Hi Everyone,

My back pain is slightly better today.  But only slightly.  But that is a turn in the right direction.  I will see how it goes tomorrow at work.  I have been spending the weekend just laying around.  It seems that when I have to sit in a chair that the pain is aggrevated, which is what I do when at work.

Only 10 more days until we start!

Ken

Greetings Everyone!

The back pain is getting better.  At this rate I will be able to finish work on that "Alaskan Pipeline" this weekend!  Just in time for the start of this group build.

Rich:  Thanks for the advice on how to deal with the back pain.  Hopefully after I lose this weight it will minimize any future impacts.  On the note of the SkyRaider, I think that would be a pretty cool build.  I plan to eventually build an Air Force version of an A-1E, A-1H, and A-1J.

Only 9 days until we start!

Ken

Hi Folks.

Well Ken, it turns out that thanks to my Wife's idiot cat, you and I are on the back pain express together.  The furry moron knocked my chair away as I was sitting down and I went thud on the concrete basement floor...  I actually had to reschedule my eye Doctor's appt because it hurts too much to sit in the car, going over bumps.

I'll see what I can scrounge up for a Skyraider.  The prices for them are ridiculous on eBay.  I may end up with something else though.

Who was it that originally scanned that image of Bernie and his old crew?  I really need a slightly higher resolution image.  I can clean it up a bit from the small image, but it's kind of small.  So if whoever sent that one up, has a larger version or can scan one larger, it would help.

Rich

Son Of Medicine Man

Greetings Everyone!

The back pain is getting better.  At this rate I will be able to finish work on that "Alaskan Pipeline" this weekend!  Just in time for the start of this group build.

Rich:  Thanks for the advice on how to deal with the back pain.  Hopefully after I lose this weight it will minimize any future impacts.  On the note of the SkyRaider, I think that would be a pretty cool build.  I plan to eventually build an Air Force version of an A-1E, A-1H, and A-1J.

Only 9 days until we start!

Ken

Sparrowhyperion

Hi Folks.

Well Ken, it turns out that thanks to my Wife's idiot cat, you and I are on the back pain express together.  The furry moron knocked my chair away as I was sitting down and I went thud on the concrete basement floor...  I actually had to reschedule my eye Doctor's appt because it hurts too much to sit in the car, going over bumps.

I'll see what I can scrounge up for a Skyraider.  The prices for them are ridiculous on eBay.  I may end up with something else though.

Who was it that originally scanned that image of Bernie and his old crew?  I really need a slightly higher resolution image.  I can clean it up a bit from the small image, but it's kind of small.  So if whoever sent that one up, has a larger version or can scan one larger, it would help.

 

Rich

 

Son Of Medicine Man:

Greetings Everyone!

The back pain is getting better.  At this rate I will be able to finish work on that "Alaskan Pipeline" this weekend!  Just in time for the start of this group build.

Rich:  Thanks for the advice on how to deal with the back pain.  Hopefully after I lose this weight it will minimize any future impacts.  On the note of the SkyRaider, I think that would be a pretty cool build.  I plan to eventually build an Air Force version of an A-1E, A-1H, and A-1J.

Only 9 days until we start!

Ken

 

Hi Rich,

That picture actually came from Berny himself.  I will give his wife a call this weekend and see if it is possible to get a copy of it.

Ken

Wow - too many people in here with back problems, think I'll bail out before it becomes a contagion!! 

Seriously, sorry to hear about your troubles.  I have some too, but I blame it on old age and my bad golf swing. 

Ken

kbuzz01

Wow - too many people in here with back problems, think I'll bail out before it becomes a contagion!! 

Seriously, sorry to hear about your troubles.  I have some too, but I blame it on old age and my bad golf swing. 

Ken

Too funny Ken!   

My back is still getting better.  I feel pretty confident that I will be able to finish work on that "Alaskan Pipeline" this weekend!  And the weather forecast is looking pretty good too which is good since a lot of it will be outside.

My local IPMS chapter meets this Friday.  I always look forward to these meetings.  A great bunch of guys!

Only 8 days until we start!

Ken

I am still trying to make up my mind as to whether or not to blow the money to join IPMS.  They meet pretty close to me.  Do you think it's worth it?

