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🤣 Now you NEED to buy another P-40 kit, to use up this Quinta set. In France, we do this with wine, bread, and cheese. Need more cheese to finish my wine, need more bread to finish my cheese, need more cheese to finish my bread, need more wine to finish my cheese ... and so on ! Hubert
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Beautiful model, Mike, even more so when one knows the difficulties you had to overcome with this one. Hubert
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Hi Mark, Do not buy the Tamiya one, for sure. It's good for trenches à la Matchbox, and cutting through plastic, but nothing else. Besides the sharp-pointed needle in a pin vise, for some circular engravings, my main goto scriber comes brom UMM-USA. I also have some nice ones (black thin circular handle with a fine hook-like tip), but I cannot remember the manufacturer ... The very thin saws, like my JLC set, are also useful for some engravings. Hubert
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Welcome to LSM. Mike As for Mastercasters, besides the dubious business practice described by Scott, the reasons he is in jail are far more horrible, and he deserves to be where he is, and not to get any business from anyone when he comes out of the said jail … IMHO, 3D-printing is the way forward for AM, whether you design it yourself or buy it from a company having done the research and design work. But beware, designing 3D parts is not a « snap-fingers » exercise. However, once you master the trade, it is VERY satisfying. I have used this to design some conversion parts for my last build, and enjoyed it greatly. But I also buy some 3D-printed AM stuff when it is there, and it spares me some significant time in front of the computer. Good luck with the Avro Arrow. It was a fascinating machine. Hubert
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What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
HubertB replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
What do you say ? A herring toss ? With pasted honey ? 🧏♀️ Hubert -
What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
HubertB replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
Hey guys, do you realise this is an exchange of old people ? And I’m sure all these CD Players can only read old-style analogic CDs 🤣😂🤣 … Today’s youth with MP4 (not even MP3) and streaming are looking at us like dinosaurs (but then they are also dreaming of a vynil discs player ) Hubert -
What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
HubertB replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
I have a different issue on my Marantz CD player. The display is not showing anything anymore. Got it repaired, but this is a spare part that is not followed anymore by Marantz … At least, it still can read the CDs … This is where I see I am getting old … as my domestic applances 😂🤣 Hubert -
What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
HubertB replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
That is the modelling version of « where is Charlie ? ». Only a lot more difficult 😂 … Hubert -
Absolutely Phil. Nothing wrong in your post, which was just a courteous welcome to an apparent new member, and perfectly in line with the atmosphere of LSM. Sorry for quoting you and sending the wrong impression by doing so. And my apologies to you and the other LSM members. My intention was just to highlight the « fishy » nature of this too-perfect post from a newcomer 😉 Hubert
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Unless this is a shameless hidden advertising (which some elements like the "bold" typeface, the fact that this is the first post of the member, the impeccable layout with functional links, etc. tend to indicate) ... Not that it means Plaza Japan is not a good, bona fide, merchant site. Hubert
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1:32nd scale Phönix C.I
HubertB replied to sandbagger's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
+ 1 ! Hubert -
New 1/32 accesories for Mirage III and Mirage IIIE
HubertB replied to Tecnikit's topic in LSM Vendors and Sponsors
Nice additions to your range 👍 Ànd your J-58 is a work of art. Now, we just need a SR-71 to go around it. Hubert -
Compressor stall … without firing any gun. I have to say that the combination of issues with the slats and the re-engraving of panel lines, plus the decision to add riveting proved to be somewhat of a mojo killer on the Cutlass. Or at least a driver of procrastination … Which means I have not spent a lot of time at the bench in the last two weeks, or not as much as I could have. I compensated by more reading, but it was Sci-Fi books like the 3-body problem trilogy or « Ball lightning », also from the same Cixin Liu … Still, I did some progress on finishing the surface preparation, which culminated with the gluing of the front windscreen, a necessary step to avoid any more sanding after priming, as it is not a drop fit that goes without any fitting and sanding … So, this morning was the time for priming. But, like the Cutlass initially, when the guns were fired, I