Clunkmeister

So, I had a gentleman remind me that one of the big differences of a Mk.X is the 1 piece engine side covers. Brit planes had the two piece side covers, so, I feel that this panel line needs to go away. Time to check my crystal ball. Edit: these lines stay.

Just working with kit parts, ha king, glueing, hacking some more... Comfy pillow is just sitting there

Ok, sorry for italics above. Computer stupidity. Last night I shortened and sectioned the seat, now starting to place the mounts back on. I have no earthly clue if this is even close to right, but I’ll keep hacking away until it resembles something. I’m using cushions on it because I’m going to assume by the late 50s-early 60s, comfort for one’s arse was more important than baling out over the flak infested Ruhr.

Gaz, the moment Martin break out the silver soldering equipment, mine eyes glaze over. He just lost me. I’m on my way to stomp on my Models and burn my stash. I’m obviously unworthy. :/ I think he moulds his own tires and raises the cattle for the leather for his Mustang as well. He also singlehandedly plows snow from every street in Calgary at exactly the same time henplugs holes in Hoover Dam and rescues cats from trees, and accomplishes all at exactly the same time using nothing more than chewed bubble gum, a shoelace, and a broken flip phone.

My shop is 55 miles from home. I spend 2 1/2 hours in my automobile every day. I get home between 1930 and 2000 every day. I try to grab an hour at the bench after supper so I can at least get something done. Some days I just stare at it and do little more than trim parts, other days I get on a roll and build to 2330 or so. I’m up at 0430 every morning to get to the office early, so some nights are mighty short.

now, from what I've read, the entire airplane was defanged. Armor plate, turret internals, complete Martin Turret, and all bomb sighting, aiming, and obsolete WW2 military gear was removed to save weight. I'll be winging it, but the first obvious thing to go is the armor plate on the pilot's seat.

Was working on the seat frame last night, Phil. I shortened it and sectioned it as well. Tonight I'll try modifying the bottom mounts to fit. Then I'm going to do as Nige did with the pilot's seat floor. Cut it down and lower it onto a scaffold made from Evergreen. Then we'll extend the ribbing on the sidewall. I popped the windows into the port side last night as well. I'll work at filling around the windows now and riveting as needed.

I was Army so we had our own lingo that nobody else could understand. Not even the Air Farce pigeon toed zoomies. The few time I was on Namao in the early 80s I felt like a fish out of water. I was all grunt, all the time, anyone gets in the way of my mission and he/she gets knocked over. Not a very likeable fellow, or so I was told, but on an Air Base all I saw were a bunch of idle people standing around in spiffy uniforms, wasting time. Oh how I wanted to to get them busy and dirty them up some. We'd drive in with our Deuce and report to QM for some resupply and it was like Moses entering the Promised Land through the Red Sea. Those zoomies would magically part and let us through. It took me 20 years to figure out it was because we smelled like 4 months deployed. But we'd come on base,, we got the serious looks of derision. We were badasses and we knew it.

It looks like someone landed with the parking brake on.

I have a Lodella Beau. it's missing the torpedo, but I'll look in the mashed box to see if the vacs are there for this build... hmmmm

This is the real reason we do this. The builds are ALWAYS secondary. History is the real reason.

Of all the Eastern European companies, Eduard takes the longest. I expect it’s a mailroom problem at their warehouse, as HGW, HPH, and CMK are super quick.

There was a guy on the other site that had bought a high end laboratory HazMat HEPA vent booth. Usually used to keep hazmat and bacteria out of the air, he bought one for use as a hobby paint booth. Does anyone remember that thread? The booth was super spendy, as in $3500.00, but I’m curious how it worked out. The cool thing with that one was it didn’t need to be vented outside.

Another clinic by the master.

Didn't they use the rear turret cupola as a handy dandy lookout area?

Yep, that's the one. I saw the wing of the taxiing PB4Y-2 sticking out and I went,... hmmmmm

Agreed. I keep thinking of wanting to do the Mother of all Kingfisher builds, but I must resist. Lanc is number 1 for the next bit. Then there's a Sabre Dog, a big ol' Dak, a Mug-15, and a PBJ-1H. No rest for the weary

That explains the active duty Privateer and the line of old Corsairs.

I NEVER have a problem shipping from Eastern Europe. Packages arrive quickly, actually much quicker than Canada. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Rumania, Poland, Ukraine, or Russia, I order from all Nations quite often, and they always arrive withing 10 days, safe and sound. Canada on the other hand takes forever. Martin once sent me a CD and a card,... it took 10 months from his postmark to my door.

Ron I think the curvature of the fuselage is all different

Jeff I'd love to know where that third picture down was take. That looks like a lineup of F4U-1A's all parked with their wings folded, and it appears the Lanc is in the way of a PB4Y-2 that wants to get by.

I had read that before. Extremely sad end for these great warriors.

It'd last 2 or 3 seconds.

I hope that little box at the rear isn't the single fuel tank...

If I squirt some on the screen, will you see it then? Funnyman. As the Horten turns to dust from unbuilt age....