Interesting insight on the hand injury Jim. You can tell we're all getting old by our "War Stories" relating to medical problems. Cliff, I'd be more than happy to get a snapshot of the girl doing my therapy but how could I explain why I wanted it? Could be a tad awkward!

Tell her they're for a pervert you know on the internet- ahhh just giving you a hard time

Gamera

Tell her they're for a pervert you know on the internet- ahhh just giving you a hard time

I see we are all on our way to be dirty old men-myself included!

Back when I replaced my phone, my friend and I went from the phone store to a new sports bar nearby. The wait staff had to meet certain requirements it seemed-young, female, attractive, slim build and ample bust lines. Their uniforms were like referees, but differed from pro sports in that their shorts were VERY short shorts, and striped tops with plunging necklines. When our waitress came to take our orders, I told her I was trying to make the camera work on my new phone, and could I please take her picture to test it out?

I still have the picture, though the sports bar is long gone......

Probably your therapist won't buy into the "new phone" ruse.

Anyway, I detailed up a bit of the cockpit of the Stuka, adding some painted masking tape seatbelts. I think they should have been a bit thinner, but like I said, you won't be able to see a whole lot inside anyway.

The color balance came out weird on this one, but those knobs on the throttle and trim control are sort of a yellowish-white, as close I could come up with to match what I saw in Mikey's pics posted earlier. The camera always struggles with the florescent lights.

How about the camera in high-contrast monochrome? Does it look sort of what you might see from that period?

Also, I have continued to add pieces to the panzer. 120 pieces on a 1/72 scale WWII tank is just insanity!

And....

....They're coming to take me away, ha ha, they're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha!

I haven't even done the wheels yet....

Jim: Nice work on the Stuka there, I know what you mean about cameras changing colours all around. Funny story, I think I broke a friend's camera though, he took a photo of me with his cell phone and now it doesn't work... hmmmmmmmm.....

I painted the green shaded skylight panels in the roof of the Blackhawk yesterday- and then found out I'd just MASKED OFF THE WRONG SIDE AND PAINTED THE WINDSCREEN GREEN INSTEAD. AAARRRRVVVVVVVHHHVBGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok I'm better now...

I did something even worse a few years back when I masked off the wrong colors on a spitfire and everything was inverted so to speak. I just left it like that causeI saw no easy way to fix it.

jimbot58

Gamera

Tell her they're for a pervert you know on the internet- ahhh just giving you a hard time

I see we are all on our way to be dirty old men-myself included!

Back when I replaced my phone, my friend and I went from the phone store to a new sports bar nearby. The wait staff had to meet certain requirements it seemed-young, female, attractive, slim build and ample bust lines. Their uniforms were like referees, but differed from pro sports in that their shorts were VERY short shorts, and striped tops with plunging necklines. When our waitress came to take our orders, I told her I was trying to make the camera work on my new phone, and could I please take her picture to test it out?

I still have the picture, though the sports bar is long gone......

Probably your therapist won't buy into the "new phone" ruse.

Anyway, I detailed up a bit of the cockpit of the Stuka, adding some painted masking tape seatbelts. I think they should have been a bit thinner, but like I said, you won't be able to see a whole lot inside anyway.

The color balance came out weird on this one, but those knobs on the throttle and trim control are sort of a yellowish-white, as close I could come up with to match what I saw in Mikey's pics posted earlier. The camera always struggles with the florescent lights.

How about the camera in high-contrast monochrome? Does it look sort of what you might see from that period?

Also, I have continued to add pieces to the panzer. 120 pieces on a 1/72 scale WWII tank is just insanity!

And....

....They're coming to take me away, ha ha, they're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha!

I haven't even done the wheels yet....

To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time!  I remember that song, and the words!  We were just kids when that song came out Jim!

Nice work on your Stuka!  (As always!)

