Clunkmeister

Am pretty happy with it, actually

Yeah Martin, I get silly like you. I see a spot I don’t like, I gotta fix it, OOB or not.

Go ahead, I’m ready to be made sport of.....

Uh oh. A research error by me. the blue bird has no antenna on top of the tail... But the grey one does..... OOOOPS!!!

Well then. Have I proven that jets aren’t my strong suit? I’m reminding myself every moment I do this. Heres a shot from today. The blue on the Stars and Bars is a bit off, but this IS an OOB build, so it stays.

Stupendous! Brilliant! Amazing! did I miss any? great job, man!

Yeah, the general shape does look a little “off”, but it looks darn good nonetheless.

Very nice work on a Stone Age kit, Gazz.

Yes

LOL. You might be right.

Last hurrah for the nasty bench. High gloss smooth finish, lukewarm water and lots of setting solution, and one of them still silvered. Hmmm. Ain’t that a kick in the head! I’ll try to hide it but if no luck, off it comes and use one from my spares box.

I’d agree on a Sterling, but a Wellington just makes sense.... If we got a Sterling, then a Hamilcar would be hopefully along soon.

After the Lanc, this needs to happen.

The one WW2 aircraft that'd be PERFECT for Wingnut Wings would be the Vickers Wellington. Designed by Sir. Barnes Wallis himself, so it continues (precedes, actually) the Dambusters theme, carries the name of the city Wingnuts is located in, and can you imagine that surface treatment done the Wingnuts way? I'd be in happy happy land. I can't see anyone else doing a Wellington, only Wingnut Wings. A truly underappreciated bomber which brought the war to the enemy in a big way until the Lanc and Halifax came on the scene. The Wellie is one of those rare aircraft that served on the front lines for the entire war, and just like the Liberator, was used for countless different missions, and performed admirably at them all.

And Canadian Pacific Railway even flew them

And here’s the exact aircraft I flew on many times as a child

C-47s falling through the ice wasn’t exactly uncommon.

This could very easily be a scheme I'd do. It would even match the HK Lanc scheme Jeff you're right. There was NO mistaking RCAF or CAF birds, no matter where they went. Even the go-to-war nuke equipped 101 Voodoos carried a similar scheme for awhile.

Oooh, that Colt is sweet. The Challenger ain't bad, either. Personally I turfed my 1911s and BHPs back into the safe and have gone all in with CZ.75s now. Same train, different wagon. But there ain't no fin jewelry like a well made and tastefully decorated 1911... CZ now has a 75 variant in 45ACP as well. "A 9mm 'might' expand, but a 45 never shrinks".. yadda yadda yadda...

Shave and a haircut?

Ooooh Martin, that’s just mean. The P-59 was a pretty pathetic jet fighter, but it was the first in the USA so we give them space.

Yup. Anytime, Tony

Very nice job on the big Boeing. I like whe weathering and your subtle extra details. Just enough without going too overboard.

Nige, regarding the different tables, maybe it’s the dreaded Mk.X vs Mk.l/lll thing again? I think we all know now that we can’t take late model Mk.X examples and assume they’re the same as earlier British built examples. As you had brought up before, you can’t trust the restorations and Canadian pictures to give an accurate example.

Awesome, Bill! Another F-5, yesssssssssss!