Bockscar

Well guys:

We visited my MIL in hospital, and she is very angry with me for calling the ambulance. She doesn't want to talk to anyone; her sister, her daughter, or even us. She doesn't want us to visit tomorrow, because she is just fine and doesn't know why we are putting her through all this fuss.....lol

That means she is on the mend....lol....

Dom

It sounds like she may be suffering from depression as well as physical problems.

Ken

Hi Everyone,

My Mom is doing much better now.  Every day she says she feels better than the day before.  I have been spending a lot of time with her, making sure she is getting along okay.  Today is the first day I can feel I don't need to spend as much time watching her so close.  She will be seeing the surgeon tomorrow, and if he likes how she is doing, she will be able to move from only having clear liquids to having full liquids.  That will be a big improvement in her diet.

Well, I did it.  I purchased both kits.  The Italeri 1/72 X/YB-35 Flying Wing:

http://www.ipmsusa3.org/reviews2/aircraft/kits/italeri_72_xyb-35/italeri_72_xyb-35.htm 

and the Italeri 1/72 YB-49 Flying Wing:

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/it/kit_it_1280.shtml 

I was so intrigued by the history behind these two aircraft that I just couldn't resist any more.  Plus I think they are very cool looking aircraft!

Ken

Jim: Odd, the kit must be OOP now, I'd guess you could probably find one on ebay etc though:

Revell kit:

My Hasegawa F-15'E':

Details of the Revell kit showing the conformal fuel tanks on the sides, the intake trunks (NE corner), and multipart afterburner cans (SE corner). 

Think I'm wrong on the speed brakes, I can't see any real difference in size. Revell on the left, Hasegawa on the right, the Revell looks slightly larger since they're overlapped and it's closer to the camera.

Upper fuselage

of both kits showing the speed brake- Hasegawa left, Revell right.

Dang, now I want to start on one of them...

Ken: Glad to hear your mothers doing better, hang in there. Cool purchases there, and can't blame you-  double your pleasure, double your fun!

Well done. Good on you for treating yourself.

Glad your mam is ok.

BTW: Believe it or not but I actually FINISHED something: more photos over on the aircraft forum under P-40 'Daddy Please, Milk Wagon Express'  if you'd like to see them.......

Gamera

BTW: Believe it or not but I actually FINISHED something: more photos over on the aircraft forum under P-40 'Daddy Please, Milk Wagon Express'  if you'd like to see them.......

Nice work Cliff!  I like it!  One of my first kits as a kid was the Revell "Flying Tiger" P-40E (sucker for the shark's teeth).  Here is a direct link to Cliff's post:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/p/151397/1622373.aspx#1622373 

Ken

Great Work Gamera!  I love the P40.  A scary looking aircraft for sure.  I've been working on a couple of my quick build kits; A Fury and I just began a Star Wars X-Wing.  Unfortunately, I can't take pics now.  My camera wasn't working right, and I originally thought it was the battery, but I got a new battery and the camera itself is dead.  I'll send up some pics when I can replace it in about 2112. lol

Rich

Gamera

BTW: Believe it or not but I actually FINISHED something: more photos over on the aircraft forum under P-40 'Daddy Please, Milk Wagon Express'  if you'd like to see them.......

Wow, I envy you , Ken! I'd love to build those models - and a hundred more - but I just don't have the room even to display them, and I don't even know if I would ever finish them. Looking forward to seeing you build them, though!

Also, great news about your mom! Sounds like she's on the road to complete recovery.

All the best,

Russ

Gamera

BTW: Believe it or not but I actually FINISHED something: more photos over on the aircraft forum under P-40 'Daddy Please, Milk Wagon Express'  if you'd like to see them.......

jimbot58

Gamera

Dom: yeah good to hear she's coming around.

Jim: whoops, the Monogram F-15E is actually by Revell of Germany. Don't mean to be pushy, lol, but it a really .nice kit and supposed to be the most accurate, though the new Hasegawa may have it beat now.

What scale are we talking? I can only come up with a 1/144 scale in the RoG line.

Dom, have they figured out why the MOL collapsed to begin with? I know that they can be a handful when they are removed from their "comfort zone" no matter how ill they might be.

That's right:

Change them and they know it is all over. They are a handful then they die, promptly. The 'comfort zone' is always their last station in life......when it goes, so do they.

She collapsed because it was the anniversary of her husband dying.

You nailed it Jim.

dom

Guys,

I am trying, but I can no longer keep up.

New assignments at work, lower income.

Please forgive me if I scroootch up,

Dom

Hi, All,

I decided to build up the front canopy as I did the gunner's canopy, and take your suggestions (Dom & Ken) to leave off the clear panels and just leave the canopies open - at this scale, it really doesn't look bad and you can certainly see the details better. Since there will be a cover over the entire diorama, dust shouldn't be a problem.

