Hi Dom,

Great work!  Especially for doing it from scratch!  That took a lot of patience putting all of those things in there.  You got them lined up really straight. 

By the way, thanks for the compliments, especially on Franklin! 

Ken

Thanks for mentioning they look aligned Ken,

mind you, according to Franklin as a guide, one of those turkey feather actuators is

down right huge compared

to those tiny Swiss watch bits you are attaching to those seat belts.......

I have just enough steadiness left in my hands for this scale......

I would probably be over challenged to do anything that detailed

in less than 1/32, or more accurate than 'Revell Specs'....lol

Dom

Bockscar

Thanks for mentioning they look aligned Ken,

mind you, according to Franklin as a guide, one of those turkey feather actuators is

down right huge compared

to those tiny Swiss watch bits you are attaching to those seat belts.......

I have just enough steadiness left in my hands for this scale......

I would probably be over challenged to do anything that detailed

in less than 1/32, or more accurate than 'Revell Specs'....lol

Dom

Hi Dom,

I know what you mean, I am moving into the 1/32 scale myself after this F-4 is done.  Mind you I have plenty of 1/48 scale kits left to do, but I will start building the 1/32 kits now and leave the 1/48 when I run out.  (Like that will ever happen  )

Ken

Greetings everyone,

Well tonight I think I have the ejection seats done except for the upper ejection handles.  I am going to start on those tomorrow night.  I have a plan already for how I am going to do those.  I don't want to use the photo-etch because I want to use something that has more 3-D than flat photo-etch can offer.  Here is how the seats look tonight:

Ken

Same here.  I'm sick and tired of having to have my Daughter come in and find some tiny joystick or landing gear strut that I dropped on the floor.  At least I can see the 1/32 scale stuff... :)

Son Of Medicine Man

 

Bockscar:

 

Thanks for mentioning they look aligned Ken,

mind you, according to Franklin as a guide, one of those turkey feather actuators is

down right huge compared

to those tiny Swiss watch bits you are attaching to those seat belts.......

I have just enough steadiness left in my hands for this scale......

I would probably be over challenged to do anything that detailed

in less than 1/32, or more accurate than 'Revell Specs'....lol

Dom

 

 

Hi Dom,

I know what you mean, I am moving into the 1/32 scale myself after this F-4 is done.  Mind you I have plenty of 1/48 scale kits left to do, but I will start building the 1/32 kits now and leave the 1/48 when I run out.  (Like that will ever happen  )

Ken

see if you made everything out of sharp bits of metal you could use the pain method. Take you shoes and socks off and feel around with your toes till it stabs you.

One method ive had success with in the past is the torch method, run a torch parallel to the floor and inspect anything that casts a shadow.

Very nice precision work, guys!!  I don't have space for 1/32!    Guess I'll just have to keep losing those tiny bits.  And they sure are hard to reproduce!

Buzz

Scorpiomikey

see if you made everything out of sharp bits of metal you could use the pain method. Take you shoes and socks off and feel around with your toes till it stabs you.

 

One method ive had success with in the past is the torch method, run a torch parallel to the floor and inspect anything that casts a shadow.

Well, I normally use the 'crack' method. When you step on the part and hear it go 'crack' you know you found it

Ken 2X: Great job on those cockpits guys!!!

The A-20 is together, just need to prime her and sand out any flaws. The camera shop said I'd have my Nikon back any day- cross your fingers.

Scorpiomikey

see if you made everything out of sharp bits of metal you could use the pain method. Take you shoes and socks off and feel around with your toes till it stabs you.

 

One method ive had success with in the past is the torch method, run a torch parallel to the floor and inspect anything that casts a shadow.

I ran a torch parallel to the floor and look what happen!!!!

The Kits!!!....The Kits!!!......

I musta' spilled some MEK.........

Oh well, gives me a great excuse to buy more......lol......

lol maybe try a flashlight next time

Bockscar

Scorpiomikey:

see if you made everything out of sharp bits of metal you could use the pain method. Take you shoes and socks off and feel around with your toes till it stabs you.

 

One method ive had success with in the past is the torch method, run a torch parallel to the floor and inspect anything that casts a shadow.

 

Gosh Scorpio,

I ran a torch parallel to the floor and look what happen!!!!

The Kits!!!....The Kits!!!......

I musta' spilled some MEK.........

Oh well, gives me a great excuse to buy more......lol......

Pretty lights!!!

That is such a coincidence, I just watched "Dr. Strangelove" over the weekend.

This is a flashlight:

This is a torch:

This is my stash:

The good News?

I found the 1/72 pitot tube just before the blast!

Shiiiishhh...thought I'ld never see that pitot tube again!!!

-Thanks for the tip!

Son Of Medicine Man

That is such a coincidence, I just watched "Dr. Strangelove" over the weekend.

And some ancient scratch:

I'll work on those, to get them up to........

"snuff"....lol.....okay, 'scratch'.......lol....

Rumour has it,

Slim was Berny's older brother......

but Berny never said for sure....lol......

Very cool!

Bockscar

This is a flashlight:

 

This is a torch:

This is my stash:

The good News?

I found the 1/72 pitot tube just before the blast!

