Clunkmeister

Planking this bad boy. First planking consists of 5mm strips of lime wood.

Exactly. But that's the funniest thing I've read all day. Thanks for the chuckle, man.

Personally, I’ve long since given up caring what others there think of me. I have my friends, I have my good friends, and I have those I consider as family. They're all scattered worldwide.

I was thinking my godlike figure resembles Buddha more than any others. If that's godlike, quick, tell my doctor who never shuts up.

FYI, the Halberstadt twins are VERY VERY nice kits. There are a gazillion color schemes for them, and Aviattic makes a full set of fitted splatter pattern camo decals plus other options. The only reason they're still available is because they are a very recent release and there was plenty of stock ordered. To me, the Halberstadts are easily the nicest looking German two seaters of the war and are as attractive as the Albatros fighters. I've bought my fill and I expect the value on these to rise sharply as they become unavailable. I can here the "Coulda, Shoulda, Wouldas" all the way from here.

Those Curtiss factory shots are amazing. Yes, we've seen tghem a thousand times or more, but it never ceases to amaze me at these people running the engines of aircraft being assembled, right in the middle of a crowded ramp, with people and equipment bustling all over the place. An accident waiting to happen. Anyone who's either witnessed, or seen the aftermath of a prop strike won't soon forget the visuals.

YESSSS!!!! Gazz, you hit the nail squarely on the head. This is something so often missed on models, especially when we tend to get lazy. Case in point: my B-36. There's a gazillion electronic boxes in that bugger, and each and every one has it's own subtle differences, not to mention variations due to component replacement due to unserviceability, ETC.

Like Phil said, thinned canopy glue works well, although my ham hands always seem to make a real cock up of it all. Funny how it is with HGW belts. We ALL fight these things tooth and nail, and every single time we're forced to whip them into shape, but with the exception of the few common applications offered by RB Productions, they're by far the best appearing belts out there.

I'm sort of that way myself. I make it seem like I'm jumping into a pit of lava with no hope of salvation. But on the other hand, I'm in the middle of a wooden ship build, which is TOTALLY out of my comfort zone.

Harv, I was hoping you had a new batch on the go. As in a new mash ready to go and get cooked.

That’s odd.

A stunning build using a nice kit to make a famous Ace’s P-51. Beautiful job!

I’ve actually used interior latex. I’ve used white as a way to smooth the interior of jet intakes.

I ball them up and rub them between by fingers. Don’t overdo it, but do it plenty enough and they’ll get soft and pliable. You can also wet them a touch then installing them and let them dry that way. They'll maintain their shape.

Maru, even I don’t remember much of the 50s. I’m glad your memory’s better than mine.

Exactly. Heck, an admin built a 1/48 bomber here and so am I. Nobody loses their minds over it. Personally, and this is just me, not the roolz, but in my book, generally, if you’re building the biggest model ever available of a certain subject, I’d not only call it large scale, but LARGE scale. It all depends on where you put the emPHASis when you say it. And the more AFVs, the better. Just don’t expect me to build them.

Personally, I wish no bad or evil on them anymore Han I want it to happen here. I think there’s room for two dedicated large scale forums on the web. Each is decidedly unique and each has its own attractions and benefits. I happen to believe ours is the far better place for Member interaction and conversation, and they have a pretty decent database. But then again, they have been around longer and really push that end of it. They have their way of running it, and we have ours. One thing to remember y’all, is that the Staff here is all volunteer. We’re all human. We win, we lose, we succeed, and we fail. We make good choices, and occasionally we make a bad one. If we make a mistake, we try to never repeat it. But everyone’s goal here, not just the Staff, is to make this he friendliest and most rewarding large scale site on the web. Most people here are cross posters. Which is cool. Enjoy the benefits of both. Many miss a very important part of LSM, and that is armor. They’re not a stated part of the other site. AFVs are 100% welcome here and are fully 1/2 of this site. And I think they need to be promoted more. I know I don’t (can’t) build AFVs, but the work I do see is bloody amazing. I’d love to see more people from the other site come and try it out here. Not leave there, but come and have fun. Build, chat, have fun. Unless it gets into personal attacks, nobody’s gonna get all worked up. We keep religion (yeah I know), and politics away as best we can.

For a real change of pace, how about an FGR? You said F-4 and that’d be a very cool kitbash.

Carl, you have good taste in women. I married a Susan as well. Joy’s her middle name. Susan’s make good wives. Beautiful and talented, too. Happy Anniversary, Man!!!!!

Maru I’m gonna miss seeing you, but next time!! I’m not holding out much hope over it working out well. It might turn out to be the best attended regional show in quite awhile, but nowhere near last year in Chattanooga. I’ll drive down for a day or two but I’m not thinking I’ll do all week.

I’m up in Oklahoma with my Wife this Memorial Day weekend. Duties to attend to and my nephew gets to house sit and guard the stash. I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable weekend, and on this Memorial Day weekend, remember all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice

Jeroen, is the Revell kit that much nicer than the Hasegawa? I’m no 109 expert so I’m in the dark. I have both of these sets, the Hisso and the Merlin, so I’m interested in knowing all I can.

High altitude ground attack.

Stunning.... It’ll grow on you, Tony, and you’ll be doing another soon enough.

I remember reading somewhere that “Freightliner” was the trade name for a type of truck spec’d specifically by White Motors for Consolidated Freightways. In the end, the Freightliner name outlasted the parent company, and all were eventually gobbled up by Daimler Benz Corporation. It’s fascinating. Old American truck names, all gone. White, Jeffrey, Diamond-T, REO, Marmon, Western Star. All gone.