Rich

Son Of Medicine Man

 

kbuzz01:

 

Wow - too many people in here with back problems, think I'll bail out before it becomes a contagion!! 

Seriously, sorry to hear about your troubles.  I have some too, but I blame it on old age and my bad golf swing. 

Ken

 

 

Too funny Ken!   

My back is still getting better.  I feel pretty confident that I will be able to finish work on that "Alaskan Pipeline" this weekend!  And the weather forecast is looking pretty good too which is good since a lot of it will be outside.

My local IPMS chapter meets this Friday.  I always look forward to these meetings.  A great bunch of guys!

Only 8 days until we start!

Ken

Sparrowhyperion

I am still trying to make up my mind as to whether or not to blow the money to join IPMS.  They meet pretty close to me.  Do you think it's worth it?

 

Rich

 

Son Of Medicine Man:

 

kbuzz01:

 

Wow - too many people in here with back problems, think I'll bail out before it becomes a contagion!! 

Seriously, sorry to hear about your troubles.  I have some too, but I blame it on old age and my bad golf swing. 

Ken

 

 

Too funny Ken!   

My back is still getting better.  I feel pretty confident that I will be able to finish work on that "Alaskan Pipeline" this weekend!  And the weather forecast is looking pretty good too which is good since a lot of it will be outside.

My local IPMS chapter meets this Friday.  I always look forward to these meetings.  A great bunch of guys!

Only 8 days until we start!

Ken

 

Hi Rich,

Of course every chapter will be different so there is no way I could say.  But you don't have to join to attend a meeting.  I would attend a meeting to see who is there and get your own opinion and then decide.

Ken

Ken,

Count me in.  I just finished the F-4C/D I have been building forever.  I am going to add another F-4 and then add a couple of F-105, a MiG17 and a MiG 21.  I have the models.  I have the plan.  I might even have the time.  We'll see what happens.

Jim

Son Of Medicine Man

 

kbuzz01:

 

Wow - too many people in here with back problems, think I'll bail out before it becomes a contagion!! 

Seriously, sorry to hear about your troubles.  I have some too, but I blame it on old age and my bad golf swing. 

Ken

 

 

Too funny Ken!   

My back is still getting better.  I feel pretty confident that I will be able to finish work on that "Alaskan Pipeline" this weekend!  And the weather forecast is looking pretty good too which is good since a lot of it will be outside.

My local IPMS chapter meets this Friday.  I always look forward to these meetings.  A great bunch of guys!

Only 8 days until we start!

Ken

To do that we had a large overhead delivery boom, and the final 8 feet of hose was a heavy 6 inch diameter rubber and nylon-clad hose with a stainless steel delivery head that in itself weighed about 30 pounds.

You couldn't get ice behind the two weigh scale towers, so you had to stand on the SS step-ups and grab that python and bend it around the towers. to do that you had to take the support cable off and that hose was over a hundred pounds when it was pouring the slush ice. That probably took about an extra 70 pounds of lateral force but even more if you tried to bend it past the 'easy point'.

A few years of that and hefting 50 lb boxes of salmon worked their magic on me too. Lots of us did stuff like that to make the rent. Anyways, yeah like my fellow compatriots, I got more scar tissue that vertebrae.......and as Berny used to quip, I get regular visits from Arthur, Arthur Idas that is.

It is truly a shame when you realize how so much great quality pain killer is wasted on Hollywood and rock stars....ouch!

Buffirn

Ken,

Count me in.  I just finished the F-4C/D I have been building forever.  I am going to add another F-4 and then add a couple of F-105, a MiG17 and a MiG 21.  I have the models.  I have the plan.  I might even have the time.  We'll see what happens.

Jim

Hi Jim,

Welcome aboard!  We look forward to building with you.

Ken

Bockscar

Son Of Medicine Man:

 

kbuzz01:

 

Wow - too many people in here with back problems, think I'll bail out before it becomes a contagion!! 

Seriously, sorry to hear about your troubles.  I have some too, but I blame it on old age and my bad golf swing. 

Ken

 

 

Too funny Ken!   

My back is still getting better.  I feel pretty confident that I will be able to finish work on that "Alaskan Pipeline" this weekend!  And the weather forecast is looking pretty good too which is good since a lot of it will be outside.

