HubertB

Based on my own experience, Engines n’ Things products are on par with SAC « metal » landing gears, i.e. an even better opportunity to waste money than a night in a Vegas casino … On the other hand, Vector do a great Pegasus, although the budget for 4 could become steep … Hubert

Sounds like a WWE wrestler catchphrase Hubert

Of course you realise that if I become any fatter than I already am because of all this popcorn, the blame will be on you 😂 ? Hubert

Looking mighty fine, Kai ! Hubert PS: is it done yet ?

Lovely result, John. Original scheme for a neat airframe 👍 Hubert

In defense of your wife, this is not the first build of this size you have done ;). I am sure she insists you store the finished kits far away from the living room However, this one just eats up even more volume than the others... Hubert

And another one I truly enjoyed watching being built under your magic touch ! Very well done ! One small remark, which is not a criticism of your work but rather of the figure design : your pilot has a head more reminiscent of a Frankensteiner moujik than of an heir of a noble Russian family (which - maybe wrongly - I suppose most pilots of the era must have been) (or maybe being of the pilote elite he got an overblown ego and big head from it ) Looking forward to your next build with the same eager anticipation. Hubert

And me, I see things in doubles, with a few glasses ... Hubert PS: and Martin, stop clinging to your illusions of youth, old chap ! Deteriorating eyesight, and stiffness that moves from wanted to unwanted body parts are all signs of age

... And obviously a more suitable size for using a chainsaw, and a trowel to splatter the putty, to butcher cut it to make it more accurate ... Just my Hubert

Great modeling technique applied to one of the sexiest airframes ever 👍 ! Hubert

+1 ! (But you have presented the left wing with the trailing edge leading and the leading edge trailing, says Mr Nitpicker ) Hubert PS: plus it's also upside down. The mechanics with have a hard time puttying all this into an acceptable airframe, not to mention the touchy taxying and taking-off on one wheel

It's a good kit from Trumpeter, maybe not in the absolute best league, but definitely from the "A" team. It's much better than the -4, because at least you do not have to cope with the foldable wings (the -3 had straight, non-foldable wings), which are poor in detail if folded, and have an awful joint to fill and sand if showing the wings unfolded. One often-overlooked issue of the kit (all versions) is the wrong position of the wheel-well opening (which should be moved forward). This creates a fit issue with the rear bulkhead of the wheel well, which is straight when it should be angled, fits poorly, and has a poor-looking recess / wheel-fairing at the rear, which does not match the well-opening. The modus-operandi for correcting this is: 1) set the bulkhead at the right angle (tilted forward). It will fit much better 2) adjust the wheel-well opening to match the bulkhead and wheel-recess, by adding card at the rear and reshaping the front. Alain Gadbois on LSP has shown how to correct this : https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/63960-grumman-martlet/page/2/ All in all a great kit in spite of this boo-boo. Much better than the old Revell offering on the detail department. Plus, with the -3, you can get a yellow-wing deco HTH Hubert

She looks purdy ... Impeccable paint job + nice deco + the smooth lines of the Thunderjet = what's not to like in this one ? Hubert

Gotta say I love what I am seeing ... So ... now I have to ask ... Is it done yet ? Hubert

What Martin said ! Hubert

Lovely detail work and painting, and great progress overall Peter. It definitely looks like a great kit. Hubert

Thank you ! Exactly what I was looking for ! Hubert

Amazing ! Can I ask a question, because it’s one I can’t find an answer anywhere. What diameter are the Gaspatch wheels ? I am looking for this type of wire wheels for a project I have. Thanks in advance. Hubert

Fantastic ! Hubert

And what a journey it’s been ! Thanks for taking us along the ride : far more impressive than any other high-end attraction. And I have already taken my seat for the next round Hubert

Good to see you sharing your outstanding work over here, Craig. A real inspiration to see you striving, again and again, for perfection ! One of my darkest fantasies is to do a 307 Stratoliner in 1/32, using whatever could be used from the HK kit (I bought some mixed sprues from an F and a G for that, and even a partially completed ID model vac. Unfortunately, it seems that the amount of rework for any of these is just too hard a pill to swallow ) Keep it coming Hubert

Beautiful work, Kai ! Hubert PS: is it done yet ?

46+1 = 47 ! Happy B’day Martin ! Hubert

When Alien was released in France, it was advertised for two months before in all French stations ( I was working on night trains for a summer job). Needless to say I went to the premiere, on September 8th 1979, in the Grand Rex in Paris (with a 2 800 seats capacity and a 70 mm screen). I can still hear the screams of the audience at the end of the scene, filmed in subjective vision, when the guy leans over the egg that just opened, and the beast jumps at his face, and the screen becomes black. Yes, you can say I was impressed Hubert

Gotta say that the good point of car modelling is that you can save A LOT of money on weathering products (assuming you have access to lacquers, isn’t it Rob ) ! The only issue is cars don’t fly (mostly) … Hubert