Clunkmeister

My personal thought right now is that the Invader thread is truly FUBAR. And yes, that’s a military term as well. Im actually looking at figuring out how to separate the two...

Back in the days of my idiocy, I was known to have, on occasion, referred to said site as “Diaperscale” obviously to do with the whining. I, as well, was corrected. I was an NCO in the Army. Officers got out of our way. They were the Policy Wonks, we were the movers and shakers. We learned to let the Officers set their policy, and we’d implement it in our way. It’d get done, but in such a way that caused the least disruption to operational readiness. Woe to the Officer who tried to micro manage his NCOs. They generally ended up corrected by the RSM, (an NCO otherwise known by all as GOD), transferred out, or fragged. My personal belief is that it’ll all sort itself out over here. I hope it does. They, like us, have much to offer the community. But not if they continue to blow others off with silliness.

Wumm, I can say with absolute certainty that at times, it’s easy to forget that you’re a member of the Staff, and end up just thinking of yourself as a regular guy when liking something or not liking something. I’ve done it personally, so trust me, it’s easy to do. Not that we have much to worry about here, everyone’s so laid back and all. I’m not defending anyone there, just pointing out how easy it is to do.

Ron, I’m truly sick of the discontent. We don’t have it here and everyone here works long and hard to keep it that way. And by everyone, I mean y’all, not the staff. James has had to stomp one or two fires set by outsiders, but I can honestly say that my job here has been 99% spam stomper and 1% thread relocation technician.

Me too, man, and that hurts a bunch.

I'll add my .02 to this whole thing, although I've tried to keep from commenting on this. I consider the person in question a very dear personal friend of mine, but that's a personal relationship in which we have mutual respect for each other. I'd trust him with the keys to my home and my bank account number. (That's alot of trust) As far as online stuff goes, I have no idea, I've no real clue, never really looked. But, all that aside, I've tried to just let all that old stuff drift away in the rear view mirror and move on with life. I love it here on LSM. The people are friendly, there are a whole bunch of world class builders here, and nobody is in serious competition with each other. Except for John, who wants to build an entire Marine Air Group before anyone else. (And we all sit back and watch in awe). Every now and then though, I look over there and see a decent conversation suddenly go pear shaped because a few folks insist on being overly combative and creating stupidity out of thin air. Like someone left a switch aligned the wrong way and you you were powerless to take your eyes off the 65 mph trainwreck as it happened in real time. A shame if you ask me. And to me, they often seem catalyzed by JH himself. But there's room on the internet for a couple really good Large Scale sites. In my opinion, we have a huge advantage over them in that we also feature, allow, and even encourage armor. It's not pushed down around here. Nobody busts your backside for building something different. Yes, aircraft are the big draw these days, but most aircraft modellers also dabble in armor. Some more than others. I shake my head at the moderating style over there, but it's their site, and if they wish to nuke it like that, that’s their decision, we have nothing to do with it, and more power to them if that’s the direction and image they wish to project. Personally, I have no desire to be an internet cop. I'm the most junior of the Staff here, but with many of the members here being in Western Europe and North America, I'm on when y'all are, so I can keep an eye out when y'all report the inevitable spam. I actually installed an extra PC and monitor in my office that stays on all the time for that exact reason. LSM is growing, thanks to all y’all, and more and more come over here to showcase their work and join the conversation as well. I often get comments on the quality of the builds here, but what I'm ALWAYS told is how incredibly relaxed and easygoing we all are here. That's on you folks. Goodness always seems to attract goodness. You guys are awesome. Thanks for making LSM a great site and let's continue to build and show off the awesome talent that is here. More than anything else, the incredible raw modelling talent on display here is what makes people come here to visit. Every single person here makes me push my skills to their absolute limit, and if we continue to share, we all learn new techniques so we can take our builds to the next level. .02 from me to you. One final edit here: I absolutely hold no grudge, dislike, hate, discontent, or grumble towards the other site. I absolutely wish them the best, and I truly hope and pray they can fix whatever ails their place, because as of right now, it often seems full of nasty internet poison.

It’s a shame that the very last B-36 couldn’t stay in Fort Worth. It shows you that so many people just don’t care about history. The B-36 IS North Texas

She’s a jumble of parts now, but hopefully soon we’ll see some good order and discipline! Yep, I believe one was to allow access to the wing while in flight. The aircraft did have to depressurize for that, yes. There were circuit breakers and switches for the electrics in the wings. Plus, the engineers could access the engines. But that would mean that the aircraft would lose its one big defense, altitude. There was nothing the Soviets possessed that could come close to catching a B-36 featherweight at altitude. Especially with the jets running. My build will be of a late featherweight. The only guns were the twin 20mm in the tail. All creature comforts such as the bunks and such were removed, all gunsights and everything related to the turrets was gone. Several crewmen were eliminated this way, but then a photo lab was added in place of the forward bomb bay. And more fuel was carried in the rear bomb bay. So it could go much, much higher, farther, and faster. It must have really bothered the Russians seeing this thing leaving contrails 9 miles into the stratosphere, knowing they were powerless to stop it.

It must have been “fun” to land gracefully....

Just say it’s powered by a British radial.

Hey Ron, so far an awesome build, but may I point out one little thing... You got the prop rotating the wrong way. Pratts all rotate clockwise as seen from the cockpit, counter clockwise as seen from outside. I hate to be a party pooper, man, but you should be able to fix it quick enough.

Truly a Blessing! Congrats, Great-Grandpappy!

Well, where do we start? That Boeing looks like it needs outriggers for that schnoz. The center engine on the Farman is blanked by.......... the entire aircraft. I expect it's sole purose in life was to disturb the airflow just enough to allow the outrigger props to lose 80% of their efficiency. That and to ensure the interior was a noisy as possible. And the X-32, what can be said other that it got the last laugh. It'll live in cartoon drawings for all eternity.

:lol: Well, ZK is New Zealand. So they're the guilty party here.

I already checked, and so far, no. A bunch of compound curves make it tough. It needs to be exact. One different prop blade will stand out huge.

And I never really understood the idea behind this abomination

Sorry, Hubert, but it isn’t always the British, my friend.

Like there should be a nipple ring hanging from the front. But I sure respect the Argosy. A real hauler

Awesome!!! Thanks, Winnie!

So my Fisher September Fury kit is missing one of the prop blades. Tony mentioned that Sea Furies reengined with Pratt power use a Skyraider prop, so I looked. The Trumpeter prop isn’t even close, and the ZM prop is close, but a touch too short, too wide by a smidge, and has the wrong shaped tip. So I get to somehow attempt my first resin casting job. Question: can a good mold be made from a resin piece? I need an exact copy....

Dale, we’ll take your donations off as well, sir. It’s not really right for someone not participating or even on the forums to be giving stuff away. We’ll certainly miss you, and of course you’re welcome back here at any time, sir. You’re a good guy, Dale. Lord knows I’d have folded under half the stuff you’ve been through. E

Not often have the Germans come up with a whopper, but that one burns my eyes. I’ll never be able to unsee it.

Flawless work so far.

LesTab, you’re in.