Clunkmeister

I did something similar on ice while in the Army. On a figure eight Dead Drunk. And I mean Pissy Faced, Blind, Pie Eyed, Moon Howlin’, Commode Huggin’ Drunk. And we all rode kids tricycles. I came in second last.

That’s a lesson we all learn. Once.

Alright folks, let’s see YOUR oops moments!!

Good to see one being built! Looking great!

Is that his left leg, or the middle one?

Oh yeah. It’s just decanted Tamiya primer, so it’ll be sanded smooth tomorrow. A non event, but put up here for comedic value. Just to show you that yes, I actually got some bench time, equally divided between a wooden ship and this SOD rescue.

Or take up knitting.

Yep, but the Lightning had a different mission, basically as a point defense fighter, and it was absolutely brilliant in that role. Canada is many thousands of miles of desolate uninhabited tundra and many more thousands of miles of trees, lakes, and rocks. 1 engine doesn’t isn’t good. Every Canadian interceptor in the Jet age has been a twin engine jet, and it’s been absolutely crucial to aircrew longevity.

Now that’s be a treat. a Henley would be cool, too.

Yep! Mig-21, Starfighter, neither one was built for the Canadian Mission. The MiG-21 would have been a horrible choice, probably as bad or worse than the Starfighter, not because it was Russian, but because just like the Starfighter, it literally had zero combat radius.

Funny, but 100% true.

Tom, I've yet to hear of any, but with all the amazing nose art, there's bound to be something, and soon.

Has anyone had any luck yet on AM Emerson turret glass? I'd so love to do a NMF J, but that turret seam is a no fly zone for me. And I can scratch much, but not clear parts.

It's truly beautiful, and it needs to be on our FB page, with you'r permission, of course.

You'll definitely notice a few changes around here, with much of what you do on the website being easier to do, and losing absolutely none of the ease of use that previously characterized LSM. You can still upload pictures directly to the site, with no need for a third party photo sharing site. Most everything will seem identical, but a few features may appear different. We don't expect any data loss, but you may notice a few banners missing. They're being replaced as we speak. Your control buttons like edit, etc, should now have migrated to a different spot. You'll notice the three dots in the corner of the post margin, like this: ... Click on that, and poof! they all should be there. Enjoy, and as always, feel free to sound off if you encounter any issues.

HA! Martin, you beat me to it!!

The CF-100 has little "propellers". Look in the intakes of the head on views. OK, those are actually anti icing vanes that spin and shoot out alcohol, but the sure look like props.

Hey Martin, don’t laugh. Those Canucks never did get used to having to declare a fuel emergency 3 minutes after takeoff. A lot of those ended up in farmers fields just like that one. They eventually gave the six or seven they had left to the Czechs as long as they took them out in the dark of night.

they had three full squadrons of these in the early to mid 60s, but US pressure forced them to sell them off. The range, or lack thereof, wasn't such a good thing either, with only about a 250 combat radius in a land with thousands of miles of uncharted territory. I expect that one ran out of fuel and became a glider.

Talk about a well traveled and well used package.

I know they were a developing a tray interchange system where they took the 8 gun .50 cal package out like you see here, and in went a Genie rocket tray in it's place. back in those days, they were still a few years away from designers designing a whole line of interceptors with no internal guns. I believe the CF-105 Arrow was to have no guns, just Sparrows and Genies.

Any Belgian or Frenchman should be happy about this sort of modeling tomfoolery.

There are rumors, only vile, unconfirmed rumors mind you, of the possibility of a resin kit being developed in Eastern Europe through a Friend who’s every bit, if not more insanely smitten by the Clunk as I am. Covid may or may not have put a temporary hold on development.

I remember our 155s, which were by no means an ATG, and even those made a helluva mess when fired more than 2 or 3 rounds. The earth chewed up by their recoil movement was quite extraordinary, actually, especially when they weren't dug in.