Hs 129B-2 by Hobby 2000 (Hasegawa) 1/48 -- two different dioramas

[CANicoll]

On 12/30/2024 at 3:47 PM, BlrwestSiR said:

I'm getting close with my Wyvern but for the Sheridan I could a extra week or two. 

So you wouldn't be the only one. 

As for VMS, I found their stuff a couple years ago from a nearby shop but they were constantly sold out. BNA Modelworld carries them out of Australia and seems to have most of their products in stock. 

Carl,  Good to know!

[CANicoll]

Nice work, Mike!  The detail on the carts is terrific.  Looking forward to seeing the planes under paint.

How much snow did you get/are getting?  Seems to come and go here in Lansdowne, but steady.  Keeping the plow-folks busy.

[BlrwestSiR]

Great to see you're still working on this Mike. 

No snow here in the Great White North but the temps have dropped. 

[Landlubber Mike]

1 hour ago, CANicoll said:

Nice work, Mike!  The detail on the carts is terrific.  Looking forward to seeing the planes under paint.

How much snow did you get/are getting?  Seems to come and go here in Lansdowne, but steady.  Keeping the plow-folks busy.

Thanks Chris!  Looks like we got a good 6"+ here in Arlington.  Thankfully I managed to get my snowblower serviced over the weekend, so it should be good to go when I head out to shovel in a bit.  I've got a house with a detached garage in the back of my lot (the long way on the rectangular lot), so I've got a 100' driveway to shovel.  I've only had to use it three or four times in the last 15 years, but after I heard a client died shoveling out his driveway, I broke down and got one.

Still no plows on our street here, so my guess is kids will be off tomorrow as well.  Hope it's not too bad out there for you!

[Landlubber Mike]

43 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Great to see you're still working on this Mike. 

No snow here in the Great White North but the temps have dropped. 

Thanks!  Took a while to work all the AM in, but I think I'm on the home stretch now.  

Good luck with not having snow.  If we get more than 2" here, the DC area shuts down completely.  It's a bit ridiculous but we just don't have all the snow removal resources that areas north of us get.  Having grown up in NYC, it still amazes me how people freak out down here.

[KevinM]

58 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Having grown up in NYC, it still amazes me how people freak out down here

You should try going further south like another 4/500 miles whist it does not happen often here last time Jan/05 we freak.

[CANicoll]

1 hour ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Thanks Chris!  Looks like we got a good 6"+ here in Arlington.  Thankfully I managed to get my snowblower serviced over the weekend, so it should be good to go when I head out to shovel in a bit.  I've got a house with a detached garage in the back of my lot (the long way on the rectangular lot), so I've got a 100' driveway to shovel.  I've only had to use it three or four times in the last 15 years, but after I heard a client died shoveling out his driveway, I broke down and got one.

Still no plows on our street here, so my guess is kids will be off tomorrow as well.  Hope it's not too bad out there for you!

Wow, and smart to get the snowblower.  "Heart attack snow" is a real thing so better to be smart.  I live in an over-55 community (where I'm the 'young guy' at 64!) so the snow removal here is stellar.  Now, once you get outside the community, it's a different matter.  I have an indoor garage spot which is nice.  Took a quick drive this morning to check out the roads and how the new car handles the snow.  All good! (Plus, Starbucks was open - bonus!).

Stay warm!

[Landlubber Mike]

16 minutes ago, CANicoll said:

Wow, and smart to get the snowblower.  "Heart attack snow" is a real thing so better to be smart.  I live in an over-55 community (where I'm the 'young guy' at 64!) so the snow removal here is stellar.  Now, once you get outside the community, it's a different matter.  I have an indoor garage spot which is nice.  Took a quick drive this morning to check out the roads and how the new car handles the snow.  All good! (Plus, Starbucks was open - bonus!).

Stay warm!

I can only dream!  Once the kids are out of college, I can retire and then move someplace like that.  I just blew out the snow in the driveway - man, it's heavy!  So glad for the snow blower.  Though, we live on a hill and I went to blow out the neighbor two houses up the hill and felt like I was going to die dragging the snow blower up the street.  I did my good deed for the month!

[CANicoll]

7 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

I can only dream!  Once the kids are out of college, I can retire and then move someplace like that.  I just blew out the snow in the driveway - man, it's heavy!  So glad for the snow blower.  Though, we live on a hill and I went to blow out the neighbor two houses up the hill and felt like I was going to die dragging the snow blower up the street.  I did my good deed for the month!

Way to go!!

[BlrwestSiR]

2 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

 Good luck with not having snow.  If we get more than 2" here, the DC area shuts down completely.  It's a bit ridiculous but we just don't have all the snow removal resources that areas north of us get.  Having grown up in NYC, it still amazes me how people freak out down here.

That sounds like Vancouver. 

Being in a rowhouse, we have 16' of sidewalk and the path up to our house to shovel, so maybe another 10' there. The city finally added  sidewalk plowing to our neighbourhood after doing other ones in the city so that technically leaves even less for us. Plus we can get the boys to do it. 

38 minutes ago, CANicoll said:

  "Heart attack snow" is a real thing so better to be smart. 

It's definitely real. One of Sue's friend's  husband had one shoveling. Thankfully he knew something wasn't right and got treated in time. Which has made Sue paranoid to let me do any shovelling after my triple bypass 5 years ago. 

Stay safe everyone!