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  1. Clunkmeister
    I have Vigge s inbound somewhere. My last communication with JetMads was 6 weeks ago and they told me mine should go out the last week of October. Well, here we are and still no shipping notification, so hopefully next week? It’s maddening because everyone else is getting theirs.
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    man, y'all ressurected this ancient thread, but the F6 looks as good now as it did then. I remember when these Hobbycraft kits were around and nobody wanted them. They were selling for 15 dollars all over the place. People didn't notice that companies like Vector were producing very good resin stuff for these, and that should have been the first clue. Anyway, I had bought a few cases of these models, knowing that they were a surefire no brainer way to make a buck or two. Now I'm down to my last several kits and those are mine, to be built by me. I hope we see more and more of these get built.
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    Awesome times! Wow! Im trying to imagine a Portofino, is that a mushroom?
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    Yeah I hear you there. Real air cooled tax stamp 1919s sell for around 30-35. For that money, I’d have a 34, a 42, or an MG3, even though they’re still active duty all over the world.
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    I hope we can get together sometime soon, but in the meantime, HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! I hope you and yours are having a truly awesome day! E
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    What truly sux is my first Viggen batch order is within 50 of the end. So late October they say. Dangit.
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    Martin, the 58 Ford has to be the absolute ugliest Ford produced in the 50s. I think I bought this for about a hundred bucks back a few years ago. It takes a lot of vision to see anything but the world’s ugliest sculpture here. But the 1950s Ford retractable hardtop system has always fascinated me. It’s all mechanical. No hydraulics. Screw jacks, flexible driveshafts, limit switches, solenoids, and about a half mile of wiring.
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    Next week we have a crew coming to insulate our metal barn out back, so we rented a shipping container and have some guys here working to move stuff out of garage into the box. Along with a ton of old Harley and Indian stuff, I uncovered this…. A 58 Fairlane 500 Skyliner retractable hardtop. Probably the ugliest Ford ever made, but it’s a real running machine. Took it down the Highway at 120 and it didn’t even break a sweat. The roof cycles perfectly, and the cas full power everything. So I have what I need and I’ll fix the old Ford up. It’s 100% rust free, despite its 17 different color scheme. The fi I shed car is something I can e vision.
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    You and me both re the Fairey Battle. My ex FIL learned the art of aerial gunnery from the backseat of one of those. Despite me being a Yank, my secret obsession is FAA and RAF stuff. I’m a High Speed Silver fanatic.
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    Well, my vote is for a Hawker Henley. 😇 For some odd misguided reason, I really love that plane.
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    This is actually a very good thing. A Wingnut quality Spitfire 1. The last Spitfire 1 we had was that 1960s Revell release, which, ironically enough, is pretty close to being the most accurate one out there. Hasegawa tried, and missed, but other than the underbelly/wing fillet, did a very credible job.
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    The Mk.1 is an iconic design, and quite possibly the purest Spitfire variant there is. I can see one in bare metal for me.
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    I'd love to come down sometime, but it's a long way to drive a rod or an old car. I wouldn't trust the 35 hot rod, and the 56 and 57 both are serious cars that I'd be scared to have out too far away from home. Especially that 56. They only made 545 of them, and a deer would ruin my day.
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    Here it is, folks. This should make alot of people VERY happy. https://www.kotare-models.com/products/k32001-132-spitfire-mkia-late
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    Buffalo is looking up… I goobered up the tail decals, then made a mess out of painting the stripes on, now I’ll try it again, this time taking more care. The Killer Egg was the result of getting pissed off at the Buffalo for a few days. I’m not a helo guy, but that little kit is a really precise and nice building kit. Haven't got as much bench time as I really wanted, simply because I’ve been enjoying the summer with the old cars.
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    Pete, being that you’re in Arizona and this is in Texas, could you just not fit a real 1919? They’re certainly out there.. Awesome job, BTW, and good to see you building
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    Rudolf, you’ve do ez great job at showing the true mass of these German behemoths, the true granddaddy of the modern Main Battle Tank.
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    So the moral of the story is? Don’t fool yourself into building support equipment without something to support? Either way, it resulted in a gorgeous build. I’m quite impressed the maintenance crew didn’t pull the engine and gut the cockpit of all useable equipment. That wouldn’t have been nice
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    And a scheme we don’t often see. Great build, John!
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    Another FLAWLESS build. Now I need another bloody kit, an Italari Mirage.
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    Another stunning Corsair, John. They all can’t be totally tore up, and it’s nice to see a GSB bird showing minimal wear. But I guess the Navy kites were kept in a higher state of cleanliness than the land based Jarhead kites.
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    A flawless build, and unlike the majority of us mere mortals who load on the Aires to show our extreme laziness towards scratchbuilding, (yep, that’s me, I only do it when needed, and look for the easiest way) you took what was there and kitted it out to perfection. Bravo! I have three Vipers in the stash now, one Tamiya, and a couple Academy two holers. I’m scared of jets, lol, and I know I won’t achieve these kinds of results.
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    Beautiful build. The little extras sure make it pop, and just bring it to the next level.
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    John, that looks fabulous, although the patches show use, the rest of the machine shows clean. It must have been a brand new machine when it too it’s first baptism of fire. I like the Fly kit. It’s a challenging, but not too challenging kit. And given the importance of the Hurricane throughout the war, precious little interest has been paid to it by the major model manufacturers.
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    Thanks for that, Maru. Aigore looks like he has his hands full, and it also looks like JetMads customer service is also up to the task. I’m surprised with the instrument panel’s soft detail. I wonder if that was just a one off booboo or will it be across the entire kit fun.
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