Clunkmeister

I just reorganized mine. I have more resin kits than plastic now, so resin and special stuff are in the closet of my build/gun room, and the plastic stuff goes off to the garage and barn, minus the decals, which are catalogued and filed. I had to shake my head at some of what I have. It makes no sense. 1/16 King Tiger? Seriously? Where in heck will I put that when done. 1/200 Yorktown. Another mystery kit. The only 1/200 ship I REALLY want to build is the Mighty Hood, and she's there with her full Pontos set and Shapeways goodies. Silliness abounds. I don’t build much Tamiya, yet there are more than a few here...

Working on the instrument boards

It’s nothing official as far as I know. Im just going to build a quick project and give myself six weeks. Anyone who wants to join in, May, of course.

Rog, I’d say anything that you could build in a month or 6 weeks. I have three I’m looking at: Trumpy Razorback ‘bolt, Hase bubbletop ‘bolt, Revell P-51D-5NA My idea was to do a quick something so I could put something on the shelf. Just a mojo restorer I’d say a Takom FT COULD be done in six weeks, but it’d be tough. That’s a huge project

Ya know, I WAS going to delete this as spam. But I’m not going to. However, I’m going to shorten it up and remove the personal insults , etc. No biggie if someone sees accuracy issues with a kit, but instead of going off half cocked, maybe try backing up what you say with facts and proof. And avoid the personal attacks and insults. This is not the place for that stuff.

Ooooooh! Su-24

The Dragon 110s are all brilliant kits in so many ways. Accurate and precise to build when the correct parts are actually placed in the proper spots. I’ve yet to see a bad looking build from one of those kits, and the worst issue I found with it was the tedium of masking that blasted greenhouse. I have one I’d like to use Pastor John’s conversion on, but have yet to do so. Plus someday I’d love to do an early Eastern Front version as well. My issue there is finding the online instructions for the Pastor John stuff. I’ve got two 110s and an 88 G conversion that I just can’t find what I need.

I’m surprised that more aftermarket hasn’t appeared for these kits. I’m definitely doing a D, and it will be an assembly ship. I still hope for some better engines, wheels, props, etc. And if Iain Ogilvie gets his wing sorted, I’m in on that as well.

This kinda followed me home. On sale for $28.95

The real Washing Machine Charlie blew up the fuel and ammo dump at Incheon in 1953. They got lucky, tossing mortar shells over the side. Just like 5 o’clock Charlie.

I'll mention the absolute obvious to many of us in the know, but if Dale hasn't seen the kit, he may get bit.. Dale, the Dragon kit has an instruction booklet that is legendary in it's ability to lead modelers into traps. Absolutely 100%, do NOT build the kit withouit downloading Brett Green's errata list for the instructions. Some brave soul managed to sort out tyhe instruction issues and managed to document it as well, which led Brett Green to publish it. It is REQUIRED when building this kit, and it will save your build. Many parts have placement that is vague in the instructions, and many of the nacelle components are handed, a little fact that is missed entirely by the instructions. http://www.hyperscale.com/2008/features/bf110c732erratabg_1.htm

Smitty, I'd add a companion to the An-2, and that would be the Po-2 biplane. The possibilities are endless as it was produced from 1927-1952 and it also served as the famous Bedcheck Charlie in Korea. Or, as Hawkeye Pierce called it, "Washing Machine Charlie" because it sounded like an old Maytag.

I expected that might be still around, Jeff. They were THE band in Canada for awhile and had a string of hits in the 70s. They were pretty hardcore rock and roll back then, although they seem tame these days. The music wears well, though. Some other favorites of mine back then were Doug and the Slugs, Chilliwack, and heck, even old Stompin' Tom Connors if I got REALLY liquored up.

Well Hubert, all we need to do is check the registry and sneak over to whatever airport one is based at, and snap some pics. The 108 was SO much more than black crosses and swastikas. They’re prized my collectors today, and don’t forget the French connection.

Many years ago, I had a girlfriend who, totally unexpectedly, broke up with me. (The nerve of her!) But I gave her a theme song, too. I’d play it LOUD on my car stereo every time I saw her around town. In Canada, we had a rock band called Trooper. They recorded a great song called “A Three Dressed Up as a Nine". That song just seemed to fit perfectly. And we had a LOT of great bands that were huge up here but never seemed to catch on down here. Trooper was pretty cool then. Trying to learn all the guitar riffs that today seem so simple...

Personally, I’m not a huge fan of preshading aircraft. I can see it for other models, but for me on aircraft, I don’t see the reason.

Dan, many of us are plastic modelers and don’t understand the method with wooden ship models. I’ll pass this to those in the know and they’ll let you know. Ernie

John, stunning work! Seriously. But I’m concerned just a bit. Have you finally lost your marbles, my friend? This thing will use enough space for at least two F4Us. Six with the wings folded!

Lovely start!

Good grief! The Ki-84 was a serious threat, and if well flown, easily an even match for the F6F and F4U, then you add in a full complement of 20mm cannon? Yikes Guven decent fuel quality and skilled crew, it might have proved to be more than a match for the best we had.

Very well packaged, now I hope it builds as nicely as it appears to look. Their Mug-31 was a sweet sweet kit.

Dale, this is looking SWEEET!

Now this is a personal opinion, not right or wrong, but just my opinion. Most WW1 scouts were considered expendable and for many, their last few expectancy was measured in weeks, not months or years. So as a rule of thumb, I weather usually based upon grass and dirt stains from the field they fly out of, plus some oil and fuel stains. A light wash of dirt to tone down the brightness is good as well. Aviattic makes some faded lozenge that works well for upper flying surfaces too.... But,... the D.Vll. Was brand new in 1918 and with a liquid cooled engine wouldn’t have showed as much wear. I’d have lightened up the blue a bit and given it a General very light grime wash to tone down the brightness Also Aviattic faded to lozenge followed by a bit of a light wash.