Clunkmeister

I dunno, man. I’m now faced with running my business full time again, so my bench time will be somewhat limited. We’ll see, right? 🤣

Those tires are hilarious. Maybe on a DC-3, yes, but even then it’d wiggle around on the mains so much as to be unsafe as all heck!

Now THIS is interesting…. Great work so far!

Nice Corsair build as always, John!

Peter, I’m loving it! I’m a lover of Quinta sets, especially for Trumpeter, Kitty Hawk, and other similar kits that provide solid panel decals. I usually have either used Quinta or Airscale individual decals. With my Kotare kit, I took the time to place all the dial decals individually, and in this case (the only case, IMHO), the kit panel looks as good as any AM alternative. To each their own, of course, and if time is tight, as it appears yours is having to juggle stuff all around, Quinta made sense. But Quinta or Airscale is usually a HUGE appearance boost, in this kit’s case, Quinta is simply a time saver. Keep it up! I’m hoping to be done my A-20 in the next few days and I’ll race you to the finish line!

That’s looking awesome, Peter. It reminds me that I really need to finish mine.

Im settling into my comfy chair as well. This will be awesome to see!

Fought to you by Island Hopper Airlines? All the oranges reminds me of the old Magnum PI TV series Hughes 500 Looking amazing, though!!

John, that nose makes all the difference! Amazing what that does to help the appearance. NICE!!!!

Haha @ Kevin. In other news, I’m getting close to the end on this one. tomorrow I do the props, and then stick it all together. Primed and gave the props a coat of aluminum tonight that way, I can rub the rear tips down after they’re topcoated

Went to a Country Cafe way out in the sticks. Just like last year. Fun!

I’m not surprised. I’ve heard the C-5 was a real maintenance hog, as are most of those big birds. People who haven’t been there have no idea how much logistics are needed to keep big birds like that happy and in the air. You need an entire support industry behind you. The slightly smaller An-124s are apparently somewhat better, but they were designed as a strategic military airlifter so maybe a bit more redundancy. But the ability to move almost two An-124 or C-5 loads in one move is good, but to be able to take single items that otherwise would never be considered as a candidate for air transport is golden. I expect there will be a real push to get another back in the air as sonn as possible. One that’s NOT under of the CCP, who once wanted to buy the second airframe.

Well, it is a civilian bird designed for peaceful purposes. I certainly like that. And it was used for many humanitarian needs, worldwide.

That big Antonov is right down your lane, Hubert!

Hahahahaha. I hear you on Thanksgiving. To me it’s more about giving thanks to God. Dont get me going on Chuckie. To me, Elizabeth ll was the last great Monarch. I might not be big on the Royal Family, but I had a huge amount of respect for her.

I understand Fran is a busy man, so I took it upon myself to do the spellcheck. I found several areas, and all that I found, I fixed. If I have missed any, please advise. Sometimes, the language barrier catches us all. I don’t speak Portuguese, just some Spanish and German, but I can relate. I am 100% certain that no offense was meant or implied. I grew up under our Late Queen’s Rule, and for me, she was the only Monarch I Served under. Something in me died with her. God Bless the Queen!

I’m watching this with much interest!

Watching a Master at his Trade is pure joy!

Festivus for the Restofus?

Several shots from earlier on the build because oi never started a build log till later

Gotta make the lower turret frame and gun supports a darker green, it seems. All the glass is just sitting there. Nothing is glued. Rear dorsal skyline has internal framing. It’s sitting in there a bit cockeyed right now, so I’ll get it all out and it’ll be the last to install

I really wasn’t happy with the upper finish on the elevators. They were fabric covered, so I respected the base in a much more faded OD, and then got after it with the powers. i really like how they turned out.

Oh wow, my bench is a disaster zone!

Is it light at the end of the tunnel, or simply an approaching locomotive?

NICE!