Clunkmeister

Hey y’all! Harv tripped and fell the other night, but he fell the wrong way and hurt himself. He’s in surgery right now and has been for a couple hours. He was awake and talkative, but frightened as we all would be. I’ll give more updates as I know. Or more than likely, tell John, Smitty, Martin, or Peter, so they can post it. I’m a bit off right about now.

There are many hatches and access panels on the gun nose of this model. I’m a FIRM believer in a buttoned up model, so some of that detail will be lost. Take care with fitting the hatches: they’re expected to be shown open, so go slowly when you fit them into the holes.

Haha, yes, absolutely. Thanks for the encouragement as well. Your Tiffie is an amazing build, and I expect I’ll build one soon as well. I’ve just decided to do everything I can to make what’s visible on the completed model look as perfect as possible. I was always of the “I know it’s there” crew, but like you said, I won’t live long enough to build my stash if I follow that mantra.

The engines are really not all that great. And with the rocker covers on, they don’t fit in the cowls! If I use the R2D quick fix option, I will need to use the kit engine rear, as the quick fix engines are designed for a model with closed cowl flaps. You need some detain behind the engine. PLUS, I remember that the B-25 had too narrow cowl openings. I’m wondering if this kit is the same?

Our FB page through LSM is quite active as well. Jeroen and Fran post there all the time. Me, less so, I stick close to the forum. But I talked to noted 109 modeler Floyd Werner, and he got the big hammer of FB wrath a few years back as well. Facebook has marketed themselves in such a way to have become the premier “virtual town square”, where speech is free and open, with minimum of fuss. Business and Service Organizations gave into the lure of its simplicity and long reach, putting their businesses on FB as well. Then, once everyone was good and addicted, they brought down the big hammer.

This kit has a great pair of nose weights that slot nicely on either side of the nose gear bay. Engineering is truly amazing, and it appears that the use of putty will be next to nothing. Surface detail is nice: some minor oil canning, and very understated riveting and panel lines. I’ve seen this kit finished, and it looks VERY convincing under paint

I’m starting to be more like JohnB: concentrate on what’s seen and screw the rest. Then fill seams, rescribe and rivet, followed by world class paint. What can be seen, kick it up a notch to the fullest extent allowed by reason, and to heck with what is invisible

Most of that stuff will be invisible once the fuselage gets closed up

Bomb bay is OOB and builds up very well. As does the equipment bay. All will be lost forever except for the dinghy bay, the black boxes visible only through the use of an IPMS-USA patented 500x magnification penlight and magnifying glass combo, that only works when a judge picks up your model with his bare, greasy hands, so spending anything but the most basic of time on this is time wasted.

Cockpit builds up nicely. Some extra lead wires still need adding.

I also pulled out a couple Resin2Detail R2600 fast fix engines… Ive never been a fan of HK’s R2600’s, a d today is no different. I have a feeling I may substitute these instead.. I also looked at Brassin’s resin wheels. Flat tires included at no extra charge.

With Eli about to introduce a new decal set for this kit, and after seeing a speed build of this kit at San Marcos, I figured it’s time to take a stab at it. So, I grabbed some Brassin pre-flattened wheels, an Eduard Space panel set, an Airscale cockpit set, an ASK 3D printed seat, along with an A-20 kit, and away we go…

Nice to see you kicking it into shape, John. Revell does need a bit of work, but in the end it’s up to whether a builder wants a bit more work in exchange for 1/4 the price… I like Revell. I find them fun. But if I needed a good build quick, it’d be Tamiya every time.

I’d assume that with such an important screw, it is probably secured with Red Loctite….

My friend, you obviously haven’t visited Quebec lately, have you? Their “French” will make you’re head spin. To anyone taught Parisienne French, Quebecois French is abhorrent.

Hubert, I’ll be joining you soon enough, and I’ll be using your build as a guide. Stunning work!

A lot of South American Nations have and have always had a very large German influence. You gotta remember, before WW2 finished them off, Germany has historically been an Imperial Nation with as big a colonization practice as France, Portugal, Italy, England, or the US. Germany had colonies in the Middle East, Africa, and South America. Also, during WW1, German Immigrants were one of the largest Ethnic groups in the US and Canada. People kind of forget that. We adopted a lot of French and British influences on our society in North America, and even some German influences. South America was Spanish, yes, but also extremely German. Chile and Argentina’s signs, up until fairly recently, were bilingual: Spanish and German. As far as a German influence here, take a look at USMC headdresses close to the end of the 19th Century. Pickelhauben, anyone? Colonial influence is all through our society. Chile adopted German style uniforms over a Century ago. Those looking for a reason to be offended can find one anywhere they wish

They’d have a field day in modern day Chile…

Me too. For years. Never a problem till now, and it was two pics on the middle of a dump of 40 pics.

Hubert, Facebook is fine with the exploitation of minors, (as long as it’s don’t offshore). I have taken steps to make all my WW2 German aircraft pictures Facebook friendly by using images they are comfortable and happy with. So, from now on, all swastikas will be removed and replaced with the Hammer and Sickle. That SHOULD satisfy Facebook’s social justice lean.

Martin, that Dornier has to be one of the most beautiful German airliners ever built. It’s truly gorgeous. Was it runnin HPH Junkers-Motoren Diesel engines at this time, or BMWs? For some reason, I seem to remember the 205 style diesels we’re looking mighty promising for long distance air travel in the mid 30s.

Martin, I see that the FB people have simply smacked me down for DARING to post pictures of extremely well researched German aircraft that were presented with the wrong paint scheme. I ask everyone here to refrain from politicizing this. My intent on posting the thread was to ask y’all to be careful. Nobody needs to be banned from FB or any other communications tool. Ive informed Jeroen and Fran to pick up the slack for the next several days as I rot away in Facebook jail.

I just got banned for a week because of my Nats pictures… These two got me a week off, and strangely enough, a YEAR not being able to log on to, comment on, or manage my Church’s FB page. I’m a bit perplexed over that one, but I suppose not too surprised, given the divided nature of this Nation. Yes, I’m appealing the decision. And I expect I’ll be successful, because if they reject it, off I go to the National New Services. These two pics were buried among a group of 40 or 50 I put up. So someone took offense.

Judas Iscariot,.. on a chariot! I’m stunned beyond words. I really need to snag this kit ! Truly stunning build, Ron! Those tracks will have me sniffin’ glue, though!