Ken: Those look great, I've tried painting them yellow and putting in the stripes with a tiny black marker but what you've got there looks much better.

Dom: Nice work on that B-58. Funny, I've done something sorta like that, was building a model a few years ago and noticed a bit of red paint on the model. 'Where did that come from!?!' I asked myself and when I brushed my finger over it was wet, about that time a big red drip fell on the workbench. Somehow I'd cut myself and didn't even realize it...

Thats it? our house guest sliced the end of his finger off with a craft knife the other day (enough to have a flat spot on his finger for the rest of his life) Blood was EVERYWHERE.

Mike: OUCH!!!

I've done stupid dangerous stuff but thankfully not in modeling. Worst recent was a year or two ago when I tried walking across a frozen tank of sewage to get to some equipment. I made it across but on the way back, yeah I hit a thin spot and BAWOOSH!!! I don't think I was ever in any real danger but still as I went down my life didn't fly past my eyes- nope I was thinking 'Gee, I'm going to end up on one of those Darwin award websites for people who manage to remove themselves from the gene pool in the stupidest ways. '

Bet that dip made you feel like crap

Hi Cliff, thanks for the compliment!  Man, that had to be cold when you fell in.  Was there someone to help you?

I think we have all been on the major medical modeling plan at one time or another.  I have been lucky.  Here's a partial list.

Age 8  First kit.  Tried to  use a piun to apply small amounts of that nasty Notox lemon scented glue, and stuck myself at least three times.

Age 12-16.  I managed to get that nasty thin Testors Blue Label liquid glue in my eyes at least thee times on any given kit.  (Hey safety glasses were for wimps at that age...)  It's a wonder I am not completely blind.

Age 15, Sliced my hand open when a hobby knife slipped in my hand...  20 stitches and s stern talking to by my family doctor.  (At this stage, I was a frequent flyer at the local emergency room.

it goes on like this for quite some time.  The most recent being when I stuck an xacto blade a good 3/4" into my hand because I completely Klutzed out on an F4 kit (The one we gave to Berny.)  Amazingly, it didn't bleed.  I am not sure if I should be worried about that.  Of course the shallow slice I gave myself the other day on the F86 bled like I hit an artery for an hour...  Go figure.

This is NOT the hobby that anyone without medical insurance should take up...  lol

Rich

Scorpiomikey

Bet that dip made you feel like crap

Yeah Mike, that's it,

what did you want, a severed hand?

...lol......what's the worst you ever suffered?

Had a radius bone snapped green stick.

Cut my thumb muscle, pollicus major, to the bone.

Broke my right big toe joint.

Tore 2/3 of my bisep femoris on my left leg, permanent wound.

I dunno, maybe cut an ear off to make you happy.....lol....

Uhhhh....on second thought......I like my ears the way they are....lol.....

Scorpiomikey

Bet that dip made you feel like crap

LOL. the boss let me go home early so I took a long warm bath.

Ken: Yeah the maintenance guy was there at the time, he told me what I was doing was a really bad idea I think about three times! If there was any danger it was from the water being so cold, I had on a pair of over-alls  and a coat, didn't do much good when I'm wet down the skin other than weighing me down more. Biggest problem I had was the krap got all over my glasses and I couldn't see except out of the sides around my lenses.

Still it was more of an embarrassment than anything though it was almost worth it for the WTF look on my bosses face when I walked in the office.

Rich: Gee! Happy to say I haven't had any real injures with modeling or other hobbies other than I wonder how much paint fumes I've inhaled by now. Most of the accidents I've been in have been work related, mostly just dropping things or getting burned.

Gamms:

That's just nasty. I've stepped in it, had a baby spew it on me, and ate at bad restaurants where that was an important ingredient (but not for long). But I never had to swim in it.

Shiiiiish...mind you, treading to the loo late at night and stepping in a pet's gift can get complicated....lol....

As for recreational injuries, I suppose crushing my left patella was the worst......who needs exercise if it's gonna do that to ya anyways? I haven't ridden a bike or run for 5 years, so, nothing broken either.....

Rich has had a few bad indents.......worse than mine......I dunno Rich, should that make me feel happy or sad....lol........?

