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    Nice job John. They make a nice pair. I like the tricolour scheme on the Wildcat compared to the GSB one. The Atlantic scheme is cool too.
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    Anigrand make some esoteric subjects but their quality is all over the map. Sadly it looks like this is one of their more quality challenged ones. Which is truly unfortunate especially at some of the prices they charge.
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    Auto safety has really come a long way. But it can only do so much.
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    So Martin, that's what you looked like with long hair.
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    Small bit of progress to report. To strengthen the fuselage/wing joint, I drilled some holes and inserted some short metal pins in. Corresponding holes were then drilled in the wing. Just the pins made a tight enough fit that the fuselage and wings held together. I then used some epoxy to make the joint permanent.
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    Thanks Peter! I should have started this years ago but being an all resin kit, I found it a bit daunting. My try at the Silver Wings Hawk didn't help things but one day I'll get back to that one.
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    If you've already suffered the punishment, you might as well get 2 then.
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    The first gen Mustang SVT had 5 bolt hubs as well. Talking about brakes, when I first took a closer look at them on my '91 Beat, I noticed the front rotors are smaller than the rears. Which is opposite of what you usually see. The rears are the same as the fronts on a 5th gen Civic but the fronts are specific to the Beat. The only thing I could come up with is that they're that way because the car is mid engined.
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    It lives!!! Well, mostly. But it's moving under its own power which is a good thing. From the rims, you've upgraded the hubs from the original 4 x100 or did Ford do that in later years?
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    An original film used X-Wing from Star Wars recently sold at auction for $3.15M USD. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/star-wars-x-wing-fighter-sells-for-3-million-auction-1235618361/ Greg Jein was a long time VFX artist and after he recently passed away, his family asked for help to sort through his collection of film memorabilia. The X-wing was found in a box.
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    You sure someone didn't just cut the sidewall on that tire? The rest looks to be coming along, small touch ups notwithstanding.
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    Great looking cockpit Peter. The light weathering you've given it looks spot on and as much as I'd do.
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    Not sure about the high velocity round but the stubby one was the 234/3 and the 234/1 had the 20mm cannon with the mesh hatches. The 234/4 had the PaK40.
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    Very nice paint job Mark.
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    Looks good Scott. I still don't get why everyone does them as raised panels. They're worse than the BDR patches on Tamiya F-4 kits that everyone complains about.
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    Great looking gunsight. The UV glue is great for so many different applications.
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    Martin, you're not wasting any time there. At least they're not Modelkasten track links. Those are 9 pieces per link and all need to cut from sprues.
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    That looks great. Really like the paint job and the exhaust staining. Did you have to add much nose weight to get it to sit properly?
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    Went on a fall colours road trip today as part of a Honda owners group. Ours is 8th in line from the left.
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    They've just announced the M29C with the boat shaped floats. That's one I'm considering as there's pics of an M29C being carried inside a Amtrac which would make a cool display.
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    Like Ron said, at the moment there isn't an easy way to get a WWII Sherman. I'd wait a bit if you want to do a VVVS Sherman as I'm sure Andy's will come out with one. He's got almost all the parts now.
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    I bet there will another version or a conversion kit in due time.
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    More 1/16 news. Das Week is coming out with an Sdkfz Puma armoured car next year.
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    Thanks Martin. The dragon was originally bought for my son Edward but the assembly is challenging. The parts tolerances are extremely tight and some parts interlock with others but really require a lot of force and finagling to get together. So I swapped him a different dragon kit and I'm putting this one together.
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    Here be dragons.... ...well,.maybe just one.
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