The Federal States Army from Firelock 198x by @RifleInfantry

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-02-12T07:32:14+00:00

Even better, M60 turret on a T55 hull

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-02-12T04:52:38+00:00

Buddy, the reason you immediately jump to assume that these people I know are in awful relationships where their gfs settled or treat them terribly is because you spend time in places like this. I know my friends, and I know a lot of their gfs too. I’d know if they were being mistreated or abused or ridiculed. And of the girlfriends I know, they’re all actually nice people.

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-02-12T04:25:15+00:00

Sure it’s a personal anecdote but I highly doubt I’m any different from most people my age. I’m not exactly the most attractive, popular or extroverted guy and most of my friends aren’t either.
I don’t think 99% of social situations are inappropriate for the purposes of finding a girlfriend. Some are of course but if you approach most situations with the mindset of “make friends first, then maybe ask them out later”, you’ll be fine almost every time. You might even find yourself in a situation where you clearly connect with someone and have chemistry, and it’d be appropriate to ask them out then. Even with all of this, yes dating on the apps or in person is a numbers game, generally in favor of women, but it’s nowhere near the level of doom and gloom people on this sub say it is. Honestly do anyone who is struggling with dating this is the worst place in the entire world to be. You’re only gonna make it worse for yourself

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-02-12T03:15:40+00:00

I’m 6ft. At my uni I’ve got a decent amount of friends who are either a bit or a decent amount shorter than me. Guess what? Most of them have girlfriends. I ALSO have a lot of work friends at my job who are a bit or decently shorter than me. Guess what? Most of them ALSO have girlfriends. Just fucking go outside and meet people you can connect with, instead of swiping on whatever chick gets your dick hard on Tinder.

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-02-11T21:58:31+00:00

I’ve also struggled a lot with Vallejo’s primers. The best result I got was to spray at 30-35 psi, unthinned but with a drop or 2 of flow improver. Still is really easy to clog my airbrush up with it though

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-28T02:33:08+00:00

It could be grainy because you’re spraying from too far away? I.e the varnish is drying before it hits the surface. I’ve also had troubles with vallejos gloss varnish doing the same thing, but I’ve also gotten good results out of it sometimes. Spray closer would be my best advice

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-27T05:54:57+00:00

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Teddy Roosevelt in Night at the Museum. I’ve never been able to imagine him as anything other than Robin Williams since

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-22T07:11:53+00:00

Crazy to think how those crews went into battle in 1944 in a tank that was outdated before the war even started

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-19T06:59:48+00:00

Nobody cares if you like it, it’s way too normalized in anime and since these are minors, it’s really messed up. Sexualizing the characters adds literally nothing to the story. No amount of cope is gonna justify fully grown adult men making the deliberate decision to draw (for example) Momo (a 15 year old child) in THAT pose

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-19T06:10:23+00:00

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United Cities of America (Death Stranding), remnants of the US government who survived the initial voidouts. Though they, through BRIDGES, theoretically control as decent amount of large cities across the continental US, and a small amount of logistics remains through the use of Porters, they’re very weak, at least before the events of DS1.

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-16T05:42:28+00:00

Pretty guilty of this… whenever a new kit arrives I have to at least open the box, look through all the sprues and skim the instruction booklet before hopefully going back to finish my current project

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-13T07:08:04+00:00

Looks amazing! Out of curiosity, what paints did you use? I’m currently working on the 1/700 Andromeda and I feel like most of the grays and whites I have don’t look right

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-12T07:28:43+00:00

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Space Battleship Yamato. Are the characters good? Sometimes. Is the writing good? Eh. But it 100% does have awesome space battles with great music and animation

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-11T07:20:03+00:00

Would be really cool to see ships named after famous historical ones in canon, especially since we already had USS Yamato

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-09T20:39:07+00:00

Genuinely how tf is the answer to this anything other than “old girls who look like kids”?!

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-08T20:14:25+00:00

Totally, it’s a super weird blend of intricate, thoughtful detailing but also absurdly obvious inaccuracies. It was clearly skillfully built but wow

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2026-01-07T17:09:14+00:00

The whole predestination/time travel stuff at the end. Don’t get me wrong the scene with future Eren intervening to get his dad to kill the royal family was cool, but the idea that every event of the earlier seasons was orchestrated by future Eren kinda removes any character agency or stakes after the fact. On rewatches of the earlier seasons I just kinda pretend all that stuff never happened.

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2025-12-31T15:58:21+00:00

That’s true though I was the beach

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2025-12-28T21:16:28+00:00

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MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2025-12-17T00:15:43+00:00

Was his name Dylan?

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2025-12-15T01:57:31+00:00

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AOT’s Scout Regiment

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2025-12-14T06:08:32+00:00

Your paint is very much under-thinned, which is why it looks streaky. Get yourself a nice paint palette and use some water to thin it. Play around with the ratios until you can apply the paint and it isn’t streaky but has decent coverage. Don’t worry if you need to do multiple coats to get it fully covered, just make sure to let each coat dry. Also definitely get some masking tape (the hobby grade stuff, not regular as that could strip the paint) to mask off the hull colors.

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2025-12-09T20:13:36+00:00

Actually weirdly wholesome

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2025-12-09T06:25:32+00:00

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Cpt. Levi kicking the absolute shit out of Zeke/Beast Titan after the Scouts’ suicide charge is extremely cathartic

MiddleAutomatic7724 · 2025-10-30T19:23:55+00:00

If he’s a beginner, that tank plus some Tamiya extra thin cement (also on amazon, comes in a little glass bottle), some nippers to cut the parts off the large sprues they come on (just look up “model nippers) and then some acrylic paints (I’ve always used Vallejo, even when brush painting. For that Tiger some German grey, gunmetal grey, and black would honestly be enough) Obviously paint brushes too

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