ScottsGT

Story of my life.

I drive by this place all the time. 15 miles from me. They’re a Superperformance dealer. https://www.downforcemotorsports.com/ Nice days they have a few pulled out in the lot.

305? They put that pig of a GM motor in the early GT40? Blasphemy! Pretty sure it was a 289. Very early was a 255. Been thinking about getting one of these.

Well since I posted last in this thread, the Lukgraph Duck was announced. Yea, bench clearer. Trying to wrap up the P-40 and see if I can keep the bench empty until it’s out.

LOL!

I guess ICE is too busy rounding up bad guys lately.

Same old same old…

Nada. Nothing. Zilch.

Tough to let one go like that even though natures slowly stealing body parts.

At least for us down south. Springs here and the wife feels that she needs to generate another “to-do” list to keep me busy. Of course pollen is in full bloom and everything is a haze looking through it. Wearing a mask this time of the year is one thing the covid days taught me. Me: Find project, figure it out in my head, run to Slow’s, Home Depression or local hardware store. Grab what I need and get home to knock out project. Or even faster, sit down in the evening and order online and knock out that project when it arrives. Wife: “Oh, I want to put pavers down where the grandkids sandbox is at. I want to go with you to Home Depot. She looks at pavers, trying to find the cheapest way of getting it done and she’s guesstimating on sq ft of the area. Has no idea she’s looking at a $1000 project until I do the math for her. This alone took about an hour trying to convince her she actually needed two pallets of pavers. We leave with her brain cooking that one for a few days. ”Oh, swing into the grocery store. I need a few things.” ”Oh, let’s grab lunch since we’re out.” “I bought flowers for the neighbor that just has surgery. Let’s take them to her.” So a “quick” trip to grab something I ordered started when we left home just after 9am and ended when we got home after 3 pm. 🤪. And she wonders why I “never get anything done.” Something told me to make the run to Home Depot on Tuesday while she was at work. Oh, and here’s the good part. HD told me my order was two boxes. It was a 12’ X 10’ awning system. Got home and box #2 was someone else’s order. Now this afternoon I have to drive the 25 miles back to HD and return someone’s closet door system.

LOL! I think that’s my problem. I’m trying to run a museum. 🤪

Nice! Looks like everything I would have grabbed. I’ve built the U boat but still have the Gato in the stash. I’m actually contemplating putting it up for sale if I can get a box big enough to ship it in.

It should be an entertaining follow up.

I went by my local PO and was told there is nothing they can do once it’s in the hands of customs.

5 weeks later, still no movement.

So what ya lookin for Tim? I might be able to accommodate. 😇

BTW, prices are not set in stone!

Ah, just the opposite. Notice very few 1/32 on that list. I also have some of the 1/72 big birds like the Looking Glass and refueling tanker to list, but gotta find some big boxes first.

Actor/Director/Producer Tyler Perry is into the big jets as well. He owns a huge hanger in Atlanta GA that’s on his “compound” where his mansion is. He has a C-17 about the same size as the 777 in the video.

Reality has set in. I will never build all of the kits I have collected over the past 30 years. I’ve picked through the stash and decided it’s time to move a few dozen kits. I have two still I need to get boxes for, but fairly small kits so easy to find a box. I did an eBay COMPLETED auctions search for what these kits are actually selling for, not listed for. No trades at this time. The plan is to reduce the stash, not acquire more I want. 🤪 All prices are not including shipping. I just set up a Pirate Ship account and prefer to ship UPS because USPS is a nightmare right now with everything running late. Pirate ship gets you the lowest prices. Paypal preferred, but will take a USPS MO as well At this time I’m ready to sell/ship the following: 1/32 Testors H-43 Huskie $35 + shipping Listed on eBay 1/32 ROG Ju 87B Stuka. Kit 04796 Box open, sealed bags $30 + shipping 1/48 ROG B-26 Marauder. Kit 04525 Box open/sealed bags $24 + shipping 1/48 Italeri AC-130A gun ship Kit 818 Opened box/Sealed bags $130 + shipping eBay 1/48 Monogram AC-47 gun ship New in wrap $80 + shipping Sold on eBay 1/48 Academy CH-53E (Yea, the hard to find and highly sought after kit) open box, sealed bags includes two sets of Flying Leathernecks 48002 “naked chick” decals $295 + shipping. I would suggest paying extra for insurance on this one. A few have sold on eBay for over $400. Ebay I’ll have more coming later as I acquire boxes for shipping and reduce the current pile in the middle of the room.

Damn, Gary’s had it pretty bad. He also lost his daughter to Covid as well.

Been away from the bench for a while traveling to see our daughter. Got back to it this morning. Did some touch ups on the camo where I mis-masked and had primer edges showing. this is right after hosing it down with leveling thinner to blend in the touch ups. And my new squirrel (distraction)…. This thing is light years away from when I was flying back in 1999. It’s a damned computer now.

One leg? Gary lose a leg? I met him at the Nats when they were in Columbia.

Looks great John! I just got back into town after visiting our daughter in VA for a few days. I’ve got quite a bit of touch ups to do on my camo edges. But tomorrow…..

I went digging through old posts he made the other day. My favorite was him holding his new Daisy Red Ryder BB gun he got for Christmas. I couldn’t find it. ☹️