I was wondering if anyone might have a set of RAF 1/32 P-51B decals they might like to trade for something.  I have a Revell 1/32 P-51B sitting here and I'm tired of doing these in US markings. lol

Scorpymike: I've only built a few Eduard kits but they're excellent quality- I think you're going to love them.

Thanks Gam. I found it really interesting to do the research on the pilot.

I have trouble when researching british aircraft though because so many pilots were assigned to so many different aircraft. For example, Edgar Kain was assigned to Z for about 7 or 8 flights, then assigned to U and another pilot was assigned Z. It gets really confusing sometimes.

Good news everybody, i just put an order in for an Eduard BF-109E-1 1:48 Profipack, and an Eduard BF-110G-2 1:48 Profipack. Hopefully they should arrive in the very near future and ill have some more kits in the stash. Ive never built eduard before, im looking forward to it.

Wow, I was looking at all Dom's models and didn't notice the pink walls, lol.

Scorpymike: nice job there on the Egg-51, and cool that you researched the pilot behind her.

The pilot was Ed Heller in his P-51D Blue Nose Hell-er bust. PZ-H

Yup Dom, you hit the nail on the head.  Plus..

You get an immense sense of satisfaction when you take a handful of styrene parts, add some elbow grease, glue and paint, and create a work of art.

It's also great for rebuilding damaged neural pathways, and improving hand/eye coordination.

And most of all, IT'S MORE FUN THAN AN OBAMA IN A DUNKING BOOTH!!!!!  Well, almost anyways....

One thing Dom, you need to paint your room..  Pink!?!?!?!  LMAO!!

Bockscar

Son Of Medicine Man

Bockscar

I have an old BF-109 1/32 kit somewhere in the stacks.

When I got it home and opened it,

the exposed rubber tires had melted into some details.

It happened as well to another kit i built, the rubber tires

melted the wheels into little oozing blobs i had to cut off.

Sure wish I knew where that kit was.....

See, it's buried here somewhere...lol:

or maybe over there

mmmm..m...maybe under here..............

lol...dom's model shop and saloon........lol...

Dom

Looks like a great place to go shopping!   

Ken

Thanks Ken!

here's the thing:

I thought I would outgrow the hobby, and "put away the things of the child"

but no, these things are our collective memory of wars fought, blood spilled,

and lives never lived but for their sacrifice.

When I see these kits, it's not the toys i see, it's the lives, the people who built all

of those things, who fought, and of course, the motivation for a person to sacrifice...

everything......

I, yes I, am a lucky man.

My greatest sin would be to forsake those that came before me,

and take for granted the gifts of their untold sacrifices, in untold remains.

I think Berny really brought to life that idea,

that he would drag an unknown fellow through that mud, just to be blown up.

Okay guys, enough for now, but every kit I have has a story I learned about,

and we build the narrative of those stories, of those people who left it all in a smoking hole,

every time we build a kit.

-not to get too maudlin here,,,,that is what I know, so that being my culture, I'm also a greedy bastige for the history, the kits, and the building, and that is the plain truth. I want to spread that virus to as many people as I can.

Dom

Dom: Thanks, esp on a day like today I like to thank all the vets that sweated, bleed, and in some cases died that I can be a free man.

And I thank God the Cold War is over, people complain about how bad things are now- they might remember that only twenty years ago the free world and the Soviets could have between us turned the Earth into a real life Road Warrior movie...

Happy Thanksgiving folks for us here and ScorpyMike it's spring there in NZ so enjoy a nice warm day while we're freezing!

Mikey,

That is a great experience;

do you happen to remember who that pilot was, and

the Theater of Combat he fought in?

I realize that it was a while past.

Dom

Thats a good virus to spread.

There was a GB a while ago that part of the requirement was to research the pilot and post a short essay about their achievements and history.

For that build i made a Hasegawa Eggplane. But i still researched the pilot that the aircraft was based around. And while the story i made up was exactly that, made up, i still informed people the the aircraft was based on a real person, and they were a damn good pilot.

Son Of Medicine Man

Bockscar

I have an old BF-109 1/32 kit somewhere in the stacks.

When I got it home and opened it,

the exposed rubber tires had melted into some details.

It happened as well to another kit i built, the rubber tires

melted the wheels into little oozing blobs i had to cut off.

Sure wish I knew where that kit was.....

See, it's buried here somewhere...lol:

or maybe over there

mmmm..m...maybe under here..............

lol...dom's model shop and saloon........lol...

Dom

Looks like a great place to go shopping!   

Ken

here's the thing:

I thought I would outgrow the hobby, and "put away the things of the child"

but no, these things are our collective memory of wars fought, blood spilled,

and lives never lived but for their sacrifice.

When I see these kits, it's not the toys i see, it's the lives, the people who built all

of those things, who fought, and of course, the motivation for a person to sacrifice...

everything......

I, yes I, am a lucky man.

My greatest sin would be to forsake those that came before me,

and take for granted the gifts of their untold sacrifices, in untold remains.

I think Berny really brought to life that idea,

that he would drag an unknown fellow through that mud, just to be blown up.

Okay guys, enough for now, but every kit I have has a story I learned about,

and we build the narrative of those stories, of those people who left it all in a smoking hole,

every time we build a kit.

-not to get too maudlin here,,,,that is what I know, so that being my culture, I'm also a greedy bastige for the history, the kits, and the building, and that is the plain truth. I want to spread that virus to as many people as I can.