Bockscar

Gamms:

That's just nasty. I've stepped in it, had a baby spew it on me, and ate at bad restaurants where that was an important ingredient (but not for long). But I never had to swim in it.

 

Shiiiiish...mind you, treading to the loo late at night and stepping in a pet's gift can get complicated....lol....

As for recreational injuries, I suppose crushing my left patella was the worst......who needs exercise if it's gonna do that to ya anyways? I haven't ridden a bike or run for 5 years, so, nothing broken either.....

Rich has had a few bad indents.......worse than mine......I dunno Rich, should that make me feel happy or sad....lol........?

Well, to be honest it is about 95% water, still the remaining 5% is well yeah poop... I was very careful scrubbing myself off afterward and it was years ago so if we should ever meet you don't have to worry about shaking my hand

Yow, crushing your kneecap sounds pretty dang painful, thankfully other than my appendix and hair I have all my original factory installed equipment...

I think my worst was my high speed bike ride when I was like 13.  I lived on a street that had a very steep hill at one end.  And I wanted to see how fast I could ride my 3spd. 20" Ross Barracuda Bike down it.  So I walked it way up to the top (It was too steep to ride up.), turned around, and gave myself a good kick off.  I tucked in tight to minimize drag, and came barreling down the hill as fast as possible.  The hill took up about a block and a half, and I must have been doing well over 50mph.  I got near the bottom and figured I better apply brakes.  I made an important discovery that day...  The upper limit of speed for any bike with hand brakes should not be over 25mph.  I heard this pop-twang noise and felt my brake levers go slack.  A quick glance down confirmed that the break pads had flown off to parts unknown on their own.  Now there were 4 intersections on the street before I got to my house.  I figured if I got lucky, I could make it through them since it was mid day on a Saturday, and ditch on our lawn.  I made it through the first three intersections without incident.  Then Murphy woke up and his law kicked in.  I was doing close to 60 (guestimate based on how fast I went through the first 3 intersections) when I saw a big brown ford pickup start to cross the intersection.  He didn't hit me bit I hit him a-midships.  I suddenly received my first flying lesson...  I sailed through the air, right over our lawn and ended half way down the block on my friend Bobby's lawn. 

I had a broken arm, three cracked ribs, dislocated right shoulder, ripped tendons in both knees and a cracked right knee-cap, more road rash than Wyle-E-Coyote, and a hum dinger of a concussion...

I was out of school for weeks.  But in a testament to how well they made bikes back then, my Barracuda had a few paint scratches, three bent spokes and needed new brake pads.  That's it...

Luckily the guy in the pickup felt horrible so he didn't sue my parents...

Over the years, plenty of hockey related injuries, another bike related one (not nearly as bad), and too many others to count.

But in all of it, I never had to swim in poo... YYYYuuuuccccckkkkk!!!

Rich

Gamera

 

Bockscar:

 

Gamms:

That's just nasty. I've stepped in it, had a baby spew it on me, and ate at bad restaurants where that was an important ingredient (but not for long). But I never had to swim in it.

 

Shiiiiish...mind you, treading to the loo late at night and stepping in a pet's gift can get complicated....lol....

As for recreational injuries, I suppose crushing my left patella was the worst......who needs exercise if it's gonna do that to ya anyways? I haven't ridden a bike or run for 5 years, so, nothing broken either.....

Rich has had a few bad indents.......worse than mine......I dunno Rich, should that make me feel happy or sad....lol........?

 

 

Well, to be honest it is about 95% water, still the remaining 5% is well yeah poop... I was very careful scrubbing myself off afterward and it was years ago so if we should ever meet you don't have to worry about shaking my hand

Yow, crushing your kneecap sounds pretty dang painful, thankfully other than my appendix and hair I have all my original factory installed equipment...

Rich: That's the spirit!

LOL....yeah, I think you had mentioned a couple of things, but that is a story should be put on film!

Character building experience pal?....lol.....

Well, you are here to talk about it. Incredible, I can feel my guts tighten when I read the part about the Brown Ford looming into your path....lol......no wonder you went HALO pal....lol....

Gamms:

Yeah, only 5%, very reassuring!

No prawlem, i'll shake your hand any day. We grew up in a farming area, you shook a guy's hand, no matter what he smelled like!

