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Sorry for you. Had you asked before you bought them, I, and probably others, would have told you to pass and avoid. The E & T « engines » are competing with SAC « metal » landing gears for the title of « worst way to waste money on AM stuff ». Hubert

Given that a battery has only 20% of the energy capacity of the same weight of kerosene, and that, AFAIK, chasing unnecessary weight is still the ABOLUTE #1 rule in aircraft-design-dos-and-don'ts, the time when we see an all-electric passenger plane is still very very very very far in the future ... Hubert

Have you started yet ? Stop procrastinating, and get to some serious modelling, mate ! Helpful Hubert

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Agreed, Ernie. Great list ! (And can you please update my donation in the front page list ?) Hubert

Very impressive detailing work ! As for the white, a small touch of ochre would probably break-off the coldness of the base color(yeah, I know, white is not a color ). And it would blend nicely with subsequent weathering. Hubert

If you focus on the cylinders, I have done the design for the crankcase and accessories. I should actually resume work on the cylinder-and-head design .... Hunert

I answered in your other thread. If you need the whole rear accessories design, I have done the design for 1/32. Hubert

Did you design this one, Ron ? I stalled on my own design, at the cylinder design stage. Anyway, I am interested in a 1/32 version, and have the printer to print it. I also know for sure that Lukasz of Lukgraph was looking for one R-985 design. Hubert

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You are generally right, but in the case of Lope’s Hope, which is the restored Mustang Peter is reproducing, the anti-glare panel has this unique triangular shape. Hubert

Whilst VERY cool-looking, you guys are aware that this one is just fictitious ? There is however a Macchi M-33 in 1/32, by Brach Models. Hubert

AFAIK, MEK is a lot « hotter » than standard polystyrene glues, and will work on ABS or PMMA (Perspex) Hubert

I have a solution for you guys : kits take a lot less space unassembled in a box. Why do you think I have such a big stash, rather than overcrowded shelves ? Hubert

The SM 79 .... in civilian livery, of course. Hubert

Do as you wish guys. If I had 200 grand to invest in an electric car, I’d get a Porsche Taycan... And as a bonus, whilst you old farts sit three-in-a-row in your monster truck, I’ll get three hot chicks in my beautiful, environmentally-friendly, car ... They can even be Swedish, if that matters Hubert PS: besides, I am already driving an ugly electric vehicle, with two-passengers’s capacity, big tires, and a rear-loading platform ... when I go golfing

On the same site, there is a second walkaround, with this specific pic, among many, on the float rudders cables. http://grubbyfingersshop.com/walkaround_galleries/DHC-2_Beaver_DQ-GWW_Fiji_Walkaround Gallery/content/DHC-2_Beaver_DQ-GWW_Fiji_024_large.html Hubert

Maybe this walkaround can be of some help ... http://www.grubbyfingersshop.com/walkaround_galleries/DHC DHC-2 Beaver Walkaround CF-FHB Toronto 2016/content/index.html HTH Hubert

Kittyhawk’s 1/32 Mirage 2000 seems available, or it should be anytime soon. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kitty-Hawk-KH32020-Mirage-2000C-Model-Kits-New/223764351790?hash=item3419650b2e:g:gdkAAOSwDs9d2hOF Good news for modern jets afficionados Hubert

When I was you g, I could not get enough of the « Buck Danny » comics. They told the story of a US Navy major and his two wingmen/mates. I derived a love for e erything Navy, and the Panthers / Cougars / vigilantes / Demons, etc ... The series still exist today, with more elaborate scenarii, and far better aircraft illustrations by a well-known French aviation artist, Francis Bergèse. The « Chevaliers du Ciel « comic series with the Mirage III C : heaven as well And I read Closterman’s « Le Grand Cirque », of course. I grew with the feeling that the Tempest was soooooo much better than the Spitfire because of this book, but it was not enough for me to build any of those as kits ... Hubert

Have you seen all the ejection pin marks ? Would not pass muster in an IPMS competition ... Hubert PS : if anyone does not know, those circles were in fact internal reinforcements of the wooden hull, to afix various instruments and equipments

Question for Ernie : the 1/700 Fokker Dr 1 has a fully-detailed cockpit ? Hubert

OK. Here is my donation for the raffle : the rather nice Doyusaha A6M-2 in 1/32 ... ... with an additional twist inside the box, on top of the kit parts ... Yes, this is the Pascal Huguet "Rufe" conversion set ... Sorry for the blurred instructions in the first pic above, but you get the idea ... I love flying boats and floatplanes, but, let's face it, I will probably never tackle this one before my 300th birthday Hubert

Fantastic project, Ron ! IIRC there was an article in an issue of Fine Scale Magazine, that did just what you are planning to do. A civilian, a floatplane, what’s not to love ? Hubert