Below are photos of the canopy in its early stage and its finished stage - it's not painted yet but I plan to prime the entier fuselage soon. I used the front part of the original canopy as a template and taped the pieces of the frame to it, then glued them at the joints.

Cheers,

Russ

Bockscar

Guys,

I am trying, but I can no longer keep up.

New assignments at work, lower income.

Please forgive me if I scroootch up,

Dom

Dom,

No worries, bud. This is supposed to be relaxing and fun. No one's gonna hold it against you (or anyone else). Just check in when you can.

Hope everything both personal and job related improves for you soon.

Russ

Hey thanks guys, the Hasegawa P-40N is a great kit, other than the fuselage plugs I'd strongly recommend it.

Ken: Thanks for posting the link, didn't even think to do it myself. I love shark's mouth P-40s too, wanted something a little different this time - only thing I like better than the teeth is cheesecake nose-art!!!

Russ: I have one of the old copies of Sturmovik around here somewhere, older version that the link and probably won't handle the user mods. Still as you say they're pretty cheap so I just might give it a go, thanks!

The B-52 looks great, love the cockpit and the wrinkled stressed skin looks spot on.

Dom: Anniversary of her husband's death, I don't blame her being upset.

My nan was the same. Except for her she cried in front of people. She didnt even do that at the funeral. My nans always been a strong pillar of the family. She was the disciplinarian. But the other day, my cousin rang her and she actually cried. Which is HUGE in our family.

Love the P-40. Once i get myself sorted out and this skyhawk finished ill be starting on a flying tigers Rhino (F-4) which should be fun.

Sparrowhyperion

Great Work Gamera!  I love the P40.  A scary looking aircraft for sure.  I've been working on a couple of my quick build kits; A Fury and I just began a Star Wars X-Wing.  Unfortunately, I can't take pics now.  My camera wasn't working right, and I originally thought it was the battery, but I got a new battery and the camera itself is dead.  I'll send up some pics when I can replace it in about 2112. lol

Rich

Gamera

BTW: Believe it or not but I actually FINISHED something: more photos over on the aircraft forum under P-40 'Daddy Please, Milk Wagon Express'  if you'd like to see them.......

Hi Rich,

Sorry to hear about your camera.  I hope you can find a cheap replacement soon.

Ken

Striker8241

Hi, All,

I decided to build up the front canopy as I did the gunner's canopy, and take your suggestions (Dom & Ken) to leave off the clear panels and just leave the canopies open - at this scale, it really doesn't look bad and you can certainly see the details better. Since there will be a cover over the entire diorama, dust shouldn't be a problem.

Below are photos of the canopy in its early stage and its finished stage - it's not painted yet but I plan to prime the entier fuselage soon. I used the front part of the original canopy as a template and taped the pieces of the frame to it, then glued them at the joints.

Cheers,

Russ

That is beautiful, what an innovative solution!!

Too bad you didn't go into surgery pal,

might need a guy like you in a few years.

dom

Striker8241

Wow, I envy you , Ken! I'd love to build those models - and a hundred more - but I just don't have the room even to display them, and I don't even know if I would ever finish them. Looking forward to seeing you build them, though!

Also, great news about your mom! Sounds like she's on the road to complete recovery.

All the best,

Russ

Thanks Russ!  I am getting a pretty good stack of kits that I want to build next, it is getting hard to resist starting all of them at once!  I figure that once I retire I will have plenty of time to build these kits that I have accumulated!   

Ken

Bockscar

Guys,

I am trying, but I can no longer keep up.

New assignments at work, lower income.

Please forgive me if I scroootch up,

Dom

Hold on there Dom!

Am I interpreting this correctly?  Did you get demoted?  Is this a "re-organizing" action at your work from a result of laying some people off?

Ken

Striker8241

Hi, All,

I decided to build up the front canopy as I did the gunner's canopy, and take your suggestions (Dom & Ken) to leave off the clear panels and just leave the canopies open - at this scale, it really doesn't look bad and you can certainly see the details better. Since there will be a cover over the entire diorama, dust shouldn't be a problem.

Below are photos of the canopy in its early stage and its finished stage - it's not painted yet but I plan to prime the entier fuselage soon. I used the front part of the original canopy as a template and taped the pieces of the frame to it, then glued them at the joints.

Cheers,

Russ

Hi Russ,

That is actually a really good idea Russ, but I am not going to take credit for it.  I mean, there are a lot of dioramas where the aircraft is a "cut-away" to show the interior, this is along the same lines.  That is a great way to show off the work you did on the interior!

Ken

The thing that bugs me is it wasn't that old, I keep it in a good case, I treated it like fine china, and it wasn't an el-cheapo brand.  And it just died... Oh well, I wish they still made stuff in the US...

