Gather round young whippersnappy pudwackin rum drinkin' good fer nuttin yung bos'ns an seamen and let me purr ye a dram o Torpedo Juice!

It's Friday of the night watch. The occifers are either ashore or out in th' gig wit' the wimmen, th' XO's tryin' on is' plaid knickies, an the admirals asleep wit' a glass o' warm milk, least thats wot I tol' im' twas.

Acturly dipd it outa the channels wit the bilge pump cup.

The Whitley: (hic, a moment of sobreity): FROG 1/72 in an old box. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk. VII No. 502 Squadron, RAF Aldergrove 1942. The first ASV Radar equipped Whitley squadron to sink a U-Boat (U-206) 30th November 1942.

Humbrol enamels, Falcon transies, PE radar but mostly OOB. Challenging but fun.

Drink up me 'earties, and have a good sleep!

Bravo Bravo Capt Bondo !  I have reall taken an Interest towards your modeling subjects. 

# 1 the kits are vintage brands that most modelers snub * except for a few of us diehards.. 

# 2  Your Workmanship and Painting Skills are Amazing   

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Sean
"I've reached nearly fifty years of age with my system."

Well done Cap'n, love seeing such a fine example of a CC bird in the morning.  Smells like... oh never mind.

Very well done, I can imagine that masking and painting such high-contrasting colors can be tricky as any paint bleed will show.  Well done Sir.

Richie- LOL, It pays to be slow, doesn't it?   Wouldn't want to rush into anything.

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Frank

 Well corn blume me with an iron maiden! That is one fine (burp) Whitely of the Coastal Command U-boat killers!  I am impressed and stunned and well just a mixture of emotional sooup!

The Likes of such an Aircraft be rare and the skill to make it look like that  with one eye is very incredible.

Now if you 'll excuse me I think I may have soiled meself or Bondoeo switched me underwear out again!

 Great job Bill and a very keen thing to see!  Didn't take it with you for a walk on the oier dis time? What happened did they arrest you for public indecsncy and proposiniting the ladies again?

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CPT Aaron McNeal

Thank you for the reminder Darren, I shall remember them. 

Glad to see so many smiling faces (or close anyway) gathered round the rum keg!  Cap'n bondo will be the man o' the hour, ladies- get the poor man a mug!

That's better!  Make sure his mug is ne'er empty.

So far we have 

TANGO1

Razordws

sfcmac

Summit

jeaton1

bondoman

Evil Herc

-Neu-

Spike190

lewbud

simpilot34

Daywalker

That's a full dozen!  Anyone else?  

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Frank

 Wonderful tribute from the CAG! Our Veterans Day is coming as well. 11 Nov is the actual day I believe on the anniversary of the War to End all Wars end.  Pity some seem to have missed that memo.

  Now there are present matters that have me concerned as well.

 Seems that there have been a trend of injuries amonst the crew lately.  We need to  reflect and brief on our safety proceedures here once again with 2 injuries I know and myself still recovering from one.

 Dave has broke a pinky playing basketball and Frank our own XO was involved in a vehicular stunt accident. ( Wild man) 

 Since Dave posted his injury all dressed and treated I thought it only appropriate to show Frank as well to avoid concerns and rumors about his current condition.

 As you can see there is a lot of Damage where the optivisor was forced into his skull during the collision and has kinda permanently attached itself to his head. The removal was a touch and go procedure. But he looks like he will be fine once the bandages are removed.

 Now to review some guidlines abaord this ship!

  1. Never drink alone and always check yer cup for er shall we say " Bondo Residue"

2. Always build and paint yer models in a well ventilated area and remember to breath between the fumes! Flattulance can be fatal and a silent killer!

 3. Don't mistake your paint thinner bottle for the rum bottle.

 4. If you fall overboard I got dibbs on yer rum ration.

5. No more than 6 woman at a time. Unless they are related to each other.

6.  Always dress the XO and Dave up with a hemet of sorts.

7. Don't sail while texting or pass out on the rail road tracks.

8. When you cant tell if your deficating or puking or both happen simultaniously it is time to switch brands of booze.

9. Never ever let Bondo near the punch bowel!

and lastly 10.  Don't antagonize , feed or date alligators, Grizzly bears, or any other wild animals that can kill you. This includes jealous Gothy girls as well.

 Thank you for your time and remember these are not just words! But Words to live another day by!.

Thank you and goodnight!

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CPT Aaron McNeal

sfcmac wrote:

9. Never ever let Bondo near the punch bowel!

Aaaarrggh.  Yecchhhh.  The image is killing me!!!

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John
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Roy, I just have to wrap my gift and send it so no worries from this end.  I will email you when I have done so.

After having giving up my work space for a week and mending fingers at the same timeI have been able to make some progress.

Both main wings are complete and I've taped it up to check the alignment.  Needed a fair bit of putty where the extra sprue was added to smooth it out.

Gave the wings a coat of Mr. Surfacer and a light sanding.  I'm happy with how they turned out.  They just need the ailerons now.

Next up are the tail surfaces.  Hmmm... nothing I can salvage here.

Traced out a template from the plans and built up several layers of sheet styrene to get the thickness needed.  The heavy duty kitchen scissors came in handy for cutting the thick styrene.

Here it is cut and filed to shape, now I just need to shape the leading edge.

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Dave