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Congrats! I have zero doubts that these birds will show phenomenally at the Nats - i’ve Seen the Lanc in person and it is a simply stunning build I look forward to seeing the final, finished version at the award show next year!

Dry fit of the office, to see how much room I have for clutter... Not a ton of space in here! the stick is waaaay too tall - by something close to half an inch. It does at least have part of the connector for the control lock, which makes that a bit easier. There’s also *just* enough room for the rudder cables and pulleys and a bit of odd wiring along the floor. I’ll add throttle quadrant knoblies later - too much handling just now and i’ve Already lost one bit of PE to the carpet monster i also have to redo the seat - had an unfortunate incident with some thinner, and it needs a whole new coat. Fortunately it’s *supposed* to look a bit used! I’m debating whether I want to do the corrugated front bulkhead. There are a few angles from which it will be visible, but it’s also a right royal PITA - jury still out on that! This is something where trumpeter just flat dropped the ball on something simple... Once those are in... washes to dampen things down, a few instrument highlights and on to the next bits

I’ve not had a ton of bench time this week, but still made a bit of progress. Most of the cockpit color PE is done and i’m working on the throttle quadrant and the mechanical links between the quadrant and controls. Once those are done, i’ll turn to cluttering up the floor - the pulleys for the rudder cables, control lock bar (this build will be displayed as during mission prep, so the control lock will be in place) and other suchlike bits Everything is all a bit bright with that lovely clean color PE - it will tone down considerably with some washes applied

It’s a very tasty combo! That was my first try, about a year ago - i’ve Since come to agree that it works best with zero ice, but with all ingredients near-frozen and yep - love me some Monkey 47 gin!

Here’s a start... Compari, Gin and a float of Absinthe... They layer perfectly for presentation purposes, then mix to a perfect Halloween orange when stirred

This from the man who’s building a 4.5 **meter** RC Wellie??? But yeah, I guess we both have a certain soft spot for the big’uns! I very much look forward to following this build over whatever number of weeks or years it takes to complete

Exactly right! i’m finding Ways to work with larger projects in limited space - i’ll Need room for that 1/48 B-52 at some point - so planning and best-use-of-space

Nicely done on that shading - and a nice solution to a tricky problem with the gear...

I am truly jealous of your workshop!!! my entire bench is shoehorned into one small section of my living room... but I can dream!

There was standout work across the board! I was in the presence of giants, and I was both surprised and delighted that my wooden boat was recognized at a plastic model show. I understand that the next IPMS Journal will have pics of all the winners - i’ll post the other winners as soon as it shows up and for the record, Ernie’s Lanc conversion would have been a shoe-in for Best In Show has he entered it - it’s *that* good

My favorite SPAM - courtesy of time spent in Hawaii in the Army Evidently, it's a big thing there... SPAM Maki!

Amen - I've been looking for one of these in 1/32 ever since I got back into the hobby! I'm delighted that it's coming out from a top-flight maker Another book you might like is this one, detailing the history of the A20-equipped 312BG in the Southwest Pacific

Nice!!! The Germans did have some very unusual SP artillery, which makes for interesting builds watching this come together is great fun

Test fit of the cockpit wiring, and glass on the gunsight most of the wiring will be invisible, but i’m not sure which bits will be visible from where, so I went a bit overboard

Some stuff both for the current P-47 project and for the A-20 that I hope to snag from HPC when they get ‘round to releasing it next year...

This is surreal... My mind is - yet again - completely twisted ‘round itself trying to comprehend the talent, skill and pure stubbornness (as it takes to make things perfectly believable up-close) that I see on display here and did I read that you’re going to fly this thing on scale radial engines?!?!?! With functioning turrets and gunsights??? gawds - I hope to live long enough to master even 1/10th the skills I see on display here every day

Love me a Starlifter! I had more than a few jumps outta those

After a long series of misadventures, I finally got the trophy from the Nationals i still need to get a decent set of pics, but it’s nice to have Boat and prize reunited...!

Ernie - you’ve mastered 1/32, so 1/16 sounds like a next logical step... i say do it and have some fun!

Nice 1/32 DC3 at DeAgostini/ModelSpace - but as with all their kits, they are a wee bit “proud” of the product still, i’ve seen people do some *very* nice builds off this kit. https://www.model-space.com/us/build-douglas-dc3.html

I did an inventory and was a bit startled... Eduard Engines, flaps, interior and exterior and bomb bay... and more yah - I went a bit (well, ok, more than a bit) overboard when I got the kit. I figure it will be worth it if I can make it into a fitting tribute for the grandfather of a friend of mine, who was killed in ‘45 when he was shot down over what’s now Czechoslovakia well, that and I got totally sucked in by all the stuff that was available!

I consider that I have nearly a grand between kit and aftermarket invested in the B-17 waiting quietly in my stash. Compared to that, a few hundred more for a BUFF in 1/32 isn’t so much to consider

Awesome and thank you!

Research is kinda fun! I found documentation that the 56th Fighter Group switched from the factory props to paddle-bladed spinners in January ‘44 - life is good

She’s a beauty! I do wish more of the cockpit was visible - you did a masterful job in there