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I will be if I live long enough to complete my stash.

Let me throw another food for thought idea out there. What’s to say we might be getting a slight level increase, but after a short while (geologically speaking) the oceans sea floor absorbs the water while filtering out the salt and replenishes the aquifers below the surface of the planet? Isn’t this kind of how we got salt mines in the first place? just spitballing.

Oh yea. This was fun trying to follow the three views. NOT!! Close enough. Screw it. I’m not getting any younger.

Wow! You got me with the ‘69 Mach1 with the 427 SOHC. And those Mopars, drool city! Some beautiful projects with a lot of love and cash infusion there. Canadian GM’s are always interesting.

Old neighbor of mine was about 72-74 and had new roofing shingles installed. I asked him how many years was his warranty. “You think I give a shit!?”

I use to live in what use to be a small town about 30 miles outside of Charleston. Of course it’s exploding in population due to all the industry moving in from Boeing to Mercedes and all the support industry. But back in 1972 they came in and clear cut the forest behind the neighborhood and dug it up for the sand to fill a swamp in North Charleston to build a mall. To drain the land they dug up a drainage ditch about 10’ wide and 8’ deep all the way down to the Ashley River. It was about 1/4 to 1/2 mile long. Closer to the river my friends were finding those huge megalodon sharks teeth. Like 6” tall. So in a nutshell we’re just heading back to where we came from I guess. I can’t wait to go fishing for Megalodons one day!

Boo! This man! I’m sure that returning ice age will kick in either just before this November or November 4 years down the road.

I love these tall tales. If it were true, do you think banks would still make loans or insurance companies would insure beach front property? My son moved down to the low country of SC in the Charleston area. He was harping on oceans rising because of the streets flooding in downtown Charleston during high tides and full moons. I laughed at him and told him that was happening when we moved there in 1970, and that’s when we were all going to die because the next ice age was coming faster than expected.

Holy schmolie! What a project this is going to be.

LOL! Never been to England, but my mind was freaking out when we went to a Caribbean island that was left hand drive. And I was just the passenger. Traffic circles. A great idea from Europe that has been imported here. One small problem no one thought about before incorporating them on to US roads. We have NASCAR racing. Idiots hit the smallest of traffic circles and they think they are their favorite driver trying to take the lead lap and force the other driver into the wall. And then you have drivers that are afraid they are going to break their gas pedal if the step on it too hard. Edit: A new boat landing and beach area they completed last year has a couple of traffic circles incorporated into the roadway leading to the landing area. First problem is there are no roads inter-sectioning the main road. Just a circle in the middle of nowhere. Second, they didn’t build them big enough for a truck pulling a boat. Everyone that has used it hates it. outside the circle is a dirt road circle from guys pulling boats. It’s a joke about South Carolina engineering. It’s obvious that the idiot that designed it never pulled a boat in his life. They even put in islands around the parking area for boat trailers to get hung up on. Now we have everyone having to drive down the wrong side of the road to get out from the launch ramp or risk de-rimming a trailer tire.

Yea, I’m not kidding when I say this, but I think it was ‘22 we had right at 80 small quakes in the 2.0 magnitude. Geologist said it’s from water leaking into the underground plates from the river that comes from our lake. I kind of find it funny that they completely ignored the landfill that’s not far from it. 20 years ago it was level ground, today it’s a 200’ tall “hill” of compacted trash that’s probably teeter tottering the tectonic plates below it.

Nicely done John! I keep waiting for Quinta to release their printed interior set before I start mine. I asked them over a year ago if they had plans to produce them and they said they were. I have two kits in the stash and I keep telling myself that’s all I need. LOL.

Just look at the starboard engine. Top then side. What kind of wizardry are they using here? Panel lines on drawing? Nothing like the engraving on the model. ugh…off for another beer.

After trying to decipher these damned Revell 3 views, I’m now drinking. Well, that and trying to find my lawn edger blades I saw in my garage a couple of weeks back. They were right there. I told myself don’t touch them because I need to change the blade. Nope. Gone. I’m pissed. Screw it. Just ordered more off Amazon. But back to the 3 views. Top view shows both nacelles obviously the RLM 70. Side view shows one RLM 71. Impossible. Fuselage, same stupid mistakes. Patterns from above have no damned way to match side views. None. Just no way. It would take a year just to rewrite the instructions for this kit if they were to bring it out again.

Well, I guess the wings turned out OK. After this drys I’ll tape up the fuselage and shoot it. Decided to do this in two parts due to the sheer size.

I have no idea what I’m doing here.

Just read about y’all’s 4.8 Any models bouncing off shelves? We’ve had a rash of quakes in our area about 10-12 miles from my home Our biggest was a 3.2 It’s the only one I felt Good luck with the rebuild, let me know if we need to donate to your damaged stash

I should buy stock in Tamiya when we have group builds. My He 111 is burning through a lot! I feel a Sprue Bros order coming on after I’m done.

28” wing tip to wing tip. If I build anything bigger I’m going to need one of those inflatable paint booths.

Thanks John. Things are pacing slowly due to the wife’s health issues right now. I’m her chauffeur, chef, gofer, laundry maid and entertainment. Thankfully we have a lady coming in to do the cleaning today. I thought I’d have time to start masking out and painting a few of the dark splinter areas today, but the surgeon just ordered an MRI of a cyst they discovered on one of her lungs. So off to the imaging center at lunch time today.

Fantastic! Welcome to the party and the website! I’ll be watching this one closely since I have the same kit in the stash too.

First color done. Took exactly one bottle of Mr. Color.

First coat of top color!! Woohoo!

My grandson. We need to meme this pic!