As for my showpiece wound, 'cause it was a puncture it makes the heel of my hand ache a bit, but there's good news!.......even though in went in deep It didn't infect. Mold release prawley killed all the germs....lol....now i respect my plastic flip knife......

I think for pure yuck, seeing my right arm bent upwards about 35 degrees snapped off was ugly. I think just seeing it hurt as much as the actual pain. The bone splinters tease the bruised muscles and what, luckily it didn't break through the skin......okay enough Oh that........lol......the B-58 just smacked into it's original bits, it was only tacked anyways so it is good to go....

Mikey: If that was the guy that irked you, it's no wonder. Now he has a permanent reminder of a recreational injury.

What the heck was he cutting with the craft knife, besides the end of his finger?

Dom: Glad you're ok, looking pretty awful though.

Rich and Dom: Wow guys! I wrecked my bike a few times as a kid but nothing, nothing whatsoever near those accidents. Never had even a broken bone, guess I'm lucky...

LOL.  My old bike was a tough little bugger.  A lot better built than they make them now.

Well, on the Sabre front.  Just a few light touch up spots and she's ready for decaling.  Here's a few images of the final primary paint.  Not my best work, but I'm just happy to have this one over with.

Yeh, I know.  It's a bit rough near the elevators.  Starboard one snapped off and I had to reglue it.  It puckered the paint a bit.

The business end.  No, the nose isn't off center.  There's a slight reflection from something on my bench that makes it look a bit odd.

A few scratches I need to touch up, but she's otherwise done but for decals.

Rich

(Next time I do an academy.....)

Gamera

Dom: Glad you're ok, looking pretty awful though.

Rich and Dom: Wow guys! I wrecked my bike a few times as a kid but nothing, nothing whatsoever near those accidents. Never had even a broken bone, guess I'm lucky...

Hi Rich,

Nice work!      Looking forward to seeing it with decals.

SoMM (the other Ken)

Rich: Looking good! Glad you got the yellow problem ironed out.

Hey, wait a minute Batman;

Rich; I swear that looks like Cromate yellow on that bird....lol......

Great building......I''m glad you stuck it out and finished that Esci.

I also hope you have ceiling room to hang it up.

Your experience slamming into a Ford pick-up flying

down a hill at 60MPH reminds me of that old 60's

Steve McQueen movie "Bullit"....lol.....

Steve was the coolest of them all. Remember that scene from

'The Great Escape' where he tried to jump all that barbed wire?

And they say movies don't influence kids.....shish.....lol.....

Hey Rich;

i didn't know, or forgot, you were a Mossie fan, looking forward to seeing that!

Nope, that's Insignia Yellow.  I had to do a hand touch up on it, but I think it came out ok.  I just got through putting on the final coat of Flat Gull Gray on one of my Mosquitoes (The Mk. IV)  for the Way Too Many Props Build.  In the process I managed to paint my Tamyia 10mmmasking tape dispenser... lol    I wish I hadn't had to replace that first kit.  It used funds I had earmarked for a C119 I was going to snag.  It was the first one I had seen under $30...  The money Testor's sent would have almost covered it.  But I had to replace the sabre with it. Oh well..

I remember the Great Escape.  One of my favorites.

Bockscar

Hey, wait a minute Batman;

Rich; I swear that looks like Cromate yellow on that bird....lol......

Great building......I''m glad you stuck it out and finished that Esci.

I also hope you have ceiling room to hang it up.

Your experience slamming into a Ford pick-up flying

down a hill at 60MPH reminds me of that old 60's

Steve McQueen movie "Bullit"....lol.....

Steve was the coolest of them all. Remember that scene from

'The Great Escape' where he tried to jump all that barbed wire?

And they say movies don't influence kids.....shish.....lol.....

 

This just in, speaking of crashes:

An ejection seat from a B-52 that went down over Maine in '63:

Was this the one that had the midair collision with the KC135 tanker?  And had 4 pieces of "live" ordnance onboard?

Bockscar

This just in, speaking of crashes:

An ejection seat from a B-52 that went down over Maine in '63:

 

The colour at this end looks green for some unknown reason. Looking forward to seeing the decals as well.

