If I had had any decal sheets left, I wouldn't have had to try using them.  I probably should have scanned them before I tried, but my brain is still fried from X-Mas.

I'm not that sure about the differences between the F6F-3 and the F6F-5 but I've got some F6F-3 decals I won't be using as well. Sending you a conversation...

Egad, Dom! I don't know what you're drinkin...but keep it to yourself  lol! 

Seriously, I feel you're pain. Companies and owners are taking advantage of the current recession to sc*** their employees and there's not much we can do about it.

At least you do still have a job. Hang in there, bud.

Russ

Dom, even though I understood a mere fraction of what you wrote; I agree 100% This GB strays off-topic more than a drunk on roller skates and that makes it unique; awesome imo. And now for something completely different...... JU-87 update: Working on the super tedious part; masking canopy and splinter pattern prep. I used my Badger airbrush for the first time and love it though there's a learning curve for me. I shot the undersurfaces with RLM 65  lightened with a smidgen of white, maybe 15-20%. Did the same ratio for the RLM71 on top. I used RLM02 for cockpit interior mostly and took some PE stuff from spares box to spice it up. I think it was for a Hasegawa or something but I wasn't too concerned, this is just for fun and to get some airbrushing time. Photos are here for your amusement/enjoyment. Will post more when completed; whenever that is..oh yeah and Happy New Year Y'all!

mikeymize

Dom, even though I understood a mere fraction of what you wrote; I agree 100% This GB strays off-topic more than a drunk on roller skates and that makes it unique; awesome imo. And now for something completely different...... JU-87 update: Working on the super tedious part; masking canopy and splinter pattern prep. I used my Badger airbrush for the first time and love it though there's a learning curve for me. I shot the undersurfaces with RLM 65  lightened with a smidgen of white, maybe 15-20%. Did the same ratio for the RLM71 on top. I used RLM02 for cockpit interior mostly and took some PE stuff from spares box to spice it up. I think it was for a Hasegawa or something but I wasn't too concerned, this is just for fun and to get some airbrushing time. Photos are here for your amusement/enjoyment. Will post more when completed; whenever that is..oh yeah and Happy New Year Y'all!

Hi Mike M.

"more than a drunk on roller skates".  I laughed for about 5 minutes after reading that!  Too funny!   

It looks like you are getting a pretty good handle on your new air brush!  Very impressive!

I needed clear red paint and did not have any on my shelf.  I ordered some but that will not be here until Thursday and I do not want to wait for it.  So I went to the only place in town that carries any model paint (Hobby Lobby) and the only clear red they had in stock was in a rattle can.  I only needed to paint a small handle on a lever for the cockpit.  But using that rattle can after being used to my air brush was a reminder of how much I love my air brush!

Ken

Hey guys, happy new year and all that guff. found some cool paint racks for varying sizes of paint pots.

www.progeng.co.uk/paint-racks

The coolest thing is they give you the full dimensions for free, so im gonna go make my own lol.

Scorpiomikey

Hey guys, happy new year and all that guff. found some cool paint racks for varying sizes of paint pots.

www.progeng.co.uk/paint-racks

The coolest thing is they give you the full dimensions for free, so im gonna go make my own lol.

Pretty cool racks there Scorpio Mike!

And Happy New Year to you!       It is already 2013 there, right?

Ken

Ken

Hi Everyone,

One hour to go in my time zone until 2013!

Ken

yup. At the time i post this, its 5pm on january 1st 2013,

Scorpiomikey

yup. At the time i post this, its 5pm on january 1st 2013,

So you are 18 hours ahead of me!

Ken

26 minutes to go!

13 minutes to go!

5 minutes to go!

1 minute to go!

Happy New Year  Everyone!!!!

mikeymize

Dom, even though I understood a mere fraction of what you wrote; I agree 100% This GB strays off-topic more than a drunk on roller skates and that makes it unique; awesome imo. And now for something completely different...... JU-87 update: Working on the super tedious part; masking canopy and splinter pattern prep. I used my Badger airbrush for the first time and love it though there's a learning curve for me. I shot the undersurfaces with RLM 65  lightened with a smidgen of white, maybe 15-20%. Did the same ratio for the RLM71 on top. I used RLM02 for cockpit interior mostly and took some PE stuff from spares box to spice it up. I think it was for a Hasegawa or something but I wasn't too concerned, this is just for fun and to get some airbrushing time. Photos are here for your amusement/enjoyment. Will post more when completed; whenever that is..oh yeah and Happy New Year Y'all!

"Crispy Flip" was code for the "Cliff", aparantly we are all now falling at high speed towards the canyon florr....lol

My wife once said about my kits; 'too bad we can't burn them for heat in the winter,' so I invented a

styrene burning stove for those really, really cold nights...lol.....I'll burn the Monogram stuff first,

please don't tell the Hammer i said so....lol....

Yeah, we get a bit off topic here, maybe it's because we have to acknowledge reality every now and then...lol

Nice Stuka build, I am taking notes. I picked up an old Revell kit, and it has more rivets than a Trumpy.

My favourite '87 is the 'tank killer version', truly a work of art.

Nice control panel you assembled there, what are those big arch dials behind the driver's seat?

-Dom

Dom, the arch dials are as follows: S6a radio transmitter on top; F5a radio receiver on bottom. I love the tank buster version as well. I just finished reading Hans-Ulrich Rudel's book; boy did he hate the Russkies! A little screwed up philosophically but the guy was a natural born killer. I will one day build his G model.

BTW from what I read the US Senate has seen fit to throw us a parachute, of course the house has still to pull the ripcord!

Thanks for the info Mizer, I'll have to look up Rudel.

Hey, parachutes aside, if Vlad ever got around to paying back the US for everything the Russkies took under Lend-Lease, including compounded interest, you could pay off a good chunk of your national debt. I can't say any more than that or Mikey will come after us with a sharp stick!

Dom

Wow, Lindis Pass is snowed under. Its freakin summer lol.

ScorpyMike: I'm not sure what part of NZ you live in but I was looking at the weather report in Christchurch was showing around 18C / 65F. Heck of a lot warmer than here! 

only 18? hmm, it was a bit chilly yesterday. Im in christchurch, lindis pass is a fair way south of here.

This is how the lindis pass should look at this time of year.

This is how it looked yesterday.

So in answer to your question Dom. Only occasionally lol.

lol there used to be. one of the main roads through the area follows a river with an old gold camp on the other side of it. Its been preserved as it was in the 1800's.