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Good to see some old style calipers in use. At some stage, I thought it would be a smart (and modern) idea to use digital calipers. It was a good idea, until I found out that the battery was always OOS when I needed to use the calipers 😤. I have reverted to the old-style manual calipers. Now the only potentially OOS item is my eyesight 🤓 Hubert

I’d say that at least KH’s radials look like radials, not like a Christmas tree decoration …That a R-3350 1/32 engine 😩 ? Hubert

Like the Lottery : 10 years in monthly installments … Hubert

This one may be a nasty one (as happens often in Texas and Australia with wild life ) but Patricia had me develop a special variant of carpet bombing, called « slipper crushing » … The issue is that I then get some complaints about collateral damage and the need to mop up the spider pulp 🙄 … Hubert

What Peter said 👍 ! Hubert

Different view from Kirk’s… I’d say that the one on the left looks more proportionate to me. At least, it looks more like mine, which I am seeing a lot of lately Hubert

Oh yeah ! Now we’re talking ! Is it finished yet ? Hubert

That’s about what I needed 😉. 130 m3 is a BIG move by any standards Hubert

I don’t want to sound pessimistic, but they’d probably install some P&W Wasps as pusher engines, for for the sake of « gizmologic accuracy » Hubert

I’m in as well. I need a few more days to sort out through the stash after moving to the new house. Hubert

As it also holds « the stash », it’s quite big. I have an outside view in exclusivity for y’all … Hubert

AFAIK, that’s what Ramses II said … Hubert

Brilliant, Gus 👍 ! Hubert

Is it a 30% replica of the 1/32 one ? If so, you’re still better off with the Monogram kit …. Hubert

Me 2. But I was also waiting for the Draken 😉 ! Hubert

Well Jetmads’ Saab 35 Drake. Is announced for March 2024, with preorders staring tomorrow at 18:00 UTC. Hubert

Me. i recently got an Elegoo Saturn 2 8K, to replace my older and smaller 4K printer. For 3D design, I used Solidworks, but now that I am retired and have no more access to this software, I have switched to Atom 3D which has a very similar interface to SW. These 3D softwares are demanding in RAM and graphic cards. Go looking for a gamer's machine, and you'll be covered. HTH Hubert

Love it 👍 ! Hubert

Fran is too modest to mention that the 3 WnW biplanes are his, as well as the cute Baby Yoda Great models on show, and, no disrespect for the others, but the last pic, of NRPD Joao de Castro, totally scratchbuilt in 1/125, was absolutely fantastic and took a well-deserved "best-in-show". An enjoyable time there, and a great opportunity to meet Fran in person. Hubert

In the « interesting » stories about car parts, I have been wanting to change the brakes on my Cayman GTS, from the cheap ones the previous owner had put on the car, to some high performance discs and pads, with some more Porsche-like bite. Now this is where the fun begins: high-performance brakes use some special alloys, which, in Europe at least, have been bought almost in totality by the Defense industry in its goal to boost its production since the beginning of the Ukraine war. Morality: I got new discs after a wait of 8 weeks, but after 4 months, I am still waiting for the pads . But I keep hope: one day, my car will brake like it should when you slam on the brake pedal … Hubert

The pleasure was for me, Fran. (Yesterday, we had a full-fledged meeting of the LSM Portuguese contingent, around a bottle of wine and some BBQ-grilled fish. To quote Fran seeing my in-progress builds, my bench and witnessing my tool-addiction : « You’re crazy ! » 🤣😂🤣. Guilty as charged you Honor 🤪 !) And, btw, Fran’s WnW biplanes are fantastic, and one took a well-deserved medal 🥇 at Modelscala Montijo (knowing another one was not competing, having won last year). A great time together 👍 ! Hubert

Glisteningly brilliant Hubert

Thanks for posting 👍 Hubert

I could be interested, but that’s just too much work 🥱 Hubert

Too bad for the cruise. I think you are of the few who act responsibly in this situation. Last year, I caught Covid in Lisbon airport, on my way to France. Then I passed it on to my wife. We cancelled our return flight 10 days later, but, as we had to get home, drove from France to Portugal. However, the fact that I caught it in an airport, when the Covid situation was a well-known factor (18 months after the start of the crisis, and far from the its peak) just shows that some people knowingly went through the airport and on their flight, when they should not have … i hope you have a good insurance coverage for the cancelled cruise. Hubert