Clunkmeister

Mike, this picture is pure gold! So far this is the only picture I have of the entire cockpit area and it at least gives me some information to work on.

I’ve set a goal for myself and that’s to have this in Vegas next year. Not sure if it’s doable, but we’ll try.

Liker we’ve talked about before, the very last thing I’d expect to see at 7500 ft, or 11000 ft, never mind 15,000 ft is a helicopter. That’s tube sucking altitude and as far as I knew, the very last thing on a 206 would be oxygen. Of course, you’re only there for a few minutes, but still, yikes! My question is,.... did you actually make it there?

I’ve just come to the conclusion that we’re all a bunch of over the hill old blokes. One hard winter would cut our population by a third, I fear.

Great job on that one. This kit is truly one of the nicest builds I've done in a very long time. It's complicated like a WNW kit, but goes together effortlessly. The only real effort I had to put in was many applications of Micro Sol which graduated to Solvaset to ensure the decals settled down properly into the corrugations. I have a tough time weathering solid colors like what's used on the P.11C, but you seem to have pulled it off nicely.

If you’re going to use Leveling Thinner , add Thinner u til a paint splashwith nicely move down the side of your Dixie cup. Not so thin that it just splashes down, and not so thick that it barely moves. That consistency works great for me.

Does Harold produce these?

You were a true inspiration to this child of the time, Sir!

That looks great so far. I have them both and thought I’d do the bubbletop wide open, and the car door all closed up. I’ve seen several finished builds in person and they all look super impressive in person. After saying all that, now I’m staring at my roughed in MDC kit and thinking I could finish that one in a weekend.... Im looking forward to seeing this done! Ernie

Tom, did you do a Superfortress or a Washington when you built it?

I'm surprised at the CAM ones as well, Tony. Have you reached out to the company and see what they say? It almost looks like you got the 1/48 version, not 1/32.

And how some of you see me...

Then with my lovely lady, and Merry Christmas, by the way.

OK, I’ll bite. This is the everyday me.

Mr. Leveling Thinner is a retarder. I use it in everything, and it’s a magic combination. Use through your airbrush and it’ll take your finishing from great to World Class.

Which I wish someone would give us a decent modern short nose 190. Say, an A-3

I’ll be in for one as well. It can compete for ugly with the “Family Model” Skyraider. That is one ugly aircraft.

I can’t even imagine trying to move a warship around with mono line rigging. It’d last 10 seconds with me and my ham hands. Uschi’s stuff is exactly what you need.

No, because it uses very long, aerodynamic slippery boattail bullets. And the caliber is too small. Wouldn’t have enough kinetic energy to knock something down at that distance. No ridges or slices in the bullet itself to give it drag. The bullet’s actually shaped like the Stiletto research aircraft. Not exactly a lethal shape. A typical 5.56 in an M4, M16, or AR15 is done by 800 yards. Even a 308 or 7.62 NATO is done by 1000 yards. This one’s still flying straight. If you got shot by one, as long as it didn’t hit anything hard, it would just poke a small, clean hole through you. Like getting poked by an awl. No tearing, no trauma, nothing. The bullets we use aren’t designed for anything but competition. Hunting with them would be pretty darn cruel. Plus, this rifle weighs about 26 lbs. it’s heavy to be steady and absorb recoil. Think Olympic competition rifle in a larger caliber. As for the 6.5mm Creedmoor and PRC. The Creed was developed by Hornaday in 2008 as a specific long range competition round. It worked very well. Then, in 2012, they lengthened the case and gave us the 6.5 PRC for a bit more oomph waaay out there. It’s a fascinating sport, but crazy boring to watch. As intense as sporting clays and trap shooting, but more cerebral. Mathematical calculations in your head are required before every shot. You have a spotter with a spotter scope to call hits and misses only. No corrections. That’s up to the shooter to figure out. You have to hit a 12 inch square steel plate at distances between 300 yards and a mile away. You can’t even see the thing past 800 yards without a scope. Past 800 yards you start thinking about not only wind drift and bullet drop, but gyroscopic effect of the bullet’s spin, the earth’s rotation, mirages, differing weather patterns between here and there, it’s freaky. At those distances, the bullet is in flight for up to 3 seconds or so. The rifle barrel is 28” long and absolutely free floating to avoid pressure spots for harmonics. The muzzle uses a brake to dissipate gasses away from the tail of the bullet as it exits the barrel. The action is the old style Mauser or Enfield style manual bolt. No self loaders to add to mass moving around. Like I said, good for absolutely nothing but target shooting. I wouldn’t want to carry it around all day.

Started as a 6.5mm Creedmoor, then I opened up the chamber to 6.5mm PRC. That’s Precision rifle cartridge. Basically a 6.5 Creedmoor Magnum.

It’s a competition rifle. Not much good for much else but ringing the dinner bell from a mile away. The bullets are shaped go fly straight, not tumble, and to stay supersonic for a very long distance. It would be absolutely useless as a weapon of war. But to allow one to hit very small targets from a very long distance away, it does an absolutely perfect job.

Neat projects Pete. Cool 1:1 and cool build as well. Exquisite work as usual!

It should knock the dandruff off a fly’s left rear leg at 1300 yds.

Well, this ain’t a hunting rifle. It’s a 1500 yard Precision shooter. My dog will hopefully not insist in coming with me while I use this one.