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    I still have a Badger Crescendo I use from time to time. My oldest Iwata is at least 25+ years old at this point.
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    Same here. I've got a couple of them. Saves on needle changes.
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    A small update today. Over the weekend I managed to get the upper and lower hull halves together. The fit was pretty much perfect. I had to use a bit of tape to keep things aligned but that was it. No seams or gaps. When the join had dried, I started adding the PE bits, mostly brackets and clamps. I hadn't planned on using PE but it was in the kit so I figured I might as well rather than letting it go to waste. The hardest bit was the tube for the gun cleaning rods. It's all done now and I didn't go insane with lots of tiny PE bits flying off into the ether.
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    The wires really do look amazing. Are they braided metal or fabric?
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    Very nice work on the chute compartment Danny. The folded wings will definitely help save some space.
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    No problem Rog. I know you collect kits too so thought I'd mention it. I've built the Meng Jagdpanther, have their Panther A in the stash and the RFM Panther G so we definitely have options these days.
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    Having fun is the important bit. It looks good to me too. I don't have the extra pair of eyes that Jeff has though. Carl
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    Rog, just found this listed at my LHS on their website. https://www.wheelswingsestore.com/dra6268-dragon-1-35-panther-g-sd-kfz-171-smart-kit.html#product-details-tab-Shipping_info Maybe drop them a line and see if it's got Magic Tracks in it?
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    Cats, dog, the boys. At least I don't have worry about Sue.
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    Trumpeter do one. That's all I know.
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    Ernie, is that the one where the engine cylinders stick out of the cowl ring? If so, did you ever figure out a solution to assembling that bit? As much as I'm not into interwar/early WWII aircraft, there's something very appealing about this plane. Carl
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    There's no jig provided to get the right sag to the tracks so I had to work quickly and do some repeated test fits. This is where having the longer runs already dry helped out. In the meantime, I finished off some of the upper hull details. Rog, these are the extra details that I had in my kit.
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    Over the last few nights I've been working away on the tracks. I made some straight runs that will go on the underside and started gluing others to the idler wheels and sprockets. I then painted them using a mix of Tamiya Dark Iron and hull red. Dragon gives you different track links to go around the drive sprockets. These ones you have to glue the individual teeth onto. The regular Magic Tracks don't fit. So you use 8 of the specific track links and them the rest are the Magic tracks.
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    Rog, l picked mine up when they first came out. It had an extra set of PE details and the skirt armour in aluminum.
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    Nice catch Rig. I saw mention of it but didn't see any pics until yours. Looks like something my oldest would like. Carl
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    This is supposed to be coming out in 1/32 shortly. It'll be resin by the same guy that recently released the 1/32 Buccaneer.
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    An RCAF one possibly?
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    I'd say he's probably got a case of them inbound.
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    I wonder if Scale Motorsports will come out with a carbon decal set to replicate this.
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    As announced at the Nuremberg Toy Fair: Ok, they announced the F-51D too. Pics are from Tamiyablog. Carl
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    Looks like fun. Now to add the B-17 from the Heavy Metal film to go with it. Carl
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    Really nice Phantom Danny. For the rear exhaust area, I did one leaving everything as from the kit and the second, I cut apart the stabilizers like you have. This is my F+4E where I cut them apart: And here's my F-4D where I installed them as is. I do recall on the D the fit was much better. As for the GT burner cans, their quality is really hit or miss. Some stuff is quite nice and others are disappointing. Carl
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    She occasionally goes in to check on me and make sure I'm not trapped under a pile of models. As I've mentioned previously, the biggest threat is my two boys coming down and picking kits to build. I once saw a collection that had 5,000 kits in it and pics of a 10,000 one. Thankfully my LHS bought the latter one and are slowly putting it up for sale.
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    Isn't it? Nevermind the HpH kits in there too.
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    Looks good to me Harv. I like Rob's description of it. Carl
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