Clunkmeister

The short skirts with sidearms craze doesn't sink into my brain. Heck, I'm still trying to absorb the idea of people with bright blue, green, or pink hair. Or blue, green, AND pink, depending on the individual involved. I see that plenty at our local IPMS shows, and the US Nats has it's fair share of oddball models. Oh, and how on EARTH did that guy stick that 109 like that? It looks like he would have walked away with little more than a lump on his head if he wasn't wearing his helmet, but I couldn't park it like that if you paid me to do it.

Thanks Gus. I ended up jamming in some Apoxie sculpt clay in the gaps between the scoop and fuselage. It helped even more. I’m chuffed over the reinforcing plates on the fuselage. Those were my number one concern, as I figured I’d need litho plate, or even need to build it up with primer. But .005 Evergreen really looks right, I think. Not too overdone. The rest of this build should be just applying basic modeling skills.

Still looking, me

How’s this build coming, Rick? Any updates on it?

Join in, Kent. I think I’ll quickly build a wheeled something just for a break. Once my Lanc is finished.

Yup, WLA or a WLC. The WLC is the Canadian Army Harley 45, basically identical to the US WLA except for a heavier front end assembly.

I ACTUALLY wouldn’t mind doing a Zundapp with sidehack rig. Maybe an MG34 on a swivel, just to make it look right?

OMG! Lolololololol!

I have one in stock as well....

Starting a D-Day GB

That’s something that actually crossed my mind, seriously. And after the GB, I can strip the military equipment and paint it bright purple with big daffodils all over it. Oh, wait! Belay that! Welshmen for miles around will stand up and puff out their chests in pride.

Except for 109s. They'll never die.

Any company that calls itself "Amusing" ain't for me. I am NOT amused

No touchee till the Lanc's completely finished.

Ya gotta love an 88. I just wish it was on our side.

kinda got off on a tangent, John.

Well, maybe a Tamiya 88?

To find me a D-Day compatible, hopefully non tank road vehicle to build.

yup, Ryan, this needs to be in the D-Day GB, just because. It's so cool!

Ooo ooo ooo, I love this, Phil. Awesome job, and the ghost of Rommel is tipping his hat to you, I'm sure. This is the ground stuff I like. Trucks and scout cars. Freakin' awesome!

Interesting thoughts, Gazz. The lack of 1/32 IM kits of anything Japanese othwer than single seaters is a mystery to me. Now we have a neat twin from ZM, so that's cool, but no Val, no Kate, nothing from the likes of Tamiyagawa is certainly mystifying. I understand the attraction to the P-51 and Corsair, and even the Spitfire, but the Mossie? Maybe I need to check my history books, but I don't remember many Mossie actions in the Pacific War. Maybe Tamiya is just kitting what he likes? So far, I mostly like what he likes. but I like the Old Man's choices as much, if not more.

Head cold, me arse! He’s got the hair o’ the dog, he does!

I once woke up on my rack with my big toe tagged D.O.A. And someone also had written FUBAR across my forehead with a black fat tipped magic marker. Probably the same joker. I have absolutely zero idea how I got back on base. We had been given a Liberty Pass at 1400 Saturday through to 0400 Monday for PT on the green. I guess I enjoyed 4 or 5 hours of that time. Chow hall scrambled eggs and sausage don’t go down well when nursing the Mother of All Hangovers So I have empathy.

Nicely put, Mark. I dream, much like you. I see a Val and a Kate from one of the big Japanese manufacturers, and I can envision a P-38 and P-39 from ZM. The Old Man’s engineering mind must work overtime while contemplating the machinery on those two aircraft. Like you, a slowdown in new announcements allowed me go catch my breath.

Well put, Rob. I've been on this rock long enough to know that the Industry serves the market. Simple consumer demand is what decides what the industry will produce. Nothing more. yes, there will always be the small outlier who bucks the trend and meets a niche demand for a certain small segment, but for the most part, industry responds to consumer demand. If the small outliers suddenly become super successful, industry will eventually notice and respond to the new demand. In models, a case in point could be made for Tamiya. They started their High End 1/32 "Super Kits" a couple decades ago, and now, due to their success, we have multiple high end 1/32 kitmakers. Same goes for the newish trend in anime and those Gundam thingens. WE may not understand it, but young people buy that stuff in droves, so if trends continue, it'll continue to grow. The hobby's not dead or dying, instead, it's shifting. up and comers may not have a passion for our creating ultra high level historical miniatures in plastic. They may take a fancy to other things in miniature. I once saw a really decent model of an Egg McMuffin at an IPMS show. The same show also featured a very realistic model of a beef taco. I guarantee you, if enough people in this world get onboard with taco modeling, Tamiya, RoG and others will produce them. Right now, men in the last half of their life on earth have disposable cash and have spoken in large enough volume to move a segment of the market to very high end 1/32 aircraft and large scale armor. In the early 90s, it was Accurate Miniatures in 1/48. Remember THOSE groundbreaking models? Before that, it was Monogram with their 1/48 Century Series jets. They set some serious tongues wagging back in the day. 25 years ago, 1/32 was for all intents and purposes, a small niche market filled with toy kits that needed major scratchbuilding to bring up to snuff. Then guys like Verlinded and Mr. Rutman came along and started releasing bibs and bobs in resin to make the job of upgrading them easier, and even brought out a few all resin kits that set the world afire. Then Revell of Germany dropped a Hawker Hunter on us.......... If you want to see an industry in REAL trouble, look at Model Railroading. They went ultra high end just like we did, but with them, even a freight car in HO costs an easy $40.00. then you need 30 or 40 of them on a train, plus 2 or 3 $300.00 locomotives to haul it, a Digital Control system to control it, and a layout that can set you back 10s of thousands of dollars for a decent sized HO home system, plus at least one room in your home. that bunch has REAL problems. Ask me, I used to do that stuff.