HubertB

It looks like you did your mold vertical, from tip of the blade to root of the blade. For a long and thin part like this one, I believe it is probably more efficient to do the mold « horizontal », with a big casting block along the leading or trailing edge. Thus any trapped bubbles have less way to do to escape from the viscous resin. I have also read that having your mix cup high above the mold, to thin down the fillet of resin flowing down into the mold, has the effect of removing some of the bubbles trapped in the mixing process. Hubert

Making great progress, Ernie Hubert

Hey, I have seen this movie ... So, who is the Alien, and who is knitting around here ? Hubert

... or using the old ID vac form, whose shape is most likely dubious ... Hubert PS : thanks to Westland, there was a civilian-registered Whirlwind for a short period of time after WWII. which gives me a good reason to buy the kit, without breaking my « no camo » self-inflicted rule

It takes less than 3 hours to drive around Flores, which is roughly 15 x 10 kms ... This said, it’s absolutely enjoyable if you like wild, preserved nature, flowers, birds, volcanoes and waterfalls . Fairly different from Ibiza, as an island Hubert

The profile shape can be appreciated from a front quarter angle as well, but it is true that the « issue » comparing the kit and the real aircrafts happen aft of the main spar, and is a result, on the 1:1 aicrafts, of the profile as well as of the incidence. It’s true as well that the Davis profile can appear very clearly like on this pic : ... and not so much on other pics, like this one : And finally, the following pic illustrates both the visible Davis profile from front quarter (IMHO) and the cowling shapes variations you rightly mention. I am not trying to be an « armchair » expert, btw, just sharing feelings about my memory of what a B-24 « looks like », compared to the kit. I reiterate my sincere admiration for you to have completed the kit, in a truly masterful way. Cheers. Hubert

No, I’m on the North American plate, west of the Mid-Atlantic ridge. Legally still Europe, though ... H7bert

Arrived this morning, for one week vacation, in Europe’s westernmost town ... Exactly mid-way between Lisbon and Newfoundland... This is my view for the next 7 evenings ... If you get on your toes, you might glimpse the Statue of Liberty, 3 600 kms from here Hubert PS : the town is called Fajā Grande, on the west coast of Flores Island, one of the Azores islands.

Welcome to LSM Gary. Your Liberator looks really good, and the amount of work you have put in it shows clearly. Like others, I feel that the seams in the turrets do not show that much, and the polishing you have done was really worth it. This said, and it is in no way to belittle what you have achieved, because you did with what the kit supplied, the shape of the wing at its root appears really off, whichever way you look at it. And, maybe its emphasized by the red band, but there is something not quite right to my eyes in the shape of the engine cowlings. Hubert

Happy B’day, Karim ! We miss you here, buddy Hubert

The Mars is such a beautiful airframe. Even though massive, it looks incredibly graceful, and even nimble Tha ks for posting this one, Jeff. Hubert

It’s all the more remarkable as they have just one day to perform all these repairs Hubert

You can even fit a B-24 in the theme, or a WnW kit with a rotary engine ... just sayin' Hubert

Themes have got to be general enough to attract different entries. Even when the much awaited Tamiya P-51 came out with a lot of hype, a P-51 GB was not interesting enough for significant participation... I'd venture the same would apply to a Fw-190 GB. "Overlord" could be one theme, all the more so if you authorise targets (aka tanks or armour) on top of the aircrafts. Other options could be based around the engine type ("Just jets", or "Radial engines", or "Water-cooled", or a theme imposing a color in the finish (like black, or red, or blue, or yellow, etc.). People participate in GB for the fun of it, if the theme does not constraint them to tackle a specific kit, or scheme. Give them the freedom to fit their choice of subject within the GB theme. Just my Hubert

The "civilian" GB on LSP was a complete flop, participation-wise ... Unfortunately (IMHO°, most modellers seem to want their models bristling with guns and bombs Hubert

Me 2 ...

Well, 25° C here on Portugal’s Costa de Prata, yesterday ... and snow where I used to live in France Hubert

Well, here is one where I will not be ashamed to participate and not finish my entry Hubert

Who knows ? If Bruce Willis fails to stop the next forthcoming meteorite, and does not save the world for the umpteenth time, then you might see the Ocean coming to you Hubert, who has seen Armageddon and 2012 too many times ...

And there is a Lisbon tram and diorama as well ... Hubert

No, Harv said lightnings Hubert

I certainly could print things like wheels, landing gears, ejection seats, etc... The rest is just a bunch of flat slabs of plastic Hubert PS: and, sorry, I could not care less about Migs ...

And I know a certain place of Portugal as well, where they would sell ... Hubert

Wow ! A Staggerwing on floats .... Nw that gives me an idea for one of the 2 kits (1/32 of course) I have Hubert

Diameter, not radius .... That should halve the cut Greta work Tony ! Hubert