Clunkmeister

Absolutely! Mr Leveling Thinner is a magic elixir.

And a bit of vac love. Not knowing much about this type, I think I can safely assume that somehow, this thing was designed by a British committee.

And just for Harv. This is the ancient Monogram kit and it was absolutely flawless.

And some props. Not really a lot of 1/32 here. 1/48 is THE scale around here, and the rest of us are seen as maniacs. A few guys said they just don’t want to get that crazy into the detailing that’s required for 1/32

And some jets. You gotta love a MiG-29. But I love them more in Luftwaffe, Polish, or Ukrainian colors. That one was nice. And done from the Revell kit.

Everything here is 1/32.

Thanks. Tony and I talked a lot today, and quite honestly, both of us are getting more and more interested in civilian applications of military aircraft such as SAR birds, fire bombers, racers, etc. The Lanc played a huge role in postwar Canada, with mapping the north, Patrol bombers, dedicated rescue birds, civilian transport versions, fisheries enforcement, anti submarine patrol, etc. The Maritime Patrol Lancs have a special place in my life as well. Mom and Dad were both RCAF, and when I was a babe in arms these aircraft made me scream and holler when they passed overhead. So the moment HK announced their big kit, I knew there really was no other choice. The Lanc definitely played a HUGE part in the war effort, but the available schemes are well, limited basically to one. But there’s piles of postwar options, and this is THE kit to use of you want to build a postwar Lanc. And best of all, most every part we developed for this build will be or already is now available, so others can do something similar.

But the one that confounds me is Tony’s F4U-1. I’ve been doing this a very, very long time, and I get mystified again and again. For some reason, it just doesn’t light the fires of the locals. Come to think of it, no Corsairs really do around here. This model is the cleanest, best built model on the table show after show, but it just never seems to break out. I’m pretty sure it’ll do phenomenally at the Nats. There are ZERO build errors on this model. Tony, I feel more strongly about this one than I did your P-40. It was by far the strongest WW2 1/32 prop entry there today.

His Snipe took a second, which I think was a shame.

Tony himself did VERY well today as well, with the Bardahl Special coming in first against some very good competitors. This model is absolutely gorgeous and with the white paint, is a serious sleeper on the tables. That prop and those tanks,... ooooooooh

Thanks y’all. Tony and I decided to take the day and jet over to Arlington for the show, and I specifically asked about Nats competition if we take awards for several reasons: My Lanc, Tony’s Bardahl Special, Snipe, and F4U-1. We were absolutely assured that going UP is never a problem, and is actually encouraged to get more buys competing on a National and even International level. Think about it. The whole idea is to get local winners to go compete Nationally. Clubs want it as so regional chapters. They want the glory of one of their own winning Nationally or Internationally. However, competing DOWN is very much frowned upon if not outright banned. Having a Nationals, Telford, or Moson winner clean up at a local show against local boys is just rude and bad form all around.

And ooooh the tall tales that are being told......

As we say around here, “for medicinal purposes, lad”.

You high living cocktail folks are way beyond me. I lime my liquor a bit more basic. Nectar of the Corn, straight 180 proof white lightning served up in a fruit jar.

I need to finish my Helldiver, Guppy, and B-36 first, Ryan, but the itch is there. Getting too many resin builds going at once is a ticket to the funny farm.

You know Ryan. It's not fair and you know it. I'm now reading builds of that 154 online and from what I can see, as far as HPH goes, it looks like a relatively trouble free build if you follow the standard resin kit doctrine of planning 10 steps ahead. Andy over on LSP looks like he breezed through it, and it was his first all resin kit.

I'd like to see a 154 built. A few have been done in Europe, but very few if any on this side of the pond. I hope I'll have my Helldiver done by spring, but it depends on my average PE idiocy quotient being below 35 for longer than a week straight. I'd certainly love to deal with the 410 and even the Mug-15. Especially the last one. Other than the HPH kit, there are no decently accurate kits of the 15 out there in 1/32.

Nope, it’ll be my next military 51 build, though.

Ryan let’s get on a resin quest! Time to build, my friend! I’m at the point of mumbling to myself regarding those flaps on the Helldiver. There must be a better way. Along with the Mug-15, Lunak, L-38, L-29, P-63 x3, and La-7, I have the Ta-154, Tigercat, Me-410, and Sea Hornet as well. I’m thinking I can drive myself into nuttzville with those alone. And then there is the Dreaded Walrus. Ugh!

Package? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

This is a P-51 scheme I’ve wanted to do for years. I like unique schemes with a neat stories behind them. No, as Pacific Mustangs go, it’s pretty bland, but the story is the best part of all The pilot, Lt. Louis E. Curdes was credited with shooting down 7 German, 1 Italian, 1 Japanese, and...... 1 American aircraft. There is a really great back story on how he got credit for shooting down an American C-47 aircraft, flown by Americans, and filled with American Officers, and the Nurse he had dated the night before and would eventually marry Check out the stupid grin on his face

Ron, I’ve always used thick CA which I though worked pretty decent.

Mike Rotchburns asked me which kit this is, Gazz?

I'm still stuck in the old ways. I cook a pig in the ground and go fishing with a boat, an Army field telephone with 75 ft of wire, and a net.

Carl, I tried to respond to your post and it shows as an edit. Sorry. I have, but what brand do you recommend?