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This!!! Carl

Congratulations Harv and Bev! I still remember when Sue and I told my parents they were going to be grandparents. Carl

I'd love to get a 2nd gen Ridgeline. It's all the truck we'd need. But it only sits 5 and our next car has to be a 6 seater at least.

I think you'll be safe for a while yet Jeff. Same goes for the rest of us with summer cars or what have you. We'll be the old guys sitting on porches sayin' stuff like: "In my day, we had to burn dino juice in our cars and play with carburetors" Which the grandkids will think is a big myth Carl

Hopefully not the Johnny Cab. Although that would fit with the Tesla's Autopilot and all.

A friend is thinking about getting one. I told him the deposit is refundable so he doesn't have much to lose. I think he did end up putting a deposit on one. There's some aspects about the truck that are appealing such as the option for three seats front and back and the various battery capacities. The styling is definitely unique. Too bad they didn't make it look more like the Land Rover from the otherwise terrible Judge Dredd movie (the Stallone one). I'm not sure about the door stop look. It might grow on me. When we built our new garage two years ago we had it wired for 240V in case we do get an electric or plug in vehicle so at least we're ready there and it's one less issue. Carl

Sorry John, I can move them out of here for you. Just thought it would be easier for you to reference them here. Carl

Wow! That's a stunner. Carl

Here's some pics from EAA this past summer I took. Too bad Tamiya didn't include rockets in their kit and the Aviaeology ones are still MIA. https://photos.smugmug.com/EAA-AirVenture-2019/i-xvJhzRB/0/b431f176/4K/IMG_20190726_135305-4K.jpg

Really nice cockpit John. The IP is very nicely done. Carl

Thanks Dale! My blood pressure is way lower than it was when I had my heart attack. It was something like 180 over I forget but crazy high then. It's more or less normal thanks to the meds. Thanks Jeff! I'm sure under a closer look there'll be stuff that wouldn't pass muster but I'm ok with that at the moment. Just glad to be accomplishing something. Thanks Phil! I'm glad to be back and just taking my time.

Ernie, it's a great gateway drug you've given out. I did manage to build a Snipe before this but just having no pressure to throw AM at it and build what's in the box was the biggie for me. I haven't made much progress in the last few days but I'll be back to it tomorrow I'm sure. Today I had to talk my wife through how to change the winter tires on the car. She did fine and our son even came out to help. So hopefully a proper update tomorrow!

Some great progress already Ron. The seats look neat. Carl

The HK B-25 had the nose weight as an add on item. It came with zinc cast landing gear legs as a set. Some kits were sold with the nose weight and metal gear included but not all of them had it. I ended up with one of each so had to make my own nose weights for one. Carl

Thanks Harv! Yeah, I'm still getting used to how easily I get tired. Had it brought home to me when I probably did too much walking on Tuesday and had to take it easy yesterday. One day at a time. Carl

So Ernie, I recall reading that the .40 was created in response to the 9mm as a comparable lighter round. Meantime, the 10mm was in response to those felt that the 9mm didn't have enough punch compared to the .45. Any of that true/accurate? Carl

Fantastic looking cockpit John. Are those the kit PE belts? They were the reason mine ended up on the SOD before I ripped them out and started over. Carl

Amazing as always. The base ties it all together so nicely from a shape standpoint. Carl

Thanks everyone! I'm just working on it when I feel up to it. Nothing forced or feeling that I have to work on the kit. I think that's been helping me out. Anyways, I've made a bit more progress on the build. I got the inner framework painted and together. First up was the firewall, control column and fuel tank Then I painted up the side frames These were then added in place. I added the instrument panel and the IP decals at this point. From here, I have the seat, belts and engine. Slowly but surely.

Hopefully you get over the flu quick enough Martin. Carl

Great project Ron! If ever there was a national plane for Canada, it would have to be the Beaver. On floats of course. Carl

Ok, found something suitable to donate so please add an Eduard 1/32 BF-109E4 to the gift list. Carl

That's fairly evil looking. Does Charlie Sheen get to fly it? Carl

It was. Went together nicely following the instructions.

I've been home for a couple weeks now after my triple bypass surgery. Last week I made it back to the bench but I've been finding it a bit of a struggle to stay focused. Part of that is I'm easily tired which is not what I expected. Everyone says it's normal after major surgery but I've no reference so it's kind of new to me. Which is a good thing I guess. Anyways I started working on a resin Zero kit I have. I thought it wouldn't be too bad. The parts count was low and it seemed simple enough. I ran afoul of trying to do the chipping needed for the finish and having to use wire to peg the individual fingers. Setting that aside, I started on a Hasegawa 1/32 Stuka G2. The problem I ran into there was I have too much AM and it was dragging me down. I started working on fitting bits but trying to make all these bits fit was too much. Maybe down the road... So that led me to this kit. There's a couple reasons for this choice. 1- It has almost no rigging 2- I don't have any AM for it so it'll be 100% OOB 3- It should go together (hopefully) without hiccups. Unless they're self induced. 4- It has almost no rigging So here's the box contents. And here's where I've managed to get today. I've painted and started assembling a number of cockpit bits. Painting around the brass fuel tank isn't 100% perfect but I'm happy with it. I know there will probably end up being some faults and possible corner cutting on this build but I'm fine with that. I just want to feel like I'm enjoying things and not getting bogged down. The interior is primarily NMF so I'm just using Matt aluminum for that. I haven't come across any wood that needs to be done so that's an added bonus. A big thanks to Ernie who sent this kit to me last year as part of the Christmas raffle. Carl