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Me too! Looks good so far.

Ernie, glad to hear your business is doing well. Haven't had an adult tooth pulled much less a cavity. Didn't get wisdom teeth either so the most I've ever had done at the dentist is my usual cleaning and inspection. With the restrictions on travel having just changed recently it's too late to make plans to attend. There was so much uncertainty that we ended up booking a number of campsites in provincial parks for the same time frame and staying here. One day I'll get down there and meet you all. Carl

Or doing it backwards and getting the AM first. I wanted to get the Trumpeter 1/32 F/A18-F. I started buying the AM I wanted - intakes, burner cans, decals but couldn't find the kit at a reasonable price. I gave up after a couple years and sold the AM bits off.

Great progress there Bill. Carl

Mark, fantastic progress you're making. The brakes look life-like. At least they're in better shape than the ones I took off our Honda last weekend. Carl

CF-18. Here's what got me to take it out. An Aires cockpit that fits without making everything paper thin.

Well, if you want to make it worse, Rosso made one in 1/24 as well. They did all the stock versions including the one with the funky bass tube that filled the hatch area. They were somehow related/connected to Fujimi but weren't around long. I've been after one of their 1/12 NSX kits for forever after I melted the one I had.

Just toying around with something. Definitely do want to build it soon, just not sure how soon.

Cool! Now you just need the Hasegawa one. Alithough it was 1/12 scale.

Hey, I've got that RX-7 too. In fact I j ust took the body out and painted it. Just wanted to try out some paint techniques.

I don't have the X-02 but I did get the Hellhound when it first came out. Talk about a mean looking gunship.

Nice distraction. That M10 turned out great. Carl

That's definitely weathered.

What's a modle?

Nice start Bill. I think I took the same approach to the fuselage you have. For the folding wings, check the ZM website as there is an addendum to getting the wing join together. I can't recall if I followed it but I did get my wings to stay functional. Carl

Great progress there Peter. Definitely a different approach to solving some of the inherent challenges on an F-4 kit. Best part is it has worked out very nicely. Carl

Awesome paint scheme and job doing it Gus. It'll definitely stand out as the others have said. Carl

Nice, fairly compact collection there Gaz. I've gotten most of mine sorted with the basement reorganization. How do you find that Panther book? The External Appearance one? Carl

My LHS has a couple on their shelf. $60 each. One word of caution. We opened one and the funky rubbery gear bay walls were deformed and brittle/cracking in one of them so I suspect the other is the same.

Thanks for the great pics Martin. I used a white grey so definitely not pure white. I'll be giving it a light Wash that should tone it down further.

The Skyraider was an absolutely huge plane, especially for a single engine prop. I built the ZM kit a while back and it went together rather well. I've picked up a second one to do. Carl

Guess I'll have to go to the local art store and find a couple.

I think she could poke an eye out!

My mom and a bunch of her colleagues all took early retirement at the same time a few years ago. The bank they (and me at the time) were working at decided to make some big changes to the pension plan as well as their retirement benefits. The biggie was a cap on prescription drugs. My mom is a cancer survivor and my dad has had 3 heart attacks so they've got a fair share of meds to keep them healthy. So my mom took a hit on the financial side but kept the old benefits plan. That was almost 20 years. They would have maxed it out by now so it was the right call. Meanwhile my sister has been there since she was 16 so she can retire at 53 (I think or maybe 54?) with a full pension. Carl

Thanks Phil! I'll give that a try.