Clunkmeister

do zdrowia!

Mike, School me on sails. I’m like most, I tend to forego sails because they usually look out of scale. I WILL do sails on fore and aft rigged fishing boats though. I have a Fifie and Zulu Scottish coastal fishing boats in 1/64 all keyed up ready to go as my next wooden ships after Speedy gets finished.

Now for a 1/32 Lightning....

I bought the P-38 in 1/48 as well. It’s a nice little kit.

Mike, that’s one sweetheart, and definitely a LARGE scale model. I don’t think there’s a person around who doesn’t appreciate the lines of a trim little brig. The covered Quarterdeck looks unique. The crowsfeet and the white anti fouling (no copper) hull date this, when? 1780 or so?

You remember when CBC tried to destroy his reputation? And they did exactly the same thing to Bomber Command and the 8th AF.

I’ll also be doing Billy Bishop’s ride. A true Canadian hero.

Just...... WOW!

2020 must be the craziest year we’ve seen for 100 years when the Spanish Flu infected the World. So we did a bunch of building. I’d love to hear what y’all have to say about a “model of the year”. Aircraft or Armor, as long as it was a new release for 2020, it’s eligible. So tell us your pick. My personal pick is very, very easy and involved absolutely no thinking: the IBG Models PZL P.11c. It is flawless. Absolutely flawless. The detail is out of this world, and the parts fit perfectly. Plus, it’s a model of an overlooked, under appreciated aircraft. So there’s 1 for the PZL. Now let’s hear y’all.

Hubert said it perfectly. There are reasons why some of us put more than one gift in here. Because there are those of us who understand that there are times in all our lives where we have tough times. 2020 has been extremely hard on everyone. An example: Both Hubert and I own businesses, and both of us have been deeply hurt by the scourge that has invaded our lands. We BOTH have seen and felt that agony of seeing trusted colleagues fall to this scourge, and yet we all continue. This is a time of Joy. It's a time of giving, and it's a time of family and friends. Let's make this happen folks, let's have fun. I set the rules to admit only active members in order to prevent anyone from waltzing in and helping themselves. Y'all are family, so let's all partake. Has the scourge taken your job away? no problem, just enter, PLEASE. If nothing else, let's enjoy this time of year, and without getting all Christian on you, let's enjoy the great joy this season can offer.

Jeff, you don't need to give to enter. So go for it!!

Tony, if you ever want to build a Dauntless, I have a ready supply. LMAO! Just one of each version, actually.

C’mon guys, this raffle is looking mighty freaking lame. We need more participants. There are some nice gifts up there.

Ugh! I’m lucky and ordered mine a year and a half ago. Got it over a year ago, and am I glad I did. There’s no way on earth I could swing it now.

I kept thinking Texas distance, but Obrnice to Most is less than 6km. Hopefully they find a suitable warehouse close by. It sounds like the fire started on the second floor where the Sprue were stored. Bad electrical wiring. The story that can and does happen everywhere

Hmmmm. No.

They’re saying it won’t affect production, and they were insured, so it’ll be ok. A minor hiccup I expect. It might affect some down market manufacturers and end users worse, such as kitmakers, etc.

Looks like one firefighter taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Being kept for observation and should be released tomorrow. No other injuries.

Some beautiful scenery and architecture, interspersed with a few remaining ubiquitous old Soviet era apartments. I thought most would have collapsed years ago. Those things were such a stain on a beautiful old town.

I pulled these off of farcebook. It looks like a cold, wet. Miserable December day in the Czech Republic today. I can feel the chill to my bones coming through those pics.

Not only for us, but I think an even bigger part of Eduard is R&D and supplier of PE for other Eastern European kitmakers. This will bite deep for a bit, although maybe there’s enough stock around the world to see us through for several months till they’re up and running again. I usually do one big Eduard order once a year from CZ, and anything else I need in the meantime, I get it from Sprue or Victory.

This is from Eduard’s own release, folks. Nobody hurt, but they lost their storage warehouse today. It looks like the firefighters have it contained, but it’s a bad fire. Dear friends, Today, unfortunately, there was a fire in the Most building, which we rent for our warehouse. Fortunately, no one was injured. Our production is based in our own building at Obrnice. We immediately started looking for replacement premises so that we could restore the normal operation as soon as possible. We estimate it'll take a number of weeks. Until further notice, we are not able to process orders via the e-shop. It will be great if you will support us via your retailers and distributors. Thanks everyone for your support. Last but not least big thanks to fire fighting teams on site today! PS: we postpone release our Christmas video for few days CZ: Vážení přátelé, dnes bohužel došlo k požáru v mosteckém objektu, který si pronajímáme pro náš sklad. Naštěstí nikdo nebyl zraněn. Jak řada z vás ví, naše výroba se nachází v Obrnicích. Ihned jsme začali hledat náhradní prostory abychom dokázali obnovit normální chod firmy co nejdříve. Odhadujeme, že to zabere řadu týdnů. Až do odvolání nejsme schopni vyřizovat objednávky prostřednictvím e-shopu. Budeme moc rádi, když nás budete podporovat nákupy u svých obchodů. Všem děkujeme za podporu. A velké díky patří profesionálním i dobrovolným hasičům, kteří na místě zasahovali! PS: zveřejnění Vánočního videa odkládáme o několik dnů

Neat trick, Mark. I like it. I’ve tried, say on a solid OD aircraft, to paint the entire thing the main color, then mist a slightly lightened shade of many n in the middle of panels, followed by a slightly darkened shade in depressions. It’s worked well for me, some iMessage brilliantly, but I’m inconsistent with it. I’ll give your method a try on my 109 test mule.

We’re all here to help if we can. Try this: Instead of “black” use a very dark grey. Black on a model often shows way to stark, and you can get away with graying it out some. Real tires are more grey than black as well. I use Gunze RLM66 and mix it with Leveling Thinner to airbrush. RLM66 to me hits black perfectly in 1/32.

Aaaah, ok.. around here if we get flies in a range vent it’s usually because of grease in the exhaust. But good to know.