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That is excellent!!

Quinta seatbelts? The office looks AMAZING.

Good point!!!

Fabulous build! VERY cool and I totally get the smaller scale, more room, less paint, etc. But agree with Gary, you would never know it is a smaller scale. Great job! Chris

Beautiful job! Looks terrific and has me thinking about the Tamiya P-38 in my stash... Yours is fantastic. Welcome aboard! Chris

Yeah, that happens too! I have a new master in my life.. LOL

I may have experienced exactly the same thing!!! Hmmm.....

THANK YOU gents!! Carl, Gary, Scott, Martin. Much appreciated. Not as well done as I would have liked, and I do want to get back to it and work on some weathering, but for now that will have to wait.

I appreciate all of the comments and sharing, guys. Thank you. Like Tim, I have unfortunately seen the other side of the quality of life. At the other site, my avatar was a picture of Ralph Minker, pilot of the 447th BG B-17G Blue Hen Chick, tail 4338719 out of Rattlesden, England. Once he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's I started meeting him every Friday morning for coffee at a Starbucks a block and a half from his home to get him out and talk and exercise his brain. We did that for seven years until he had to go into memory care. I'd still stop by every week, but by then he could no longer speak or walk so I'd just talk to him for a while. I was there when he passed. In High School my friend's father, an Air Force officer, contracted bone cancer. The last time I saw him I don't think he weighed 75 pounds. Both of these examples made me very cognizant of the fragility of life and having a quality of life. So I really do appreciate everyone's stories. Thank you! (BTW, doing much better now. The plumbing is primarily working I'm happy to say, just have to see if the medicine does the trick. Takes about 30 days for full effect.)

Now that made me really laugh! Thanks Hubert!

Sasha, Beautifully done! Excellent job on the black paint - perfect! Chris

Thank you Kevin! Its Vallejo's Black Primer actually. Sprays beautifully and is a different sheen than the Vallejo Black Acrylic. Blends perfectly too on touch-ups. Chris

Thanks Mike and Rob, Rob, agreed and when I'm feeling better I want to revisit the weathering. Right now I just don't have the stamina (or attention span) to do it right. Stay tuned! Chris

Thank you Peter! Now I just have to figure out how to fit it into the display case. 🙂

Now to go find that kit! Thanks Peter!

This was a terrific and very interesting group build with so many different builds going on. The Catalina was a challenging build, using the Belcher Bits resin tail to correct the shape of the tail and rudder. For an old kit, the detail is really impressive, and the fit pretty good as well. The inclusion of figures helps with the interest, and the modification of some spares-kit figures to replace the waist figure I hope adds to the interest. Looking for downed crewmen was an important task for the Cats. Thanks everyone for the support and comments! Homage to the Hells Angels of the Flying Tigers.

Thank guys! This week's medical issues have taken a lot out of me, so for now, going to put a cap on the build. Still have some good weathering to do, but that will have to come later. I appreciate the support! Learned a lot doing this build, but I also know there are places I should have done better. Arrgh. But it was a fun build and this was a terrific GB! Ok, stay tuned for pics.

Took advantage of the need to be fairly sedentary to attach the main antenna under the wings, and spray some exhaust stains. Here was the model for exhaust stains: Extended the exhaust stains onto the tail planes per the photograph. Added the rust-painted exhaust stacks, which are far too bright, so have subsequently toned them down with some brown chalk (after this picture) Fingers crossed, have not YET knocked off the underwing antenna, so far... One more to attach, a small underwing antenna, which I have knocked off twice so far, before even getting it completely attached. Ugh. Getting there! Chris

Tim, You bet! UGH!! Of course, the alternative isn't fantastic either...

I'm blaming Doc Rob!! 🙂

Echoing Peter's comments. Using Bob's Buckles was brilliant and maybe the only way to get that done. I'd almost say don't worry about the pictures - to the eye this looks PERFECT. The intricacy of the rigging is what captures the eye's attention, as well as the other deck details. It is really fun to see your builds as I would never attempt anything like this (but the torpedo boat is capturing my attention!).

Bit of a setback yesterday. Went into work (shipping auto parts) for four hours which means four hours on my feet walking back and forth - albeit more slowly than usual and not picking up anything heavy (like brake rotors or calipers). There are only two of us doing shipping and the other guy had to go to a funeral for a friend who committed suicide (at 22. Sad). I thought I'd go in for a few hours, ship the small stuff, and help get caught up (since we don't work weekends). I really did take it easy and slow. It was nice to get out of the condo for a while with beautiful weather outside. I didn't notice until two hours after I left work, when I emptied the catheter bag, but some internal bleeding started. Ugh. Doc smacked me for being on my feet that long, said lots of blood in the urine, (the color of dark Iced Tea - huge warning sign) but no sign of infection. Probably a reaction to the catheter. Drink lots of water and if it continues - back to the ER. Last night there was a small (6mmx2mm) blood clot in the catheter bag so hopefully that was it. Everything looks back to normal this morning. Whew. I need to finish the Catalina to clear off the bench for my next build so I have a good reason to sit (relatively) still for longer stretches.

Scott, I'm pretty sure he owned/owns Fundekals with at least one partner (maybe).

Rob, awesome work. You need to do a master-class for us on working with tiny PE, bending PE, etc. I see all of that PE and my sphincter tightens. Chris Holy , batman! Those are clothes pins under the two-sided tape! wow...