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Design Works Moderoid Build

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I found this build of the Good Smile MODEROID Dai-X by Design Works.
The builder clearly took a lot of trouble to make the result as accurate as possible: using a lot of reference material.

I've seen a few people build this model with reflective/fluorescent paint on the eyes that gives the appearance on camera that the eyes are illuminated.
In this case, it seems clear that this model has a light inside the head to make the eyes glow: possibly with batteries being located in the body.

At the same time, the large canopy on Mainbody is transparent unlike an out-of-the-box build, where the cockpit is opaque.
2025.08.09 104 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.

Asahi Sonorama Disc

It seems like a bit of a coincidence but I came across a photo of the Asahi Sonorama X Bomber disc on FromJapan the other day.
Sadly, it was without its book: as part of a set of Sonorama discs that were being sold.

This bit of merchandise has got me a bit intrigued.
It would be great to get a complete item of this to scan all the pages and photograph the whole thing.
2025.08.08 93 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.

Site Updates

For, what I count as v11.3 of the site, I made some changes to the way media pages display images.
The thumbnails are cropped to 4:3, as it was messy having images from different places creating all different row heights etc.

The thumbnails have been made about as big as they can be to make them easier to see.

I thought it would be much cleaner to have the titles of the images hidden unless you roll over the lower part of the image, at which point it gets revealed.
This feature might get a little further tweaking.

As always, clicking on a thumbnail opens the image in the lightbox and clicking the title opens the image direct in the browser window, which can help in downloading the image if the browser lacks a "save target as" option.
2025.08.05 89 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.

Other People Having DDoS Attacks

I see that Xkeeper: the admin for The Cutting Room Floor, has been having similar trouble with the 'dead internet' of bots and DDoS attacks, along with a number of other site admins mentioned in the article:
	TCRF has been getting DDoSed – Xkeeper's blog

I was interested to see that these administrators hadn't been swayed toward cloudflare and similar solutions either.

If and when I start seeing the problem again, I'll give the suggested asn.ipinfo.app blacklist method a whirl.
2025.08.03 95 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.

St Mary the Virgin Church, Holystone

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The other week, I got through almost all my recent photographs from the church at Holystone in Northumberland, which is one that I'd been wanting to include in this project for years.
The church is not far from the Lady's Well, which is a remarkably thin place with a very interesting history.

Up next is likely to be the church at Ingram.
2025.08.01 80 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.

Asahi Sonorama Picture Book

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Thank to Dan Hitchin, I was able to expand the collection of images of this publication that combines a lot of publicity stills with a lot of artwork that isn't found elsewhere.

In one of the new photographs (IMG_6123), you can see one of the double-page images much more clearly: the Alliance ship attacking what I think we can take as being Pluto Alpha Base.

The page text resembles a last report from Captain Carter (pictured, lower-right) to Star Fleet before the base is destroyed.

On the ground are some interesting anti-aircraft (or anti-spacecraft) vehicles, which are not seen in the show, but have a striking design.

Equally, you might take it (as I did originally), given that the base itself isn't pictured, that this is a different EDF installation: somewhere else inside the solar system or beyond, being attacked by the Alliance. Also, the appearance of the terrain is different.
I took it to be a volcanic planet: much like Alloria.
These ground vehicles could be specialised for other: possibly higher-gravity, environments, given that they aren't seen on Pluto in the show.

This copy of the book can be found on ebay, but its condition doesn't seem to merit the price.
I will keep an eye out for one in better condition so that it can be properly scanned for the website.

Update: I found some additional images of this in the Articles and Scans folder: one of them showing the Dai-X and the constituent fighters, which have been now been brought together in the same folder as more recent images.
2025.07.31 75 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.

Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition

I've been having a play of Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition. which is a renewed version of the 1995 3D flight-sim/spaceshooter, which led Microsoft to release Fury3: a very similar game made by the same developer.

On the one hand, TV had some elements that make it feel a little bit unfinished, but a lot of the bugs that contributed to that impression are fixed in the boosted edition.

At the same time, the game will play at 1440p resolution and higher.
The rendering distance is significantly increased, so you can get a much better look at a lot of interesting enemy installations and vehicles that are surprisingly detailed and well textured, given how little detail the original engine could output.
2025.07.26 58 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.

John the Baptist Parish Church - Alnmouth

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This project took a big knock for a couple of years, with the closure of most open churches.

Since then, I've built up quite a collection of images from places like Woodhorn, Bamburgh, Ingram, Stirling, Holystone, as well as others for this project.

I plan on processing as much of this back catalogue, as well as visiting some further churches this summer.
2025.07.22 65 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.

Museum of Classic Sci-Fi

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There's not a lot to do in Northumberland when the weather's bad.
Metroland, Quasar, Laser Quest - all dried up many moons ago.
So, I made a note to visit the Museum of Classic Sci-Fi in Allendale, which I found on google maps, while slacking off at work, as soon as we had a rainy weekend.

I was really taken aback by the variety of exhibits that they had.
Maybe the most surprising one was the skitter alien from Falling Skies, which I found to be a very compelling series.
Leelu loved their K-9 replica and wanted to take it home.
My wife, who works in museums, was really impressed with the interpretation panels and how well the exhibits were presented and preserved.

It was also a lovely village with easy parking and lots of hospitality.

Anyway, check out some of the photos that I got.
They only show a handful of the exhibits.
Someone was filming a documentary when we were there, which made it awkward to take more but it gives me another reason to go back before long.
2025.07.19 72 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.

More on Recoil

I finished Recoil, since I'd already played it up to the second-last level.

In the last level, which starts off in a bombed-out city, you find Stubbie's Gas + Go, which seems like a well-run business, where, according to this, you can get a half-rack of ribs for $5.79.

Even though the robots have created an otherwise dystopian future, they seem to have inflationary forces well under control.

There is a bit of a knack to get Recoil working under Windows 11 these days.
Anyway, I really love it for some reason. It's kind of perfectly-formed and leaves you wanting more at the end.
You can download it from My Abandonware. I used the nGlide method mentioned in the comments to get it ticking over.
2025.07.18 69 0 comments  » Start a forum discussion.


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