TJTX

I could die in my car on the way to dinner tonight. I could die flying on Sunday. I could die choking in my hotel room tomorrow. The end result of life is always death. Let me worry about what I consider acceptable levels of risk I'm willing to place upon myself and my family. Most people would think the aerobatics I used to fly was extremely dangerous, but I knew the risk and knew how to best mitigate them. If the worst happened I was ok with that because I chose my lifes course. Live your life how you choose (you not being directed at a specific person), and let me live mine. Personal freedom and accountability is the most important thing to me.

I'm not lying, there is actually plastic on the bench! Way way way slower build pace than my old life but any progress makes me happy!

Been a little busy lately, but I managed to pull two builds back out to start working with again. Got my Wingnut Albatross and Tamiya Mustang out. Hoping to maybe get in an airbrush session tomorrow. Been almost 5 months since I've touched plastic.

Yup, the sprue shots say it all. That's the Wingnut molds.

I know! There is a bit of engine work on the Mossie occurring, but I just have been having fun with the Albatross. And, I need to practice so new wood techniques for my Mosquito.....

Squirrel.....

Thank you! Ernie has kept me in check on the T-28 and what's right. No mosquitoe pictures yet, just painted a few engine parts so far. I actually had a few flights lately (thank goodness) so I've been away from the bench.

That's still a healthy trip to drive unfortunately. I love Omaha but I'm not sure I can make that work with work and family commitments. I'll evaluate when the time comes.

Yea, I cancelled my hotel reservation a few weeks back. I won't be attending either and Vegas won't work for me. I'm frustrated that the one Nationals I could have gone to was screwed up by this fiasco. Maybe in another couple years it'll swing back this way.....

That's good news Ernie as I grabbed one when Mark posted this. It's funny, this Wingnut fiasco has reignited my desire to build them. Happily working on an Albatross right now.

I do like it a lot. I've wanted to "busy" up the look of my cockpits, but not stear away from the correct colors. I'll be trying this for sure.

I'm quite pleasantly surprised by how well the kit finish looks. Is there any issues masking over it?

Also, the join in the tail for the B/D or C parts doesnt fit great and creates a fictional panel line. I went ahead and threw some sprue filler over it to get rid of it and I'll reapply rivets later. Got a lot of larger areas drying and I'm frustrated with the flaps so I'll take a little break on this and work on my mosquito for a bit.

The kit cowl flaps suck. The dont fit in anyway like the real ones and I just couldn't shake how they were sitting. I slept on it last night and came up with a solution this morning. I thinned the kit parts, laid a thin sheet of plasticard over the kit parts and sanded to shape. A little piece on the side to extend the sides up as well makes a much better looking piece. Next I'll work the right side in the same way then I'll see about the lower door.

I just wasnt happy with the cowl flaps, so at this point might as well go all in. Pulled them off and I'll try and rework them.

Wings are on. Fill, sand, and prime now in multiple areas over the fuselage.

As I reach a point of letting things dry on and off with the Trojan,I pulled out my next project. I wasnt going to work on it yet, but it kept calling to me. I've got an ambitious goal for it, so we'll see if Ican do it.

40 little rockets installed.

Cowling is together. Tighter than a fully stretched rubber band, but together. Now I'll clean a few joins on the nose then turn my attention to finalizing the wings and attaching them.

2 minutes and a file and we're all good. MUCH better.

Yes, very much so. That's how they fit so I assumed it was that way for a reason.

Cowling is on except for the lower center seam. I'll attack that after everything else dries. A little filler in a few places and some cleanup and it'll be good to go.

I'm thinking something else but still armor.

Loving it Harvey. Your build has been making me contemplate getting my first bit of armour to mix in something new.

Making some 2.75 inch rockets for the pods. Doesnt make sense to load up empty pods.