ScottsGT

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

Immaculate detail!

Nice!

Love the finish. Awesome build.

When I grow up I want to be like Martin.

Forgot to mention the cockpit minus the seat is read to get installed. It’s hard to see in the pic, but I made clear lenses over the instruments using UV glue.

Just an update where I’m at. I’ve been slowly, very slowly….filling in the wing gaps by brushing in Tamiya putty thinned with Mr. Color thinner. I also dipped the canopy in Future and attached it as well. Working out the glue joint now. Now I’m focusing on the landing gear wile the putty cures.

Agreed. Alclad is pretty thin stuff.

Modelers undercoating? Looks like paint that needs a lot of thinner added to it. But as mentioned, could also be contaminated with something. I’ve seen paint act this way from both issues. I’d try a fresh pipette and thinned out.

A puppy! Wife has been driving me crazy wanting another pup after we lost our old girl over 2 years ago. This one’s a mini Bernedoodle. Should stay in the 40 to 50 lb range. I figured we’re not getting any younger and after her health scare, why not? Still working on a name.

Actually, I did. All the thicker parts it worked normal. It was the paper thin sides of the seat that went rubbery. Back and bottom of the seat are still fine. Even the very thin brake hoses, oxygen hoses, etc are unaffected. It’s really weird.

Seat sides were still soft yesterday after sitting overnight dry. Probably going to just replace the sides with some Evergreen sheet plastic.

Ohhh, shoulder thing that goes up. It’s so evil.

Yea, that’s a real “Derp” moment for me. I honestly don’t think I’ve even put 200 rds through mine. I got it about the time I was building my Garand and it just seems “more fun” with the ping at the end.

Ugh…billet steel and not forged receiver. Personally I’d pass unless I had a spare Garand receiver laying around to modify. And mfgr says use mil surplus 7.62, not .308. Any kaboom with .308 and I’m betting no warranty.

Also, I posted over in the tips and techniques about a minor issue I had cleaning the resin. The old “Bleech White” tire cleaner almost melted my pilots seat. It’s owned by a new company now, no longer Westleys. I’m wondering if they changed formulas. It turned the sides of the seat into rubber.

Hubert, I wasthisclose to cutting them out completely and replacing them with some Evergreen stock sanded to a point on the top. The idea came to me as I had just gotten past the halfway point of adding to them.

Dang, where did you find a BM-59? I scratched the “Garand with a magazine” itch with an M1-A.

I had the screen I replaced last fall in my screen door blow out. I guess I used too small of a ribbon to hold it in. Lake level has risen almost 3 feet since the rains started the other day. Had to go down to the dock this morning and drop the boats Bimini top and raise it up higher on the lift. We finally got power back on at 3:30 yesterday afternoon. The real disaster is my lawn. It’s been raining so much lately (almost 4” within the past week) that I haven’t been able to mow the grass. Hopefully the sun will come out today and start to dry things up. Laundry’s piling up because we’re on septic and I don’t want to use excessive water right now. Crap. Just checked the weather. Calling for rain again around 3 pm. Maybe I can get a cut in before that. I’m slammed with appointments until after lunch.

Always read about this technique of soaking 24 hours. I’ve done it in the past with great results. Apparently the company sold off and they might have changed the formula. Last night I put a batch of small parts for my Fisher Cutlass in a small container for a good soak. I have an issue now with the seat. The very thin sides warped up pretty bad and are very rubbery. I’m going to let it air dry overnight and if it firms back up, I’ll see if just some hot water will let me reshape it. If not, I’ll be scratch building new seat sides. This is after massaging back for 10 min after I rinsed it off. It was much worse than this when I first saw it. Be careful using this cleaner! Maybe a quick wash after a 2-5 minute soak is all I would do now that I know this.

Wrong scale. 😡

5th? So you have 4? Not sure if you need a high five or an intervention.

Act fast! Sprue Bros lightning deal. Killer price if you’ve been holding out.

Email update from Duke Energy. Off until 6 pm now.

Bad storms blew through the south east last night. Power has been off since 4 am. Time to pull out the inverter again for some modeling light. Got my fix in. I feel much better now.