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"Normal state" ? Hubert

Hey, that's unfair ! If women start applying the "selective" hearing tactic of men, we are truly lost guys 😨 ! Hubert ( whose wife was the one pushing him for buying his own "girl" )

You’ve got room for a third « girl », Jeff 👍 ! Hubert

SAC use an alloy made of (French scientific name to follow) merdium, which is softer than the original plastic, unfortunately, and will bow and flex. As a general rule, you can save money in AM stuff by avoiding SAC, especially in 1/32 … Hubert

Well I think the answer to this question is a flat « NO ». Any SAC stuff is actually weaker than the plastic part it’s molded on … Hubert

Lovely work … Hubert

Me 2 Hubert

What is sure is that it’s not an overnight process. We are talking years, or decades. The articles in Seaways were about the conservation and restoration of museum pieces, some of them in closed glass boxes, which probably compounded the problem. I an with you. I used to « file vertically » my kits a few months after completion, so the long term is not really an issue for me as well Hubert

I don’t want to rain your parade, Rob, but, IIRC, lead and CA don’t make for a durable couple… CA reduces lead-containing alloys to a white powder over time. At lest that’s what I read during my ship-modelling times. And I think I remember that the use of CA is forbidden by most museums worldwide, for that reason, in any restoration of vintage ship models, where metal castings used lead. I am the first one to forget about it, but white PVA glue is most often a very suitable replacement for CA when gluing metal to plastic. Hubert

I have a question. Knowing 1/32 is 3.375 times more volume than 1/48, is the prescription in inverse proportion for the adjuvant, i.e. 3.375 more adjuvant to successfully complete a 1/48 belt ? Inquiring minds want to know Hubert

Just give us some time to adapt to the idea that this is another build, John. You caught me by surprise on this one, and it’s as nice as the others, btw 😏. Hubert

Well, saw dust, or any kind of wood dust, is just as dangerous than resin dust. Wearing a mask is the only way to preserve your health. Hubert

I should ask him whether he would upscale his HP-42 to a « proper » scale … Hubert

One-man-model, a Japanese outfit specializing in 3D-printed rather exotic subjects, has announced a 1/32 C-46 for next year ’nuff said … Hubert

Me ! (plus you can also propose SWMBO to clean-up her jewellery - not with the same solvents, obviously) Hubert

I think the issue is more nuanced than just tagging it with « political correctness ». Words have a meaning, and it is not a bad fact that historical hindsight brings nuances in words used to describe an historical period. Factually, you had a country, Germany, a people living in this country, Germans, and finally a political regime, the Nazi regime, that was responsible for not only a global war, but also unforgivable atrocities. And it is undeniable that the vast majority of the German people of the time put in place, then supported the regime, whether enthusiastically, actively, passively, out of interest, selfish indifference or cowardice … In the aftermath of WWII, emotions were - understandably - strong, and it was commonly accepted to equate the country, the people and the regime, adding a derogatory nickname for a good measure. It was « bloody Jerrys » in the UK, and I was raised - in the early sixties - hearing of « Boches » in France. As the people who lived these emotions disappear, then the analysis brings the nuances in the wording. There is still a country and nation, Germany, a people, Germans, but thank God the political regime is not there anymore. Which is why it induces a distorted perception to use the word « Germans » to describe in a short-cut the people of the time, whilst the same word also applies to today’s people, who are not at all the same. IMHO, the only apt wording today for this historical period is « Nazi regime », but I am the first to « simplify » it by using « Nazi ». Not political correctness, but factual historical analysis. Which does not detract from your comment that a lot of Germans of the time, whilst not active supporters of the regime, or members of the Nazi party, did commit the atrocities their regime ordered them to do, without too much of a conscience objection. This is an attitude still common today, everywhere, and you unfortunately see a lot of people willing to support political lines, and even bring them to power, that are not so distant from the early days and slogans of the Nazi regime, even in countries which are considered old - or even beacons of - democracies. Which is why it is important to use precise words : you see Nazi behaviours in many countries - and not only Poutine’s Russia, btw - and describing these as such is - hopefully - the first step of raising a collective conscience. I think the best post in this thread was Martin’s : it shows how political correctness is the lazy way out of a real introspection and reflexion about personal choices. And why the so-called « social media » can nurture and make flourish this laziness, and encourage and reward the worst traits of human behaviours and the worst individuals. Hubert

