Jinro

I've said it before and I'll say it again, college is the one that keeps our heads in the sand and leads us to believe that we can start a six figure job from day one. It's how they attract students and how they make money off of them. Ever see the commercials for ITT Tech? I don't even know why I'm wasting my time reiterating it, since most of the people here are well versed in reality and will not and can not understand the current situation at my college, or even in my city. Nor can they understand the current situation with myself and my life. Now I'm tired of armchair psychiatrists who d

College should be giving students "a little reality", but they don't because then they lose students and then money. I have major issues with education in America, and I'm just going to leave it at that.

I've actually had that happen, despite the fact that I'm fairly certain there are laws against it. If only the cost of buying the bat were cheaper. I have all the time in the world to pursue a career like this, I just don't have the money. Well in that case, probably not. That's the fastest way to me getting a liver transplant.

There's also a difference between being blunt with useful information that I inquired about, and being blunt with useless attacks on my view of working in the business sector.

And this is one issue I have with college. They get you in the door saying "this degree will get you this job" or some other nonsense, then when you're about to graduate you find out it was all bulls__t. When I ask for help, and I receive abrasive, not so helpful, somewhat rude comments that don't answer my question at all, I can't help but to reply in kind. Taiidan's comments had no valuable information whatsoever and were pure put-downs. I really don't have much interest in commercial fixed wing. I can't really explain why, I just don't. The only thing I can explain is that the cockpit

At this point it looks like it's not worth the effort unless I had prior military experience. Chalk another lost dream up to getting the short-end of genetics.

What are some good resources for finding schools? Like a school list or something? I epically fail at Google for some strange reason and couldn't find anything that wasn't littered with ads. Thanks for the pessimistic, less-than-helpful side of things. You make me feel oh so much better. <_< FYI, I've seen my local EMS heliport. It's nothing like what you say.

You misunderstand. I don't like wearing a monkey suit. I don't like economics. I don't like marketing. I don't like management (unless I'm managing a machine). I don't like accounting. I don't like cubicles. I don't like the idea of "karoshi" (death from overwork). I don't like the idea of kissing up to some hack who makes six figures. I don't like the idea of living a miserable life. That's what I don't like about business and corporations. I do like the idea of flying some kind of aircraft, no matter how many hours of study and ground-time it takes before I even get to fly the bloody thin

Are there any civilian/commercial helicopter pilots lurking around ARC? I'm stuck in college with a dead-end major, and a passion for aviation but no clue where to go, and I'd like to talk to some helicopter pilots to see if there's a snowball's chance in hell I could pursue that route. I'm unfortunately not able to join the military due to one physical condition (which can be relieved by weight lifting, stretching, etc.) and two chronic illnesses, both of which are controlled by medication, one of which is inactive. Those being the two key words that the military doesn't give a rat's arse a

I'm wanting to do a desert diorama at some point in the near future, just a small section of road with a bit of desert, but I'm wondering how to do the desert. I've seen plenty of trees, grass, bushes and other greenery at my local shops, but none of the brown stuff. So how do you get that realistic dusty desert look? I'm also wondering how to get the vehicles a good coating of dirt and dust as well.

That dust and dirt looks so real.....how did you do it? :o

That is incredible! May I ask, where's the best place to source 21st Century models? These look like just what I'm looking for, inexpensive 1/32 kits to test the waters, but all I've found are old Hobby Boss and Hasegawa kits. I looked for the 21st Century stuff but only found pre-built die-cast toys.

When I saw "turkeys" in the title I was expecting Phatoms Nice Tomcats! The 'cat is starting to grow on me.

I was hoping to avoid buying a new airbrush :P What about the pastel chalk method? Are these standard pastel chalks from your average art store?

Thanks guys. I guess I had a healthy dose of beginner's luck. I wish I could have gotten the wash a little cleaner--the entire aircraft looks like it's coated in a burnt umber dust. I also learned why seamless intakes are so popular I actually didn't do a wash on the landing gear bays--I just did a few light coats of white and let the gray of the plastic show through for kind of a pre-shading effect. Hopefully on my next build I can try pre-shading.

Paasche H. I thought about the pull away method Collin suggested, but on a smaller scale that would cause the spread to be a bit too wide.

Looking at some of the excellent prop builds around here, I've noticed that most people seem to use an airbrush for the exhaust stains. But how? Two things I'm worried about are 1) spraying too wide and covering half the model in exhaust and 2) getting that tapered end where the stain slowly disappears. How's it done?

Most of the tabs you'll find online are going to be different depending on who tabbed the music. Since they're playing by ear and transcribing there's the human element in there that can result in errors. That and the people tabbing it may have their own "artistic" take on it. Then there are things that people just don't attempt to tab out--I'm always looking for bass fills but no one seems to tab those out. Unless the tabs you find are from someone with a good ear, or from someone who has a copy of the official music, like a band score book or something, you'll have to try them out to fin

Now stick it in an RC airplane!

Just finished my third ever kit, an Academy 1/72 South Korean KF-16C. It has tons of flaws, which is why it's not going in Critique Corner First time using my airbrush. First time using a wash. First time attempting to paint NAV lights. First time making a display base. First time my decals didn't silver! Although the wash looks a little overdone to me, and I had some slip ups while cutting the mask. And I completely forgot to paint the in-flight refueling thingy. Oh well, live and learn.

Every time I'm about to do the decals on a JASDF build, I cringe.

So who is going to take their place for dogfight training? There's got to be some form of Dissimilar Air Combat Training.

Never done a group build before and kinda interested. Don't have a kit yet, looking at either a Modern tank or a Modern armored car. Built around Spring, since I have to paint outside and its getting damp and cold here. Just not sure if my building skills are adequate enough for a GB though :unsure:

Haha. The Japanese sure do seem to have the disposable income for such expensive camera equipment. Surprised they have the time for hobbies though, what with the whole work until you drop dead mentality. Hopefully I can get a DSLR before I do the JET program.

Man....if only we had that in America. Cops like to use the "that's been illegal since 9-11" crap (which is crap, there's nothing illegal about taking pictures of planes).