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Yes to the Jenny , that would be my first choice. The Biff is just so nice looking and is a 2 seater. Perusing the kit last night and I started eliminating the armament A decent Canadian subject will be nice , most likely fictitious , should be fun.

Yes , this will do nicely: There even a Canadian connection as some of these came to Canada and many were still in service into the '30's.

Maybe time to show one of the weirdest kits I have. Its a cast metal model of a French Canadian clubbing a baby seal. True story!

I work on a lot of things. My paycheck is generated by my production. No guarantees. Right now I'm unloading the last of 3 truckloads of wood raw materials. Burls , spalted and birdseye maple , for running through the machine. When I go to 3d or even 2.5d carving I would like to carve a burl seat for my next chopper so yes , bikes too.

yup that there is yer CNC router. Ready to go again and I'll be inputting a file shortly . Everything seems ok now with the z axis limit switch working. So far its been ok , delays in communication and problem sorting are normal now , no need to grind teeth.

Immersed in CAD learning curve , including machine antics , no time or mental space for anything else..... Feline overlord/owner/fuhrer/supervisor/ looks on: Everything else goes to poop when I'm in the curve.

That's the plan Stan! …..er I mean Gaz. Like I said , in theory, I haven't done it yet and have only seen it done a couple of times . Yes you would paint the lightest of the 5 colors first , I'll be doing light blue. Everything after depends a lot on the prep and first color application. Acrylics I think and have a full set of colors ready to go. They dry fast and will take the mask re-application . Procedure would dictate removing the numbered pieces and putting them on the backing sheet for re-application. a few tricks are developing like a photo of the masks to help with replacement , and color coding the numbers is possible too. Close inspection of lozenge pics , decals and anything else I could find shows that some of the lozenge shapes overlap slightly creating a thin dark outline, in SOME case' , this helps anyone attempting this. I'll be doing The Gotha early next year in this pattern. Hex layout: On Britmodeller and Des' WW! aircraft forums look at The Gotha or A Gotha if ya wanna see more.

It can be done with masks in theory at this point. Here is my Gotha 5 color night camo mask set: I also have it in hex pattern. Shapes are determined with paper patterns , then the camo pattern is applied to the shapes , refined and cut. The cutter prints the color number on each lozenge. The Gotha was easy with mostly boxy shapes.

High water mark for Canada was around the time of the Avro Arrow. Then we saw a politician , too scared and selfish , to handle the situation properly end the aerospace capability in Canada. During my lifetime, from P.T. onwards I've witnessed the closing off of open government and the unmitigated theft begin. We cant ask "Where is the money going?" because the peeps stealing it have created a fearful scenario. Meaning the closing off and theft gets worse if you 'dare' to call them on it. Its an exceptionally bad situation , there is no mechanism for change yet.

The bigger problem is with the 'adults' in this country. Especially workers. Somehow , some way , they have managed to get their personal feelings as part of the job.The most important part. If you upset them , and that is soooooo easy , they use their jobs to get payback. As if 'You offended me' is an excuse not to do their job. The bigger problem is the peeps too scared to call them on it , thereby enabling a zero accountability environment. The country is watching its 'leaders' ,from the time of the idiot in charge nows fathers time, steal everything they can from taxpayers. Absolutely sickening to see in action. another 50 years to go until someone somehow stops the theft.

When the realization of what Canada has become sinks in perhaps change may occur. Young people are just beginning to ask; "Where is all the money going?" Another 50 years of organised theft , I think , is left before anything happens.

Speaking of ruining.... Here is my first personal foray into CNC/CAD , first set up , file ready , maple strapped in , ready tp go.....

I did finish it a little more: As well as almost 80 more of oak , black walnut , maple , more cedar , and white pine as well: For the Custom Model Base Service.

yup with the gauge pod upgrade into full adult toy

Those look fairly easy. If Ican do it with an old Mattel sodomiser then I'm sure you can. This is a 1/9 scale velocity stack:

I've had dullcoat soak up a wash before. Something to watch for.

Some good prices on for their anniversary. I got a post war Biff for 69$ , of course after our sad ,sad , CAD was through it came to $120 delivered. So sad and unbelievable what Canada has and is becoming.

Moving through procedures , finding a way... I taped off and sealed the cobblestone detail with clear laquer , then stained with a medium darker stain. I cut and left a space for a nameplate. It was a test so not really planned:

Thank you . There is def texture and enough depth to take sealer , primer and paint. I'll finish it off tomorrow .

Looking at making a series of wood base' for models. Starting with a cedar panel , planed , shaped and a nice cobblestone pattern lasered into the top surface. I think this could be sealed and painted to suit as well as oiling or staining the cedar for a little bit nicer display: This pattern is 4" x 7" good for a 1/48 armor or.... Patterns in the works for airfields and other types of roads

CNC Router table enclosure getting done:

Last hand built chopper: Current ride:

German sells....the bottom line has to come into effect at some point!

I agree WNW doing a singular production plane opens the door for a ton of others. Looking at my German seaplane book I can see a number of really cool subjects to come. WNW knows the market and is hitting it hard while its there , in 20 years the market will be cut in half.

I'll take the float sprues and put them under a G IV.... Also I think we'll see some more float planes as well. I called the 0/400 for 5 years straight so it 's prolly gonna happen....