experienced a compressor stall ! Or, more precisely, a burst pipe; only it’s a pneumatic one, not a hydraulic one, as it happened so often with the Cutlass … The pipe that connects the pressure gauge to the tank of my airbrush compressor had a cut at the level of one connection nut, and burst. So the compressor is now literally stalled, until I can install some new pipe, which I have already ordered. No pic to show, as there is not any interesting one to show, so more progress some time in the future … Btw, I had ordered and received the following book. Interesting reading, and some pictures I had not seen before. And it has somewhat changed my mind on the reasons of the failure of the Cutlass. Yes the J-46 was a poor engine, as Westinghouse tried to implement the ancestor of modern-jet engines FADEC, and it was just to innovative for the time’s technology (remember that FADEC development problems nearly killed the A-400 M program ?) , and had an insufficient military thrust, but the main issue was the lack of proper transition training for the pilots of the time, coupled with the specific problems of straight-deck aircraft carriers. Transition training led to the creation of NATOPS (and the Cutlass issues were a key driver behind this new approach) and the development of a twin-seat swept-wing fighter, i.e. the famous « Twogar ». And the accident rate of the Cutlass dropped dramatically, at levels lower than other contemporary Navy Fighters, with the introduction of angled-decks carriers. More when possible … Hubert
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Cobra Coupe - Le Mans - Model Factory Hiro 1/12
HubertB replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
The other difference is that the PCB drill bits are of a different steel grade, richer in carbon … Hence their propensity to break like glass … Hubert -
No interest in Luft 46, but the P.1101 was the very close inspiration of the Bell X-5 … Hubert
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Yessssss ! Hubert PS : and you can dissolve ABS in MEK to produce a paste to weld and fill ABS assemblies
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Cobra Coupe - Le Mans - Model Factory Hiro 1/12
HubertB replied to DocRob's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Ingenious solution for the doors, Rob. The fit is now better than on the original Hubert -
Great for gluing ABS parts, or PMMA, or polycarbonate … Hubert
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The "Spanish" Flu in 1918/1919 killed between 50 (low estimate) and 100 (high estimate) million people. Makes Covid look like a seasonal cold ... in France, about 1 500 to 1 700 people died of the flu in the first two weeks of January ... Hubert
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Got vaccinated in October last year, and still got it at the end of last year, albeit in a very attenuated form, that got me tired for a few days, but nothing more really. Patricia, also vaccinated, gor a more severe form that got her in bed for a week. Still better than in 2020, when the flu degenerated in pneumonia with 10 days in ER, during COVID times ... So, even if the risk of new strains not totally covered by the vaccine, as pointed above, is present, it is still better to get vaccinated than not, in my experience at least. Hubert
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One thing I discovered is that the digital calipers always run out of battery when you need them. « Old style » calipers at least don’t need any battery, and I use them all the time. This said, I have a digital one for measuring angles. So that is a 50/50 choice Hubert PS: I only recently got rid of my slide rule. The battery on calculators really lasts a long time …
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1/32 Westland Whirlwind
HubertB replied to JeroenPeters's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
AB-SO-LU-TE-LY fantastic work ! Hubert -
Even more so as it is in 1/35 scale Hubert
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It’s a hefty price tag, but it is also a very big model. HOWEVER, for the price tag, I hope that Lukgraph will ensure to provide a way for keeping the wings rigid and straight - besides the obvious need to have a rigging that effectively contributes to the rigidity of the wings’ bay - as well as strong struts and undercarriage. 3D-printed resin is not necessarily strong enough to last more than a few days if the weight escalates … i was a bit miffed by the solid - and therefore heavy - top wing of the Potez 25. I spent significant efforts to make sure the heavy finished kit would keep straight wings, and stand on its landing gear, not only for a few weeks, but for many years … Hubert
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P-40E Aleutian Tiger
HubertB replied to ScottsGT's topic in LSM 1/32 and Larger Aircraft Ready for Inspection
She’s looking good, Scott 👍 ! Funny, my only knowledge of the Aleutian Tigers P-40s was the box-art of the venerable 1/32 Revell kit. I had a memory of a fierce-looking tiger, when this one looks only half awake with its strange eyes 😂 ! Anyway, great-looking P-40 ! Hubert