davew6003 wrote:

mucker wrote: Dave, may I suggest some gimmicks to jump start the newsletter subscriptions again? For example 1/32 scale sandpaper or low tack superglue? Something to let them know we're all about integrity. Heck, maybe you can even promote the Bluegrass Office by letting me handle the marketing form now on. Nerf sprue cutters? Paint brush shakers?...something's going to catch on. Well if the west coast office dose not object I would like to recomend that the Bluegrass office officialy take over promotion and publication of the "Progress Dogs News Letter." Mucker will now be in charge of all aspects of the news letter, so all Emails concerning this should be sent to him. The Gulf Coast and west coast office will retain veto power and control over final content and any special offers. Ok mucker its all yours, ohh and by the way your franchise fees are due by the 7th. Thanks.

Woo-Hoo! Promtion, baby! Marchin' right up that corporate ladder!

By the way, I'm using the coupon for fromt the October '06 issue for 50% off my franchise fee, and I'd like to have a word with you offline about those gaudy "mandatory" uniforms. I do not look good in '80's parachute pants, but I will grow the mullet back to keep the job.

 On a side note, PE belts (Big thanks to Marc) are going on tonihgt and pics should be ready shortly

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Finally progress! I'm finally back at the bench after almost 3 weeks. This is my second time to use PE belts, and I did a much better job with these ones. Makes me want to go back and add belts to all of my OOB builds. It's amazing how much "feel" a simple set of belts brings out.

Mr. Surfacer is curing on the fuselage seams as we speak. I sanded down a fishing weight for the nose weight...nice snug fit.

With any luck, I'll have her ready for the paint shop over the weekend.

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Feels good to get back to the bench... even though it was nowhere near as long as Charles'.  And a fine job on the belts too C.

Force fitting the resin pit made the fuselage a bit out of kilter so there were some massive gaps at the wings roots. About 1/16" at the front of the left and same at the bank of the right.  So, do you think the fuselage was twisted or what?  Wish I had remembered to take a photo of that.  Glued bottom wing 1^st as even as possible then sanded each upper wing root until it fit. The lower wing tip on one side ended up 1/16 longer then the upper but after rounding it off I was pleased with the results.

I don't even want to think about what I may have to do to get the canopy to fit

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Marc

Mucker its looking good , Pe belts look great, once you start using them you wont want to use anything else. IMHO

Marc I see the flaps are comming along nicely, and the engine seems to fit in well.

As it turns out one of my top wings was longer than the other? Anyone else had that problem? Also my canopy is not as wide as the fusealage? I glued the sides to the seat like you sugested? I guess I should post some pics .

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wing_nut wrote:

Dave, on the Eduard kits you have to pinch the sides of the fuselage in and glue them secuurely to the sides of the bulkhead behind the seat.  That should take care of it.

I remember you posting this pic before, I did just that but the canopy is still not as wide as the fusealage??

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That should have done it Dave.  I don't recall having to trim the bulkhead but that some time back... and I barely recall what I had for breakfast.

Charles, those color pe sets are great.  hey rallyhave anice look.  Sometimes a lttle 2 dimensional but sometimes that can be impvoed too.

I have the canopy trimmed and fitting pretty good and dipped in Future curing as we speak... err.. type..., LG together and detailed, all the filling and sanding done and about to do a fianl surface prep for the NMF.

And I am not intentionally snubbing my nose at the progress dogs... just charging the camera.  I hope that's OK?  No?  Alabama, West Coast and newlyadded Kentucky office will have to rememebr... I am in the JERSEY offcie!  I don't want to get my cousin Pauly "The Sanding Stick" Boombats from the "waste management" busines to have to pay anyone a visit... FAGEDABOUDIT!

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Marc

wing_nut wrote:

And I am not intentionally snubbing my nose at the progress dogs... just charging the camera.  I hope that's OK?  No?  Alabama, West Coast and newlyadded Kentucky office will have to rememebr... I am in the JERSEY offcie!  I don't want to get my cousin Pauly "The Sanding Stick" Boombats from the "waste management" busines to have to pay anyone a visit... FAGEDABOUDIT!

I hereby nominate the Jersey office (and relatives) to be be in charge of Security...

A little progress here...folloing Marc's footsteps and nearing readiness for the paint shop. I need to lighty weather the doors and then I should be ready. Ity's hard to see in the pictures, but I used an idea from Dave (I think it was Dave). Those makeup sponges work well at paint masks in recessed areas. Just take the wife or a female friend/relative when you buy them...you'll avoid stares that way.

My first cote of primer will tell how I did patching up seams. Speaking of seams, the only realy compaint I have about fit so far is the wing-to-fuselage fit. Seems me seams are wider than expected. Anyone else have issues with the Eduard/Acc-Min kit?

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mucker wrote:

wing_nut wrote: And I am not intentionally snubbing my nose at the progress dogs... just charging the camera.  I hope that's OK?  No?  Alabama, West Coast and newlyadded Kentucky office will have to rememebr... I am in the JERSEY offcie!  I don't want to get my cousin Pauly "The Sanding Stick" Boombats from the "waste management" busines to have to pay anyone a visit... FAGEDABOUDIT! I hereby nominate the Jersey office (and relatives) to be be in charge of Security... A little progress here...folloing Marc's footsteps and nearing readiness for the paint shop. I need to lighty weather the doors and then I should be ready. Ity's hard to see in the pictures, but I used an idea from Dave (I think it was Dave). Those makeup sponges work well at paint masks in recessed areas. Just take the wife or a female friend/relative when you buy them...you'll avoid stares that way. My first cote of primer will tell how I did patching up seams. Speaking of seams, the only realy compaint I have about fit so far is the wing-to-fuselage fit. Seems me seams are wider than expected. Anyone else have issues with the Eduard/Acc-Min kit?

Well you will notice organized cri....I mean waste management never took off down here. There is a reason for that. We have lots of back woods, swamps etc...and we all have a deer rifle a shotgun and any number of handguns. We like to keep security in the family as well, we just use methods that draw less attention. You can get lost down here you know.

Ok on the sponge method you speak of, I do believe that was one of my ideas so I will gladly take credit for it. My wings did not fit well either, I guess I could post some pics. Anyway Looking good so far keep up the pics.

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finally got some progress to show on here. This stupid kit is fighting me from the get go...I managed to lose some parts for the interior and went out and got the Blackbox interior update set for the P-34/400 for my Hasagawa kit. Here are two shots with the interior built up and painted, but I still need to start weathering.

I changed the photos...here are the updated ones with some weathering and white background

Looking GOOD Scott

Bud