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Thanks Rob. They already are short one track so I can join them together once I'm ready to install them.

Nice work on the tracks and great to see you back at it. Carl

Oh how I wish.

Nice trip down memory lane John. One of the first kits I can recall building was a Snap Tite Jet Ranger. I must have 5 or 6 at the time. An earlier memory was my baby sitter's older brother built car models. He let me finish one that he'd done. Can't remember the car except that it was painted green. I do remember the smell of the Testors tube glue he gave me to finish building it though. As for modeling snafus, there was a 1/72 Wellington. I glued the fuselage together, then noticed the cockpit still on my desk. So I tried it open, installed the cockpit and closed the fuse back up. At which point I see the turret on my bench. Pry the fuselage open again, install the turret and close it up. Again. Well, you know what's coming next. Yup, the rear turret. That was a messed up fuselage by the time I was done. Carl

We got back from our camping trip. Still have all my family members that we left with. There were a couple packages waiting for me when we got back. First up is my continued descent into the Dark side: Decals for that Bandai Super Star Destroyer I have. Next up are some figures for my Scammell/Grant build. I also bought some weathering stencils for the build. Some PE for an Achilles A new set of plastic nippers. These are fantastic if you haven't tried them yet. Just don't drop them. Lastly, a trip down nostalgia lane. I'm still trying to figure out if this is Clod number 4 or 5. All the rest though we're the original red version.

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.