Clunkmeister

Yup. 30 deep. That 58 Retractable is 21 ft long. It gives me plenty of room to move around.

It’s 30x40 ft. My only regret was allowing the contractor to install those roll up doors. They have zero use except as a viewblock.

I just added a few nice pieces to my collection of vintage kit. A 1934 Swiss K31 in 7.5x55. A 1943 produced Ballester-Molina .45ACP. And another CZ75 compact to balance out the other side. The Ballester is Argentinian Air Force issue. My first time out with it, it swallowed an extractor. So I spent several weeks installing and tuning a new one. The Ballester is a really, really nice pistol. The K31 is a literal tack driver. The CZ? What can I say, it’s a CZ. One of the best handguns produced anywhere in the world today

We’ll, my barn is slowly taking shape. Our man cave/bar is behind me here, and the place is cluttered due to the crap we’re moving around. Got the 56 Meteor and 58 Skyliner inside with tons of room to spare.

Let me help you on this. PUT THIS CRAP TO BED. Give it a rest. We don’t generally remove posts. You, more than most, know this. We choose to let stuff stand. I don’t want a pissing match here or a gloatfest. COOL YOUR JETS AND STAND DOWN. This is over and it’s done with. Don’t go down that road of stirring the pot. Let it end. Deep breath, step back from the keyboard. Go build something and this will age out. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Well said. Every person here has differing feelings on his own build thread. I’m as wide open as it gets, others want to be more pointed. Have doubts, a PM works wonders and avoids tors being stepped on. For example, if I want to publish your build thread or your RFI on our Facebook page, I always ask permission first.

I think this’ll be straightforward like the DH.2 and Fe.2b.

OK. Time to give this crap a rest. ☠️ 💣 ☠️ We can all mine everyone’s previous posts and find something. Time to take a deep breath and step back.

I’m going to stand up for Jeroen here. If I had been on the ball here, I would have been on this, not Jeroen. This happened in my time zone area which is really my responsibility. Jeroen acted because I was unable to do so. He had to do so quickly. If you want to blame anyone, blame me. We’re all human, guys. Things happen. I’ve deleted posts here that in retrospect I wish I hadn’t. In one case I actually restored the vanished post after I reflected on it. I’ve taken heat for it from members and willingly listen with an open mind to all sides. I promise y’all, you’re never going to find a more laid back, fair, and open minded moderating team anywhere. Not blowing our horns, it’s just fact. Unlike other places that’ll instantly ban you if you dare question a mod, we encourage it. To a point. Because we’re human. Krow’s thread was a shit show. He should have talked to us. We could have fixed any grievance. Those things that stick out on the side of our heads aren’t just decorations. We listen, as y’all know. Please guys, let’s get back to building models. And talking together like the friends we are. We’re Not TOS and I refuse to act like we are. This isn’t my first run in with Krow. He’s been on my radar and the recipient of an attitude adjustment in the past. That was quite awhile ago. I guess it never took. I don’t stand for gloating about an outcome either. What happened, happened. Let’s remember, COVID SUX and we’re all on the ragged edge right now. Peace, y’all.

It's one seriously cool prize, but my personal policy is, as the organizer and overseer, I won't participate in any drawings. Someone will get one HECK of a cool prize. Hubert, see me regarding shipping costs.

Well actually, my dog peed in a bucket and I bottled it. Tastes better than Budweiser.

Great review as always, Fran! Yes the Caudron is a risk for CSM, a subject WAY out in left field, but it was a workhorse during the first third of the last century, and it deserves to be modeled. It's good to see CSM tackling the French subjects that WNW so obviously ignored, and I, for one, can't wait to get a good close look at this kit!

That's better than Shiner.

And all we have down here is Shinerbock. In other news, I've killed most of a bottle of Jack Daniels while sick. And I detest Jack Daniels. It's what comes out the back of the horse after having a good 16 year old Glenfiddich go in the front of the horse.

There’s always that one guy……

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.