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Too small for Ernie’s kits. Need at least an An-225 ... Hubert

Very sad news. His builds were truly inspiring. Blue skies, André. Hubert

Fast and clean work, as usual. Well done, John ! Hubert

Yes, about that Echelon Lightning, MY FRIEND ... Hubert the pure and disinterested

It sure seems to lack some of the features of a totally stealth aircraft, from my beotian eye ... But it is a pretty impressive airframe nonetheless. And looking good. Hubert

I understand the hassle of selling the stash individually, but the lot option is just going to making this sale far more difficult, if not impossible. Personally I have eyed the Echelon Lightning, in my express scan ... And Ernie, if you want a Lodela Beaufighter, I may have something for you Hubert

You don’t normally pay VAT on parcels identified as « gifts », Ernie. But the shipping can be expensive, still. Hubert

Having participated and been a donor in the previous raffles on LSP, may I add two comments ? 1) We most likely all have too many kits in our respective stashes, so giving a kit away seems the right thing to do, but current postal rates can sometimes make a « free » donation expensive ... 2) Don’t forget a simple « thank you » when you receive something. I was somewhat pissed that a beneficiary of a kit I donated and sent did not even bother to send a thanking PM Hubert

Happy birthday to you (and to Joel), Peter Hubert

Same for me. I’m in, and will sift through the stash to find something, although it may be more likey a book or purchase voucher in the end. Hubert

Great review. It looks like, since the Ho-229, ZM have finally taken their ‘superdetail’ philosophy to where it belongs, i.e. showing a maximum of sound - in opposition to phoney - structural details. This kit is not my cup’o’tea subject-wise, but it is impressive in every aspect. Well done ZM ! Hubert

Did he change the depth of the fuselage (especially below the wing) ? Hubert

Please do, Cees ... I’ll wait for the IM kit that should come close on the heels of your almost finished scratchbuilt effort. And I see you have come to the conclusion (like me) that the ID Models / Tigger vac is just a total waste of good money... You may remember that I turned a master for a correct diameter engine cowling, that I sent to John Wilkes after I molded a few for my own use. He never thanked me, nor made anything out of it. Thankfully, Alex ( AlexM on LSP) has since designed a printable cowling, as a few other things like the landing gear, and is generous in sharing his files. Hubert

On the other hand, as one who started a scratchbuilt Aichi Hansa ( a Japanese version of the W. 29 with a Hispano engine) BEFORE WnW released their W. 29 kit, and still has it waiting for completion long AFTER WnW’s same W. 29 went OOP, my advice would be to keep what you have done so far, just in case Now, I will reiterate my other advice to start a scratchbuilt B-58. I will check whether Sir Peter has any interest in doing a film with a Hustler in a key role Hubert

Agreed. Paul is a nice guy and deserves help form friends, whichever way this is organised, in times where he is facing tremendous difficulties for the immediate future. This said, and this is meant only as a friendly piece of advice, for your first post, you could have dispensed with the judgemental comment on "growing up", which did not bring anything to the value of your post And, btw, welcome here ! Hubert

Well it seems the new WnW will be the HP 0/400 ... We have a collective thank you to adress to Cees for starting and reviving his scratchbuilt kit ... What’s your next scratch project, Cees ? Can we steer you in the right direction ? I, for one, would love you to start a B-58 Hubert

Impressive model. The nose shape looks Ok now, and the tires have a rounder profile than initial pics showed. On the postive side, the detailing and surface detail looks oustanding. On the negative side, the whole area around the wing roots/engine nacelles looks to have a not-so-great fit ... and the price tag (with VAT, as it is an European company retailing in a (still)European country, of 600 GBP hurts somewhat ... Still waiting for a fuselage with passenger doors and not cargo doors ... Hubert

