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If at first you don't succeed... ....cover up all evidence you tried. My first attempt at the new shelves didn't go so well. As in I couldn't get them to go together correctly. In trying to do so, I made them worse. So I started over and had more success. I just need to put the doors on and drop in the shelves. Carl

Same here. Hobby Search got them in back in April so I grabbed it right away. After my order they were out of stock again so it can't have been many. Would have grabbed you one had I known.

I have just the one Makita compact router. A plunge router would have been perfect for this project. Speaking of which, It's sort of together. I need to make some adjustments so I can get it actually fastened together. I didn't compensate enough for the extra thickness of the wood I used.

They are fun. Slowly getting more of them. Really need a drill press next. But I think Sue will draw the line there.

Moved my bench outside and got out the power tools. Going to start the WIP shortly.

A Hetzer! Nice. Sounds like it's going together well? I made the mistake of trying the Eduard one. Wow, talk about complicated.

I finally got my order from Hobby Search. It had parts for my son's RC car and more importantly, a big stonkin' tank. It'll go nicely with the Jagdtiger and Badger me thinks. Carl

Man, the squirrels really got to that one... Seriously though, I did have a Tamiya F-4J with squirrel teeth marks in it. Carl

If the one from the Hasegawa FW fits, I have a spare. I can drop it in the mail for you. Carl

Some really great modulation and chipping effects. Carl

Some nice looking progress there Lee. Is this the same truck from First Blood? Just remember the scene where Rambo goes back to the town and drives through/over the cop car.

I know the exact cause of the burnout when I built my Mossie. I had used the kit seat belts and hated the way they had turned out. At the same time, I was building the HK Mossie. So I shelves the Tamiya one and finished the HK. Harv gave me the encouragement to get the Tamiya one done about a year later and I did. Otherwise, the kit doesn't have any hangups or downfalls. She's just like all the other recent Tamiya kits. Only more so...

Danny, thanks for starting this build. I'm learning so much about trucks from everyone contributing to it. Carl

That's a bunch. The closet I come is with Tamiya Spitfires. Got nine done and two more left in the stash.

Cool! Ernie I think would like this. Carl

Watched a guy hook up a city bus. That's about it. He was great enough to walk me through the steps he had to do including pulling the shaft out of the rear axle so the diff would freewheel.

I started adding the plumbing and wiring to the engine. There's a bunch of it that ZM provide. I then started on the annular radiators and armoured engine plate. More plumbing goes behind the armour plate. With the radiator assembly installed, here's the left side. The right side. Underneath which is the area most likely to be seen once installed. I have the exhausts left to install and then the engine will be done. The other engine will be a bit simpler as I will leave off much of the fiddly stuff.

It certainly does.

Whoa...

Possibly? I took a quick around and Great Hobbies has the D/K kit for $169 CAD shipped and the reg D for $139 CAD. So close enough to the Tamiya USA price if I really wanted one I suppose. My stash has grown a bit and I'm trying to limit it for the moment. There's a bunch of stuff I'd really like coming down the pipe so getting more multiples of kits I have is probably overkill. But thanks for playing devils advocate and making sure I'm OK!!

Unfortunately, no shipping to Canada. Which is probably a good thing or I'd be in trouble. The Spitfire VIII is the same price too. Carl

I could be up for that. Let me at least get the 219 finished first though.

Kevin, give one of them a try. Their approach is a bit different from most other manufacturers. Their quality had improved with each new kit and the Ki-45 plus one of their most recent ones.

Thankfully no, or everything would have been trampled into unidentifiable bits of plastic. The big saving grace was I have a spout top on the bottle so it didn't completely pour out onto the fuselage.

Is it safe to admit that I've never built a 190? I have the Revell A-8 and Hasegawa D9 in the stash though if that counts as a bit of redemption.... Carl