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Our Mossies came out to about USD$146ea from Lucky Model. HLJ Mossie "pre order" was about USD$130 plus shipping. After a couple guys bailed on our order I got nervous about getting rear ended on ship costs. When LM offered USD$2 ship (surface mail) I gave HLJ the heave ho and placed order through LM. Also got a discount for volume, USD$40 I think. Hopefully ours will arrive soon, shipped 14 September. Wonder how Surface Mail works across the Pacific? Just sayin'.

Delivery timeline changed twice and missed my Private Warehouse shipments. Cancelled "20% Off Pre-order" in mid Sep.

Has HLJ shipped any Tamiya Mossies? HLJ site has Mossie listed as "Order Stop". Wondering if they followed through on their "revised" 30 Sept ship. I cancelled my Mossie order a few weeks ago as availability missed two of my Wearhouse shipments. Rick

U B correct Erik. The FW190A-8 is complete. Building at the moment? No bench time since June....arrgh! Bench and ManCave rebuild still a WIP. Hope to have Bench Mk.II to operational status by mid October. Then yes, the Ju88 Mistel 2 will have priority. Also hitting the bench at same time will be MDC Tiffy and Planet FW190C, finally got a FW190 "Tall Tail" from Hasegawa. Will also start on my Greek DH.9.

I'd say the mojo has returned.

Nice save and build! Great decal work on interesting nose art.

Well don Fran, really nice write up. Dave, no plugs for the Dallas Cowboys?

I truly feel these will be in demand when "Force Awakens" hits the theaters.

It's the spiral on the spinner creating an optical illusion.

I have this kit and several other Bandai Troopers. My kids will get a great surprise this Christmas. My ankle solution is to form some type of spats. Perhaps form spats using Milliput or Tissue Paper and brush with diluted Gator acrylic glue. Regardless, these will be fun builds. I have never done figures but these Troopers will get some creative schemes and be brutally weathered.

Been hankering on the Lightroom. Currently using CS3 PS. I like adding text to pics. Perhaps when Bench/Mancave complete I might take Lightroom for a test drive. Instructors famous words: "10 Tonal Ranges" and "Color Is For Color Sake". My prime directive is: "Details" Darkroom skills is indeed a vanishing art. There were many variables to control and many variables to add. BTW my cameras were Mamiya Sekor 500DTL and Olympus OM10 with all the goodies, lenses, auto-wind, etc. Still have my Olympus.

Plexiglass has been beaten into submission. Secured with additional Irwin clamps for 2 days the plexiglass is now trained to desired shape. Irwin clamps removed and I will be watching closely for any "memory" relapses with the plexiglass. Really stoked about my new and improved photo studio. Bench construction begins tomorrow. Picking up materials today.

Matt - I am really stoked about this table. 2 years in the making, been wanting this set up for a long time. A table with back lighting was often used for Process Photography to eliminate correction cuts on galleys and art boards and I am thrilled to apply this model, albeit somewhat different, for studio photography. My undergrad degree is Graphic Arts and was a few credits shy of Photography minor, so my inner geekness is all excited. Of course those were the stone age days. Darkroom, Plus X or Illford, changing bags, bulk load film with 100ft rolls, chemistry, red & green filters, dodge & burn...fun times. I did plenty of color, however, I enjoyed B&W much more. Now if I could just master PhotoShop (my PS skill set is average at best) to the level of my darkroom days. Right now my current angst is deciding on 12x12 or 20x20 light boxes.

some clever engineering there Jeroen.

love SEA Spits. great work!

welcome to LSM with this well done submission.

Ok, summer is over, kids back in school albeit it's bittersweet as I do miss them already. Finally resuming my bench rebuild. First, I tore down Bench Mk.I and moved my desk, formally grad school desk, to kid's playroom. New desk, Ikea corner desk, is now at other side of room. 55" x 30" x 13" book cases x3 and a 40" flat screen TV, courtesy of my wife's PR firm moving across town, are on their way. Corner desk installed to new spot across the room. Lots of tidying up to do. The new book cases will eliminate the current clutter and boxes. Old photo table is very basic using a 48" x 24" folding table with and CFL lights. Now it's on to the new photo table. Photo table is plexiglass 40" x 80" (1m x 2m) I picked up from www.thelashop.com via eBay and looks like this. This has been sitting with my stash for over 2 years and I am finally getting this set up. BTW, props to DoogsATX for the lead on this photo table. Look forward to having some base lighting and I hope my photography results will come close to his outstanding photo work. The frame construction was a breeze. My existing photo lamps will come in handy for underside lighting. However, unrolling and installing the plexiglass to the frame is gonna be like bear wrestling. So to make it a little easier... The plexiglass is unrolled and held down with assist of some hand weights and a weight bar. The next day I was able to wrestle the plexiglass with somewhat relative ease. I started laying the plexiglass on the front bar and worked my way up. At the "wall" I turned the plexiglass back and secured with clamps to give it the required bend. 24 hours I will resume securing the plexiglass to the "wall". The old bench has been dismantled. For the new bench I will build several 24" x 48" x 36" work benches. Front view.

Lovely work Jeroen. Look forward get my Mossie. Waiting at HLJ ... Actually, look forward to finish my bench rebuild first. Then to the Mossie, Ju88 Mistel, MDC Tiffy, Fw190C, Dh.9 and the list goes on!

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great wood finish!

camo, love it I do.

One of my fav Mel Brooks movies. At least it was not the campfire scene.

Ship reset to 30 Sept? Others have them in stock not HLJ. Any thoughts?

Bravo Jeroen a beautiful finish on a most unique subject.