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I am with you, Rob. Both the 109 or Spit looks so much better in flight without the undercarriage visible. Mind you, this feeling is also true, albeit 10 times more, for the F-22. All wrong from all angles on the ground, and great-looking in flight. Very nice progress on the Spit, Peter. I always enjoy watching your builds. Looking forward to the completed pics. Hubert

I can also vouch for BNA as a topcalss worldwide supplier. Fast, reliable, and generally cheap. I remember getting some Eduard stuff from them cheaper, shipping included, as from Eduard directly. Abysmal carbon balance, but the logic of having a Czech item shipped down under, than back to Europe, for less than directly from one European country to another still baffles me. Hubert

The catrap has yet again demonstrated its efficiency ...😂 One of the most predictable consequences of laying a box somewhere . Ask me how I know ... Hubert

I did not even see anything, so it must have happened between two visits on the site. I gues it's a sign of a job well done ... Sorry for your spoiled week-end though, Ernie. Now I am going to sift though my mails to find out who has the best prices on Viagra or Cialis 🙄 Hubert

Very nice Peter. With all their excellence in kit design, Tamiya’s decals are not known for being their forte. Your build just proves it, again … Hubert

Just be careful and test before. The best CA debonder is acetone, but it loves plastic as well, although its fast evaporation can help mitigate the potential damage. Btw, I have read, but never tried yet, that acetic acid (as in good old vinegar) was a debonder for eppxy glue. Hubert

Not only is the kit’s wing profile off by a lot, but it’s also set at a wrong incidence … And yes it’s A LOT of work to put it right … Nice work on the Lib’ , Carl 👍 ! Hubert PS: in case you do not know the site, this is where you can plot any airfoil: just enter the basic data like chord, thickness/chord ratio, incidence (« pitch » on the calculation table), the wing profile, et voilà ! http://airfoiltools.com/plotter/index Hubert

Bummer, Peter. I just hope that AK and Mig are not just the same under a different name (which is a way of saying I believe they are from the same stable - but of course I can, hopefully, be wrong) Hubert

A pity there is not a Russian version … Hubert

So happy to see this one finished after its narrow escape from the SOD. And with an outstanding result. It’s also a worthy reminder that the seemingly unsurmontable roadblocks of one day can finally look trifle a bit later. Well dond John ! Hubert

Methink Ernie will struggle to fit this under the hood of the good ol’ Fairlane Just my Hubert

Great job, Gary ! An ignoramus question: shouldn’t the anti-recoil plows be deployed when firing ? Deployed or not, I would think that their « inside » (deployed or not) would be the most weathered and rusted area of the howitzer. Keep it coming Hubert

Thanks Ernie for your comments. At least, it’s not 1/35 😂 😂 🤣 Hubert

Thank you for reminding me of this thread. I absolutely love the way this gentleman uses simple tools to produce detailed sub-models, and is not afraid of using « exotic » technologies at home like electroforming. Hubert

As I keep saying, a model in 1/35 occupies 76 % of the volume of the same in 1/32. We humans look at objects in 3D, not one-dimensional ones, which are mathematical abstractions. So yes, in one dimension, the difference is "only" 9 %, and this may seem insignificant (although I think most would agree it's not insignificant on their paycheck ), but in 3D, it's 24 %, and that's a lot to my eyes .... Hubert

I’m sure it must be interesting to see, but, sadly, no pics … Hubert

I am always, and have been for some time, irresponsible when I am adding to my stash … 😂 Hubert

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 » 😂