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I know a couple members ( @ScottsGT at least) on here have built the Fisher A-1E conversion and was wondering what's the best base kit to start with. The instructions suggest any of the 3 Trumpeter kits but is one better than the other? Thanks, Carl

Nice review Fran. I just got the same conversion set the other day. On mine, the nose and prop blades had all roken loose but thankfully nothing was damaged.

Actually both outer wings are off, one with a broken spar which I'll need to fix which is why she's stalled.

Probably not long.

Small bit of progress. Almost tossed the model but finally got the canopies in place. Then the fun part, adding the antennae. Somehow this went easier than the canopies. Go figure.

A complete revamp. Moving around the paint racks, tool organizers and fitting a proper spray booth. Not necessarily in that order. Most folks here would say my bench is a bit cluttered, others might call it an unmitigated disaster. One a good day Bench 1: Bench 2: Staged to assuage the pitch fork carrying members of the Tidy Bench Club: Partway through the mods. Paint booth in place. This invoiced taking down drywall, putting in ducts and making sure it all worked properly. Getting there.

That looks neat. For a moment, I thought the utility knife was going to be a wing of some sort.

The cleanup is taking almost as long as the build.

Here's my 1/32 Cylon Raider by Moebius Models. It was built OOB except for the addition of some LEDs. A fun and quick build.

I think you'll find it's a nice kit. The Badger I'm working on uses the Conqueror as its base so there's lots of common parts. I used Fruil tracks on mine as the only bit of AM.

Is there a tutorial for that? If so, do you know if it would work on a kid's room?

Yup, took a bit of practice but I seem to be getting better at it

That's terrible news. Hoping the next update has good news.

There are several IP panels in the Tamiya kit. Some are for the C/D kit so beware. When I did my R, it looks like I used the panel you have. As for the EJ, they were fairly early E builds. None have a slatted wing for example, not even when they got updated to the Kai standard.

I took a good look at the benches and have decided to do a major reorganization of them. I have the tool holders all the way at one end and I build at the opposite side which doesn't make sense and explains why nothing gets put back. Here's all the tools that were on the bench instead of in the tool holder. So this will take a few days but I think it'll work out much better.

Yeah, that's a bit much. I think I paid around $60 CAD for mine.

Ernie, I'd have to agree with you that with the amount of field repaints, the camo would most likely be soft edged. Maybe a tight soft edge. As for the markings, at least you caught the errors before getting that far. Rubber black and NATO black are also good options for a faded black.

Very nice. Alayes liked the Jagdpanther.

I ended up giving them a bit of funds. They entered a raffle and actually won a model. The IPMS club that was the host club gave out models to the kids in attendance so they each got one from them. So they ended up with a couple models each. And a UV flashlight for some reason.

Just throwing some kerosene on it!!

Tim, if you find a kit at a recent price, don't hesitate to grab it. Moebius lost the license to BSG a few years ago so they've been OOP for a bit.

Hope these show them a bit better. You can see the reflection on the table top from the lower wing lights On: Off: If you're interested in doing any LED lights, I recommend Evan Design. If you have any sort of questions, email them and they'll help you out. They'll even do custom setups for a nominal fee. I have a setup for my Valkyrie build that they helped me out with. Now back to bench clearing of a different kind.

Had the day off work so I got the Raider finished. I drilled out the laser blasters. It when mounted them to the wings along with the last couple of details. With those done, I wired up the battery and turned the lights on... The red ones on the lower hull blink in unison. Being as big as it is, for now I've put the finished Raider atop the TV console until I hopefully get the new display case built this summer. She's in good company for now. Overall, this was a fun, fairly uncomplicated build and I really enjoyed it.

Took a closer look today at my tool storage and we'll, it's messier than I thought. Not sure if many folks have caught on, but I actually have two benches, one beside the other. Here's the one I do most of my work on. This is my other bench next to it. At least, there is one under everything. Yeah, maybe time to do some tidying.

I picked up a couple kits at Heritagecon this past weekend. I've been looking for this Jeep for a bit. Not many on the ground here. Andy's HHQ had a booth at the show and it was almost half price so hard to say no. I'm hoping to do it as a British one with some extra MGs mounted on it. We'll see what I find. Would love to do a commando version. Next up is another harder to find kit. Yes ,I have one started already that I need to get back to but I want to do this one all folded up. It'll make a nice contrast to the first one which will be all clean.