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I'm with Martin. Having just finished a single one of these, I could never do this many of them!!

Ya, that is a big hunk of shwing!

x2. Did you just finish building that bench, or what? It looks like it's never been used.

If you shop around, you can pick up a Tamiya Zero for around 65-75 USD shipped on ebay. I found mine on ebay for 65 recently. Considering that the new Hase kit goes for 50-60 shipped, it was an easy choice for me to get the Tamiya.

Looking good, Harv! And it looks like fun, too. Makes we want to build one!

Indeed it has. I was watching a few of them, and they went up enough that I just deleted them from my list. I'll wait it out. It's not like I need any more damn kits anyway until I knock out a few more completions.

Have you checked the hardware and farm supply stores? I found a bunch of 99% at the local TrueValue in the cleaning section for my 3D printer, and they had plenty of 70% at the Tractor Supply. It's definitely gone in all the supermarkets, but the out of way places seem to have it regularly here.

Thanks for the kind comments, all!

I have similar problem, XL gloves for me. I make a full size 1911 look like a compact. Case in point:

I've had similar happen to me on some planes and ships years ago, and I found after a while it was because I was getting my rigging too tight, whatever the material. The trick is to get it just tight enough that it stays straight, but isn't actually taut enough to play a tune. Now, I've never built one of those giant WWI bombers, and maybe those actually require the rigging to help support those long wings. But in fighters, the wing, glue joint, and strut should be doing most of the work, the rigging just helps out a little. I think with the newer products, which are slightly stretchy, it should be possible to make them look taut without exerting real pressure on the joints. Just my experience, anyway. One interesting note - the old K5Y Willow biplane kit actually came with STIFF steel wires for rigging, and I mean stiff as hell. Their idea was that all you had to do was glue them in place, and they held themselves straight with no tension at all. It actually wasn't a bad idea, and worked pretty well. Until you bent one!

It's actually started, and I love it!! Certainly one my all time faves, too! It's just been tabled for a while now due to other projects. I hope to finish it this year!

I've gt a Pfalz D.IIIA that I need to finish as well.

You and me buddy!! It just means we have more refined tastes!!

I wasn't drinking with them, either, but I had a lot of fun with it the next day!!! One word: sunburn.

I remember the next morning, very well, as I'm sure Martin does too!

That is gooooood looking stash, my friend!!

I am so excited I nearly ship my pants!! (I could do this all day...)

That's not the dark side, that's true enlightenment!! I love wooden ships!! Besides, REAL models are made of wood!!

Wow.

Between Ernie and DeanKB over at LSP, we don't even NEED Wingnut to stay in business. Those two alone could probably keep us all afloat for years to come.

Some folks have been asking crazy prices for WnW kits for years, so that's nothing new. Check the box to see "sold" auctions only, and it will give you an accurate picture. The sold prices are up a bit so far, but not too bad yet, considering. Probably will change though, when an official announcement goes out. Personally, I only have two Wingnut kits - Pfalz D.IIIA, half built, and a Fokker D.VII (fok) unbuilt. Plus my 3 Roden kits... Tim

Please be careful that by bashing the other forum, you don't turn this forum into the sort of place you would not like. I am still a faithful LSP member, and there is an excellent group of people over there I count as friends, just as there is here. I have more respect for them, and the people here, than to bad mouth LSP as a whole, or even the moderation style there. While I will grant you that there are occasionally people who make it very difficult to get along, there is room for all of us in this hobby with a little decency. Tim

That's only because a couple people don't know how to "discuss", they always turn it into an argument, and the simplest and most even-handed way to curtail it without slapping hands is to lock the thread, unfortunately.

Boy, I like that!! It's been quite the P-40 party so far this spring!! Tim

Yes, it is airbrushed. It's model master enamels for the base colors, then Vallejo acrylic for the whitewash. I thinned the acrylic way down so it wouldn't cover well, and then sprayed thin coats until I got the slightly translucent look I was after. I also did the white without masking anything but the canopy, since it probably would have been done in a hurry in the field. Then I dry sanded it with 1500 grit to get the colors under it to show through better, and burnished the whole plane with gray and white chalk. The rubbed in chalk gives it a slightly smooth, satin finish more like real paint, so it's not all just matte, and it settles into the lines a bit, too.