My local IPMS chapter meets this Friday.  I always look forward to these meetings.  A great bunch of guys!

Only 8 days until we start!

Ken

 

For me the final straw was a two year stint at a huge grocery outlet. I was working in the seafood department, and I set up the ice counters in the morning. They were 24 running feet long and four feet wide, and we filled them with about 10 inches deep, on average, of fresh ice every morning.

To do that we had a large overhead delivery boom, and the final 8 feet of hose was a heavy 6 inch diameter rubber and nylon-clad hose with a stainless steel delivery head that in itself weighed about 30 pounds.

You couldn't get ice behind the two weigh scale towers, so you had to stand on the SS step-ups and grab that python and bend it around the towers. to do that you had to take the support cable off and that hose was over a hundred pounds when it was pouring the slush ice. That probably took about an extra 70 pounds of lateral force but even more if you tried to bend it past the 'easy point'.

A few years of that and hefting 50 lb boxes of salmon worked their magic on me too. Lots of us did stuff like that to make the rent. Anyways, yeah like my fellow compatriots, I got more scar tissue that vertebrae.......and as Berny used to quip, I get regular visits from Arthur, Arthur Idas that is.

It is truly a shame when you realize how so much great quality pain killer is wasted on Hollywood and rock stars....ouch!

Hi Dom,

That is quite a story.  I know many of us have done things in our younger years that are now paying the price.  I myself used to do a lot of manual labor when I was young that I am sure caused injuries to my spine that I am paying the price for now.  But when you are young you think you are invincible and as you said, most don't have a choice.

But I am glad to say I am even better today than I was yesterday so on with the show!  We are down to the last week!!  7 days until we start!

Ken

Hope you guys continue to improve. Ready to go here but as I'm commented elsewhere on the forum my camera is in the shop and they're telling me it may be a month or so before they get to it. So I'm afraid I won't be getting any interior shots etc if I start on the kick-off date. Not sure if I should delay or not here.

Rich- I went to several meetings at my local IPMS club before they asked me to cough up some cash Give it a try I think you'll like it, it's great to sit down with some other modelers and talk shop.

Hi Gamera,

We understand if you don't have your camera for the pictures.  That won't be a problem.  You can still participate by giving us a description of what you did each day (or not did, which ever the case!).  Just being an active participant is all that is required.  It is the fellowship that is important, not the pictures.

Ken

Thanks Ken!

Hopefully they'll be able to get to it sooner though. Pulled the kit out the other day and started a plan of attack on how to start assembly and figure out which decals I want to use. I should be ready to rock n' roll on the start date

Cliff

Greetings Fellow Modelers,

I have a lot of exciting news, at least for me!  That is the great thing about this forum is sharing news with other people with similar interests who understand why you would think it is exciting.   

First, I took the day off from work yesterday because the weather forecast was too good to pass up.  I was able to get a lot done on the "Alaskan Pipeline".  I had to re-plumb the piping at the compressor and add a tee to branch off to the second floor room where my workbench is.  I managed to get the piping completed to the end of the garage.  From there it will be a straight shot to the room so it will not take much more to finish.  It should be completed this afternoon.

Second, I attended my local IPMS chapter meeting last night.  I really enjoy going to these meetings.  A really great bunch of guys.  Don brought in several kits in 1/48 of the F-84G by different manufacturers and we compared them side by side.  Then we had some discussions about how we could increase the enrollment of our club.  IPMS has a "ABC" initiative that I mentioned and we discussed how we could try to implement it.

And finally, I saved up enough to buy the 1/72 Anigrand C-5 Galaxy!  I just purchased it!    I have been wanting that kit since Anigrand first released it.  And now I have to wait for it to show up.  Talk about a kid waiting for Christmas!    This kit is huge!  When completed, it will measure 41 inches long!

Only 4 more days until we start.  When we do start, it will be over in the "Group Builds" section, so be sure to look there and join the thread.  I will list everyone and their kit on the first page that has written to this post.  If I miss anyone, please do not take offense and simply let me know.  I am only human so I can and will make mistakes.