Son Of Medicine Man

Sparrowhyperion

Great Work Gamera!  I love the P40.  A scary looking aircraft for sure.  I've been working on a couple of my quick build kits; A Fury and I just began a Star Wars X-Wing.  Unfortunately, I can't take pics now.  My camera wasn't working right, and I originally thought it was the battery, but I got a new battery and the camera itself is dead.  I'll send up some pics when I can replace it in about 2112. lol

Rich

Gamera

BTW: Believe it or not but I actually FINISHED something: more photos over on the aircraft forum under P-40 'Daddy Please, Milk Wagon Express'  if you'd like to see them.......

Hi Rich,

Sorry to hear about your camera.  I hope you can find a cheap replacement soon.

Ken

Hi Rich,

I didn't mean to infer that your camera was cheap.  I just meant that I hope you find a replacement at a good price.   

Ken

Just got done reading and catching up on the stuff that's accumulated since my last visit and I must say this is the best group of guys I've come across in my time on the forum. Not sure why but we seem to click on many different levels; (misery loves company)? LOL.  Wow, Gamera that is a beautiful Warhawk as well as the background. The weathering/dirt and grime are very well done! You should be very proud. On the subject of the Russians, I read somewhere that as the Soviets were "liberating" eastern Europe and so forth that when they came across POW camps with their own guys in them the NKVD treated them like traitors because they didn't escape. Apparently they had to endure some type of "reeducation" Amazing. Not sure if that's apocryphal but it certainly sounds like something they would do; institutional paranoia, I call it. Also has anyone else read the story about the American aircrew that had to divert to a Soviet airbase after a bombing mission in WWII and upon landing were detained by the Russkies? I understand they were subsequently released but not after some scary hours being interrogated.

Son Of Medicine Man

Bockscar

Guys,

I am trying, but I can no longer keep up.

New assignments at work, lower income.

Please forgive me if I scroootch up,

Dom

Hold on there Dom!

Am I interpreting this correctly?  Did you get demoted?  Is this a "re-organizing" action at your work from a result of laying some people off?

Ken

to reduce my overall title and compensation. They could have let me go, but

given today's economy, they knew i would show up. they want me, they just don't want the rest of the story.

Hey,

I survived.

Dom

Mizer:

You are beginning to sound as though you may need some reeducation yourself......

Hmmmm....what have you done lately to ensure comrade Vlad's escalation of power in

the US?....nothing....nothing.....comrade Mizer.....

some time soon.....

you will hear the knock on the door......

comrade........

LOL

Bockscar

Oh Man Russ, You've got GUTTS!

That is beautiful, what an innovative solution!!

Too bad you didn't go into surgery pal,

might need a guy like you in a few years.

dom

Thanks, Dom!  Be careful what you wish for, bud - anything I couldn't put back with super glue, we both would be in trouble

Russ

Dom: Sorry to hear that, at least you didn't lose your job. Nasty time around here, I was hoping things were better up there.

Rich: Funny, I bought a good quality camera about ten years ago and now my Droid phone takes much better photos! And there's a PhotoBucket app that allows me to upload the photos with just a few taps without even plugging the USB cable into my PC. I'd almost be tempted to go with a phone instead of a camera these days.

MikeM: Thanks!

I'm not sure about them being blamed for not escaping though that could very well be a part. The Soviets did consider most if not all POWs to be 'ideologically contaminated' though. That is their exposure to National Socialism meant they might be tempted to go with it rather than Communism. Always seemed funny to me, the N a z i s considered Slavic people like the Russians an inferior bloodline in their crackpot racial purity scheme and basically staved Russian prisoners to death. Why a Russian would want to adopt  N a z i s m  as a political view seemed crazy to me, Stalin was yes that paranoid though. So pretty much all POWs rescued by the Soviets went from a German POW camp to a Soviet death camp!

Guys,

I don't feel I'm contributing much here and it doesn't make much sense to maintain the same information on two threads anyway so I'm dropping off this one and will concentrate on my diorama thread. Please stop by when you have a chance. I'll be keeping an eye on this one as well.

Cheers,

Russ

Striker, sorry to hear that you're leaving us behind. It seems to me that the redundancy aspect is the thing; you've certainly contributed to this GB. Anyway I'll certainly check in on the diorama thread. Best of luck.

Gamera, I never could understand why Soviets or Germans would entertain the thought of "converting" either but I'm sure that for both nationalities it was far less about ideology and more about protecting your own countrymen. That and the alternative of not serving! I know that the Germans formed groups of Hilfswilliger or "Hiwis" during Barbarossa and had plenty of volunteers, mostly I suspect for the better treatment, food, etc. Also, initially, at least plenty of Russians in the border regions looked upon the Germans as a better alternative to Stalinism. Little did they know!

Dad came for dinner sunday night. Dropped an interesting project in my lap. Hes complaining that his hands are too big and clumsy to build the harness for one of his projects. Its out of a Whirlwind kit, but i think hes hising it on his typhoon.

i927.photobucket.com/.../2012-12-10213432.jpg

Im sorta kinda freaking out a little lol.