Jump to content

Clunkmeister

Administrators
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    7,162

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Clunkmeister

  1. Clunkmeister
    Tony, let me know when you get it. I’d like to slide over and get a feel for it all.
  2. Clunkmeister
    Haha. Yep. Alexey stays in contact, though. I recommend smaller orders. It won’t take as long.
  3. Clunkmeister
    To me, in the 50s, this has always been the epitome of high style. 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner. It makes that Bel Air look positively dumpy slide the hardtop back into the trunk and you have the ultimate cool car. I’d lose that goofy Continental spare wheel though, factory option or not, it looks stupid
  4. Clunkmeister
    Rog, your Ford Falcons down under were some serious performance cars. Here, a Falcon was basically a wimpy 6 cylinder granny mobile. There were a few Falcons that got 260 and some even got 289 V8s with factory 4 barrel carbs and a 4 speed stick shift, and THOSE cars ran like scalded arse cats. Oh, and if the Bel Air can ever get squared away and reliable, you’re welcome to take it for a spin when you show up around these parts, assuming you learn to drive on the correct side of the road, that is. I absolutely refuse to put a modern powertrain in the Bel Air. It’s got it’s original 283 Chevrolet V8 and a Powerglide automatic, which motors it down the road in high style.
  5. Clunkmeister
    You haven’t called, ya goober. Joy’s in bed, her Lupus is kicking her butt. Plus fighting a cold. We’ll come up there one of these weekends, maybe do a car show/cruise.
  6. Clunkmeister
    And a 64 GTO tri power 4 speed stick…. Unrestored original car. This was one seriously nice Goat. And this sweet little Deuce sedan has a 10 gallon fuel tank. At our fuel stop, it took 10.5 gallons. And of course, the damned Chevy was a NO START but a big drooler and leaker, so it stayed put. We refer to this one as the Exxon Valdez.
  7. Clunkmeister
    A couple weeks ago, we went on a 200+ mile tour with a bunch of other old car geeks, ran around to 6 small towns, paraded through towns, then ended the day with Texas BBQ. It wasn’t without incident, as I always seemed to be stuck behind the slowest car. We made sure he go the “Best of slow” award. Over that dam, I let that 312 breathe and run, and it quickly buried the needle. There were some odd noises coming from the passenger seat…. It certainly has way more engine than it does brakes or suspension.
  8. Clunkmeister
    Good to see the Fox is out of hibernation.
  9. Clunkmeister
    Trying to make something cool from this heap. We have cunning plan….
  10. Clunkmeister
    I paid with PayPal…. As Andrey to send you an invoice. His work is phenomenal, but just understand that his stuff is handmade and he’s a 1 man band, so delivery takes a long, long time. I’d say best to order in smaller amounts. The last big order I placed took 9 months. Communication was great, but Andrey told me up front it would be several months. Shipping from Ukraine wasn’t bad, a couple weeks. AMUR Reaver is like that too: awesome product, but it’s handmade and coming from Russia. About the same time as Ukraine for shipping What DOES take forever is shipping to Australia. GOOD GRIEF!
  11. Clunkmeister
    This is one of those moments when you say OK to 1/48. It’s one heckuva kit from what I’ve heard!
  12. Clunkmeister
    ZM is impressing me. Revell is astonishing me. Tamiya is making me scratch my head.
  13. Clunkmeister
    I do like that they’re offering a wing fold option for the Helldiver. That’s one thing that was missing from the resin kit.
  14. Clunkmeister
    I’ll certainly be comparing this to the resin version, a d have one on pre order as well. If this is any kind of a decent kit, it’ll be crazy popular in the USA.
  15. Clunkmeister
    I’m joining this watch party a bit late, so I’m way, way up in the nosebleed section where the air is rare. Got my oxygen mask on though, so I’m good. Stunning build so far, Gazz, especially the strengthening of the struts. My one Roden Albatros D.l resulted in me scratching struts from brass and aluminum tubes and wire. It worked well, especially after bracing with mono line. I’m going to try your method though. It looks much less tedious.
