ScottsGT

Fantastic! Looks like Hubert and myself are starting to be besties. He won my Rodent Stearman last year. LOL!

Sounds like Farley focused on snap together kits because my Mustang snaps apart all the time. Not kidding. I ran over a 1” diameter stick in the road. It was about a foot long. Tire threw it into the rear bumper and it almost took it off. And yes, I have the dreaded hood corrosion. In Fords infinite wisdom, a 2015 has to have corrosion all the way through to be covered but the 2016 just had to have signs of corrosion. And if I replace the hood, do you really think I’m putting another Ford part back on just to rinse and repeat a few years later? I’ve lost all faith in Fords ability to produce a quality product anymore.

Anyone know if there is an accurate strike camera (or if the Tamiya kit includes one) in the aftermarket world? My Google-Fu was weak on this one. I did see a 3D printed 1/48 version though.

I remember when those came out along with the F-16. I was holding out for the F-4 Phantom that never came out after the prototype was posted online. After seeing the eBay prices, I should have stocked up!

Oh man, so sad to hear this Carl. 😢

Hubert, that is way beyond very generous! Now that’s the spirit!!

I’ve got it! Now it’s not 1/32, sorry. I wish they made one in our scale. But I’m going to purchase and have shipped to the recipient the new Airfix 1/48 Fairey Gannet. If you’re in the US, it will most likely come from Sprue Bros or Squadron. If you’re outside the US, I’ll use the vendor of your choice you buy from.

I had the latest version of that kit in the stash for years. Finally decided to let it go and sold it just over a year ago. Another one of those “why did I do that?” moments.

Ok, this is awesome since it’s been on my “to build” list for 20 years now. 🤪 Damn. I cannot believe it’s been that long “On the back burner.” Dad was there when they landed and threw the impromptu parade. They had just landed and unloaded their C-141 and was wondering what all the commotion was about.

I’m in of course, but I’m torn between a stash kit or a gift card or ordering the recipient a kit from their favorite vendor. I’m going to think about the options Ernie and Hubert posted.

Only if you’re not affected by the “SQUIRREL!” syndrome. There are a hell of a lot of small parts and pieces that go together to build sub assemblies and even while building one must practice handling eggshells. I’m building in stages and painting and weathering as I go. If you try to assemble then paint, it’s going to be extremely difficult. As an after thought, look into aftermarket resin tires for the kit. I went with the rubber tires and not only do they have an ugly seam around the tread that is hard to remove, but a few were deformed where they sit on the wheels.

Carl, this one? Might have to get one for our daughter. 🤣🤣

For my wife to lose her mind over my AmEx bill! We have my CC tied to our Amazon account. So every time this wife sits on her phone at work or watching TV Christmas shopping for the family, it looks like I’ve run up the CC bill. 🤣 Of course I did get an email ad the other day from Northern Tool with the “surface conditioning tool” on sale for $100. I figured our handyman needed one, he’s been thinking about trying one out with the wire wheel attachment to “age” wood for projects his wife wants done. Im not gonna lie. I’m the handyman. I am guilt free after checking the bill just now. There are no charges to any of my regular hobby vendors. Just one to Super Hobby in Europe for a sheet of decals. 😇

Nice additions there Kevin. I have that Stuka kit in que to go on the bench next. The Quinta cockpit set for it is amazing.

It’s the chassis for the Hemtt that pulls the Patriot missile launch system. His new command is over these down in TX. He asked me to build him a model for his desk. This thing is so intricate and detailed, I’m not sure how I’m going to safely pack it for shipping.

Making a little progress on the build for my son.

I’m in. One year I did a gift card for anyone outside to CONUS and a kit from the stash for within. I’ll probably go the gift card route this year as well.

Congratulations!

The same has been said about me with Phantoms and F-16’s. 4 built F-4’s with 11 or 12 in the stash 9 built F-16’s and 6 or 7 in the stash.

Oh, and you might want to see a neurosurgeon.

Lawyer up!!!! Best friend is a WC attorney and the wife was doing life care plans for him years ago. WC insurance has their bottom line at heart, not your health. They will delay and deny care as much as they can get away with.

Nice video! I built that kit years ago when I got back into models as well. Currently building the Hasegawa P-40E kit.

Another happy update. I went in yesterday for a spinal steroid injection at L3/L4. I’ve done this years ago at a different place. There they put in an IV, hit me with a very mild dose of the good stuff my wife pushes just to relax me. Not this place! We going in dry! 😱 Crap, if I had known this I would have taken one of my muscle relaxers. Sweating profusely anticipating what was coming was almost worse than the injection. Local hurt like hell as they always do. Didn’t feel the 5” needle going in. But when he loaded up the area with the meds it felt like I was exploding from the waist down to my ankles. Injections years ago was waist to mid thigh. Lasted about 10-15 seconds of intense all over spasm and extreme pain. They gave me an hour to shake it off and sent me home with my wife to drive. We assumed I was getting the good stuff because I needed a driver. Hell, that was like taking a DD to a bar and not drinking! But last night between 3 and 4am I started getting back hypersensitivity that has been gone since August when all this happened. Still getting some of the strange sensations related to the nerve damage and already feel stronger this am. Now I just gotta make sure I don’t over do things thinking I’m Superman.

Carl, you can gladly peel a few off those bottom two stacks up front and send them my way if you need to make some room for more kits. 😁

Yea. Just went there. I’m in the middle of my Hasegawa P-40 build and enjoying the Hasegawa kit. Got me thinking of putting the P-47 kit I have into the rotation for next year. So I pull out my not so trusty inventory sheet to find which box it’s still packed away in. Wait…It’s not on the list. How can this be?!!? I know I wouldn’t have sold it, but just to be sure I dig through all of my messages on all my forums I’m on. Nothing. I get a wild idea to pull up a pic of my stash from the old house I took about 5 years ago. Sure enough, there it is on the shelf right between the Wildcat, Hellcat and a P-40B kit. Pull out my list, Box 13 has those other kits listed but no P-47. Out to the garage and after shuffling around a few kits and another big box of kits (of course box 13 would be in the back) I retrieve it down off the shelf. Yep, there it is. Apparently someone was drinking when things were packed away and getting inventoried. Whew. Disaster avoided. Yea, disaster because I’d have to go buy another and take a gamble of getting busted bringing another kit into the fold. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Yea, if it wasn’t in that moving box, there is no way I was going to pull down every box to search for it. I would have just bought another. Oh, and the Mandela effect kicked in too. I thought I had the Gabreski boxing. Nope. European Theatre with the Big Ass Bird which is one I wanted to build anyway. I really hate my inventory system because of crap like this. I’d love to be able to “display” my kit selection again.