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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.......

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

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.......

Well done. Good on you for treating yourself.

Glad your mam is ok.

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!

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

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

Scorpiomikey

Thought you guys might appreciate a photo from the good old days before the government decided what was and wasnt safe.

That is pretty cool photo!  It almost looks like a family picture taken on a beach!

Ken

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.

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.

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

That's great, Dom! Glad to hear she's getting better.

Russ

jimbot58

Gamera

Scorpionmike: Cool photo, love the guy in the intake!

Jim: Ahhh, ok sorry, my version is the old, old one. I'd also heard the complaint that the upper fuselage air brake on the E is larger than the D. Did they fix this as well? Or so I've been read, I'm certainly no expert here.

Yes, it is a recycled B or D.

I'm no expert either. My reference is an old FSM article which used the 1/48 Hasegawa as it's example. It made no mention of the speed brake. Looking at the instructions, it also looks as if they did not address the beefed-up landing gear either, other than the bulged doors.

Dom

Scorpiomikey

Good to hear shes on the mend man.

We are hoping she will pull through. As you know, many think they are so smart that they will beat the system, and unsurprisingly, are deficient, in many ways.

I know she will come around, she has always been a cut above the average joe, errr,

that would be me.....lol.....

dom

Gamera

Scorpionmike: Cool photo, love the guy in the intake!

Jim: Ahhh, ok sorry, my version is the old, old one. I'd also heard the complaint that the upper fuselage air brake on the E is larger than the D. Did they fix this as well? Or so I've been read, I'm certainly no expert here.

Yes, it is a recycled B or D.

I'm no expert either. My reference is an old FSM article which used the 1/48 Hasegawa as it's example. It made no mention of the speed brake. Looking at the instructions, it also looks as if they did not address the beefed-up landing gear either, other than the bulged doors.

Good to hear shes on the mend man.

LOL