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Excellent progress. Looks great.

I guess that applies to me too. I'm definitely in on both counts.

I would have been 4 years old so definitely wasn't on my radar then. I've only ever managed to build a single Lanc and that was the old Revell 1/72 Dambusters one.

That's a lot of resin. And AM too.

Someone's got to do all the hard work for the rest of us.

For a moment, I thought you were going to do a double build. Between the fuselage vents and the Sutton harness, it looks like they will do an FAA release. There's also the fact that the only Allied soldier honoured with a memorial on Japanese soil flew the Corsair when he won the VC posthumously.

On a more serious note, Toronto will be back under a lockdown as of Monday 12:01am. No dining out in restaurants or even on a patio, no in-store shopping, no gyms, no malls. For 4 weeks starting Monday. Schools are being left open at least. Here's the kicker. The neighbouring suburbs to the west and north of us are permitted to stay open. There's nothing to stop someone driving there and doing their shopping/dining/socializing/virus spreading except for maybe their sense of responsibility. They did the same thing earlier in the year and that's exactly what folks did-went where they could what they wanted. So how is it different this time except that the businesses here are basically going to get wiped out while their counterparts stay open. All because of awhere they are on a map.

He's got a penis in his ear! No wonder this is spreading, we've been doing it wrong.

Thanks for sharing the photos. Fun to see that group of early Stealth fighter models. Brings back memories of when those first came out.

Truly impressive. Carl

I've got the Griffin PR set as well. That came in about 6 months ago. I missed out on the U-Model figures as I can't find them anywhere. I do have the Italeri set and I see there's some on Shapeways so might get those.

Hannants- has some listed for the Zero. https://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?product_category_id=0&product_division_id=0&scale_id=953&product_type_id=2826&manufacturer_id=0&search_direction=asc&keyword_search=A6m

Up to your usually high standards I see.

Here we go! That's a lot of bubble wrap for one model... Just kidding. Underneath is the biggie Man, I think I ordered this last year. Guess it's good I wasn't in a rush.

Ooh, hadn't thought of one of those.

I got home from work today and Sue said: "What big-a$$ model did you get this time?" This was in the front hall: Looks like my case order of Dr.1s have arrived. Just kidding. I haven't bought a Meng Dr. 1 yet. I'll let you all know what's in it once I get it open.

The cockpit looks good there Harv. With all the horror stories around the fit of Aires stuff, glad this one seems to be ok.

Nice start there Rob. Yesterday morning I had a Niva with European plates pass me on our street. It had white steelies and looked absolutely pristine. Nah, he just makes the rest us look bad is all.

Looks good indeed. I really should get back to mine and finish it.

Yup!

Looks great there Gaz. I broke down and bought the recent Takom kit after arching your build. Just waiting for it to arrive on the slow boat. Carl

I finally did some work on the Scammell. Which wasn't actually on the Scammell itself. I sanded and then varnished the base. I used a water based varathane for that. It's now dried so I can start on the landscaping bit. Here's how I'm thinking of placing the Scammell: It's more or less centred on the board width wise. Or, I could move it slightly to one side and possibly add a Jeep with maybe the crews conversing? Or would that be too busy and crammed? Or me just biting off more than I can chew? Definitely the latter for sure.

Looks like someone solved the power issue in the Niva: https://jalopnik.com/watch-this-ls-powered-lada-niva-smoke-an-audi-rs6-1845706225 Edit: here's a link to the video. It's running the 1/4 mile in under 10 seconds. They definitely are like a Niva in that regard. I've even considered importing one to Canada. As long as it's 15 years old, you can bring it in here.

That's an awesome gift Rob. Please do a WIP when you start it. You could get Ladas here in Canada up until the mid '90s. I remember the Niva as a bare bones 4x4 that could handle just about anything you threw at it. I never got to drive one but did drive a Suzuki Jimny back in 2006 while in Tobago. It was very similar to the Niva in its simplicity. And lack of power. Still was a bunch of fun though. Carl

Bill, it's the Bronco 1/35 Type XXIII U-boat kit. Don't know why but I've wanted one for a while and finally got one recently.