Rich; "The Official Over-Spray Group Build"....lol.....

C-119, Flying Boxcar, hmmm....always liked that plane......

I suppose you never had to jump outa' that, probably a few times outs' this one:

I think VooDooKen is rendering that one. I wouldn't mind one myself.

They said it was 'unarmed' and 6 crew never made it out, one crew hit a tree and he didn't survive the impact.

Nope not a C119.  But a lot of other aircraft, even a C47 a couple of times (Pre military days).  I always loved the C47/DC3.  Marissa saw The Flight of the Phoenix and has been begging me to do that one.  I was thinking of seeing if I can find 2 builders, and do one as the crash site with the phoenix.  But even the testors kits are a big ticket item to me.

Rich

Bockscar

The colour at this end looks green for some unknown reason. Looking forward to seeing the decals as well.

Rich; "The Official Over-Spray Group Build"....lol.....

C-119, Flying Boxcar, hmmm....always liked that plane......

I suppose you never had to jump outa' that, probably a few times outs' this one:

I think VooDooKen is rendering that one. I wouldn't mind one myself.

That's right. I always mess that up.  I was thinking of the one that went down off the coast of Greenland.  The one that was the beginning of the end for Chrome Dome.

Bockscar

They said it was 'unarmed' and 6 crew never made it out, one crew hit a tree and he didn't survive the impact.

Rich:

The Flight of The Phoenix, the original, was a great film. No computer graphics, just a real airplane ripped up and rebuilt, the darn thing actually flew, I think it kiiled a pilot though.

I made a sorta' remake out of an Aurora P-61 1/48.....lol....still have part of the Horizontal stab.

That would be a very cool diorama. i have one Mono '47, yeah, I always like that plane. I bet there are still some flying somewhere.......

Yeh I agree.  The original was much better.  The new one was sad.  Too much CGI.  The C119 is a great little cargo plane for mid range hauls in difficult areas with rough landing fields.  They are tough as nails.   I bet there are quite a few still flying in private hands.

Bockscar

Rich:

The Flight of The Phoenix, the original, was a great film. No computer graphics, just a real airplane ripped up and rebuilt, the darn thing actually flew, I think it kiiled a pilot though.

I made a sorta' remake out of an Aurora P-61 1/48.....lol....still have part of the Horizontal stab.

That would be a very cool diorama. i have one Mono '47, yeah, I always like that plane. I bet there are still some flying somewhere.......

Bockscar

The colour at this end looks green for some unknown reason. Looking forward to seeing the decals as well.

Rich; "The Official Over-Spray Group Build"....lol.....

C-119, Flying Boxcar, hmmm....always liked that plane......

I suppose you never had to jump outa' that, probably a few times outs' this one:

I think VooDooKen is rendering that one. I wouldn't mind one myself.

Hi Dom,

That my friend is a C-141A.  My Dad was a flight engineer (actually, he was an instructor, and also the highest level).  It had one of the best safety records of the aircraft used by the USAF.  They found that they could not load as much weight that it was capable of hauling because of the lack of space.  So they remedied it by extending the fuselage.  During the revamp, they also added the refueling recepticle.  After the refitting it became designated the C-141B.

I would like very much to sponser a group build of this aircraft!

SoMM (the other Ken)

Bockscar

Rich:

The Flight of The Phoenix, the original, was a great film. No computer graphics, just a real airplane ripped up and rebuilt, the darn thing actually flew, I think it kiiled a pilot though.

I made a sorta' remake out of an Aurora P-61 1/48.....lol....still have part of the Horizontal stab.

That would be a very cool diorama. i have one Mono '47, yeah, I always like that plane. I bet there are still some flying somewhere.......

Dom, you are correct.  According to Wikipedia.org, Paul Mantz was a famous racing/stunt/movie pilot and was killed while performing touch-and-go landings with the plane.  You have a good memory.

Here is something that you might be interested in.  I know how much you like the B-52.  There is a small shop that is producing some resin pieces for both the 1/72 Monogram kits and the AMT kits.  Here is their URL:

http://superbugmodels.net/buffmaster/72scale.htm 

They have a lot of really cool stuff.

SoMM (the other Ken)