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The Concept Notes books are great and can be really helpful on a bulld.

Great back story Ernie and congrats on checking off something from the bucket list. Who knows maybe we'll get a CF-100 one day. Carl

Indeed!

I don't think it's out yet. Hannants list pre-orders as back orders. They often offer a 10% discount on their pre-order items which they're doing with the Tornado.

Great idea. I would love to add a dedicated paint station to the workbench but don't have the space. One day...

The start of the school year here got postponed for a week from its usual start the day after Labour Day. As a result, I'm currently freezing my ar$e off in a tent while it's 3°C with the boys and Sue on a camping trip.

Looks to be a very nice kit. Carl

My two boys have been receipients of your generosity Jeff and Harv's too. To them , it's like Christmas when they see one of the boxes you've sent them.

Finally got around to getting a new Dremel. Sue found my old one loud and somehow gave off an annoying vibration that she could feel on our second floor. My workbench is in the basement but she always knew when I would use it. So I switched to a small battery powered one made by Gunze. It's ok but didn't have the power to run for long periods of time. Here's the new one. It's actually not much bigger than the Gunze one. I did make a quick mod to the new Dremel. I replaced the standard collet which uses a wrench to tighten it for one that's adjustable. It's a miniature version of the ones on most drills. To make it work, I cut a small piece of 1/4 " diameter tubing to act as a spacer. Now I've got the perfect combination rotary tool as I can use both the Japanese bits and the US ones that I have.

Spent a bit of time working on the Scammell. I got the shifter and shift gate installed. Talk about fiddly. Then the base for the driver's seat. For the backrests, I decided to thin them out a bit as the support frame looks a bit thick. The three I've done are on the left compared to the stock one on the right. Turning to the Grant, I've added some of the hull details. I also finished building the second run of tracks.

Those belts are awesome.

Really nice.

Yup, the Black Sun kit in 1/72 I've got it in the stash. Somewhere...

Aerocraft has just released a set of brass undercarriage for the Lanc. https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/avro-lancaster-undercarriage-set-for-the-hong-kong-model-kits They sure are purdy. Carl

That bit of work on the springs does make a difference. Do you know what the diameter is for that part? I may have some springs that small.

No, Goose was taking the Polaroid. And he hates it when "She's lost that Lovin' Feeling" There's also this recent figure release: https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/o9lgmituqcaacmepmjka.html

In that case, don't forget to have Maverick flipping the bird.

For a moment I thought you were going to be building two of them at the same time as I saw your new WIP first. Carl

Those are definitely a different shape compared to the Merlin ones on the Lanc. How do you cut such thick plastic sheet so cleanly?

Harv, some is about the same for softness but that's fine as they're thin arms, like the ends of a away bar. Will make it easier to tweak their fit The actual suspension A arms are quite rigid and I don't see any sag issues happening.

Tough call. Their 917 is a gorgeous kit. I picked up a different vintage Porsche from them in 1/12.

Those look cool. I think I bought this to go with my other sanding pencils (for want of a better term). They're like the fibreglass pens but a much smaller tip and come in various grits.

I don't remember where I got it from. In fact, I'd forgotten about it completely.

Rob, Tamiya makes some drill bits that might be what you're looking for. Carl

I decided to start with the transmission and rear suspension. There's only a couple parts to the basic core. For the assembly, I used 5 min epoxy to give me some working time. But before that, you have to drill out the various holes for the attachment points. Thankfully MFH gives you a simple for where the drill should go. Most are even the right diameter so you know what size drill bit to use. Going through the parts, I was wondering what the disc was until I took a closer look and realized it's the clutch. I have it resting on another part in the pic below. MFH has you use some screws for some of the assembly but they're tiny. I don't know if I'll be able to find a screwdriver for the smaller screw in the pic which is 1mm by 3mm long. One tool that will be handy is this file. I don't recall where I got it from but it's been great for all the tiny slots and openings that need a quick cleanup. Finally to keep track of the various parts, I put them into some empty Tamiya and Gunze paint jars.