ScottsGT

The shopping or the package arriving? Now the shopping I cannot prove. But the fact that I’m typing this out should be proof I’m still alive and my fingers aren’t broken. See your Cutlass peaking out over the top of the box?

Ha! SWMBO was out shopping with the daughter. I turned off the ring doorbell notifications this morning. It was meant to be.

It was meant to be. Wife was out shopping when the big brown toy box on wheels pulled up. Yea, another under the radar!

Ok, I sent another email and after a few days they responded and sent me a PayPal invoice. I have two sets on order. FWIW, they offer an early and late KAI conversion. Could not make out any differences but went with late since these are for the last Phantoms schemes.

Anyone remember this old gem? Well it’s being re-popped! https://www.culttvmanshop.com/PREORDER-Lockheed-C-141-Starlifter-1108-scale-from-Atlantis--2799-PREORDER-RESERVATION_p_7815.html?mc_cid=9aa342e717&mc_eid=e9532bbbba I really should build mine.

Might have to wear this one like a red badge of courage! It’s going to be hectic here tomorrow between daughter and SIL visit, new pup, their dog, doctors appointment, doing lunch out….Hmmm….I have a bunch of empty cardboard boxes I could pile up on the porch. She might not notice another sitting there unopened.

FYI, it just dawned on me that the shipping charges seem to have changed at Sprue. And for the better. At least for this shipment. In the past expedited shipping was something like $16.99. This time it came up as $9.99, only $2 more than standard shipping. Yea, I paid it and it’s arriving tomorrow.

Just applied a second coat of thinned putty after sanding. This late night work because of the new pup is giving me flashbacks of when my kids were little and I snuck down to my basement workshop after they went to bed to get a little time in. Wow. My youngest turned 25 this year. Time sure flies.

Hey Peter, I thought about epoxy, but didn’t think about plastic filler rod. Honestly, I’m still afraid of too much shrinkage. I’m running into town tomorrow for a grocery run so I’ll swing by Advance Auto. I did find a can of bondo, but the last time it was used must have been on a 1990 something on the assembly line. It was as hard as a rock inside.

Don’t have any in my stash of supplies. I can run to town and grab some Bondo at the auto parts store. Wait…I might have some epoxy putty. I’ll have to look.

And guess who just ordered it. Great deal at just under $200 Yea, it will show up next week when the wife is home, but since were babysitting the grand kids all next week maybe the beating won’t be as bad. Besides, this was purchased using my Christmas raffle gift card I was so graciously given to me by Harald, aka Winnie. Now there might have been a little difference in the balance between the gift card and the total cost…..

And I’ve gotta be careful with this one. She had parked herself at the base of my chair. I almost took her tail off when I rolled it.

Before I get too deep into adding more parts I’m trying to stay ahead of the “gap and air bubble fill in” game. Otherwise I would lose my mind and sadly it might get placed high on the SOD. While babysitting the new pup I came down and mixed up some Tamiya putty and Leveling Thinner so I could get the putty to run into tight gaps. Thinned putty mixed with a generous amount of patience makes great filler. Let it dry, sand the edges and reapply several times. I did have a small blemish on the wings LE on the bottom I noticed and filled with straight putty, let it dry and sanded it flat. While priming it last night I noticed it acted strange and appeared to bubble up. So I just hit it with an Exacto blade to investigate. What? Is that a spec of silicone from the mold? Digging deeper….. It’s huge! And all the way through!! Off to the garage to see if I have any autobody filler (Bondo) left over. This is just too big to fill with epoxy and have it shrink back. But not only was it silicone pieces, but a large air bubble as well.

Looking great Carl. You need a can of Endust on your bench. Necessity for builders that own very fuzzy animals! Don't spray it on the model. I spray on a micro fiber cloth, kind of squish it into the cloth and wipe down the model.

I just found the B/D set in stock at Scale Hobbyist and ordered it! Unfortunately they didn’t have the C set in stock, but eBay came through. And of course as usual I cannot order something without checking out my paint, tape and accessories stockpiles. So I have some Evergreen stock, paint and tape on the way too.

Reminds me of the original XB-35 and the YB-49. Technology just wasn’t ready for the idea.

Y’all need to stop it. You’re making me blush here. 🥴

I’ve given up hope on Quinta coming through on these as they said they would in an email 16 months ago to me. I’m starting to look into the Eduard pre painted sets. Of course the only option I can find available is the one for the C model, and I need one of each. How different are the cockpits in these models? Will a C work in the B/D kit? FWIW, my kits are not readily accessible, so it’s not an easy task to just open the boxes and take a look.

Thanks, but you’re just seeing the magic of internet posting. spent two hours fitting that nose section between the intakes. Trim here, sand there, test fit, trim more, sand more, test fit….. The final trim job was the tab cast into the back half that mates up into a cut out pocket in the back top end of the front half. It was about 1/16” too long. I fought that last 1/16” for 30-45 minutes until I figured it out.

Front and back together!

Another home run John! Fantastic.

Looks like Molly has stuck. We bounced around between Dolly and Molly. Unfortunately she’s a little turd machine. She goes about 4-5 times a day outside and I’m still accidentally stepping on hidden land mines on the camo carpet. Well, throw rugs. Looks like they’re gone until she’s older.

That second one….. I’ve had that look.

Immaculate detail!

Nice!