Shiiiishhh...thought I'ld never see that pitot tube again!!!

-Thanks for the tip!

 

Perfect example of lost in translation. Here in the southern lattitudes torch and flashlight means the same thing. 

Thats a blowtorch. Or a cutting torch.

Gosh Scorpio, ye' got me on that one......

I think that ones a gasoline torch, or an acetylene torch.....?

yeah, just messing with the translation.....torch means the same thing up here too...

Looks like it did a bit o' both though....lol......

it blowed up m' stash real good....and cut it to ribbons....

Well, lesson learned........flashlight next time for sure....lol.....

hey, at least I didn't step on that pitot tube!....ouch!

So; what's the longest period of time you had to wait or keep looking between

the time you lost an important part and when you found it?

Or what's the weirdest place you found a part....?

i lost the control stick from my F4U-4, got a spare from someone on here (thanks gregbear), and then when we rearranged the living room (where my bench is) lo and behold hiding in a corner where the carpet rolls down a little. That was about 18 months. By which time the kit had been finished and broken due to earthquakes.

I've always thought it interesting the different names for the same thing in the US vs. the UK and Commonwealth. I think after the revolution somebody decided to change all the names around.

Thomas Jefferson: 'Ok, now that we've decided we'll all drive on the right side of the road like the French what's next?'

Benjamin Franklin: 'I vote we start calling a torch a flashlight'

Thomas Jefferson: 'What the is a flashlight!?!'

Benjamin Franklin: 'Not sure, I'll have to get around to inventing it one day...'

Mike: Just wondering but do you 'take a holiday' or 'go on vacation'?

Normally we take a holiday, but more recently taking a vacation has been seeping into society. 

Off the top of my head heres a couple more.

Apartment - Flat (Any rented property is called a flat here)

Pants (Of the long variety) - Trousers (Its the wrong trousers grommit)

Pants (Of the short variety) - Shorts.

Mom - Mum.

Color - Colour

Fanny....lets not go there.

Theres a few others, cant think of them right now.

I can think of another one; "Dispatched" for "Shipped".

Ken

Oh yeah and Postage and Package instead of Shipping and Handling.

Lorrie for truck or cart

wind screen for windshield

bonnet for hood

lamps or head lamps for headlights

pressurize for intimidate or bully

packet for package

loo for bathroom

tube for subway

dodgy for cheesy

shank for knife....but it's catching on here....

polythane or polythene for polyethylene

Mind you, Airfix is building some smashing kits these days,

er,...great kits these days...

Interesting guys, I'd heard some of these but not all of them.

I think jumper vs. sweater?

Theres also jersey

Don't forget Boot instead of Trunk (like on a car)

A Subway is actually an underground tunnel used to go under and across busy streets.

The Lou is well...  You should know that one.

Tube refers to specific undergroung rails.  Also Called the Underground.

English Muffins are actually called Scones

All those trips to England paid off finally... lol

Oh yeh, and my personal bane... Road Rotaries are called Round Abouts...

Bockscar

Lorrie for truck or cart

wind screen for windshield

bonnet for hood

lamps or head lamps for headlights

pressurize for intimidate or bully

packet for package

loo for bathroom

tube for subway

dodgy for cheesy

shank for knife....but it's catching on here....

polythane or polythene for polyethylene

Mind you, Airfix is building some smashing kits these days,

er,...great kits these days...

 

The UK has the right to call them round abouts, why you may ask? This is why.

I challenge you to find a scarier round about than that. Also english muffins and scones are a little different. Scones are more bready.

Scorpiomikey

The UK has the right to call them round abouts, why you may ask? This is why.

I challenge you to find a scarier round about than that. Also english muffins and scones are a little different. Scones are more bready.

If I had to drive though that I'd call it - a heart attack...

Sparrowhyperion

Don't forget Boot instead of Trunk (like on a car)

A Subway is actually an underground tunnel used to go under and across busy streets.

The Lou is well...  You should know that one.

Tube refers to specific undergroung rails.  Also Called the Underground.

English Muffins are actually called Scones

All those trips to England paid off finally... lol

Oh yeh, and my personal bane... Road Rotaries are called Round Abouts...

 

 

Bockscar:

 

Lorrie for truck or cart

wind screen for windshield

bonnet for hood

lamps or head lamps for headlights

pressurize for intimidate or bully

packet for package

loo for bathroom

tube for subway

dodgy for cheesy

shank for knife....but it's catching on here....

polythane or polythene for polyethylene

Mind you, Airfix is building some smashing kits these days,

er,...great kits these days...

 

 

 

Lol......yeah, and in some places a subway is the Metro,

and up here it is also a sandwhich......

And in England when you get fired, they give you the sack.....

your car gets pranged when it is hit, and it is nicked when it is stolen....

Gamera

 

Scorpiomikey:

 

The UK has the right to call them round abouts, why you may ask? This is why.

I challenge you to find a scarier round about than that. Also english muffins and scones are a little different. Scones are more bready.

 

 

If I had to drive though that I'd call it - a heart attack...

remember to drive on the left, follow the arrows, and

make sure the de-fib is handy!....lol