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    Thanks Peter. There are a few places that could be fussy so I'm trying to anticipate and solve them before I glue things. Hope it works.
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    Thanks Phil! Zoe actually sat on Sunny. Dropped 40lbs of collie butt on him to get him to move over and share her dog bed.
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    Ian, condolences on the loss.
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    I started work on getting the intakes fitted. The kit ones have a full trunking to them but the diameter is too small. The resin ones I picked up improve on that plus reduce the number of parts considerably. Doing some initial test fitting, I saw that I needed to remove a bit of the lump on the rear of the intake so they could clear the MLG bays. I also found I needed to have the lower wings glued in place to the upper fuselage half before I joined them together. I added some styrene sheet to the inside of the lower fuselage to help space the intakes and reduce any mismatches between them and the fuselage. I determined that I could join the rear section of the fuselage and still be able to separate the front section to get the intakes in. I added some tabs to strengthen the joint. All joined up and drying at the moment. Meantime...
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    Actually, I do like them. I find it much easier to get them to fit a seat than the Eduard ones. But I still prefer the HGW or Wako ones the most.
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    Definitely looks good there.
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    Got a bit more done on the cockpit. The Aires set uses PE with clear film for some of the instruments. My first attempt at painting the PE ended up a mess so I stripped it and started over. I primed the parts and then sprayed them Dark Gull Grey. I then masked off the individual bezels and painted them with NATO black. I then cut them out and applied them in the appropriate location. I gave them a wash and a dry brush to make some of the details pop. I took the same approach with the side panels. Here's a dry fit of the cockpit so far.
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    Nice looking Hornet Smitty. Thanks for sharing.
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    One last pic of the plane most associated with bushplanes. It's well worth the visit if you're ever in Sault Ste Marie. Carl
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    Some of the fire fighting exhibits. They also have a fantastic 3D immersive film that really helps to show what it's like fighting a forest fire.
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    I didn't know we made these in Canada.
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    This seat is against the firewall. Still have no idea how the pilot saw anything while flying. One of the more key players in mapping and opening up the north.
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    As requested, here are pics from our recent visit to the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Museum. Bushplanes played a significant role in helping to open up the Canadian north. They helped in mapping it out and establishing communities and providing communication and transport, something they still do today. The Museum is located on the first air base that was established for fire bombing in Canada so there are also a number of exhibits tied into that bit of history as well.
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    Phil, maybe I need to get my sister's dog up for a visit. She's proven to be an exceptional squirrel hunter. Actually I did finish the U-boat so that's something.
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    Thanks Mark! I've read that there are fit issues with the LERX and intakes as well. I'm hoping the seamless intakes help solve one of those problems. Carl
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    Very nice Mark. I'll need to get back to mine one day. I think I left off at about where you are now. Carl
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    One of the first things I did was to check the ift of the Aires cockpit set. As they're notorious for having challenging fit issues, I wanted to know what would be involved and was it even worth it to grind/shave a ton of plastic and resin to make the 'pit tub fit or just use the kit one. Well I got a pleasant surprise. I taped the fuselage together with the resin tub in place and it was an almost perfect fit. It's slightly short in length but fit between the fuselage sides. Without any sanding or grinding. I did decide to leave out the two resin side panels so I may have cheated a bit. Still worth it to not have the extra hassle. So time for some paint. I used AK Dark Gull Grey and NATO black for the panels. I did the same on the IP panel with Clear green for the screens. There's some PE details to add to this but that's where I am so far.
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    This is a project I've wanted to do for a long time. Originally I was going to do it in 1/48 using the Hasegawa CF-188 kit but that went sideways. Both times. Then Kinetic came out with their re-box of the Academy kit so I grabbed that. Then purged it from the stash in a bit of down sizing. Finally I got a regular Academy release and started collecting the necessary bits. And it's finally time to get this onto the bench. Some of the AM involved in the build. The decals are only a partial set. They include the smaller markings but give you stencils for the stripes. I contacted the folks at DN Models and they made the templates into masks along with some of the bigger markings so I can paint them on. I've also got an Aires cockpit set, Rhino seamless intakes and some various PE sets. For reference, I have Jake Melampy's book on the Hornet and this book on 439 Squadron. There's some great shots of the two Tiger Meet planes if which I'll be doing the latter one.
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    Thanks everyone! Definitely a build outside my usual subject range. I've got another ship kit to build at some point but not today. Time to call this one done. It's just too big for me to get decent pics so I'll just post a couple here. I did pick up a couple crew figures so I will eventually get around to them and then add them to the conning tower. Carl
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    Fantastic looking Dauntless Rod and congratulations on the award. Gaido was also known for having shot down a Japanese bomber from a plane parked on a carrier deck earlier in the war. Carl
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    Peter, it's a great little museum. It was definitely worth the visit. They had one of those immersive 3D films about firebombers and it was very well done. It really have you a sense of what it's like to fight forest fires. I can post some more pics I took in a separate thread if folks are interested. Carl
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    Scaleworx is about to release their Cheetah D conversion set so after getting in the queue for one, I thought best to grab the base kit for it. Having seen some of the struggles with building this, it seems like I'll have a challenge in my hand when it's time. Carl
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    That is one big shuttle kit Mark. My LHS had one in recently. There's so much you can do with that kit. Carl
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