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Honestly, it used to freak me out, but when I built the snipe, it turned out to not be a big deal. It just takes time, one wire at a time, give it an hour a night, and you will be done in a week.

Same issue, I have tried to order a few times, no stock.

Did a little more work today. Assembled the front seats, added some PE, and added some more details.

Is there any place stateside to buy this? I really need one and a corner tool. Could have used it today.

You are correct! I never thought about that, I’m a knuckle head.

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No, however Master Details has a few seated Navy figures that could be adopted, with the exception of the Ball Turret.

Please let me know who didn’t receive a winning, Martinnfb has passed on the Hasegawa FW-190F8 and asked me to gift it on to someone else.

Sort of, the 3/16 lead I used is taller than the lip, so it’s possible it can be seen. The area below that floor could possibly hold about 50g, and perhaps if I use d smaller 1/8 lead, I might have been able to get about 200-250g in there. What is nice about packing the lead in the floor of the cockpit, it’s actually a really strong boxed structure. I am checking to see if there is another way of packing more in there.

The struts that come with the Lib are actually really, really strong. I am guessing it’s some kind of strong ABS plastic, which has a styrene shell you glue on. But I agree, it will be a test of strength, 3/4 of a pound of lead is hefty.

Thank you!

This is what I use, lead wire. https://www.amazon.com/Bullet-Weights-1-Pound-Fishing-8-Inch/dp/B00CMR7EX0/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1546033440&sr=8-7&keywords=Lead+wire

A few nights of work, I have managed to assemble most of the interior floor and bulkheads. I wanted to make sure it all fit inside, it did take quite a bit of sanding, but I expected as much, with so many interlocking pieces. After assembling and closing it up, it was apparent that there were some areas that needed a little sprucing up, I added some various stringers, some real, some guessed at. The panel behind the pilots seats had some serious ejector pin marks, so I decided just to hide it with strip styrene, I still have to add some ribs between the panels. The biggest issue was nose weight. 300g recommended! That’s 3/4 of a pound...12oz! So I dug out a roll of lure weight that’s about 3/16 size, I chopped up a whole bunch and fit it under the floorboards, 154g. Crap, there is almost nowhere to hide this stuff, so I determined that the area in front of the panel is not able to be seem from the canopy, then I made a false panel from the nose section, which really cannot be seen through any of the small windows, so I was able to cram another 160g, which made 314g, so hopefully this will work.

Hubert...give it up. Let the wing issue go! Jeez!

Thank you Ernie, and thank you Tony! I consider the Skyraider package #2 behind the Lanc, so I am pretty excited, especially with all that great AM Tony included!

The L’s got 6 guns after block 1, and most of not all 4 gun were converted to 6.

John, have run a straight edge across the top, there is enough plastic thickness to sand flat the bow on the top cowl, if you feel the need to correct it.

John, take a look at these pictures, it almost appears that the F exhaust opening was larger that the E, however, yes, the angle is missing. I was thinking you could just cut out an area to adapt the Hasegawa exhaust plate.

I certain nay hope not! This info came from a source in the industry, which, I hope is accurate. I also have spoke to someone who has made resin correction parts for other kits, he is willing to make some also, but needs some turrets to go off of.

Topic? The flock has strayed...

That’s a visual that just ruined Christmas

Ask the squirrel, they always look for nuts.

Do we really need video of Clunk in his fruit-o-the-looms drawing names out of a bowl?

So by my count there are equal raffle entrants to items, correct? If not, I would like to donate a few more items to make it even, so everyone gets something. Can someone confirm?

Ok, back to the build...all is not bad. for a little bit of scale comparison, the P-40 and a Fly Wessex. Length is around 26” Wingspan span is massive 42” luckily my bench is 36” deep and 60” wide Fit of the wing to the fuselage is excellent No no problems with sagging here, incredibly strong wing spar, with positive location pegs, but if you wanted to make slip on wings, you could clip the pegs It appears you you could use screws to attach the upper and lower wings to the spar, but not after the lower engine cowl is glued on, the holes are covered. I am contemplating ways to make the wings removable, possibly with strong magnets.