Happy b-day Brent.

I tried really hard to get to the chat - and made it in, like 3 times. And got crashed every single time.... guess it didn't like my Mac?

Anything get decided? Anyone with highlights?

duh... hey Smartz - my brain must be fried. Where's the news letter (and zipped UGP pix), and how does I get to chat?

I commented elsewhere, but these are so awesome, I just have to comment on every board.... Yup.

VERY, VERY nice. You seem to have captured the OT Star Wars feel perfectly! They look like the realization of some lost McQuarrie ESB concept art.

Great use of that body - I've passed it up time after time, thinking it was fugly, and that there wasn't much that I could do with it.

And now, I will suffer for my lack of vision... <sigh> But if ever ever see one of those guys again, I'm so totally ripping off your design!

Anybody know of a good, and yet cheap place to stay?

Awesomey excelent - thanks for heading that up, Chewie!

Holy yubnub! Thanks for stopping by Frank (and congrats on the job of your dreams!!!) - and thanks for the offer! The Dio is (last I knew) 9' x 9'...

Game on?   

OHHHHH NO!

NEVER              AGAIN.

Once, I left the fertile fields of the customizing section at RS and went out into the "other" sections over there.... What I found was astonishing. I discovered nothing but the worst of humanity - and a solid, chilling fear for our world's future! Oh, the horror! The inhabitance of that world were the most childish, asinine, & moronic group of sub-humans I'd ever 'met.'

I left that hell as soon as I could. And when I got back, I took solice in the soft blues & silvers of my homeland. I was relieved, complacent. Oh how I was thrilled to back - safe & sound in my little customizing community. Little did I understand the true scope of what I had done.

Only too late did I become aware of the consequences of my actions. You see, when I came back across, something came with me.... Slowly, at first, the minions of the 'other' lands oozed into the shadows of our threads. Then, in small numbers, they started posting. Here & there, they tested the waters. Poking, proding, they bushed buttons, and lit the smallest of flames. But eventually they grew braver. And then, one day, they were ready!

Certain that our community could be destroyed, they unleashed their greatest champion(s)! GreenDay101 was the first (and 2nd, and 4th...). Many fell to his truly insane brand of evil in those first few days. Many more followed. Eventually, he was repelled, but the land was never the same. We had hoped that the damage would heal itself. However his touch had poisoned the earth irreparably. The damage that he & his ilk had inflicted only festered over time.

Today, the RelmS are full of wandering, brainless comments that attack mindlessly on sight. Flames burn in every thread. War riddles the landscape, and Strife pollutes the atmosphere.

It is not safe there any longer. And it is my fault.

I will not let it happen again....

j/k - I'm sure it's better here 

HAH! That rocks!

The tumbler (done up like that) gives it a very starwars-y look (imho). And for low altitude, the gunner position works great!

Love the shield for the gunner, and the ajustable thrusters are awesome. Nicely done!

Oh, and Rup, not to slight your thoughts (cuz normally, I'd agree with you), but in Lucas-land, here's you ARCs being inconspicuous: