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I’ll be unashamedly in the camp of the moaners and complainers. To summarize my feelings : WTF ? 1/35 is already a weird, « in-between » scale in itself. But to apply it to a WWII torpedo bomber that will in 99.9 % of the cases never be displayed near an armoured or utility vehicle is just preposterous ! And I will repeat myself: if you think 1/35 is an inconsequential difference to 1/32, I hope you will rethink about it with this simple math truth: a 1/35 aircraft occupies 76 % of the volume of the same in 1/32. I can bet this will become one day a business study case : « How to minimise the ROI of a good idea » End of the rant. Hubert

I'd say this is typical nowadays, and not only in the US. The problem is the drivers (you can insert Postman/Postwoman instead, just as pertinently) have a target of time per delivery or number of deliveries per day. So, if they are running behind, they just prefer to say you were not here. It counts as a delivery, but saves them the physical time of delivering. And if you happen to live in a place which is far from the main delivery routes, and implies some additional time coming to your place, you are lucky not to end up systematically with a "pick up parcel at pick-up point XYZ" "O tempora, o mores" as they said Hubert

Maybe just forgot to reset the "zero" on the wheel ? An all-too-common oversight. Ask me how I know ... Hubert

And, again, an amazing build, Mike 👍 ! Hubert

I can’t wait for the forthcoming sextape …. Hubert

So, there was a « before » and an « after » for the crowbar ? Thank you very much for this information. Hubert

Excellent ! I hope that one day I’ll be able to paint figures as well as you. Hubert

The brand name seems vey apt for the product. And it’s 1/48 ! Wow ! Hubert PS: I am curous to read the « instrution » 😂

IIRC, the crowbar was always there. The (sometimes heated) debate among modellers was whether it was red in wartime. And it was not, as your pics clearly show … Hubert

As we lose brain cells after 30, maybe it’s more an issue of the driver misjudging that his money bought him extra piloting talents at mid-life ? These Sevens have actually amazing road-handling qualities. Whilst definitely heavier, my Cayman GTS is also amazing. But, frankly, I am not sure I’d ever be able to push it to its limits without overreaching my driving talent Back to the kit. That one piece ABS chassis is a remarkable piece of engineering and molding. Hubert

Too bad this one got the best of you, John. Looking at your pics, I feel you were not that far away from success, with a few plastic shims maybe ? Anyway, I’ll be in my chair for your next build. Hubert

Agreed : very nice ! Hubert

I thought you were going for a lemon or a banana 😂 ! Hubert

Not only are your models great, but your figures deserve the same « wow » ! Hubert

Well, to answer Peter's unanimous demand, I found some pics of the time ...I still have to find the drawings, though... It's totally scratchbuilt. Missing are the pics of the scratchbuilt Hispano and of the 4-bladed prop I carved ;). I hope you like it. Hubert

Well, there was a Spitfire with a beer keg … more interesting IMHO Hubert

I am with Rob here. Very nice, but we are getting so used to weathered armour, that a little weathering (or « dusting », probably more appropriate in this area of the world) would greatly enhance your very nice build. Hubert

Gotta say the main plus about the Matchbox Lysander is that it’s 1/32 … But then that’s about all Hubert

Testors reboxed the old 1/48 Hawk Hubert

Wow ! Hubert

Lemme check … I know I scanned my drawings of the nose for Mike Swinburn … Hubert

Very nice Lizzie, Phil. One of my fondest memories of the builds of my youth was the venerable 1/48 Hawk Lizzie. This one certainly beats it hands down . One day, maybe, I’ll feel like the 1/32 Matchbox deserves my attention. There is a striped yellow and black target tug scheme that makes me dream. But I would sooooooo much prefer a new mold 1/32 Lizzie … Hubert

Thanks guys. Sometimes, as it looks at me from the top shelf, I have got an itch to restart it. But then I think I should redo the wings, as I now feel the ribs are too pronounced, and let the itch pass… I even bought, and later resold, the WNW kit with an idea that maybe … I actually felt quite proud that I got the shapes « right », at least comparing my scratchbuilt effort to WNW’s kit… Or maybe they used the same base drawings as I did, and this would bust a myth that their research was outstanding … You should have seen my drawings, on an A3 sheet, drawn with technical pens 🙄 … Hubert

I found out quickly that, for almost the same budget as a Proxxon machine, I could get some real metal machining lathes or mills, Made in China. The lathe I bought has, surprisingly for the budget, a really very very small concentric error … And it can even handle steel … Hubert PS edit: what I mean by "very very small" is about 15 micrometer concentric error. Not bad for a less than 1 000 € lathe. And good enough for any modelling purpose ...

Those floats remind me of my Shelf of Doom queen. An Aichi Hansa (a HB W29, built under licence in Japan, with a Hispano engine), that I started in 2008, before WingNut Wings existed . It’s still waiting for me to finish it … Hubert