They would need to see combat first. I may be wrong, but right now, they seem to be only good for parades on the Red Square … and then not all of them Hubert

Wow ! 4 new builds in a row ! And all extremely nice. Well done Dave 👍 Hubert

Very nice Dave. You clearly have not been idle since the last time you posted Hubert

Agreed. My « choices » are in fact rather limited and my comment definitely tongue-in-cheek. Hubert

I was thinking about this one too. But my choices will be dictated by a pragmatic condideration: since my last move ( in February), the stash has been stacked and filmed on a palet, waiting for the next move. So, I’ll choose what I can get access to (unless I decide I « absolutely need » to buy a new kit ). A first inspection has shown a two-pronged choice : an Aerotech Gloster IV, or Trumpeter’s 1/200 Titanic … Ah decisions, decisions 😵‍ Hubert

I was thinking about this one too. But my choices will be dictated by a pragmatic condideration: since my last move ( in February), the stash has been stacked and filmed on a palet, waiting for the next move. So, I’ll choose what I can get access to (unless I decide I « absolutely need » to buy a new kit ). A first inspection has shown a two-pronged choice : an Aerotech Gloster IV, or Trumpeter’s 1/200 Titanic … Ah decisions, decisions 😵‍ Hubert

Interesting … I have my own type of « cancel culture »: don’t go on social media at all (well, actually, a modelling forum IS a type of social media, so I am contradicting myself here ). As far as Instagram, Tweeter, Facebook, Tiktok and the like are concerned, I am sticking to my choice of not going there, at all. I find these sites truly horrible : they will behave the way the video describes it, yet will tolerate the most horrible speeches from individuals, whether they are corrupt, rotten politicians or ordinary bullies, all in the name of « free speech ». They encourage stupidity, unstructured thinking, conspiracy theories, outrageous behaviours, gratuitous meanness, agressive comments, etc., behaving like the worst capitalists - as decried by Marx and other Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries thinkers - by cynically trying to maximise their profits from the people participating there, whether it is by selling personal data, or letting algorithms nurture one stream of thinking for an individual, all to generate more consultations, more audience, and therefore more advertising revenues… I see no point exposing my life, posting a pic of my plate, my clothes, my make-up or whatever else, for others to « like » or comment on…or worse, be thus tagged an « influencer » , and paid to fill these social media with more of my BS … Ok. End of the old-fart rant … In spite of all the above, as I said above, I am contradicting myself by posting here, and watching and reacting to others’ posts. But, and I think the history could show a number of examples, as soon as a modelling forum becomes a for-profit operation, it soon dwindles as passion considerations take second place to business goals … At least, this is what I saw many times … As far as the heart of the video is concerned (« Do I show a swastika on a model ? ») I have views you could dub contradicting : 1) if it was on the original I am representing, and knowing a model is a 3D illustration of a piece of technology at a given time in history, IMHO at least, then it should be here … 2) if it as allowed to show my model with the swastika, for a wider audience to see, then I see no reason for hiding it. But, on the other hand, it is forbidden to expose a Nazi swastika in Germany. If I lived in Germany, and was posting pics for a mostly German audience, I’d abide by the law, full stop. Of course, it’s becoming grey when a site has a worldwide audience, including Germany … But , that a « social media » censors such a picture is just a sign of the crass stupidity, hypocrisy, and lack of historical culture of these businesses, who will in the same time tolerate other posts which are in every aspect displaying opinions which would have had their place in the Nazi propaganda pamphlets … 3) I have personally felt a certain (read « strong ») uneasiness with the fascination of the Nazi war machine by many modellers. Yes, I acknowledge that they put the best of the German engineering culture to developing these equipments, and some are fascinating from this engineering point of view, but I am still personally uneasy with this drive to privilege the Nazi machines in some modellers’ stashes … 4) I will however not criticise anyone building models of Nazi machines, on the assumption that modelling a Nazi machine does not make you a Nazi, and will most often follow - and learn from - the building threads of such, but I have made a conscious decision to NEVER build a Nazi machine with Nazi symbols. Mind you, I apply the same conscience rule to the equipments of that other political monstrosity of the 20th Century, namely the Soviet Union. Hubert

What Rob said, and even more ! Hubert

T-28 (behind, I mean ...) Hubert