Ken

Sounds like you had a great day.  That's going to be a huge model!!  Do you plan to add another room to your home? 

Ken

kbuzz01

Sounds like you had a great day.  That's going to be a huge model!!  Do you plan to add another room to your home? 

Ken

About the only place I could put it would be to suspend it from the ceiling in my "Man Cave".  So it would be an engineering challenge alone in just that respect.  But I felt that the C-5 is so big, it should be modeled big to give it the respect it deserves.  It even beats the C-130 in 1/48 scale in size!

Ken

Son Of Medicine Man

Greetings Fellow Modelers,

I have a lot of exciting news, at least for me!  That is the great thing about this forum is sharing news with other people with similar interests who understand why you would think it is exciting.   

First, I took the day off from work yesterday because the weather forecast was too good to pass up.  I was able to get a lot done on the "Alaskan Pipeline".  I had to re-plumb the piping at the compressor and add a tee to branch off to the second floor room where my workbench is.  I managed to get the piping completed to the end of the garage.  From there it will be a straight shot to the room so it will not take much more to finish.  It should be completed this afternoon.

Second, I attended my local IPMS chapter meeting last night.  I really enjoy going to these meetings.  A really great bunch of guys.  Don brought in several kits in 1/48 of the F-84G by different manufacturers and we compared them side by side.  Then we had some discussions about how we could increase the enrollment of our club.  IPMS has a "ABC" initiative that I mentioned and we discussed how we could try to implement it.

And finally, I saved up enough to buy the 1/72 Anigrand C-5 Galaxy!  I just purchased it!    I have been wanting that kit since Anigrand first released it.  And now I have to wait for it to show up.  Talk about a kid waiting for Christmas!    This kit is huge!  When completed, it will measure 41 inches long!

Only 4 more days until we start.  When we do start, it will be over in the "Group Builds" section, so be sure to look there and join the thread.  I will list everyone and their kit on the first page that has written to this post.  If I miss anyone, please do not take offense and simply let me know.  I am only human so I can and will make mistakes.

Ken

I still remember how your dad saved his plane and crew.........congrats on achieving that.

Well, nothing like a big airplane in the house......I always want to hang them......that kit would take up a whole lot of living room if it were parked.

Ummmm.....that T junction, Ken....you are falling down on the job pal......the other end of the pipline ain't show'd up a my garage pal.....what's up with that.....lol.....

By the way, being human as an excuse for imperfection is no excuse!- remember Nomad -lol

I take offense that you do not want anyone to take offense!

Please keep us updated on that C-5 project Ken.....Uuuhhh......you could always rent out its cargo bay and earn some extra cash man......

Son Of Medicine Man

Second, I attended my local IPMS chapter meeting last night.  I really enjoy going to these meetings.  A really great bunch of guys.  Don brought in several kits in 1/48 of the F-84G by different manufacturers and we compared them side by side.  Then we had some discussions about how we could increase the enrollment of our club.  IPMS has a "ABC" initiative that I mentioned and we discussed how we could try to implement it.

The club I belonged to many years ago in Marquette, Mi. used to have a day at the mall in January or February.  Just a few tables of finished models, a couple of guys building and information.  You can always get a couple of people interested that way.  There are more than a few model builders who don't belong to any club.  The problem is, and has always been, finding them.

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday was another good day.  The "Alaskan Pipeline" is just about completed.  The line is inside the second floor room where my workbench is.  I need to go back and add a few more support hangers and mount the air pressure regulator and it is finished.  It will be done before I lay my head on the pillow tonight!

Dom:  Thanks for the cudos!  Yes, that kit is the one that I have been wanting for a good while.  It is finally coming home!  When I do start on that beast, I can work within my workbench but the final construction will have to be done in the "Man Cave".  Once it is finished, it is not leaving!

Jim:  That is a good suggestion about setting up a table at the local mall.  I can remember my Dad doing the same thing with his R/C club when he was still alive.  I will suggest that at our next meeting.

Only 3 more days until we start this build!

Ken

Hi Everyone,

Well, sadly the "Alaskan Pipeline" did not get completed tonight.  I cut a piece of pipe from one of the few remaining pieces and used the wrong one which left me with one too short.  Since it was so late on a Sunday there was no chance of getting another so it will have to wait until tomorrow night.  But it will still be done in time for the start of this build on Wednesday!

