HubertB

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

Imagine what it could be like in polished aluminium, with a civilian livery and seats inside ... Come on, HpH, if you want to sell more of these, give us the civilian version. Hubert

Just a confirmation. I’m in, giving and (possibly ) receiving. Hubert PS : still have to find the gift, but my stash is big enough ...

Ron, I read your post about it, and it convinced me, if I needed any more convincing, that is ... Hubert

Got some Reskit wheels for some of my stash queens ... - The OV-10 - The P-51 I want to make as a racer ... The F-105 D got an addition to an-ever growing list of AM (until I find the resolve to tackle it and redo a correct windshield/canopy ) And finally, got myself an anticipated Christmas present This is the 2-in-1 set, with 2 needles and nozzles (0.15 and 0.4 mm) and two cups (2 and 5 ml). Did some fondling already : I understand why this brand is in such high praise. Everything oozes (German) quality Hubert

After the Draken and the Tunnan, please ... Hubert

B-58 CF-100 CF-105 Boeing 314 Boeing 307 Sikorsky S-39 Sikorsky S-42 ... Hubert

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