I've been working on my F-4P intake ducts and found a way to cut some

small spars to support the flimsy vac-sheet I cut the tunnels out of.

Once i get those done, I have a kit again, 12 years of tinkering between careers. I bought this kit before 9/11, it was a warped wonder, probably should have thrown it out. I spent the first 8 years just straightening out the pieces.

When I bought this kit, I was paying for my own education as a part time student

working through the week, my dying company in hand, losing all my capital, molds, designs,,,,

The government taxed my ashes all the way through......it's okay, they gave the dough to

others......and that's okay......lol....I am not bitter.....it's okay.....

I,m also still working on the tax bill they gave gave me as i went out of business to go to school.....the tax man, he really needed my cash......

......the government slammed me for unsold inventory as though it was sold, gave the money away to folks they said needed it more than me, ....

Actually, I would have preferred to finish this F-4P kit 6 years before I signed onto these threads.....I'ld straiten out a piece with a hair dryer and put it away for another year....

Well, i still have this kit to finish, and another tractor trailer exam to write to keep my license.

So it is hard to complain. I'm still employed. I'm back on track. I'm up to my arm pits in tax-debt....

I am very happy I wasn't in New York 11 years ago today, but my family members were.

After calling them for over 3 hours, I told them the WTC had collapsed over the phone, they were working from home that day, and didn't have any idea what had happened when I called.

I feel lucky.

Funny thing is guys, the kits keep me going. Every time i put a few more hours into a kit, I look at the plane and remember....those other guys, the guys that gave everything up, those guys gave everything they ever had.

The air this morning at 6 a.m. was just as crisp as it was 11 years ago today.

Well.  I know it wasn't officially part of the build, but I did it while working on the group build.  This particular little Gem is the 1/32 Revell kit.  This kit hates me.. It really does.  I have tried to build this kit over and over, and this is the first time I was able to bully it into submission.  Between the lousy fit, the snapping hinges, the landing gear that can barely hold it's weight, and other factors, I am happy just to get one done this well.  I have a Trumpeter in storage but I can't get to it now.  I can hardly wait to do that one and put it next to this one for comparison.  Here's the pics.  (Sorry, no WIPs, I was too disgusted with it to take any.)

And the other side.

Not my best, but as good as that one is going to get.

Rich

Hey Rich, it looks like a Corsair to me!    Nice job!    

Ken

Looks darn good to me too, Rich. Good job!

Russ

Thanks Ken.  I'm never happy with my own work...  I should probably get some fine thread and put an areal wire on it.  I should have taken a front shot to show the engine detailing I did.  I did kill my last can of Dark Sea Blue on it.  lol  Now I have to replace it.  Deb's gonna pitch a fit. lol

  Rich

Son Of Medicine Man

Hey Rich, it looks like a Corsair to me!    Nice job!    

Ken

Its easier to ask forgiveness than permission

Hi Everyone,

I scored another lithograph:

Ken 

Now why the heck did I think you sent Aussie markings...?  I swear, ever since they put all this metal wire in my brain, I completely veg out sometimes.

This this was meant for the ANZAC GB.

No idea man, but theyre Rinzaf markings.

...Metal wire?

Rich: What's wrong with her? Nice job, I like it!!! Then again as I've said I like pretty much any blue (US Navy) plane...

Ken: Nice score there! Somehow you can't beat that '50s - early '60s artwork. Somehow it had an exuberant, joyful, futuristic attitude that died in the late '60s and really hasn't been seen since then.  

Guys,

I’ve been removing the raised panel lines and re-scribing my B-52. I found I needed a light but flexible scribing guide that I could move around easily. I do use Dymo tape, but it’s expensive and can only be used a couple of times. I tried the metal banding that is used to strap heavy boxes but it’s just too heavy. Some plastic strapping might work but the only type I have doesn't have smooth, hard edges.

Recently, I took apart an old retractable tape measure to cut off a section to use for a flexible ruler. In the process, I found a smaller steel tape inside that was used for the coil spring. This tape is light, flexible and already slightly curved. It's flexible enough that you can tape the ends down. It turned out to be ideal for a scribing guide. I cut mine into a number of different lengths. Be sure to trim or round off the ends as they are sharp.

Cheers,

Russ

Hey, great tip russ. Thanks for that.

Hey Ken, don't know what happend to my original reply about your new lithograph - it seems to have disappeared. Anyway, very nice win there, bud!  You're building quite a collection of 101 memorabilia.

