Clunkmeister

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.

I found these pics I took at the 2018 US Nationals in Phoenix, Az

I saw one at a show a couple years ago. GORGEOUS model. I'll look to see if I have any pics. I'm sure I took some

Remember the vanished Striped Fighter design and promise of the BF-108 in 1/32 that suddenly dissappeared? Well it turns out it may have just resurfaced. Eduard just announced a new production Bf-108 in 1/32 scale. On page 5 they say it'll be a May release https://www.eduard.com/out/media/InfoEduard/archive/2020/info-eduard-2020-01en.pdf So for those of us who like civilian lightplanes, this release will be a breath of fresh air. There are many cool civilian 108s flying around, and some have some seriously gorgeous paint jobs... Time to feel happy, y'all.

Tony, that's one sweet looking ride. That's a scheme I thought hard about, but in the end, I want to be different and do NMF for the Razorback. Then do another and backdate it to an early C.

Well, I’d say start in a couple or three weeks and give myself 6 weeks. Anyone who wants to join in, feel free.

Oooooh Danny. I hope you let us know what you think of that Tomcat. I’ve heard VERY good things about it.

I wrecked a Revell Spitfire ll with CA once, in a typical Ernie way. Was filling some prominent rivets holes with CA and dumped half the bottle on to the fuselage. Me smart like soap dish.

Hey my friend, I’m curious which gearbox you decided to use on the engine? I’m not hinting the longer version is more accurate for this installation.

I’m all in for this, guys. I’m thinking a P-47D bubbletop Big Ass Bird. All this talk of P-47s (thanks Harv), has me looking closer at the Trumpy Razorback. Ok, if you ditch all the ducting and all the e gone behind the cylinders, you have an almost Hasegawa simple build as well. It’s an almost stupidly simple build as well, just make sure you shim the gun doors to close them flush, and form a tailwheel strut out of music wire. (The plastic one sags and folds flat after a year). The correct prop can be swiped from the Hasegawa kit because it won’t be used. And NMF as well, of course. Kansas Tornado, anyone? OK, the Poet’s build has me salivating...

Dissolved putty is the only Gunze product that confounds me It's left me mumbling to myself on occasion.