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I took my boys to a nearby airshow today and watched a CT-133 fly around painted in my favourite scheme (the Silver Shark). Once home, I got back to the bench. The canopy got a coat of paint. In the famous words of Red Leader, "Almost there...." Just need to repaint and attach the nose gear doors as the paint job didn't come out so nice.

I think it's still one of our original ones. The Aussie ones have started to arrive already but I don't know if any have entered service yet.

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A couple more pics of basically CWHM's complete flying collection. On the weekend, it's the Toronto Airshow where the Red Arrows and Snowbirds will be performing. Carl

Some 1:1 scale stuff today. Just my phone so not the bestest. My youngest was particularly excited about this flyby as he's working on the Airfix Vampire and I've got the CMK CT-133 on the bench. He wouldn't leave until the big star made her appearance.

You're welcome Harv! It's hard not to love Calvin and Hobbes.

Harv, here's some motivation for ya

Rog, Ernie, you should try to find a copy of this book: It's got some details and 3D drawings of the Dambuster Lanc plus the operational history of every plane that participated in the Dams raid. Also for the Ho229, look for the Kagero book. It was a pain to find but also well worth it. Carl

Got one of these on the bench. Need to finish it.

You need to remove the stub on the wings and drill an appropriate sized hole to insert the Master barrels. In some of their 1/32 sets they include a diagram to show how far. I'll see if I can find one for you. Carl

Here's the last of the decals done. And the underwing ones: I've also started on the MLG doors too. I might just get this down before Labour Day!

Ernie, it's sheet BD24. It covers everything from the early RCAF to the later Armed Forces schemes. There's even one for the RCN which was really tempting.

Thanks Ryan! It'll definitely be left clean. Carl

I painted and installed the wheels. Then the moment of truth: She's not a tail sitter! I then started painting the canopy by doing an initial coat of black. While that dried, I started on the decals. They're from Belcher's Bits, the same guy that made the decals for Ernie's Lanc.

Those would be fairly large to turn a 1/32 scale prop. You might want to try and find a 280 size motor or possibly even smaller. You'll definitely need a speed control of some sorts or a gear box to reduce the rooms though.

They look neater than the pair I did up. Carl

Looks really great there Rick. Carl

Can't wait to see this one.

Thanks for all the encouragement folks! Okay, time for a quick update. I got the tip tanks done and painted. Then it was onto the landing gear. I was concerned about the way the gear legs mounted but couldn't figure out a way to pin them so hopefully they hold up. I did drill out the wheels so I can pin them with metal wire. Need to paint them before I install those.

Wasn't planning on doing it for the GB but will definitely do a WIP once I start on it. It's a really nice nice kit. When they found out that the rad detail was a bit off, they made a new one that if you had the original release they would send you for I think it was €1?

Very silly mistake there by Eduard. I can't remember what I did on the set I built.

That's just speaking it Ernie. Learning to read Chinese is on a whole different level. Speaking of written Chinese, the Japanese for the longest time didn't have a written language of their own so they started with Chinese characters (keeping the same meaning thankfully) and built off of that. So if you can read Chinese, you can also read a bit of Japanese.

Mines coming from Lucky Model. Hard to say no to something that big for $115 shipped. That's with their surface option but I'm in no rush. It's not like there isn't anything on my bench at the moment.

Mandarin is tonal whereas Cantonese is not. So depending on your inflection, you could be talking about a horse or you mom. Which can make for interesting conversations if you're not careful. To really screw things up, the way Chinese is translated phonetically into English has had different formats used. One uses the Cyrillic alphabet (!). Cantonese used to be much more prevalent outside China up to the late '90s but Mandarin has taken over. Not a surprise really as Cantonese is a regional dialect while Mandarin is the national one. My grandfather spoke Shanghainese which was similar enough to Mandarin I would reply to him in Mandarin even if I only understood about 75% of what he was telling me.. Although I was born in Canada, the first language I learned was Mandarin. Oddly enough, when I was in Taiwan for a year of university most of the locals thought my Mandarin was excellent for someone from Hong Kong as I apparently had a Hong Kong accent on my Mandarin. Must have been from growing up saying "aboot" and "ruf" all the time, eh? Carl

It's a basket for a Scammell.