ScottsGT

Wow! That was fast. I’ll join in just for fun if I can get this TWIN ENGINE F-4J PHANTOM done asap. I think it’s a little further along than 25% though.

Aerocraft Models in England. Ali is active on LSP. He puts out some really nice stuff.

You wish you were!

Just got a nice delivery. 3 bottles of leveling thinner from the USA Gundam store and an order from Ali at Aerocraft Models. 2- Stearman brass wing strut sets, an A-20 front nose gear and a gratuitous Revell Phantom brass gear set. Wait until you see tomorrow’s delivery. 😁

Well if the kids next door are picking winners, this time I’m building the F-18 Maverick flew in Top Gun II. 😁 JK, hopefully a J/K

Trim the clear film, place over stencils to hold them in correct position when removing from backing paper and apply to model. Carefully peel off transfer film leaving stencil in place.

Wait! The J/K hasn’t been released yet! Of course I do have those two B-25 kits in the stash.

I have found this a very rewarding way to end a build as well. It’s like getting a fresh start again. I started the habit with my new bench at the new home and wouldn’t change a thing!

Sweet setup! Now get busy making it a mess!

Small shelf and over a doorway!

Ah yes. Lighter fluid, matches, fire crackers and BB guns. Many old models met their demise at the hands of a maniacal child.

Funny you say that…She’s got a 4 day trip scheduled with our daughter for a skiing trip in Feb.

Beautiful build! I have the kit to build as a Blue Angels.

Cool Martin! Send me a list of what’s in your stash and I’ll start picking out what I want.

As well as Carl gifting me with a very nice Fisher wing for my Hobby Crap Sea Fury. Also had a Fisher Sea Fury prop donated from a modeler on LSP. Modelers as a whole are a great group of folks.

Someone say nap?

In my opinion, I think she always needed a few “aftermarket” bolt on items. 🤪

One of his small builds cannot remember if he built all these. But middle one is the one above.

Funny you say that because he didn’t paint this car, but he is a wizard with a rattle can! I kid you not, he orders 2k clear in a rattle can that requires breaking an internal bulb to catalyze it. About the only reason he hasn’t ventured into the painting is because they don’t have a paint booth. In the video he mentions one being delivered. It’s a small 10’ X 10’ inflatable with filters so he can do his rattle can work in Bob’s fancy garage. His home is about a $3 Million mansion in an exclusive gated community. The front of the garage looks like just part of the house and you enter from the back yard. Driveway wraps around the house. I just got him into airbrushing back in the fall. He builds 1/10 RC rock crawlers as his hobby and he was trying to rattle can everything. Hooked him up with a Grex with the fan attachment like I use for larger projects.

I’m posted pics of my sons work on Corvettes here already, but take some time to check out one of his first videos. Long story I’ll try to make short, he builds these for an old car guy that’s always dabbled in building and selling cars. The guy is extremely wealthy and he drops $200,000 into these builds without blinking an eye. My son tries his best to direct his creativity to the current market, but the boss gets final say. I told him this guy is pushing 80 and he won’t be around forever. If he wants to continue with this after he’s gone, he’s going to need working capital. Lots of it. Best thing he could do is start making YouTube videos of his work and start publishing them now not only as a resume if you’re job hunting next week, but hopefully it will go somewhere and get monetized. Since there are being built to go to the Mecum auctions, they will also build hype for the sale. If you don’t mind, give him a like and subscribe!

Can’t ask for any better than this. One think I’m learning about the TS being decanted and airbrushed. It likes to go on thick and heavy. Straight out of the can, degassed some then straight into the airbrush. Any attempt I’ve made to reduce it with leveling thinner has led to a disaster with either a dull finish or blushing. It also looks twice as good recoated. Simply laying a coat of leveling thinner over the dried paint to soften it, once it’s no longer wet, go heavy with the airbrush with the paint. ….and I still have an A4 to refinish and an F-18 to paint the same way.

I don’t think I’ve ever come this close to tossing an almost finished model in the trash bin. But it’s getting close! I airbrushed this on 12/28. Already re-sprayed the left wing. Now I’m about to do the right wing. This damned Tamiya TS paint does NOT like to dry. Hell, I sprayed Dawn dish detergent on the wing to get any compound out of the panel lines before spraying. And the “gentle enough to wash baby ducks” soap spotted the gloss finish. I was damned lucky those small spots did polish out or it would be an entire respray. I’ve had it with this thing!

Wow…

Wait…..serious question. Could the P-51 carry 8 hours worth of fuel?

Wow. Never thought about that. Definitely a young man’s game. Just sitting and driving two hours I look like that getting out of my wife’s Honda Pilot.