I hope everyone else is getting as excited as I am.  Hard to believe it is almost time to start.  Three days to go!

Ken

Yeh, three days to go and the kit I'm going to do still isn't here..  I'll be doing a 1/48 Hasegawa F14.  Although USPS tracking says it will be here in the next mail on Tuesday I guess.  It's at our local PO.  Here is the kit I will be doing.

Now if I can ever get a decent F4 kit for the new Phantom Build..  I almost had a Black bunny but I got sniped...

Son Of Medicine Man

Hi Everyone,

Well, sadly the "Alaskan Pipeline" did not get completed tonight.  I cut a piece of pipe from one of the few remaining pieces and used the wrong one which left me with one too short.  Since it was so late on a Sunday there was no chance of getting another so it will have to wait until tomorrow night.  But it will still be done in time for the start of this build on Wednesday!

I hope everyone else is getting as excited as I am.  Hard to believe it is almost time to start.  Three days to go!

Ken

Ken;

Well, thanks for the consideration, it's a long way from the mid-west to Ontario....lol.....you'll need long pipe for sure.......

Rich;

Dang that's a nice looking bird......my second favorite airplane.....

So, tonight I cut the radial spokes of the flame holders,

and I created a mandrel to support the flame holder parts

as I glue them together. These won't be real pretty, but

given the overall accuracy of the Revell engineering on

this kit, they will be well within 'tolerence.'

Yeah, I agree with Ken, I am excited to see this GB start

and this puppy finished......I decided not to detail the interior

of the cans beyond what I have, again, that would be 'overboard'

to to that given the Revell tolerances.

I managed to put those flame holders together,

turbine assembly to follow, here's where it is:

Itchn' for Scratch II: F-4 J-79 1/32 Flame Holders

Well, they like the big lights at FSM....lol...

Almost ready to rock.....

Ken,

Good luck! My air compressor is on wheels and I have to drag it around, the pipeline sounds like a really good idea there. And congrads on the Hercules, that's going to be one heck of a kit. I assume she's in resin- she must weigh about as much as a small car.

Rich: Very cool! Hated to see them get pulled out of USN use.

I may be a little slow out of the gate since I've got all this other stuff piled up but otherwise I'm ready to go.

Cliff

Well, this kicks off for me tomorrow. Tomorrow is a special day all round for me. Its the 1st anniversary of the feb 22nd 6.3 earthquake that killed 185 people here in Christchurch. Should be an interesting day.

Bockscar

Ken;

Well, thanks for the consideration, it's a long way from the mid-west to Ontario....lol.....you'll need long pipe for sure.......

Rich;

Dang that's a nice looking bird......my second favorite airplane.....

Dom,

I am stll waiting for clearance to drill through the Canadian border from the government.  As soon as I get the permit, its coming your way! 

Ken

Bockscar

So, tonight I cut the radial spokes of the flame holders,

and I created a mandrel to support the flame holder parts

as I glue them together. These won't be real pretty, but

given the overall accuracy of the Revell engineering on

this kit, they will be well within 'tolerence.'

Yeah, I agree with Ken, I am excited to see this GB start

and this puppy finished......I decided not to detail the interior

of the cans beyond what I have, again, that would be 'overboard'

to to that given the Revell tolerances.

 

I managed to put those flame holders together,

turbine assembly to follow, here's where it is:

Itchn' for Scratch II: F-4 J-79 1/32 Flame Holders

Well, they like the big lights at FSM....lol...

Almost ready to rock.....

Dom watch where you point those things, you almost singed my eyebrows! 

Ken

LOL! -thanks for that!

It took all of 10 minutes a piece to glue together......

6 months pondering what and how, a month digging through my endless styrene resources to find the ring stock,

An extra trip to an LHS for the spoke material the same width as the Tamiya holders,

I got the idea for a mandrel last fall, but only figured out how to make it weeks ago,

All the while deeply tempted to pick up a resin set from Sprue Daddys........

I'll paint them orange red.........

I can hardly wait to see how the exhaust turbines turn out......I woke up in the middle of the night thinking I got the orientation wrong......