As far as the picture and the camera, I think you need to turn some of the lights off or down so that the flash will take over.  At least that is what will happen with my camera.  If the light is bright enough the flash will not work but it is still not enough light for the picture.  (That is why it is all yellow.)  I always turn off my bench lights when I take my pictures so that the flash will work on my camera.

Ken

Gamera

Jim: Nice work on the Stuka there, I know what you mean about cameras changing colours all around. Funny story, I think I broke a friend's camera though, he took a photo of me with his cell phone and now it doesn't work... hmmmmmmmm.....

I painted the green shaded skylight panels in the roof of the Blackhawk yesterday- and then found out I'd just MASKED OFF THE WRONG SIDE AND PAINTED THE WINDSCREEN GREEN INSTEAD. AAARRRRVVVVVVVHHHVBGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok I'm better now...

Big time bummer Cliff!!  I hate it when I make a mistake like that (and I have made my share of them for sure!).  It does make you want to scream and beat your head against the wall! 

Ken

mikeymize

I did something even worse a few years back when I masked off the wrong colors on a spitfire and everything was inverted so to speak. I just left it like that causeI saw no easy way to fix it.

Thing is Mike, no one would probably ever notice it unless you pointed it out to them!

Ken

I'm sure we can all relate to those kinds of errors. Hope you can fix up your boo-boo!

I need my Stuka expert here: What the heck is this recess behind the gunner? (Note: I haven't fit the panel in yet or cemented it place)

It gets covered by a clear window(?) shown below.

I also made rubberbands:

I was going to paint them, but I'm just too tired tonight.

On a different note, I think I will need to find a new dentist very soon. My last one quit accepting my insurance, and now I have a tooth that has become painful when I drink cold liquids...OW! It sucks as it is one that has a crown on it and I'm sure it's going to be $$$$$$$$$$$$ to take care of it.

I miss my last dentist as she is a little cutie! Oops, there goes the dirty old man in me again! (Want to see her picture?)

Jim: I have no idea, I'll look up some references, maybe I can find something. Lol, my dentist is a guy from New Yark (very strong accent). Nice guy but he's got that New York rush, rush, rush attitude- gee let the numbing medicine take effect before you start drilling!

BTW: Soaked the windscreen in rubbing alcohol about 10 mins and the paint just lifted right off- HURRAH!  

jimbot58

I'm sure we can all relate to those kinds of errors. Hope you can fix up your boo-boo!

I need my Stuka expert here: What the heck is this recess behind the gunner? (Note: I haven't fit the panel in yet or cemented it place)

It gets covered by a clear window(?) shown below.

I also made rubberbands:

I was going to paint them, but I'm just too tired tonight.

On a different note, I think I will need to find a new dentist very soon. My last one quit accepting my insurance, and now I have a tooth that has become painful when I drink cold liquids...OW! It sucks as it is one that has a crown on it and I'm sure it's going to be $$$$$$$$$$$$ to take care of it.

I miss my last dentist as she is a little cutie! Oops, there goes the dirty old man in me again! (Want to see her picture?)

Hi Jim

Nice "rubber bands"! 

I found the answer to the question about that area behind the cockpit.  It is an antenna for an airborne direction finding system.  Here is a link that has some pictures of the real thing:

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/stuka-equipment-question.18222/ 

I hope you find another good looking dentist!

Ken

Gamera

Jim: I have no idea, I'll look up some references, maybe I can find something. Lol, my dentist is a guy from New Yark (very strong accent). Nice guy but he's got that New York rush, rush, rush attitude- gee let the numbing medicine take effect before you start drilling!

BTW: Soaked the windscreen in rubbing alcohol about 10 mins and the paint just lifted right off- HURRAH!  

Hi Cliff,

So very glad that you were able to recover from that error so easily!  Excellent news!  That had to lift your spirits!

Ken

I'm disappointed I didn't get a chance to answer the Stuka question; Ken, you're too quick! Also, on the Spitfire painting debacle you're certainly right no one would notice.....Except Me!!!! Those kinds of screw ups cause me much undue stress or at least they used to. