Clunkmeister

I’m ready, just trying to situate the P-51. I’ll post one and we can join the fun...

Started a B-36 thread. Speechless

I have no idea how to communicate the massive size of this thing. This is one wing panel, held directly over my Wingnuts Gotha. One wing panel is as wide as the entire Gotha. I have no idea how I’ll display this when done.

I can’t even begin to tell you how impressive this model is

It has arrived!

Well, it arrived. I can say that I think I’ve bit off a bit more than I can chew. Not because it’s gonna be a crazy tough build, but because this thing is 4 feet long and over 5 feet wide. I have no earthly clue where I’ll put this once it’s done.

Got a package with instructions to get busy.

Yeah not much to show yet, but the airframe fits great!

The good news now is that the airframe fits well. So once the interior is to my satisfaction, the rest of the build isn’t super complicated and should go quickly. For those who don’t know my style, I’m a “flightline” guy. I don’t build open panels or engines being wrenched on. As an aviator, I personally appreciate an aircraft ready for flight. I leave the torn down for inspection look to others.

AM offers some nice details I can carve off and use on the sidewalls.

Not much build time lately, but I had a few minutes tonight to mock up the kit parts. I think I’m going to go with a combination of AM and scratch here. Just to liven it up some. The pit is quite visible and it needs to be as good as I can make it.

I’m all ready for a big ol’ Wurger Party. Looking at this as a possibility.

That Lysander is cool. I so wish for a modern Lysander in 1/32...

Nice score! That’s some seriously cool nose art.

I’m glad to see that they got down safe. They saved themselves and the aircraft. Pretty crazy landing at those speeds when you can’t even breathe on the wheel brakes...

John, Buddy, this is looking absolutely amazing!

Hmmmm, sometimes my extended use of Tamiya extra thin rears it’s ugly head...

We have an awesome thing here. I’m bloody amazed and super happy. Everyone’s cool here. Hey, every place has their “bad guy”, and I don’t see him/her, so now I wonder if it’s actually ME! heheheheeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Welcome, welcome, welcome Andre. I’ve owned a couple over the years and still have one to this day. They’re great kits but are as complicated as they seem to be. 8 will warn you that none of them are completely accurate with the internals, although the Camel is by far the most accurate. You will need to do some modifications to the cockpit internals and the tail feathers own internal structure if you building it uncovered and want 100% accurate structure. But if you just want a fabulous looking model that’s 95% correct internally, the Camel’s worth every penny you pay.

Hey Barry, great to see you here, sir!

Get a resizer program online. If you’re on an iPad you can download one for free. Or PM me your pic and I do it for you and send it back

Pressure cooker

Hahnebooboo Party???

Awesome job, Rob. It definitely looks the part. I was quite respectful of Russkie tanks when I served. They had many many thousands of them. But with Carl G., we had us a tiny bit of an equalizer, or at least something to make us feel we did. And if we were lucky and held our tongues just right, it worked just as advertised, too.

Yup, I’ve corresponded with him by email as well. One of my other pet projects is converting the big Trumpeter Mi-17 into a Canadian Army bird. He thought he could handle some masks or decals for that application as well.