  16. Clunkmeister
    If I bring my wife, all will be calm.
  17. Clunkmeister
    I took specific care with the Revell by sanding the internal structure to the point of where I had to shim it up to fit the joined halves. Just like doing a resin kit. I was able to keep close clearances with the fit of the wing and scoop that way. I did use a Yahu panel on the Revell, simply because I had one and wanted to try it. So far so good for all.
  18. Clunkmeister
    My feelings on AM are mixed. Is it model assembling or model making? AM can add greatly to the level of realism achieved, if used correctly. Too much, “AM because it’s AM”, often creates hurts rather than helps. Proper Plane’s products are truly amazing. I have no doubt that I could make a passable propeller if I learned the skills, but with my lack of time and my absolute unwillingness to go through the learning curve right now, I’ll either use the kit prop or buy AM. Wingnut props are actually decent. Roden, Special Hobby, and Hobbycraft props? Not so much. The ones I’ve done turned out decent enough. But my ability to paint decent laminations is variable, depending on the brand of fine Scottish whiskey I have in the tumbler. But above all that, I’m one of those guys who loves what’s coming out of central and Eastern Europe these days, and I’ll support companies like this to my last dying breath. Same with the Germans and the Japanese. They’ll get my money. I just refuse to choose to feed the big red dragon if I don’t have to. Keep it coming, folks. These parts are truly amazing.
  19. Clunkmeister
    Tuesday here as well.
  20. Clunkmeister
    Paul, you can see deck equipment, derricks, racks, and davits for a multitude of boats. I assume some of those are rescue launches and others are extra lifeboats. I’m not surprised she’s in shallow water. They tried hard to beach her, but fell slightly short.
  21. Clunkmeister
    To add to this are my personal views. Seeing work like this gives me great hope for our hobby. No longer is China the big monster supplier as they are in other areas. Japan, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Poland, Ukraine, and Russia are now giving us some of the best models and AM we’ve ever had. It’s a good time to be a builder of a Large Scale Model.
  22. Clunkmeister
    And what a package it was! In certain niche areas of our hobby, there are names that are spoken with almost mythical reverence. Aviattic’s Richard Andrews is one, and another one is a gentleman named Alexey Belov WW1 and golden age aircraft lovers like myself look at him as an almost mythical figure, the force behind what we know as Proper Plane. Alexey IS Proper Plane, a small aftermarket supplier of some of the most unique, niche, and singular products on the market today: laminated, hand carved and finished wooden propellers for early aircraft. These propellers are absolutely some of the most amazing works of art I’ve ever seen. Ever. There have been plenty of reviews here on LSM and other places on Proper Plane, and until now, with the possible exception of the IBG PZL P.11c, I have not only never been so ready for a product I’ve heard all about, the quality of the product actually took my breath away when I first saw it Pictures will follow over the weekend, but if you’ve never seen these props and manifolds, be prepared to have your mind blown. No pictures do these things justice. None. Whatever these guys are doing in Kyiv, if most definitely involves a time machine and a shrinking machine. This work is breathtaking to see. I give you a few pictures to look at, and I’ll show you some resin wheels a d woodgrain this weekend.
  23. Clunkmeister
    They’re all GREAT kits. They each have their own strengths and weaknesses
  24. Clunkmeister
    A. Uract, to me, is in the eye of the beer holder. All three kits have been praised for their accuracy, but there ARE differences, mostly with the stuff under the skin.
  25. Clunkmeister
    Tony, I’ll be there. Gotta see this in person. Yes, the Air Cam is actually 65K for both engines, gearboxes, accessories, and props. Now, the props don’t even feather, so who on earth would fly a real twin with non feathering props. Seems like a quick way to the scene of the crash. That Air Cam is a 120K project. I’m just as well to finish the Black Hole.
×
×
  • Create New...