Clunkmeister

Dale, those look amazing. That Ki-84 is absolutely amazing. Same with the Ki-61. That weathering is absolutely subtle and stunning!

Very, very nice job! It actually looks better than many of my efforts,.. and I've been back in the hobby 9 years now after a 20 year hiatus. And welcome to LSM!! You did it in style!!

A known truth

Great catch, Wolf. Such a small, almost inconsequential detail which I never knew about, and I’ve walked around plenty of P-51s in my day.

Yeah that’s another one of those forgotten Polish workhorses of the late 30s into the early war. The first Allied aircraft to actually bomb inside Germany proper.

Yep. Ive waited for this for a long, long time. The P.11C is easily one of my all time favorites. There’s not a lot of Polish aircraft I don’t like, actually. This one definitely punched far, far above its weight.

I notified Hannants to let me know when they have them in stock, so we’ll see.

Dang! I went to order from Plastmodel.pl and they don’t ship to the USA. United States is not an available Country.

Along with the non folding rotor blades, the one other thing that really bothers me about this kit is the treatment of the engine air intake. I know they were trying for a blanket FOD cover, but to me, Fly missed badly and it looks exactly what it is: a big ugly blob.

I have this in my stash and it’s one of the very few non Russian helicopters I’d like to build. But I have exactly ZERO information and reference material on these, plus, the kit is gorgeous but extremely “short run”. No locator holes, vague information on where things go, etc. so your build may just open a door for me.. Oliver, I beg, beg, BEG you my friend; show lots of pictures so those of unwashed masses can learn from the enlightened few.

Bring it! I’d love to finish my truck

The Jug’s fuselage has to be one of the toughest shapes to get correct. You miss one little curve by a quarter of a degree, and you throw off the entire look of the model. Hasegawa got it mostly right, and I think both of you are right. I’m going to split the difference: slightly reshape the bottom, and move the cowl by literally 1/2 mm. The bottom shape is obviously slightly off, and I do think the top may be a smidgen high. But those who fight with Spitfire wing fillets, 109 and Mustang noses, plus the infamous P-39 conundrum have it much worse.

Well Dennis, it’ll be a few days longer than a week, but not much. Simply put, I don’t have the tools here that I need. Like a razor saw, CA glue, a good work light, and my optivisor, so I’ll need to finish her at home, but I think she’s exactly what I needed and she’ll be done in not too long from now. I never thought I’d miss my bench being well illuminated, but I do.

Mike, it is the kit decal, but I cut it up and installed it in several parts. I bought the Yahu panel and a gazillion Airscale decals, but for a quickie build I wasn’t into going insane.

Gotta lower the engine by about 1/8” or so. Tried the cowl flap ring on it, and it looks stupid with a huge gap on top. I read something somewhere that Hasegawa molded the engine mount stub a bit too high.... Oops!

Still here, and she ain’t good. Dementia is in its final stage, unfortunately.

Superb work, Harv. That engine is gorgeous.

I forgot my Optivisor, and without it, HGW belts are beyond my Mk.1 eyeballs, so the seat stays out till I get home and can build it up. My total time on this model so far has been about 6 hours. Filling the wing sink marks, cockpit and basic airframe, it just fell together. I needed a small skim of filler on the upper wing roots, more do to me than anything else. Lighting here is not ideal, so I’ll do as much assembly and basic filling as I can until I get home, then finish her up. So far, this has been one seriously fun, needed, and relaxing hotel room project.

So I’ve been working at it as I can, between hospital visits and sleeping, and so far I’m here.

Doing some minor stuff. But the green seems dark. I lightened it up some, though

Ok, flap surgery needed. The molded on steps for retracted flaps drive me insane

I can take one out with a Red Ryder because that’s the only kind of gun I can get here. Supper tomorrow!

Redline Hobbies is, unfortunately, almost dead. It’s a tiny storefront on South Albert that is competing with mail order and the internet. And losing. I was completely shocked. The oil bust a few years back killed leisure activities, and it shows. sad

Hehehehe hahahaha. I absolutely have a feeling of evil glee going on right now.

Now, on my way to Redline Hobbies, the local LHS, to check out the scene.