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I agree - it's going to be a long wait for this one. Thanks for posting the pictures!
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Budget Starks video review,looks goooooood!
MarvelZombie
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I agree with the video, the back of this armor is very impressive. The paint app looks incredible.
thepixelpusher
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Quite honestly, this revision of the Iron Man armor looks like it came from a future movie. Streamlined and slightly more futuristic. I cancelled my order of the HT "Stealth" Iron Man version to get this. This will be an nice addition to my collection…when it gets released in 2016.
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Yeah the mk40 has that single huge exhaust on his back much like a fighter jet would have. It's a shame the suit wont interlock for a cool flight pose.
As cool as this is, I really want to see it repainted in a Gemini style color scheme. It might actually make a better looking space suit than Stark's actual space suit.
really u want to see it white? eh a little too boring for my tastes, iron man has to have more color. there aren't many blue iron man suits either which makes this kinda unique.
Gemini isn't just white 
true but white is his primary i guess then. still i wont fault u for your opinion, u could try photoshop or something to get a idea how'd it look.
zackhigh1226
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For the sake of curiosity, I wouldn't mind seeing a picture of Shotgun painted like Gemini. That actually might look kinda cool!
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I wouldn't get too excited about the paint app. This is the prototype and it was hand paints but very talented artists. I'm sure the production app will be fine but I doubt it will look this good
It actually a huge thruster.
Do we know the suit doesn't interlock?
I don't know. when I see this I'm reminded of the first jets that were built to go super sonic and most of them were not painted since it causes drag. I'm thinking anything that is supposed to go mach 5 might have to rely on less paint and more smooth metal
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Has nothing to do with drag for why they where unpainted. But weight. A paint finish is usually much smoother then bare metal. But on a jet that can be hundreds of pounds of extra weight. And yes, I'm sure. I worked on f18s for 5 years in the Marine Corps and had to study all kinds of aerodynamic science.
As for this figure being a different paint scheme...that's generally for battle damage and faces. Most of the iron men figures are painted exactly the same on the prototype(outside of those BD parts) as the production. Becuase it's a baked on paint. But it's always best to wait to production pieces these types of figures vary little from proto to production on the paint.
As for this figure being a different paint scheme...that's generally for battle damage and faces. Most of the iron men figures are painted exactly the same on the prototype(outside of those BD parts) as the production. Becuase it's a baked on paint. But it's always best to wait to production pieces these types of figures vary little from proto to production on the paint.
Word. Wish I still has CS installed so I could mock one up myself. I need to bribe Brainiac when I see him.
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Hundreds of pounds of extra weight from paint?!
You really are mad as a hatter aren't you?
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Dont know the pounds but he is right that it adds weight to the craft, that is a fact
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A gallon of latex paint that you get at the hardware store weighs roughly 10lbs. i don't know what type they paint aircraft with, but it would need to hold up to weather. I would not be at all surprised if it took over 100lbs worth of paint, depending on the size of the craft and number of coats they sprayed.
Once again you are wrong.
They didn't paint the early super sonic test planes because the texture of even highly polished paint creates drag, just like the dimples on a gulf ball.
And the metal wasn't rough or bare, it was burnished and polished in such a way that it sealed all of the microscopic pours in the aluminum skin.
It the same reason they eliminated the round head rivets and replaced them with flush rivets which were also burnished to reduce drag.
It is not feasible to do this process on production Aircraft. they also paint production Aircraft for several reasons such as corrosion prevention and it would b e too cool to have an shiny silver F-18 trying to attack another plane.
I worked on Harriers for 12 years in the Corps and was never asked to study any kind of aerodynamic science. I don't know what your MOS was but it must have been something I never knew about.
As for the paint apps on prototypes, they always look a lot better then the production app, any thread demonstrates that has plenty of conversation about it.
I also don't know why it matter that the paint is baked on. A hand painted prototype will always look better then a production line painted figure
They didn't paint the early super sonic test planes because the texture of even highly polished paint creates drag, just like the dimples on a gulf ball.
And the metal wasn't rough or bare, it was burnished and polished in such a way that it sealed all of the microscopic pours in the aluminum skin.
It the same reason they eliminated the round head rivets and replaced them with flush rivets which were also burnished to reduce drag.
It is not feasible to do this process on production Aircraft. they also paint production Aircraft for several reasons such as corrosion prevention and it would b e too cool to have an shiny silver F-18 trying to attack another plane.
I worked on Harriers for 12 years in the Corps and was never asked to study any kind of aerodynamic science. I don't know what your MOS was but it must have been something I never knew about.
As for the paint apps on prototypes, they always look a lot better then the production app, any thread demonstrates that has plenty of conversation about it.
I also don't know why it matter that the paint is baked on. A hand painted prototype will always look better then a production line painted figure
The average weight of the paint and primer applied to a CH-53 Helicopter (at it's allowable limit for repair and touch up) is only 400 pounds and it has 4 times more paint and primer then they use on a Harrier so your guestimate is pretty close if your were talking about a jet.
I thought this was the Shotgun figure thread? That's why I subscribed and you're off topic talking about aircraft paint, polishing rivets and other crap.
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