Dom

I have been educated, once again (when will it stop?):

Boule de Feu:

That's french for "turkey frier exploding on you driveway"

yeah, those french,

hey, they invented French Fries, so they know something about

deep frying.............lol:

Gosh, did anyone ever tell Stalin or Krushchev they were on to something positive??????...lol

Yeah, if uncle Joe had tasted those, who knows:

we wouldn't be building all these great Cold War kits!

Beauty, man....lol

Dom

Many Thanks Ken:

SenseiKenSan:

Great thread Ken, thanks!

Where do i get the 1/72 Tsar Bomba?

Scratch?????....lol....

Dom

Hi Dom,

Here is the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba 

Ken

Son Of Medicine Man

Tsar Bomba:

Now that's a blast!!!

Ken, please send link....

Dom

Ken 

Tsar Bomba:

Ken 

We will never know Ken, that Tupolev was prawley shocked-waved into oblivion.....

Hey Soviet disco-ball:

Yes the Bear....as beautiful as Soviet ever got:

Holly Craft! I found it!:

Yikes!

http://tu-95.net/tag/tsar-bomb/

and

http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Bear.html

Shiiish, those Ruskies threw some serious medicine at us......

Dom

PS: Weird info:

the Bear was a transonic version of the B-29.......shiiish....

Bockscar

Scorpiomikey

Only burnt it down? Ive seen some of those gas deep fryers go.

Now somebody do some plastic stuff before the mods shut us down

Hey, Mikey,

that looks like Tsar Bomba........50MT

I never forget a nuclear blast......lol

Dom

Hey Dom,

Didn't the plane that dropped that just barely survive?  It was like the largest bomb dropped by an aircraft?

Ken

Scorpiomikey

Only burnt it down? Ive seen some of those gas deep fryers go.

Now somebody do some plastic stuff before the mods shut us down

that looks like Tsar Bomba........50MT

I never forget a nuclear blast......lol

Dom

Scorpiomikey

Thanks for that link dom. Im trying to decide between the Eduard 1:48 BF-109 E-1 new mold profi pack or the E-3 profi pack. Theyre the same price...maybe i should buy both and then get a hurricane?

but it was SenseiKenSan........

Dom

Yes Mikey, it does look messy, but it's packed, rather tidily, for 200 kits....lol

errr......my theory is they catch all of the dust in the house......lol

One day, in another 27 years, you too will suffer this messy pleasure....lol...

that's my wish for you

Dang,,,,,where is that BF-109?????

Dom

Thanks for that link dom. Im trying to decide between the Eduard 1:48 BF-109 E-1 new mold profi pack or the E-3 profi pack. Theyre the same price...maybe i should buy both and then get a hurricane?

Hi Everyone,

Thanks Russ for the Happy Thanksgiving wish!  I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving as well!   

Ken

Bockscar

I have an old BF-109 1/32 kit somewhere in the stacks.

When I got it home and opened it,

the exposed rubber tires had melted into some details.

It happened as well to another kit i built, the rubber tires

melted the wheels into little oozing blobs i had to cut off.

Sure wish I knew where that kit was.....

See, it's buried here somewhere...lol:

or maybe over there

mmmm..m...maybe under here..............

lol...dom's model shop and saloon........lol...

Dom

Looks like a great place to go shopping!   

Ken

Christ almighty dom. you wanna have a tidy up.

I hope my office doest get that messy, I want it to be a mancave too, so my computer and recliner etc will go in there.

I have an old BF-109 1/32 kit somewhere in the stacks.

When I got it home and opened it,

the exposed rubber tires had melted into some details.

It happened as well to another kit i built, the rubber tires

melted the wheels into little oozing blobs i had to cut off.

Sure wish I knew where that kit was.....

See, it's buried here somewhere...lol:

or maybe over there

mmmm..m...maybe under here..............

lol...dom's model shop and saloon........lol...

Dom

Scorpiomikey

Im thankful for all the wonderful people ive met on here. Im thankful for having a roof over my head. Im thankful for having money in my bank account. Im thankful to be alive.

Now for a question. Which ME109 was the most prominent in the Battle Of Britain? The E-1 or the E-3?

According to this website the Bf 109E-3 was the the most prominent version in the Battle of Britain:

http://lemairesoft.sytes.net:1945/weben/avion/avion1/31.html 

Ken

I love those Thuds, Jim..........no pressure....lol

Dom

A very Happy Thanksgiving to all of you fine folks!

Just to let you know, if I complete *** aligned, I have the following models from Bernie's era:

1/48  HH-53C

1/48  F-105D

1/48  F-105G

1/48 F-8E

1/48 AD-6

1/48 F-4D fronm the Happy Houligans

All are Revellograms and most have the fuselage completed.  The AD-6(A-1E) is the closest to done.  Gotta get to work!

My family and I wish you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving! 

Russ

Son Of Medicine Man

Bockscar

Ken:

Cook the turkey on the drive-way with a propane deep fryer.....lol...

buy insurance from All-State......you know, in case you burn down the 'hood....lol

PS....I'zz jess hate chitlin's......r' chitlin gravy......lol......

But I love deep fried turkey,

Err Ken....what time's din????...lol

Should I bring anything????......lol

Dom

Yeah, that keg!!   

Ken