ScottsGT

Okay, what a PITA it has been to fit the LEX’s. The inner on the left wing was too long by 1/8” and had to cut it down, angles all wrong and had to correct that. Built the stand offs and filed down each one for an even gap on the back side. Time for primer now!

Depends on the condiments. An old Revell would probably be a little stale though. I’ll take a fresh Trumpeter any day of the week. Toasted lightly.

I’d eat that! Of course it’s a short list of stuff I wouldn’t eat.

Now I’m dealing with issues associated with a resin kit. Ugh…. Tiny parts on larger parts broken and missing due to time, shipping and just very fragile parts. Tiny and very thin “filler plates” on the bottom of the LEX’s. I’m replacing them with .010 Evergreen stock and CA glue. And doing some reading, the slats or LEX’s are supposed to be slightly raised on the back side, not sitting flush with the top of the wing. I built “risers” on top of the LEX mechanisms to hold them up. I still need to contour the right side.

Sweet! Back when I was a kid Dad brought home a brand new Honda Monkey all disassembled in his duffle bags on a C-141 while he was away TDY in Japan. It was a 1970 or 1971 model. The boomer in me almost made me go buy one of the new 125cc Monkeys they released a few years back. The threat of a divorce from the wife kept me from doing it. 🤷🏻‍♂️ The next year he got us the Trail 70. Id love to find a 1/6 kit of the 1971 Monkey. Here’s a screen shot of one that was on Pawn Stars exactly like mine was.

Gotta watch my girly figure. 😘

I mix it up sometimes. Right now I’m on a canned chili and mustard. I usually add chopped onions, but was just too lazy today to chop one up. Last week it was sweet relish and mustard. 99% of the time, no ketchup. Every once in a while I do ketchup only or mustard too. One thing I don’t care for is cheese on a dog. But I need to try chili and cheese. Love kraut dogs too. Even slaw is a good change up.

Lunch!

Hey Peter, I mentioned above I could hide some in the canopy fairing if it needs it. Maybe a little under the pilots seat too. Honestly though, I still have to add the LE flaps/extensions, canopy and fairing, pilots seat and gear doors. Out back I just need to add the exhausts. It should be okay.

She’s definitely tail heavy. Still sitting on the nose, but the tiniest bit of pressure and its nose up. If I need to I can hide a little lead in the canopy fairing that slides back.

Flappy/wiggly things installed! Starting to look like it’s LEX time!

Damn, I know that feeling!

Funny thing is, it almost needs nose weight. Fingers crossed the flappy things on the wing don’t lift the front wheels when I glue them on.

Keep ‘em coming! I may not build a lot of different genres, but I sure enjoy looking at them.

Hey Hubert, any better? I did have an issue with the nose leg having a twist to it. Wheels were slightly cocked to the right. I had to modify the top of it and the pocket it sits in to get it pointing straight.

Peter, go take a test drive in a new muscle car and report back. My 2015 Mustang GT that’s stock will run circles around anything back then that’s stock as well. That being said, I really like the old stuff better too!

Finally!! I think I see why my PO set it back to the distribution center. Picked up the box and just saw the return address. Those guys are in such a hurry to sort, he didn’t even take the time to look at the entire label.

Yea….still out of my league.

There’s an MFH Cobra Daytona Coupe on evilbay right now. $900 Man, that’s way out of my league.

Popped right out with a little wiggle added in. Cleaned up the cured epoxy and now on to plan B. Build out the gear with wheels and tires and everything painted then set the nose gear.

Dadgummit! You are so right! I was confused or in a hurry when I glued this all together and I even questioned myself because it didn’t make sense. But here it is, right in the instructions…..”This leg sits vertical to the ground, while the airframe sits at a high angle of attack.” I probably got confused where it said the mains are “hanging at 90 degrees to the plane of the wing.” Thanks Hubert. I really appreciate you catching my eff-up. Even more appreciated that you pointed it out to me! Now off to try and get this epoxied in leg to move….

Found a little “Oopsie!” Paul made. The wing extension at the tail on each side was about 3/16” too short. Had to glue up some Evergreen stock and CA it in place and then shape it.

Slow progress. Well, it is summertime and too many distractions. House guests, floating in the lake and filtering beer through my body, taking the boat out… Elevators, flaparons or elevons or whatever they are called. Wiggly things on the back of the wing are up next. Then I’ll do the slidy things on the front of the wings.

Just a hilarious update on my Squadron order. It’s still being driven around on a tour of postal facilities. Columbia processing center is roughly 45 min to an hour down the road. I wonder how many time it will bounce back and fourth?

That’s awesome! I wasthisclose to jumping into O scale model railroading at my last home. New place just doesn’t have nearly the room. Now the wife did suggest an outdoor train, hanging from the bottom of our screen porch where our hot tub and patio is at. But that’s no fun. Can’t build buildings, etc with a hanging track. This post reminds me I need to go buy a sheet of plywood and cut it down to put our Lionel Christmas train set on it. I finally figured out a perfect place to display it last year. I can build it out with a few buildings and Christmas scenes. Just store the 4X6 ply with the track attached in my storage building off season.