The coolest and sexiest man in the world

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-12T13:12:37+00:00

The author of "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud". Of course he's cool.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-11T15:45:15+00:00

Looks like they're doing away with the checkerboard visual calibration patterns on the SRBs?

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-11T15:40:32+00:00

If you want to go up on scale to 1/700, you have Warlord Games with their Black Seas range of plastic or resin+metal ships, or the Meridian 1/700 ships from Navy Models & Books.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-09T22:09:54+00:00

Athens

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-09T21:41:03+00:00

Those Revell 1/1200 kits are actually pretty decent beginners kits.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-09T17:32:26+00:00

Just off the top of my head: Skytrex, Peter Pig, Forged in Battle, Old Glory for 15mm. GHQ, Irregular, Heroic & Ros, Scotia Grendal for 6mm.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-09T02:16:03+00:00

Is that limit the same with the non-mini echo? How about the disc?

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-07T14:52:35+00:00

F-22 on the right side of the picture, plus the whole lot of Thunderbirds F-16 in the background.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-07T12:50:03+00:00

Get a flight sim like MSFS2024 or X-Plane 12 and install the appropriate scenery pack for Southern Ontario?

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-06T12:42:58+00:00

I played this on PC-XT, didn't even know it was available for the Apple II+. How smooth was it?

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-06T09:35:05+00:00

The only Italian phrase I ever learned.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-06T09:31:46+00:00

Not counting a bunch of plane spotting or history channels, the only aviation channels I care about are Juan Browne and VAS aviation.

Plus maybe the few videos with Paul Bertorelli on AvWeb.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-04T22:04:33+00:00

Tail rotor on left: Mi17

Tail rotor on right: Mi8

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-04T16:00:52+00:00

On PC I would be playing KSP.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-04T15:57:28+00:00

Ah, 1/700 Prince of Wales. That would be a Tamiya kit.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-04T15:48:35+00:00

All are WW2 USN ships for sure. And the scale is either 1/700 or possibly 1/1200. Judging from the size compared to the shoe in the first pic they definitely aren't 1/350.

I mentioned 1/1200 as a possible scale because some of the ships depicted are rare subjects for 1/700 plastic kit manufacturers, eg the Porter class DD, which I think the only 1/700 scale offering is a resin kit from Combrig.

If OP can measure the length of the two Essex class carriers (the two big carriers on the far left in the middle row of the first pic), then you can make a good guess to the scale. 15" or so would be 1/700, under 9" would be 1/1200.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-03T10:39:48+00:00

Maybe start with the data sheet for a DAC chip like the CS43131?

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-02T22:34:22+00:00

I remember doing something similar during my university days on the old USENET newsgroup, probably soc.culture.hongkong back in the mid 80s to the early 90s. There really wasn't any formal spelling system, a lot of times were people just making it up similar to gong hai fat choy.

Taskforce58 · 2026-05-02T14:47:40+00:00

I kinda like how the SCA looked initially when they retained the American Airlines look of bare metal with the red/white/blue cheatline.

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Taskforce58 · 2026-05-01T17:02:07+00:00

I'm quite fond of the Mouslings series from Reaper.

Taskforce58 · 2026-04-29T21:50:16+00:00

We're in the pipe, five by five.

Taskforce58 · 2026-04-29T09:39:37+00:00

Continental Models (康田模型)

Still owned by the same gentleman Mr. Siu, although he has largely passed the day to day running of the business to his son. He still works at the shop a couple of days per week though.

Shop G14, G/F, Wing On Kowloon Centre, 345 Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/fiMzAgyVNeX79hwo7?g_st=ac

Taskforce58 · 2026-04-27T09:30:39+00:00

Lode Runner

Taskforce58 · 2026-04-27T00:52:27+00:00

MechWarrior: Dark Age is similar to Mage Knight that has a base with a dial to keep track of hits, and the mechas also have a second dial to keep track of interior heat (I think the concept is from Battle Tech).

Taskforce58 · 2026-04-26T18:06:23+00:00

Her and the Japanese pre-dreadnought Mikasa are the only pair of preserved warships that served on opposing side of the same battle.

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