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Nice! I had a bunch of the Tamiya EJ kits in the stash at one point. The original plan was to do them as: 1)- Chico the Gunfighter 2)- early hard wing E 3)- Hill Grey scheme 4)- Euro One G conversion. I sold the Chico decals, got the Hill Grey one done, and have more G conversions than kits and...stalled out. Hopefully I'll get back to at least building a G. Carl

I checked the very brief section on the H and its usage by the Marines and there's no mention of what they did about the lights unfortunately.

Looking forward to seeing your WIP on the Lotus Rog. I'm hoping to pick this kit up at some point. As for the tobacco livery markings, it's not the model companies fault. Beyond any licensing issues, the markings are banned in Europe and North America from appearing on toys, which is what the models are considered. This came about in the late '80s. Prior to the ban, most models had the tobacco sponsors on their decal sheets. Many had to reprint new box art as well as decal sheets to comply with the rules. Thankfully you can get them from AM companies.

Yeah, just hope it is.

Hope this works. My first time on the site using a laptop. It's the best I could do as the book is a it thick and hard to get on the scanner.

Hey, I resemble that remark!!!

Nice camo Phil. I've always got a bit of touch-up no matter what I do.

Ernie, I'll try to scen them tomorrow for you. I'll see what else I can find for you.

Now for someone to build it that way. It certainly would look cool.

Here's a pic of the instructions for German belts. The drawings below show the layout of the belts from a sideview so you can see which way they thread through the buckles. The top one is the shoulder belts, the bottom ones are for the lap belts.

Well, the Beat is a convertible too so that's good to know.

Nicely built and painted M60 Ralph. Glad to hear it goes together fairly well. I have the same kit but with the dozer blade in the stash. Carl

I made up a set of seatbelts since I didn't want to use the kit decals. These are HGW belts but I used the Wako instructions for threading them together. HGW sometimes cheats and doesn't actually have you thread the belts through the buckles the way they're done in real life. I find that a bit silly so I just do them the way they're supposed to be. Either those done, I installed the cockpit tub into the fuselage. Lastly, I started assembling the main wing. The trailing edge flaps will go in after as this way I can get a better join along the rear of the wing.

Thanks Rob! You should post them in the walk around section. That way others can find them if they need them.

Thanks Scott. It's going to be fun. We're trying to figure what happens in a couple more years when it's time for a driver's license. I've joked we'll send him for his driving test in my '91 Beat. I haven't come across anything that says the car you do your exam in can't be right hand drive...

Fuselage interior looks good Ernie. I see you didn't bother with the cabin heater. Something that probably wasn't needed in the South Pacific.

Here's the text from the Schiffer book: Cont'd Note the last sentence which says the recognition system was disconnected on B-25Js. I wonder if this would apply to the H as well and would explain why they don't show in pics.

I'm out at the moment but I'll heck my references when I get back and see if I can find anything.

Our oldest became a teenager today so I didn't get much done as we had family over to celebrate. The brisket turned out nice, just a couple slices left so that's good. As a result, I didn't get to spend much time on the 262. I did get the nose cowlings on though. The smaller one required some trimming of the bulkhead to fit properly. You can see the cut back edges here. Then it was glued on too and now to let them dry.

Man, talk about going to extreme lengths to keep an eye on your stash. Maybe if you get her a small bell to ring when she needs something you can build up some brownie points for if something does arrives.

A nice assortment of items there Rob. Always nice to catch up with friends and family.

My vote would be the Do-335. I considered that one as well before settling on the 262.

Looking good.

I get the other Lancaster flying over our house on a regular basis. CWHM is a little over an hour from us so they fly regularly around the Golden Horseshoe.

Not enough windows broke and a Mi-24 didn't fall out of the sky when it passed.