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And that’s when ... Hubert

Guys, just remember that there are probably as many people on the roads, whom you treat as a****h****s, who have the same feeling about you. And that each one's inferno is the others, which means you are most of the others' inferno ... Why not take a deep breath, a cool beer, and have a ? Hubert (the only good driver on this planet ... of course )

I have Solidworks at the office, and Turbocad on the home’s Mac. The issue with the former is that it runs on PCs, when I am a Mac man at home and work (had to buy a dedicated PC at work for SW). And now I am not physically at the office very often ... I have tried Sketchup, but am struggling wth the interface and extensions needed ... Even more so with Blender : cannot fathom how to use it, when, at heart and by training, I am a parametric man and start with dimensions and 2D technical drawings rather than shapes ... And got tired of waiting for Rhino’s Mac version, so haven’t looked at it for a long time. The Anycubic uses .stl files, and has a proprietary slicer firmware. I haven’t tried any yet. Hubert

Fantastic work Hubert

You can always send me some files that you want printed ... I remember you were my "guinea pig" on the Silhouette a few years ago, for some MiG-15 masks Hubert

Converted into Portuguese land ownership one year ago ... ( ) (And the Printer is purchased by my company for development purposes ...) Hubert

On the other hand, I do not have a Mustang with all the bells and whistles in the garage Hubert

Just got a new piece of hi-tech gear , encouraged by what I saw from MIke (Swinburne) on Ernie's Lancaster thread. The price on Amazon was too good to miss, for what is said to be the best at this price (below USD 500) : I paid 400 €, including P&P to Portugal... Not exactly cheap, but comparable with a big 1/32 kits with some AM and books , of which I have a few .... I am about to fly off for work, then some vacation. It's going to be another two weeks before I get it levelled and can try some printing Hubert

Absolutely love it ! Hubert

(Insert whichever superlative you can think of above. Personnally went out of them a long time ago) Hubert

In Avatar, you get the same plot, btw (only they are vertically challenged the other way round ) Hubert

This is certainly no Tamiya Corsair or P-51 ... But you know what to expect. Will follow this one Hubert

I’m no expert, but would a thin veil of silver over a white background work ? Hubert

I do my best to untidy it, but frankly, I clean and order it after each working sequence (few and rather sparse, unfortunately). I have found this makes my modelling more enjoyable in the end, and it also protects whatever little work I achieve from a probing, nosy, curious cat Hubert

Fair point, Johann. Sorry about my comment. My post has been edited and the (rather daft - let’s face it) offending sentence deleted. And these models are truly outstanding ! Hubert

Some wing ribs and drawings ...The ribs were cut using the Silhouette Curio. The drawings were downloaded on the net, and - what a surprise ! - did not prove that accurate ... But I found some original Piper blueprints online. When I had sorted out the blueprints pertaining to the PA-22, out of the 486 blueprints covering the wj-hole family from PA-15 to PA-22, I could draw an accurate drawing of the tubes frame structure (so the only accurate scale drawing is mine, on the right of the pic, showing the frame) The pile of ribs on the left are rejects, where I took into account a too-thick wing skin ... Hubert

Ordered, and received very quickly, some additional HobbyZone modules. Two brilliant additions to their range: the "electronic device holder", and the instruction sheet holder, that clips on top of the upper row modules. I had to move my instruction sheet holder to the sidez, as they woudl have interfered with my bench lighting. And I glued an additional ridge at the extremity of the electronic device holder, so that I coudl use it to hold reference books. (and now, I have a bench that can accomodate even Ernies's biggest kits, or a 1/200 battlewagon ) Hubert

Brilliant build , and the sepia rendering looks stunningly real ! (and thank God, DH went on to produce beautiful airplanes, after this ugly duckling ) Hubert

+1 ! They just show what can be achieved by a gifted paper modeller, and how far their design has gone thanks to CAD, compared to the old Eastern Block models of the 70s and early 80s And if, like me, you believe that ships have to be in 1/200 to be "meaningful", then paper models are about the only option you can have (and a lot cheaper than the big Trumpeter plastic battlewagons, great as they are). Hubert

Good catch Ernie. I had the Avia once in the past, then although it's a very good looking aircraft of my ear of predilection, I decided I would not build it and sold it off. As for Fisher kits, they soon been rarer than hen's teeth, unfortu ately for Paul. And finally, the Hornet needs correcting around the nose / vanopy rails area. Did Iain not have a WiP on LSP ? Hubert

If you really looked for them (like me), you’d be really surprised by the number of 1/32 models that fill my bill, Gaz Now, considering my output, tiddlywinks may be an option for my spare time Hubert

Well, for me it’s the aboslute rerverse: guns, bombs, camos, and Nazi swastiks are an absolute repeller. Whilst I understand the marketing reasons for a C-47, I am still waiting for a HpH DC-3 .... Hubert

I am with Gaz on the ‘58 ... Btw, both exist as 1/32 paper models. I happen to have the B-58 paper model file. And this is an outstanding model. The same apparently can be said for the big Tupolev model. Hubert PS : Ernie, your bench is now more orderly, but methink you made it too small (although, whatever their initial size, benches end-up being a square-foot )

Nice subject. I confess my utter ignorance. Is it 1/32, or the abomination 1/35 ? Hubert

Looks as outstanding as your props (which I cannot praise enough) Hubert