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This is amazing. I’ve stayed away from 48 for the most part, except for the really big stuff, but these look incredibly tempting. Phil I’m very impressed and enlightened

8 hours bottle to throttle, bud. Especially with those whirlybirds. Too easy to turn them into aluminum confetti

Mike I learned something new today. Thank you. I never once thought that linen effects could be applied over a painted camo surface and the colors would remain relatively unchanged. I like this because I’ve used various sheets of PC10, PC12 and linen in the past, and had a problem of color change around wingtips when you heat it and pull it taught to conform. This method looks a bunch better with no chance of losing the pigment on edges. This Salmson is one of Wingnuts toughest builds, simply because of the way the French built their aircraft with the two wings set so close together. My fat fingers have no chance in there. Everything’s done with tweezers.

The odd thing is, I never popped a temp at all. 97.7 - 98.2 on the IR reader. Harald, I’m glad to be semi up and running as well. I’ve been deathly ill at times through my life, and for me, this was nothing. But it just seems to linger on and on and on.

The Wednesday before Christmas, I caught it. Retested yesterday, still positive. WTF, over. Anyone else fighting it now? My entire street seems to have caught it and my neighbor across the street is in ICU with double pneumonia. Shaking my head. I had two employees test positive last Wednesday and out of an abundance of caution, shuttered my shop till Monday. Everyone now is COVID free but me. I must be special. Well, back to the bench, I even dragged out HMS Speedy for some build time. Finish Buffalo, finish Mustangs, get back to Speedy.

I’m gone for a few months, and when I come back, world class builds are all over the place. Amazing result!

Nicely done, John. Sweet build

VERY authentic look result! Nice!

Marine, you crack me up

Clean machine.

Fully vaxxed, but not with the third shot yet. Just the first Moderna and the second one 90 days later. Plus, I’ve been anal about care, because my wife is living with lupus. I know Hubert and I talked over a year back, and my guard is always up.

Oh yay.

That and my autocorrect computer generated typos are something else

We’ll the wings will be free standing, no gear loads, so they won’t be stressed through the years with a constant load on them. Just their own weight

That’s a great deal for someone wanting to do a late P-40

My pleasure y’all. It’s the least I can do

This place gets like this every now and then. Trust me, Harv and Martin are good friends, although somedays you’d never know it. We just sit back arithmetic a /in bowl of popcorn and watch.

Galland was a class act. I met him years ago and have a copy of that book in hardcover with his autograph.

And here it is, folks. Dragon Bf-110D/E by Smitty - won by GamingDragon32 $100.00 USA gift card to the online hobby shop of the winner’s choice by BlrwestSiR - won by Recon $50.00 USD Gift card of winner's choosing by Winnie - won by GazzaS Ra'anan Weiss - F-16C/D Barak in IAF Service (IsraDecal Publications) by GusMac - won by BLRWestSiR Vought A-7 Corsair ll in Hellenic Air Force Service (Andreas Zeitler & Andreas Klein) by GusMac - won by Telapatu Israeli F-15 Eagle Units in combat(Osprey Publications by Schlomo Aloni) by GusMac - won by Artful69 20 voucher/store credit, winners choice by Gaming Dragon32 - won by Harv Wingnut Wings Hansa Brandenberg W.12 - Donated by GazzaS - won by BradG Infiniti Models file Set by Peterpools - won by Drifter Hasegawa 1/32 Ju-87 Kanonenvogel with multiple PE by Harv - won by Krow Trumpeter Missile Set by Harv - won by Martin Hasegawa 1/32 Fw-190A-8 by Bill S - won by Fran Colors and Markings vol 8 _F-14, Squadron in Action - F-14, Detail and Scale vol 9 - F-14, colors and markings, vol-2 F-14 As one gift, by Recon - won by Winnie 1/32 GWH P-40B Hawk - by Clunkmeister - won by GusMac 1/24 Meng Fokker Dr1 by Clunkmeister - won by Peterpools Kinetics E2C Hawkeye 2000 1/48 scale Kit # K48016 by Krow - won by HubertB Fly 1/32 Natter by Krow - won by Leitch144 Revell 1/32 Wiesel 2 LeFlaSys OZELOT by Telepatu - won by Seiran01 $ 100 USD gift card to the modeling supply store of the winner's choice by Landlubber Mike - won by Smitty $50 gift card to the modeling website of the winner's choice by Fran - won by Leitch144 1/32 Trumpeter P-40E, P-40M, or P-40N (winner’s choice of one of these three) by Seiran01 - won by Landlubber Mike $100 AUD gift voucher to the Hobby store of your choice by Artful69 - won by Drifter GRAND PRIZE 1. Winner's choice of 1/32 HK B-17G (first edition with Milk Wagon on the box) OR JetMads 1/32 C-21 Learjet plus a $500 USD gift certificate to Hannants or Sprue Brothers donated by LSM Admin - won by Winnie 2. Anycubic Photon S 3D printer donated by Hubert - won by GusMac Congratulations and MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE. Have a close look at what you have won. Everyone should have won something, a few lucky folks, more than one. If there are any screw ups or mistakes, the fault is mine and mine alone. I was extra careful to make sure that nobody won their own gift, but in my drugged state, I may have overlooked something. PLEASE get ahold of each other and arrange it between y’all. Again, Merry Christmas and if I’m still on the topside of the dirt in a year, we’ll do it again! Ernie

Ok. Here goes. Nobody said I missed anyone, so we’ll begin. There will be a new thread with the winners list posted. As always, all names go into my old Stetson, and a re Daren at random, one at a time, down the list of gifts. Once all gifts are awarded, all names go back in my smelly old worn out Stetson for the final grand prize drawing. As usual, LSM Members are quite generous in their giving, and there are a few more gifts than winners, so a few folks will win twice. That will not affect the grand prize draw. As always, to avoid the look of impropriety, I am not participating in the draw as a receiver. GOOD LUCK

Will do, Carl. I’m using my wife’s iPad here because it connects to cell service. Mine is WiFi only. I also added a 1/24 Meng Dr.1 from me, so I’ll get it done.

I shall get with Joy after supper and have the drawing.

I want to wish everyone a great Christmas, and an awesome new year. This year has been crazy for my family and I, with one calamity after another. And now for the capper, I’m flat on my back, sick as a dog. With my luck, it’ll be some new variant of COVID.

Lurkers are the bane of forums. It’s eSy, just sign up and come on in. There are Less than a half dozen people in the modeling world who would be unwelcome here. And y’all know who they are.

Brad, you’re good, sir. I’m just in and out these days, trying to keep my family healthy.