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    It looks to be coming along nicely.
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    I'll try and get some better pics shortly.
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    I managed to paint the canopy frame. I then glued it to the canopy. At this point, I wondered if it should have been in blue. Checking some pics that seems to be the case. I'm going to leave it for now but will probably try to pop it loose and re-paint it. I then finishes the instrument panel. I sort of left it out when I closed up the fuselage as I wanted to make sure it was centred. It was easy enough to drop into place so no real concerns. Then it was time for decals. Not many which is a relief. The kit decals are very thin and a bit brittle. The star and bars torn apart as they weren't easy to position in one piece. Oh well. I finally finished the prop while the decals dried. Here she is, all done. Oh, except for the wing cannon. I lost one so I've left the second one off until I can find it and then I'll glue them in place. Other than that, it's all finished. Now I have a bit of space on the bench. We'll see how long before it fills up.
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    Time for another brief update on the Seahawk. The sliding canopy section has a brace inside it. It's made from 2 pieces of OE attached to a central resin keel. I cut the keel off the pur stub and then drilled out the lightening holes in it. To keep it from flexing too much, I i put it on a piece of cardboard while drilling it out. I then glued the PE cross braces on. They mount at an angle to match the frames on the canopy. The instructions show the smaller rear brace at the end of the keel but that's not correct. It should be closer to the middle where I've glued it. Turning back to the main assembly, I re-attached one of the beaching legs as it was splaying outward and causing the Seahawk to list. I also glued on the radar pod while it was upside down.
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    Bonus entry, it seems they had VR-A taken apart more than I've seen previously for maintenance. The entire horizontal and vertical tailplanes were off.
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    Finally, some of the armour on display. 1/6 scale I think. A masking nightmare: The Andy's 1/16 Tiger 1: 1/72!!
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    The lifeboat is the Airfix kit I believe if that helps.
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    Sci-fi: A number of MaK kits. The variety in paint schemes was great to see. SBY kits. Star Wars: What if they had Reno air racing. Gundam.
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    Ships: A lovely looking Enterprise: . A piece of Canadian folklore, the Edmund Fitzgerald: I must have missed a table as there were more ships but I don't seem to have pics of the rest.
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    Autos: Then there was this 1940 Maserati: Size reference, that our son's friend checking it out.
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    Helos: There were a couple of the ICM CH-54 kits built up. Here's the first one with just about every bit of AM from Reskit and Screaming Toad thrown at it. The second one was in a civilian scheme.
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    ...more aircraft: Scratch built floats for the C-47. 1/32 planes were well represented. The Border Lanc kit done to represent the wartime VR-A. Bombs away:
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    I just got back from our trip to Heritagecon. It's a great show with the goal of supporting the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Plus you have the awesome environment of being surrounded by various planes, many in flaying condition. Onto to the models on display starting with aircraft. This diorama was entered in the Junior category:
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    I did my best Hubert.
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    It wasn't that bad: For my wallet anyways. We'll see what happens to my body when Sue sees what I picked up. Then there'll probably be a second round when Rachael sees what I got for Martin. For clarity, the Stratos was won by our son in the show raffle. But he gave it to his friend who came along with us to the show. This was after Edward had won a NASCAR kit. I also found Spitfire: the Canadians so grabbed those.
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    Like Rob said, you've made a potentially dull monotone paint scheme have some character and depth. Have fun at the show. I'm off to Heritagecon myself today with our boys. Carl
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    That rear glass looks stunning. Lots of work to get a perfect but worth it. Carl
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    The railgun is now mounted. Now its in the danger zone. I need to push through and add the last couple parts, decals and call it down before I find something else that distracts me. Heritagecon is Sunday so hopefully I get it done before then as I'm sure there'll be lots of shiny new plastic there.
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    Maybe they got Jr and Sr mixed up? I'm still on the fence about getting an Avenger. Still haven't built one in any scale but not sure that's enough of a reason. The Squirrel just isn't quite strong enough I guess.
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    Wow, that's approaching Canada Post wait times at their worst. Actually the longest wait time I experienced was when I mailed an airsoft Berreta 92 from Taiwan to a friend in Toronto. It spent 2 months bouncing back and forth between Canada Post and Canada Customs. The former said it was a firearm and therefore it couldn't be sent by mail while the latter said it wasn't and could be. Canada Customs finally won out and Canada Post duly delivered it. The amount of labels on the package was staggering when my friend got it.
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    Some challenging work there Rob but it looks good.
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    Scott, this is the same guy that did the C-17 for Tyler Perry.
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    Sorry that you couldn't find a solution to the fit of the hood. It's a spectacular looking build so I'm glad to hear you're going to finish it.
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    Stunning...
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    Hubert, with enough thrust, anything can be made to fly. Just got to make sure Scott's throwing arm is up to it. On a separate note, have you seen the RC 777 this guy built? That's large scale...
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