Clunkmeister

Oh well, I build off what I see in reference pics, and this is my only picture showing the inboard leading edge, and they are clean on FM104 here. Another thing, FM104 had, at one point near the end of her operational life, a much more painted over greenhouse, and a lightning stripe that extended much farther forward. I chose to build the version depicted in THIS photo, simply because I like the look better than the fully painted canopy greenhouse.

Thanks Maru, it’s good to be building one of my favorite aircraft. It takes awhile on my builds because we sit around and talk about the weather here...

Certainly could be it, yes. But they’re not present on FM104. Hmmmm But THIS ship has a different style of inboard wing air intakes.

Must remember to attach that form I whittled out into a possible facsimile of the rear view camera. Being that I have no close up pics of it, I basically SWAG’d the whole thing.

So that item I eliminated on the wing, what,.... might it be? I Ass-U-Me that it was either a light or a camera. Possibly a gun kill camera for the wing mounted 50s?

Martin, now THOSE are cool!

Good deal. They are not on the 10MR, so it’s all good.

Now, an over abundance or silliness can result in stupidity. Such as here. There are many pics of FM104 without screens on the carb intakes, and with HK giving us simple blobs of plastic to represent these scoops, I took it upon myself to hollow them out. Great, and yes, they look pretty good, except idiot here installed the inner ones on the outer nacelle a month or so ago. I thought, “dang, these fit like crap!” Until today, when oops, the ones for the inner engines don’t fit. And then I noticed the shapes are different too. So, I managed to pop them off without screwing them up, and now I can put them on the proper nacelles. Yes, they have totally different shapes. Inners (formerly the otters) are black, correct outers are unpainted Well, I’ve never claimed to be the brightest of bulbs or the sharpest tool in the chest, and this certainly proves it. But, onward we trudge, confident in the knowledge that they DID manage to teach monkeys to fly spaceships, so there’s hope for me yet.

And WTF are parts K28? Yeah some clown will tell me it’s for the degaussing cables...

I loved it so much, I did both sides for good measure. Now of course, somebody will dig up a pic showing them there and I’ll go ahead and reconstruct them.

Next, sand off the housing, fit the part and.... Apoxie Sculpt to the rescue

‘Roight then! I found another little issue that needs a small little change. Whatever in blue blazes these camera/light looking thingy dingies are, on this side K26, one thing’s for certain: they must go. They are not on the 10MR

Frank, it’s looking stunning, man. We all have the same issues. We start rushing and mess up paint. LOL I rushed so much a couple weeks ago that I put a fingerprint in Alclad. Alclad dries almost instantaneously, so I was certainly rushing. I love the fact you use masks. Cutting my own is something I’d love to learn sometime.

Looking bloody amazing!

That’s the thing, buddy. Those kits need nothing, really, except seatbelts and wheels. More means aggravation.

And I tried calling but you’re phone is FUBAR

Harv, I might need to send you my go-to kind of kit for getting back in it when you ain’t feelin’ It. Either a Hasegawa 109F, 190D, P-47 or a P-40. You can build any one of them with nothing more than seatbelts and maybe wheels. A prop as well on the German stuff. Dude, you can do a stunning build on any one of those with no AM and PE hysteria and no smoking mad brain. In other words, a nice, simple mojo rejuvenating build that’ll put you screaming for more. Whatcha say, Cap’n?

Sounds like a plan but nothing for me till mid Aug. then the truck, then maybe so....

Yeah, they were pretty much untouchable and invincible unless they had an engine problem.

Ok, so what would service the 10.5 as a prime mover? I’ve seen so many variations of the 251/4 that I’d almost wonder if it did everything. The Germans sure loved their half tracks. And sorry for the stupid questions. I know absolutely nothing about German armor and vehicles

Would these two generally be pair d, or would the gun be serviced by something else?

Thanks so much Kev. This ship has been my "gotta build" version of the Lanc now for over 5 years. Building this is almost a dream come true for me.

Hey Tony, that's Tamiya rattlecan black.

Crap, I just saw this thread! Dang, y’all! Harv, I hadn’t talked to you in a couple weeks and I just wrongly assumed you made a run to California or something. We love ya Harv! Your health and welfare come before all else. Models are just a hobby. Living is somewhat more important, so much so that a hobby can’t be accomplished without the alive thing being there first. We’ll see you in a few weeks, health allowing, and we’ll chill out and have a few laughs. Here’s a couple pics to make you smile. As in WHY was the RCAF blatantly supporting ARC and not LSM? I call for an investigation! A Royal Commission! A Congressional Inquiry! “sniff”

Good to see another of these on the go, Wumm. I’ll strive to pay close attention as I have a similar kit, the Sd.kfz.251/7 plus a 10.5cm wheeled field piece to be towed behind and of course, with the gift of Dragon’s ultra vague instructions, I’ll have no bloody clue what goes where. It might end up looking more like a Zundapp KS 750 than a half track. following with interest!