useful during my builds.
Tighten Loose Joints with Super Glue
An inevitability with gunpla are loose joints. Be it from age, poor engineering, or a lack of polycaps (I’m looking at you, F91 era kits). To help tighten things up just pull the piece out, apply a little bit of glue to one part of the connection, and let dry. DO NOT GLUE THE PIECES TOGETHER! Once the glue has dried you’ll find a much tighter fit on the joint. If it’s not yet tight enough apply more coatings as desired. A word of warning, too much glue can make for a very tight joint. Sometimes it can be difficult to fit the connection if you’ve applied too much glue.
Well, the time has finally come. imgDump will become a memory of internet past.
Why you ask? The cost. Since our big server jump a year ago it’s cost me around €25, ad revenue only brings in about €7, monthly. At the end of this month that price is slated to nearly double, something I can’t keep supporting from my pockets anymore.
Thus, it must come to an end, but we will have a swan song. There are two things I’m planing if I can sort the logistics.
Behold, my finished MG Nu Gundam…
Some of you may remember when I posted work in progress photos of my Master Grade Nu Gundam and reviewed the clear pieces themselves even earlier. After a long delay I’ve finally finished the kit.
Over all, the MG Nu is a fine kit. It’s old school gunpla made with the purest of intentions. There’s a quality and design element lost with kits of this era that hasn’t translated to the modern MG kits (for better or worse). While over all the kit is pretty basic, the most impressive element was how Bandai bothered to include die cast metal parts for the lower legs. They dramatically lower the center of gravity and increase stability. Even the rest of the kit is quite sturdy. To sum things up, if you like the Nu design, this kit is a must have.
The first seven minutes of the soon to be released first volume of Gundam Unicorn. Video’s been released by Bandai.
I think it looks pretty good, even if it’s a YouTube presentation whose source quality wasn’t that solid to begin with. Apparently on Bandai’s site you can view it with subtitles, but the video isn’t working for me to begin with.
Has Verizon Wireless pulled an AT&T with their blocking of 4chan?
via status.4chan.org
| Over the past 72 hours, we’ve been receiving reports from Verizon Wireless customers having difficulty accessing the image boards.
After investigating, we found that Verizon is dropping traffic to/from boards.4chan.org, only on port 80 (HTTP). No other subdomain/IP/port is affected, which leads us to believe this block is intentional. A call was placed to their support staff last night, and we were told that the ticket would not be looked at until Monday at the earliest, and: “You’ll need the customer to call to request it be unblocked…” If you’ve been affected by this block, please contact Verizon Wireless customer support. The numbers we were given are: “Verizon Wireless NRB: (866) 298-5373” and “Verizon Wireless DSO: (800) 770-1179”. Note: Users with mobile browsers that proxy (BlackBerry, Opera) won’t necessarily have issues accessing the boards. |
Update #1
| After an hour and a half on the phone, we’ve received confirmation from Verizon’s Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are “explicitly blocked.”
If you’ve been affected by the block, please call Verizon NRB at (866) 298-5373 to file a complaint. EDIT: If NRB can’t help you, try Verizon Wireless Support at (800) 922-0204. |
Update #2
| Verizon should be unblocking boards.4chan.org later tonight.
I’ll post a more detailed explanation tomorrow, but the issue is similar to the one we had with AT&T last year. |
It sounds worse than the AT&T incident back in July. Why it’s blocked on Verizon Wireless, but not FiOS, is beyond me. Anyone out there using Verizon DSL?
It was a surprise to all when Bandai announced that the second kit to get Master Grade treatment from Gundam 00 would be the GN-X. It’s not exactly one of the fan favorites, I really hated it since day one. However I decided to order one of these new kits and hope for the best. When the order shipped I was indifferent. When I started construction I was filled with annoyance. Now that she’s finished, I’m filled with a sort of odd, warm, fuzzy feeling.
While I await a shipment of decals to finish my MG Nu I started on a little packaged I received yesterday, the MG GN-X!
If it wasn’t for work (which I shouldn’t blame too much, with out it I wouldn’t have this kit) I could have had a full fledged review up before Dalong. Oh well! Anyhow, check out these quick shots…
So far, I’m not very excited by the kit. I really like the way the tau drive clicks into place. I’ll get proper shots of that for my full fledged review. Unfortunately the weird fin parts are lose (no polly-caps) and like to flap around. I’m not even 100% how they’re supposed to rest on the kit.
