Clunkmeister

Ocular Rectitis perhaps?

That’s not the only thing that shrinks at your age, Buddy

Well, the floatplane is a one off, so maybe we’ll start to see some more, like the Curtiss H Boats, or even the NC series....

Yeppers.

Ugh! That’s gotta suck!

I’m not sure, actually. But it looks Aviatik ish.

Hmmm, maybe an early Aviatik?

Welcome welcome welcome! I’m sure you will fit right in here, Sir. We’re all quite easy going here, and I’m looking forward to seeing some of your co pleated builds. - Ernie

Ho Li Chow, I’m blown away. AND we’re getting the UWD seaplane as well, of which they constructed a grand total of exactly ONE example. Coolness, and its truly the Happy Times of 1/32 modeling.

This is looking nice, John. I remember Peter's and your builds. They inspired me to build one too.

Oh good grief! Justin Bieber? I had forgotten all about that douchenozzle.

Except those of us building oddball postwar 1960s Canadian kites.

Now why didn’t I think of that?! Crap!

I just know that it’s not even close for a Mk.X. The engineer’s panel is completely different on those. Sigh.

I tried several times to get him to come ride jump in the freighter, and he never would. He allowed me to take him around the patch a few times in a 206, that was all. My aviation connections apparently helped get him a coveted spot on a Veteran’s crew ride on the first cross Canada tour of the Mynarski Lanc, he was thrilled but at the very last moment when we got him to the airport, he caught a case of the shakes and he couldn’t even get out of the car. We had to take him home. He didn’t even want to see het fly. He talked often about when their crew was together, they never so much as caught anything more than a few holes from stray MG rounds, but he he often talked about his friends getting “coned” by searchlights and when it happened, it never turned out well for the bomber. He talked about not being able to see the Messerschmitt fighters until they were right up close to the bomber, and how he was glad to finally get a brand new Lanc X, because his tail turret was equipped with the .50 caliber guns like the American bombers instead of the little .303s his Halifax had. He felt much safer in the Lanc just for that reason. He enlisted at 29, and was the “old man” of his crew. Am Blessed to have known him.

Oooooh, James, if I didn’t have a big Lanc to finish, and then write a review and build a 1/32 Dak, I’d be on my knees groveling to build this... this kit has serious coolness baked into it!

Looking stellar, Danny!

Love those big Hamilton paddles!

429 had a long history throughout WW2. Sqn ID of AL. I have his logs and I hope to figure out his ship, then build one in honor of him and his crewmates.

My ex Father in Law and Grandfather to my children, W.O. Wilvers was a great man. Flew with 429 Bison Sqn. Trained as an air gunner in the Fairey Battle, moved to OTU in the Wellington, then Ops in the Halliebag lll followed by the Lancaster X. They stayed postwar to ferry Allied POWs from Italy and Germany to England. He’s third from the right, and a spittin’ image of my daughter. I expect Nige will notice the radiator intakes.

So far, at least a little corner of it.

Martin, do the Czechs and Slovaks still use them, or have they changed completely yet?

Ahem, ummmmm.. Everybody here does realize that we have a maniac on our hands, right?

Mine is on the list of To Do things, Smitty. I second Rob’s take on the engine mounts. What a nightmare! They all spline in, if I remember correctly, with the mainspar, the landing gear boxes, and the cockpit floor. Plus, you have a cannon mount to deal with and a fully detailed engine. And then, all the cowls and radiator have to line up. The biggest issue I ran into is making perfectly sure that that front to vent right behind the radiator is perfectly inline with everything else. If you don’t get it right, that piece will have a definite downslope towards the radiator, which kills the look and lines of the aircraft. Slow and easy is the way. And deal with those wing fillet rivets that look big enough to have been used on the Ark Royal.