Clunkmeister

Yep, I just rank him up via email and asked if he could do me a list. 6 weeks later, here we are.

Looking stellar, Harv!!

Thanks Jeff. I just can't bring myself to build a Luftwaffe aircraft without one of Henri's propellers. His stuff is amazing, and EXACT scale.

I FINALLY placed one big order with Henri Daene for all the German stuff I can see myself doing for a long time. Then realized I forgot the 110G. We should be good to go for all my German kits. Dragon 109E Has/Revell 109 G6 x3 Has/Revell 109 G-10,14, K x2 PCM Fw 190 A-1/A-3 x2 Has Fw 190A-5/A-8 Revell Fw 190F-8 Has Fw 190 D-9 x2 Dragon Bf 110 C/D Has Ju 87 G I think we’re good for life now Saved a lot on shipping

Yeah I kinda went crazy back then. But it was fun showing a clean set of heels to the kid tuners with their fancy late model Vespas. I'd go to the Weir's Beach rally in Laconia, NH every year. I'd ride my Harley on Wednesday, come back on my Vespa for Thusrsay, then ride in on the old '47 Chief for Friday and Saturday. Out of all three, the Indian Chief is the one that usually made me walk. My right leg was much better developed than my left one. Starting that thing on a hot day was adventurous.

Hill climber!!!!

Bertl, I've ridden Harleys and Indians my entire life. Most of them were pretty tame bikes when it came to raw performance, but what I lost in speed, I gained in style and sex appeal. The only crazy time for me was after my divorce. I went crazy for awhile and bought a Vespa 200cc scooter. I took it completely apart in the living room of my apartment and hot rodded the thing with a tuned pipe, different carbs, different gears, and shaved the head for more compression. Back then after the divorce I had a death wish, so I rode like a fool. I actually got a speeding ticket on the Massachusetts Turnpike for doing 90 mph. On a 200cc Vespa. I'm lucky to still be alive.

Yep, we need more WIPs I'll update my racer tonight

Many previous members here are coming back and chilling out here, which is nice. It’d be awesome to see some more.

Welcome, Alan! Good to see you here, and I guarantee you there are one or two very serious 190 experts here on LSM who can steer you right. I’m looking forward to seeing some of your fabulous builds.

Keeping this place free from spambot riff raff is a full time + endeavor, and having things reported promptly really helps. I can’t always be here, yes, I have a day job that feeds my wife and keeps her happy, so any little leg up helps. The one today was reported by no less than three members.. Again, Thanks!!!

Yeeeeah buddy!!

I've been known to....

I invoke the 5th

Started like as a failed attempt to toast a hamburger bun on a charcoal grille. I am NOT a cook.

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.