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Don Stauffer in FSM

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  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:36 AM

Yes Bow Down Great article, Don! Hope to see more from you in the future!

 

Gary Mason

 

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

  • Member since
    August 2007
  • From: n/w indiana
Posted by some assembly required on Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:08 PM

Great job Don! i really enjoyed the article.IIRC didnt you also have a zepplin in the readers gallery?

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Virginia
Posted by Wingman_kz on Saturday, February 4, 2012 10:57 PM

Finally got the new issue last nite and wanted to add my congratulations to you Don. I really enjoyed your article. Those do look like fun kits and may have to try one myself.

Tony

            

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, January 30, 2012 9:23 AM

tankerbuilder

DON , you constantly surprise me . That was real well done .How did you like the REAL ? is it as chunky as it looks in the pics ?  tankerbuilder

Not sure what you mean by chunky.  As a rowed vessel it has a typical high fineness ratio (ratio of length to beam).  It IS an enormous model- I think probably the biggest plastic model I have built since a 1:48 B-29 long ago. It built into a very nice model but it took awhile- but then, it is a ship model and those in general take a long time.  Ship models are major projects.  Been working on the Soleil Royale for several years.  Work in fits and starts.  I'm tying individual ratlines- no preforms or jigs, so I work on a mast, one side at a time, then put up on the project shelf till I get the urge to work some more on it :-)  Reale too about four or five months- did it straight through.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:44 AM

DON , you constantly surprise me . That was real well done .How did you like the REAL ? is it as chunky as it looks in the pics ? I wish you could come to the I.P.M.S./ALAMO SQUADRON show and contest in fFEBRUARY .The eighteenth to be exact in the LIVE OAK Community ctr .I would like to meet you and shake your hand . Catchya later    tankerbuilder

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:33 AM

101stAirborne

Congratulations Don! Are you going to the show in Rochester this year?

Yep- will be bringing the Offy midget this time.  And, my enormous Heller Reale d France ship and the Beech Staggerwing.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    January 2007
Posted by the doog on Friday, January 27, 2012 1:14 PM

Good for you, Don! Congratulations on a nice article! ToastToast

  • Member since
    January 2010
  • From: MN
Posted by 101stAirborne on Friday, January 27, 2012 9:33 AM

Congratulations Don! Are you going to the show in Rochester this year?

Models on the bench:

Too many to count!

  

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, January 27, 2012 9:24 AM

Thanks, guys.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Fort Worth, TX
Posted by RESlusher on Friday, January 27, 2012 5:34 AM

Ditto  Well written article Don.  Good job!

 

Richard S.

On the bench:  AFV Club M730A1 Chaparral

On deck:  Tamiya Marder 1A2

In the hole:  Who knows what's next!

 

  • Member since
    March 2007
  • From: Carmel, CA
Don Stauffer in FSM
Posted by bondoman on Friday, January 27, 2012 3:00 AM

Way to go, Don!

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