Spectacular news ! And then there is the surprise by WnW tomorrow Hunert

I can tell you that after this one, I tried building the Matchbox Hawker Fury (their very first, judging by the number PK0001). Unfortunately, one of my cats decided to play with some parts, and I then stepped on the cabane struts. I never managed to redo properly the broken part, and ended up binning the kit in sheer frustration. That was the end of my nostalgia trip to teeny weeny scale . Now, if I want to do a Fury, I’ll have a go at my 1/32 Montex kit. Hubert PS: the cat still loves playing with the parts on my bench. He redid the carpet-dropping trick with my lovingly-built frame for one of my Gee-Bees. The frame, although sturdy, did not withstand my 20+ stone stepping on it . She has also chewed a Fisher Cutlass cockpit. I have learned storing works-in-progress in closed plastic boxes. The cat was in fact just trying to educate me in maintaining an orderly bench

Glad you like it You can’t get enough yellow wings IMHO ... Hubert

Thank you. Looking at the pics, I realise that the metal area of the cowling up to the cockpit looks white is some areas. It is just a light reflection in the pics, as the kit does not look like this IRL ... And my Sadi Lecointe in macro-photo shows that I can improve my figure painting skills, although it does not look that bad when seen with « normal » eyes Hubert

There is a built one (F-4S) on Hyperscale today .... with a totally funky MLG That is so obvious that it hides everything else, unfortunately. Hubert

Not using FB is actually the safest way of using FB ... Hubert

This one was built as part of a friendly challenge with my buddies with whom we used to meet once a month and have a good dinner and talk kits. For the Christmas dinner, we had chosen a "Matchobox challenge" theme. The idea being to build one of the kits we bought and built as kids or teenagers. The theme was triggered by one in the group being offered to buy the collection of one elderly gentleman. I chose one of their best : the Boeing P-12E. The key reason is that you cannot have too many yellow-winged It was good fun. As per my usual (bad) habits, I detailed the cockpit . It is already very often a futile exercise in 1/32, but in 1/72, this is totally preposterous The rigging was done using Uschi Van der Rosten's "ultrafine" elastic wire. I hope you will like this one. Hubert

This is another of my completed builds : the beautiful resin kit in 1/32 of the Ryan ST-M / PT-20, by Fisher. As usual with Paul Fisher's kits, the quality and fit are outstanding, and I had a blast building this one. Sticking to my old super-detailing syndrome, I redid the Menasco engine and the details of the cockpit. Not much can be seen in the end, but "I know it's here" This kit was an opportunity to try foiling the fuselage. Foiling is not as difficult as you imagine, provided you use the proper glue, and there is no better alternative than Microscale's Metal Foil Adhesive. The glue comes fairly thick in its bottle, but can be diluted to a thinner consistency without losing its properties. I used alcohol to thin it. Some have even tried spraying it, successfully, but I did not dare try this method and risk clogging my airbrush. Finally, whilst Microscale advises putting glue on the foil, I found it easier to brush the glue on the panel to be foiled : it allowed me to put glue just where I wanted it, and thus avoided having to cut and lift unwanted foil that has adhered to some other part of the airframe. In this case, the difficulty came from the raised rivets. I was not sure the foil would conform easily around them. It worked pretty well in the end. I used cheap, therefore thin, kitchen alu foil. With hindsight, thicker foil is probably better as it stretches better when burnished, without risking tearing it. Rivets lost in the sanding of some joints were restored with Archer rivets. The wires are round 0.3 mm monofilament. Not quite authentic, as the original ones were streamlined wires, but I had then not found flat monofilament. Fisher provides flat rigging in the form of PE, but even he advises not to use PE as it is too sensitive to temperature variations, and will sag. Tensioning the monofilament is done by passing an incandescent toothpick in its vicinity. You will see the wire tension itself. Be careful with the distance : a little too close, and the wire will melt and snap. The markings were painted for the numbers, and I used the kit decals on the wings and tail. I was weary of having decals with a big carrier film on alu foil. Finally, the base is a home-made one, using a cheap A4 picture frame with some painted-on foamed cardboard inserted. "Earth" on the side of the tarmac is pigments sprinkled on white PVA glue smeared on the cardboard. Now, on to the pics : Hubert