HubertB

And drool you can, mate. Either version of their Swordfish is in the Top-5 efforts of their A-team. Add the SBD, and that leaves only 2 slots left for other Trumpeter kits ... Hubert

Isn’t it rumoured to be an upscaled version of the Accurate Miniatures’ SBD ? Hubert

Trumpeter have already upscaled the Tamiya Swordfish, and it is one of their « A-team+Tier-1 » kits ... Hubert

Well, as should have been expected, the whole thread initiated by Radu was deleted ... Somehow, especially after Mark Proulx’s post, which deserved the title for post-of-the-year, for mentioning the degrading tone of LSP in the last months, and saying this was a shared view about LSP in many forums, I was hoping this would be kept, although fearing it would not... Unfortunately, the team there do not seem able to grasp their drift, and change their modus operandi ... so sad, for a site which was my surrogate family for 10 years, and where I left many friends. But then, I kept a lot of them on LSM ... Hubert

And to keep in the mood of some threads in other places than LSM.... Hubert

The slats on the Mustang dropped by themselves at low speed, and on the ground, when the engine vibrations made them drop. They were puttied, as was the cowling for the Jumo 004. As for the 262 wings, they were puttied, but as the supply of raw material dropped by the end of the war, they started using Plaster of Paris instead, but rain soon washed it off, so you can see the rivets from 3/4 foot. I hold all this information from a primary source: the sister-in-law of the great-son of a great-uncle whose cousin was the son of a mop-pusher in the NASM reserves between September 1955 and October 1955, before being interned. So don’t you dare challenge me if you don’t want to endure my wrath .... Hubert, of unchallenged knowledge.

LOL, Harv ... Last time I wanted to buy a kit, the question was SB, HLJ, BNA ? SWBO said : « Whichever, you’re GTG, but, IMHO, build it OOB, because, AFAIK, you’ve not finished one lately ». That was EZ : for some it was OOP, for other OOS ... HTH. Hubert

Very impressive resin stuff ! Hubert

Whatever one feels about what's going on there, (where the usual offendants have been and are still left with a free rein that lets them believe they can write anything), I feel it is a bit unfair to comment dismissively here of people who, for some, do not even belong to this place (and others did but have been thrown out). Let's be better than that. We can criticise behaviours,or attitudes, but this should stop before the "he is like this or that" comment, IMHO. Just my . Hubert PS: btw, back to this thread's original title, the cowlings of the painted A-26 in one of the pics do not look THAT bad

+1 ! Hubert

You might consider the Aerocrafts's brass landng gear fro this one. The parts are straight replacements for the kit's. Hubert

Like in The Beatles' song ? Now that is not really compatible with driving, especially a hot rod like this one Hubert

Started buying the materials for a 1/32 scale model, but struggling to get a good price for 10 million tons of steel and plastic ... plus the bench may prove a trifle cramped ... Hubert

Can I venture Star Wars ? Hubert

Trumpeter for the TBD-1 Devastator Hubert

Is it done yet ? Hubert

It would be really ironic and bad luck to survive a heart attack (even if « mild ») to get caught in a road accident on the way back from hospital . Fingers crossed for you Carl

So it was YOU that triggered the last outburst of the Etna ! Now we know who to blame ! Hubert

Don’t you move to 1/48 scale just « because you have to use these instruments decals sets » ! Hubert

And another masterpiece ! Hubert

I am with the others. Even if it was an unwanted effect, it looked good, but maybe for the radiator exhaust on the belly, which should have been darker. Hubert

Nice job, Rick Hubert

Good to see you positive before .... and you have already some experience of what it's like after the op. So wishing you a speedy recovery, and great times when this cloud will have cleared your skies. Hubert

Had a bit of a shopping spree lately (nothing like Rog, though ) ... First, inspired by Tony's racer, decided I wanted a Mustang nevertheless, to makeit into a racer. Chose the SWS Mustang IV kits, because a) it was cheaper than the Tamiya one in my favorite European shops, b) it's a nice kit, and c) it offers the choice of 3 canopies and 2 types of props, which make the options wider when making a racer out of it. Not decided yet on which racer, but I am leaning heavily on an early version of Voodoo using Draw Decals' sheet ... Then, when looking for the best (read cheapest) option for the Mustang kit, I stumbled on this one which I had been eying for some time, but but could not find ... Now I have it, the most produced aircraft from the prestigious PZL stable Then I had a few accessories to round up the order : A Rexx exhaust set for the OV-10, and one that will fit a Wright R-1820. The Rexx galvanically-grown parts are simply outstanding, but not that easy to find, unfortunately. Then a conversion part for those who want a Hunter F-6 and can find only a FGA-9/F-58 version from Revell, plus a brass undercarriage set for the Roden O-2 (for when I buy one to make a 337 out of it) And finally, and Artic Decals' sheet, to make my Silver Wings Hawker Hart even more unique ... I may not be spending that much time at the bench lately, but the projects are still coming in thick Hubert