Clunkmeister

So, I’m quitting for the night, utterly frustrated. I’ve so far, carted out three full industrial sized thick green garbage bags full of junk out to the bin. How on Earth do we accumulate so much JUNK? Plus garbage that somehow gets overlooked. I mean, I counted EIGHT empty RLM66 bottles. Who the hell saves empty paint bottles?!?!?!?! Apparently I do, because they’re there. And it’s not just a long ago thing, apparently it’s a recent phenomenon as well, because I found two empty Blueish-Grey bottles, all nicely lined up... So hopefully tomorrow after Sunday Mornin’ Meetin’ we’ll jump back in with both feet and get it finished.

When you go through boxes youve long forgotten about, you occasionally find something unexpected. Much like what happened to me today. THIS is pure gold. Only one or two guys will know what this is, but those that do will love it. It hails from England.....

This is gonna be a job! Plus, Joy wants the guest bedroom cleared just in case we pick up a stray tomorrow, so I’ll be pulling an all nighter to make this happen

Give it a week. It’ll be rubble

Get the Eduard E.1 weekend. Profipac is good too. Just remember, get G-Factor gear. Those towering Eduard gear look odd

Martin says it must be photoshopped.

Yep. I built one about 7 years ago as one of my first builds and my very first conversion kit. Let’s just say I keep it as example of how far I’ve come since then....

I respect that as well. I’m the same way with Japanese Army stuff. What they did to Nanking is unforgivable.

Paint odor is always a concern. My wife let’s me know when she smells anything. I use a respirator as well, but honestly, if I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself. :/

Agreed on that Hubert. But like you I’m a sucker for a racers so I try to overlook the swastika

Guys, Floyd’s releasing 10 of these long, long, LONG sold out V-14 conversion kits. A few of you asked me about mine, and Floyd is selling 10 on eBay for $50.00 each. Three including mine are sold as of right now. If you want the red V-14 racer conversion, this might be your last chance. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Werners-Wings-Resin-1-32nd-scale-Bf-109V-13-14-Conversion/263919869558?hash=item3d72d99e76:g:lJwAAOSwJFhbkGjK

YESSS! Show us how it’s done, James. Id like to pick up that conversion, it’s one of the very few 109 conversion nose kits I don’t have.

I love the field expedient winter hatch on the RCAF overwing exit Good to know you won’t be tracking mud back inside when you come in after taking a break. “Wipe your feet before you come in!”

That’s an awesome read, Smitty! It’s good to know that Eastern European a Nations are getting their Air Forces up and running again. The conflict with Russia has been tough on Ukraine and I wonder about the spare parts situation for their front line aircraft. Didn’t Germany retire their entire fleet of freshly Westernized MiG-29s because of the lack of spare parts and the reliance on Russia for those spare parts? That being said, it’d be awesome for them to bring a road show over here for a few weeks se we can get up close and personal with the Ukrainian Air Force. The Brits get all the good stuff, now it’s our turn.

True words!

Jeff, that video brings back memories, although you could usually replace the trees with drifts of white stuff..

Martin, those Czechoslovak trees and mountains get taller in the fog. In Qu’appelle, Sask, there was a many hundreds of ft high microwave tower that stood about 500 yds north of the main East-West Trans Canada Highway. Every year it seemed, it’s guy wires would claim a Cessna, Piper, or Beech when they were scud running to Regina, following the highway in a snowstorm. After bad snowstorms, there were always airplane parts scattered all around, along with the inevitable occupants and personal belongings. I have no idea how many airplanes that tower took down over the years until they relocated it farther north about a mile. I think it took a family being killed to wake up the politicians. That bloody tower almost claimed me as well. Probably 3 weeks after getting my fresh new Private Pilot License, I got caught in the crap coming back from Brandon. Yep, 400 ft, stay to the right of the road, and oops, I remembered the tower in the nick of time and straddled the road until past the town.

Pressure’s on Nige now to steer us clear of icebergs. And Phil, feel free to dive in anytime. My Lanc build is starting this weekend. Build thread as well, so here we go.

John, I may not always comment, but seriously man, your Corsairs are getting better and better. They’re just stunning, man, truly stunning. I’d love to see your take on a Tamiya A6M to go with the Corsairs. I’m being drawn to one myself. Personally, I’m looking forward to the big Airfix ‘Cat...

Not this one. Bratwürst is grilled on low heat with a bucket load of patience. And as for the he big Colt Peacemaker, I prefer a ‘72 New Army in 45 Colt with the loading gate cutout.

Dad was a Radar tech and also worked with the Height Finders. Mom was what they called a “Fighter Op” or similar. She was one of the ones around the big plotting board moving aircraft emblems around with those long wooden sticks while the Brass stood on the balconies looking down. She later moved to GCI once the plot boards were obsolete. Not that the RCAF was big on GCI. The bomber interceptors carried back seaters with their own radar. We moved all around. Pine Tree Line, Mid Canada Line, and D.E.W. Those were back in the days of mhaximum effort where everyone, even us kids knew the reason we were there, and a big computer system called S.A.G.E. It seems she antiquated today, but then, Cheyenne Mountain and North Bay were the hubs of freedom and we were the spokes. Voodoos, F-106, and BOMARC were the hammers. Hard to believe they actually thought the manned interceptor was all but obsolete.

Trying to teach a native born Texan how to cook German sausage is like trying to push a string.

This is looking great! Ivan and Martin are priceless treasures when it comes to super secret spy pics of jets. Sorry for your loss, Scott, a T-6 will kill you dead faster than you can blink if you allow it to. Regarding Moon River, I'll leave that one to Andy Williams. I tried it once many years ago at a gig, and, well, just put it this way; Moon River doesn't go well with someone who's been singing Blues and DooWop all night long! LOL. I rest my case. But keep up the work here, man. Everyone needs another good MuG Killer.

I've been told my entire life that I'm pure German, and I had no reason to doubt it. I've met all my Dad's relatives and there's absolutely NO doubt about his heritage. But my Mother's side was mostly a mystery, they were quiet about it, but they all said German. Someone accidentally said "Bohemian" when I was in my teens, and they got immediately corrected. However a couple months ago I was bowled over when my Mom let it slip that her family was Russian with a bit of Belarus and only one German picked up along the way when they were fleeing Russia through Germany in the very early 20's. Somehow, my Great Grandmother ended up with some German in her. This whole news was a big surprise and it answered alot of questions. My parents were both RCAF and being any kind of Russian ties those days while in the depths of the Cold War was seen as very bad thing. Especially since they both worked on the big Distant Early Warning radar arrays on Stations scattered all over Canada and the top half of the USA. Now I know why I was raised on a diet of borscht, sauerkraut, and homemade perogies. These Russkies get around. Sneaky little beggers they are. But it helps explain unquenchable my thirst of and tolerance for copious quantities of Spirit. So yeah we took the test. Joy's came back, and no surprise to us she is over 80% American Indian with the final 20% Western European and a bit of Sub Saharan African. I'm still waiting...... CIA probably has it now, LOL

Actually Williams Brothers is one of those Companies that keeps getting resurrected. They have a line of esoteric aircraft kits as well. 1/72 transports and bombers, such as the Martin B-10, Curtiss C-46, Douglas World Cruiser, etc, and 1/32 Golden Age racers. Gee Bee Model R, Wedell Williams, caudron racer, Laird Super Solution, etc.... Great kits, actually As of a couple years back, they were producing kits.