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The kit and its assembly:
After a long while I found enough mojo (again) to tackle a mecha build, and it’s an “authentic” one. To be specific, it’s a 1st generation IMAI 1:100 kit of Roy Fokker’s famous “Skull One” VF-1S in a GBP-1S exoskeleton, becoming an “Armored Valkyrie”. While this is a recent re-issue of that kit from the early Eighties (the molds were created in 1982), it retains the classic weaknesses of early mecha model kits: there are no vinyl caps that support a smooth yet dampened flexibility of the many joints, and the whole body is constructed in a Matryoshka-esque fashion, so that single assemblies like arms, legs, head and torso cannot be built separately and finally put together into the figure, but rather require a step-by-step building- and-completion process because of the joints’ mindless construction. Another weak point: despite many joints and posture possibilities the model remains quite “static” and mannequin-like. That’s O.K. for display, but the model hardly conveys any agility or dynamics.
The kit itself is nice, though, because the fit is quite good (for its age) and there are more joints than on the contemporary ARII kits of the standard VF-1, even though some of them are useless (see below).
From the start I planned to build the kit as the OOB Roy Fokker VF-1S, but with some improvements.
For instance, I replaced the right fist (the kit’s only option for both hands) with an open hand of appropriate size from a Dorvack PAM-74 kit. The other was retained OOB but received an adapted GU-11 gun pod – the handheld weapon is typical for VF-1s, but unfortunately not included in the IMAI kit, so that I used as leftover pod from an Arii VF-1 Battroid.
Additionally, both hands received adapters scratched from styrene tube material so that they could be mounted in different, more natural positions; OOB the two fists come with ring joints that theoretically allow them to rotate, but they are set so deep into the lower arms that this actually is impossible. As a side benefit of the new adapters, they made painting and later assembly easier.
Beyond the hands the lower arms offered even more room for improvements: OOB, the triple GA-100 missile heads that protrude above the hands are single bare pieces; I replaced them with cut-off warheads from 1:100 AMM-1 missiles (left over from Arii 1:100 VF-1 Fighters), glued onto a thin base plate. Simple, but it improves the model’s overall look a lot.
The upper arms received totally new shoulder joints, again made from styrene tubes, to allow their separate assembly and painting. Matching adapters had to be inserted into the torso, and the head was mounted on a similar new joint, too – with all the stuff hidden inside the upper body looked as if an endoskeleton had been implanted!
On the shoulder missile compartments’ rear end, the open “grid” of the exhausts, the horizontal bars received “masks” made from thin styrene profiles to hide seams and misalignments. Again, a small modification, but it improves the overall look a lot.
Further down the body, modifications continued. The hip was upgraded to change the legs’ geometry into a more dynamic “3D stance”. This was achieved with a styrene tube filled with steel wire to bend and fix the leg joints’ axles backwards – a stunt that was, compared with the normal VF-1 Battroids from Arii, quite easy to realize. Again, matching jackets in the upper legs replaced the original simple pegs, and the legs remained detachable for separate assembly and painting. The resulting gaps between upper legs and pelvis were filled with pieces of paper tissue drenched in PVAC glue, creating dummies of flexible covers.
While the lower torso of the kit featured a joint to allow the upper body to rotate, I replaced it with a new vertical styrene tube construction, too, again allowing the body sections to be built and painted separately with better accessibility.
While there are many other hidden missile compartments all over the body I did not open them, to leave the hull rather “uncluttered”.
The armored assistance boosters on the back, flanking the folded wings, are correct in shape and detail, but appear a bit small for the bulky armor. As a remedy I “stretched” them a few millimeters with styrene sheet inserts, and I added details inside of the exhaust openings that hide ugly seams which are hard to PSR away in this confined location.
My Generation -- Donnie Lee, Shawn McMahon, Jason Jameson, Dominick Loria and John Pestrek -- performing at Dexter's in Lake Mary April 25, 2010.
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Será que os telefones celulares propiciam uma verdadeira comunicação entre as pessoas? Ou apenas servem com um meio de simples troca de informações?
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In Sangeat Dorat on Sumbawa, families were sitting on raised platforms outside their houses chatting and watching life pass by.
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Richard Rogers' Tribunal building in Bordeaux
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Green Generation Jersey Presentation in KIldangan GAA on Friday 25th May, Special guests John O'Leary and Sam Maguire
Digital Photography
I took this picture because I was just walking around downtown flagstaff waiting for an interesting subject. The older woman in the wheel chair looked right at me while the other women didn't look at me which I thought made a great composition.
I took this picture by keeping the subject in the right third an froze them walking to show motion.
For editing I Just added contrast, exposure, and cropped.
I documented something happening around me in a visually appealing way by capturing emotion and using my knowledge of photography to make an everyday occurrence into a photograph.
Whilst waiting for the next showing, I noticed this point of view, I liked how the building was symmetrical and the spire really caught my eye.
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Art Futura 2010
Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona
# 6 noviembre 2010
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Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) Development Week 2025
Geneva, Switzerland
28 July 2025 - 1 August 2025
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Residents at the Savoy, Bangor, took a group of young people from Newtownards on a trip down memory lane this month to help mark European Day of Solidarity Between Generations on April 29. In return the young people from Include Youth’s Give and Take Scheme are taking their older counterparts to a three course meal in Groomsport and an afternoon at the bowling lanes.
The project is part of Linking Generations Northern Ireland and is aimed at promoting a a greater understanding between young and old by exploring stereotypes.
For more information about intergenerational work visit: www.centreforip.org.uk/northern-ireland
Or to find out more about the Give and Take Scheme visit: includeyouth.org/giveandtake/
From the same people who ruined Where is the Love comes our latest musical recording - Love Generation: The Sunrise Mix. But this time, we actually received singing lessons - although I'm not sure they helped!
Mrs Macquaries Point. 31/03/2006.
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During this time America had gotten officially involved in WWII and because all the men had gone off to war the women were taking up their jobs to keep the country running. There was a great sense of feminism rising because before this, women were expected to be stay at home moms. I like that the "Rosie" picture was kind of what represented the women in that era because her whole demeanor just screams STRENGTH and that's really what women are made of. They went from taking care of their families to taking care of their country. They stepped up and took over when they were needed.
Residents at the Savoy, Bangor, took a group of young people from Newtownards on a trip down memory lane this month to help mark European Day of Solidarity Between Generations on April 29. In return the young people from Include Youth’s Give and Take Scheme are taking their older counterparts to a three course meal in Groomsport and an afternoon at the bowling lanes.
The project is part of Linking Generations Northern Ireland and is aimed at promoting a a greater understanding between young and old by exploring stereotypes.
For more information about intergenerational work visit: www.centreforip.org.uk/northern-ireland
Or to find out more about the Give and Take Scheme visit: includeyouth.org/giveandtake/