HubertB

All the punch sets don't go lower than 1 mm dia. This one goes from 0.4 to 0.9 mm in 0.1 increments. Using it is easy, but seizing and holding a 0.4 mm knob to glue it in place is another story . I usually punch 4, to find 3 on the bench, have 2 go ballistic wen trying to seize them, and the last one glued in place, at last (well, when you glue it in the proper palce and angle, that is ) 😂 Hubert

You really think buying a dog is gonna make your a$#! look like that ? Because I am not sure I’d want to see the same pic with you in her place … Just my Hubert

A small update, still worth a few hours at the bench. I have been slowly adding more details and more relief to the side consoles. I had a few tries at the missiles selector switches and throttles before I felt I could say « Good Enough for Government Work » … The oxygen hose is a 0.8 mm lead wire with copper wire coiled around it, and finished with a bit of alu tube. For the very small round knobs, a piece of hardware I bought a few years back has proved very useful. It’s a micro punch-n-die set, that was developed by a talented Swiss modeller going by the name of « Sweety » on French modelling forums. The set is typical Swiss engineering, i.e. very smart, solid, and precise. It was also, at the time I bought it, very expensive… But it has proved its worth today That’s all for today … Hubert

There are still a few more individuals there who display an obnoxious attitude (not necessarily to be equated with the individual as a whole, btw) … My main concern then is not so much the PITA they prove to be, but the double standards applied by the moderating team: their buddies get a systematic free pass others are not blessed with … ok. I’ll move on. This is not the place to criticize another forum. Mods, feel free to remove my post for the sake of « entente cordiale » Hubert

How about a Tamiya Corsair or P-51? I reckon you have the time before the Postman (or woman) drops the AM goodies on your doorstep. Hubert

The move has paid off, Ernie. This is really making the Beast looking better. And the end result is a tribute to both Infinity and your skills. Looking forward to see it finished. Hubert

+1 ! And the number of your builds is infinetely ( like in « n/0 » ) more than mine … Hubert

As you have been here for longer than I, this cannot technically be a « welcome » from me, but I will nevertheless say it’s good to see you here and more active in the future … Like others here, I chose some time ago not to participate on LSP anymore, for reasons I will not elaborate more, but, even when more recently I sometimes felt things had somewhat settled, I was reminded by some posts and members why I chose to suspend my participation. Oh well, forget LSP, and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of LSM, Maru Hubert

1/35 is always wrong for a flying thing, but OK for armour, which this is, technically Hubert

+1 It’s actually appearing under one spammer ID, with multiple posts for on-line casino. Still, annoying as it clutters the « new posts » dashboard. In the meantime, best way is to ignore it completely by not clicking on his posts … Hubert

Very nice P-40, Peter 👍 ! Although complex, this kit delivers a VERY convincing result in the hands of a proficient modeller like you. Congrats on a stunning result ! Hubert

Someone, somewhere, is going to complain that it’s over-engineered, with too many (6785 !) parts 🤣😂🤣 Hubert

Had two days of administrative tasks and grocery shopping, and back at it today Hubert

John is finishing a kit - and in what a way : masterful as usual - in less time than it takes me to think about which sprue cutter to use for snipping a part off its sprue Well done, John 👍 ! Hubert

And another (as per usual) great result, Mike ! I really love the vignette of the two men resting against the aircraft’s wheels. And the Aviattic linen effect with the silver dope is great. Well done 👍 Hubert

I received a few sheets of rivets from Archer, ordered as Archer was liquidating its stocks for Woody’s retirement. Quite a few of them now in stock, although they really go fast when you start using them on an 1930s’ airframe festooned with dome rivets. Hubert

Nice start on a very nice kit. I love the yellow-winged schemes. But most of them had the Vought float, that was later substituted by the EDO one (although there is one pic in the Dana Bell book that shows a yellow-wing scheme with an EDO float). The BBs initially had the Kingfishers with Vought floats and Yellow wings. I always promised myself I would design and 3D-print the Vought float ... One day perhaps ... Hubert

I cannot build a kit without absorbing all the information I can muster. As for refs, I still like old-fashioned books, although the iPad is also on the bench … when I am not using it to take pics of the said bench 😉. I have four different walkarounds folders opened on the iPad for this build. Hubert

WOT ? You mean this is not typical seasonal Canadian weather ? Hubert

Fisher is gone for good. He went trough a very tough period after the Paradise fires, especially as the insurances proved their usual generous and disinterested selves ... He has come back on-line on LSP just before Christmas, but the molds, and everything else are gone for good. Your only hope of buying a Fisher kit is on the ususal auction sites on the net, assuming someone will not behave like Gollum... Hubert

I can drink strong stuff, but positively dislike the concept of beer with a strong alcohol content … Hubert

It’d really be a shame if they got discouraged by negative comments … Whilst both the Helldiver and Vampire are not in my sphere of interest, and are nos shake-and-bake I have seen more than one built with great results, and the risk-taking of the company is to be applauded. But then, I have 7 times more HPH kits in my stash than Tamiya’s Hubert

You’ d be lucky. I know I wouldn’t sell off ANY of the Fisher kits in my stash Hubert

I actually find them a bit soft as molded by Fisher. But then, we are being spoilt by the Quinta sets and the likes, and I look at them with maximum magnification of my Optivisor 🤓 Hubert

Ok, time for some modelling pics, even if few, now that the bench is tidy and cleared for some action. This is where I had left my build : The fuselage halves had been assembled, trapping the wings and the sturdy wing-box inside, the intakes added (and shhhh…, don’t tell anyone but the engine faces at the end of the intake trunks have been glued in a wrong position), the seams filled but not yet fully cleaned-up. I had also assembled and painted the cockpit tub and IP, but : 1) my beloved - and sadly passed - cat Looping munched a bit of the cockpit 2) the cockpit details, especially the side consoles, whilst probably scale-accurate, were looking a bit flat and lacking relief 3) the side consoles are anyway wrong for an F7U-3 M, lacking notably the -important- weapons and missile selector switches on the left console, plus some other bits and bobs everywhere. I had ordered a replacement cockpit from Paul, which cost me just the shipping charge, but the details were even softer than on the original version, plus the rear bulkhead was badly distorted, so some scratchbuilt mods are of the order of the day, using the new part with some delicate surgical intervention, rather than butchering it … Here is a pic of the cockpit modifications under way … The electric engine coil is my primary source of fine (0.18 mm) wire fir the switches … And the left console broke off from the cockpit tub when I sawed off the distorted rear bulkhead. It’s convenient, in fact, for what I have to do. More progress later. Hubert