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?

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

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

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

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

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....

Tsar Bomba:

Ken 

Son Of Medicine Man

Tsar Bomba:

Now that's a blast!!!

Ken, please send link....

Dom

Ken 

Hi Dom,

Here is the link:

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

Ken

Many Thanks Ken:

SenseiKenSan:

Great thread Ken, thanks!

Where do i get the 1/72 Tsar Bomba?

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Rich: P-51 no but I think I do have some left over roundels from a 1/32 Spitfire sheet if you just need the national insignia.

Not from a B. But i have a 32nd P-51 at home. I might check what decals it comes with and get back to you.

After a quick hunt online, no RAF decals. Sorry dude.

Thanks Gamera, but I really wanted to get a complete set since I have no markings at all for them.  IThat would be great Mikey.  I have a bunch of Sabre Decals and some other stuff. to trade.

K,just thought I'd offer- sorry I couldn't help

Sparrowhyperion

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

The couple we bought the house from didn't know if their baby was going to be a boy or girl, so they prepared two bedrooms just in case.

Actually, the boy's room is worse, it's got little cherubs flying around robin's egg blue walls......lol

Dom

Hey All,

Ran into a bit of a problem. I was masking my gunner's canopy when it developed a series of fine cracks. They were so tiny I figured I could take them out with Future. But as I was about to paint it, the thing fell to pieces (see below - I glued it back together for measurements). Heartbreaking .

Anyway, I decided to try and build the canopy from scratch. Not sure how this is going to turn out. So far, I have the frame finished and once it's painted on the inside, I'll start on the clear panels. Wish me luck! .

 Cheers,

Russ

Frick-a-Zee Russ!

What a start!

Are you going to line that with thin Styrene or other clear film?

You are now elevated to SenseiRusSan;

I'll see if I can find you a replacement, but

I would be just as happy to see that project finished successfully,

looks ffflipping fantastic just the way it is, "CUT-AWAY-GLASS" effect, right?

-Dom

PS:

This might have the glass you need:

http://www.1001modelkits.com/b-52-superfortress-model-kit/31158-boeing-b-52d-super-fortress-canopy-designed-to-be-assembled-with-model-kits-from-monogram-1-72-squadron-accessories-9196.html

Let me know,

-Dom

Russ: Gee, I've never seen clear parts act like that, looks like you have the matter in hand though.