Clunkmeister

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.

Check out these basic shapes pieces being developed. No, it’s not exact and it certainly needs tweaking, especially around the all important upper engine pods and fuselage Area, but it’s certainly 10,000% closer than anyone’s ever been before. The simplified tailcone air intake will need to be remade, but dang, the glories of 3D printing are revolutionizing our hobby. This kind of stuff absolutely blows my mind. There's months worth of scratchbuilding ahead of the builder, but this is one seriously cool mid 50's interceptor coming to life.

Jeroen, I can assemble the HGW belts while blind as well. Which is really good, because at my age, I’m pretty much blind after assembling them. Seriously though, it’s nice to see some TLC given to this. It’s looking quite brilliant.

Yes it sure can. This and the Fairchild 71C were both scratchbuild targets of mine. Both probably have just about the easiest to make structure imaginable. Square cross section fuselage and a tapered plank wing. Rhe landing gear will need to be soldered from brass, I expect

All I can say in response is that I really, truly love these overlooked subjects and making a model of them. Short of a 20 year restoration process, it’s the only way to physically represent a long lost aircraft type

I finally answered the text about signing up for the COVID 19 vaccine trials and agreed to participate for $1200. The vaccine is one that was created in Russia. I received my first shot at 0900 this morning and I wanted to let you all know that it’s completely safe, with иo side effects whatsoeveя, and that I feelshκι χoρoshό я чувствую себя немного странно и я думаю, что вытащил ослиные уши.

Rog, the Super Universal was physically pretty large, especially for a 1920s design. If you make it over here, they’re building a brand new world class museum building in Winnipeg for the amazing collection of which this aircraft is part of.. Heck, I’d take three weeks off to do the big museums with you. Start in Hamilton at the Canadian Warplane Heritage museum for the best flying and static collection in the Nation, then Winnipeg, then Edmonton, then Vancouver. Heck, id do that, followed by Oshkosh. That’s a trip I’d love to get a few guys together for.

Huber, everything I’ve seen come out of your capable hands has been first rate. I’m talking to Mike to see if I can wrangle an extra one or two. I know you’d love a Super Universal. It’s one of those timeless designs that just fell through the cracks of history. It did have a military history with Japan a day Manchukuo, but nothing here. Just a pure people or freight mover.

Hubert, that's solid work there and yes, the KH Kingfisher R-985 is a beautiful model in it's own right, if a bit fiddly to build.

Hubert, of everyone here, I just KNEW you'd be blown away by this. I really wanted to do this in 1/16, but I was limited by what was available for a commercially available R.985. As it is, I'll need to lift an engine from a Kitty Hawk Kingfisher kit. I think you know how incredibly important the Super Universal was to 1920s civil aviation, and how one of their later designs, the Fokker F.10 trimotor, through a totally unforeseen fatal accident, directly resulted in the development of the Boeing 247, DC-2, and DC-3 airliners. That F.10 crash gave us our first glimpse into the dangers of Clear Air Turbulence, along with the need for proper maintenance to prevent hidden weakening of the structure through corrosion and rot. The trademark Fokker internally braced wooden wing failed in cruise, separating from the aircraft over the middle of Kansas. The F.10 didn't deserve the bad reputation it got, and for once, Tony Fokker didn't deserve the bad rap he received, either. The F.10 could run away and hide from a comparable Ford, all while carrying more load and sipping less fuel. I'm not sure if you know this, but the Fokker Standard Universal (open cockpit and slightly smaller dimensions with a Wright Whirlwind radial) was Charles Lindberg's first choice for aircraft to do his transatlantic flight, but Fokker execs refused to sell him an airplane because of the possibility it would hurt Fokker's recently restored reputation. A smart business decision, but in the end I'm sure they wish it was their Standard Universal sitting in Paris, not an unknown Ryan design. The Fokker could have easily handled the load without needing to be specially modified and built as a one-off. I truly hope I can do this one justice, because there were two Canadian bushplanes on my scratchbuild list, the Super Universal and the Fairchild 71C. I think I'll now add the Standard Universal to that list.