Russ

Scorpiomikey

Hey, great tip russ. Thanks for that.

Thanks for everyone's compliments on the lithographs!  I feel pretty lucky to find them and at the great price.  I can't wait for them to arrive so I can frame them and hang them up in my "Man Cave".

Ken

Striker8241

Guys,

I’ve been removing the raised panel lines and re-scribing my B-52. I found I needed a light but flexible scribing guide that I could move around easily. I do use Dymo tape, but it’s expensive and can only be used a couple of times. I tried the metal banding that is used to strap heavy boxes but it’s just too heavy. Some plastic strapping might work but the only type I have doesn't have smooth, hard edges.

Recently, I took apart an old retractable tape measure to cut off a section to use for a flexible ruler. In the process, I found a smaller steel tape inside that was used for the coil spring. This tape is light, flexible and already slightly curved. It's flexible enough that you can tape the ends down. It turned out to be ideal for a scribing guide. I cut mine into a number of different lengths. Be sure to trim or round off the ends as they are sharp.

Cheers,

Russ

Thanks for the tip Russ!  I happen to have a tape measure that is bent that would be a great candidate to use.

Wow, that is going to be a big project re-scribing that big bird!  You really are going all out on this!

Ken

Your're welcome, Ken! Hope it works for you.

It is a big job, but it's my own fault. I kept messing up the raised lines and it's a lot of trouble to repair them. Also, the scribed lines will just look better. I'm in no hurry and it's a good opportunity to learn how to do it before I deal with smaller models.

Russ

Hi guys.  Hope things have been going well here.  Sorry for my absence.  My modeling activities are pretty well shut down in the summer with too many other things to deal with, so I haven't been very active in here.  Maybe later without travel and golf and other family problems, I'll find more time at the bench.

Nice work on the Corsair, Rich.  

Man, that's a real ambitious scribing job, Russ - good luck with it!

I am calling the TF-102 completed for now.  I'm not satisfied with the canopy and windscreen, but am not going to fight it any more now (maybe I'll revisit it another day, I do have another set.)  The form provided with the conversion kit has very bulky non-glass areas   Anyway, here's how she is at this moment.

Here she is with her sister F-102

And here's the original troublemaker:

Thanks for looking,

Kbuzz

kbuzz01

Man, that's a real ambitious scribing job, Russ - good luck with it!

I am calling the TF-102 completed for now.  I'm not satisfied with the canopy and windscreen, but am not going to fight it any more now (maybe I'll revisit it another day, I do have another set.)  The form provided with the conversion kit has very bulky non-glass areas   Anyway, here's how she is at this moment.

Hi, Buzz. Welcome back! Thanks for the good luck wish - I'll need all the help I can get .

Thanks, Russ.  I've tried about four times now to get the pics up and I see them in the preview but they don't show in this post !!??

Kbuzz

EDIT:  Disregard - finally got them to post by moving one pic at a time! 

Kbuzz:

Excellent work, show quality!

Dom

kbuzz01

Thanks, Russ.  I've tried about four times now to get the pics up and I see them in the preview but they don't show in this post !!??

Kbuzz

EDIT:  Disregard - finally got them to post by moving one pic at a time! 

Ahh yes, very nice work Buzz!

Guys, I'm going to be offline maybe for a few days. My computer is having problems and I need to take care of it. Catch you all later.

Russ

Hi Kbuzz (the other Ken),

Very nice work!  You should enter that in a contest!     

I will post it on the front page.  I hope we have a badge soon for you.

Ken

Roger that Striker;

I'm on intermittent wave length myself.

Just got a message from my step sister. She has MS (known that for a while) just got the MRI results back, things are not flash.

Mike;

"Things are not flash" is bad, right?

Best to her, and you.

When you said "recite the litanies..."

I took you seriously.

We go through these 'storms' lad.

Best is to be as close to her now as you can,

for as long as you can.

-Dom

Yeah, sorry, kiwi term.

The scans show 2 dozen finger sized lesions on her brain, and another 6 on her spine.

Yeah, recite the litanies, fire up the gellar field. Into the warp we go.

Mike,

all you can do is be there, as often and for as long

as you can.

Oh man, into the warp. "Do your best", we are here.

Praying for her, and you, Mike.

-Dom

Mike,

I am really sad to hear the news.  I wish the best for you and your family in this tough time.

Ken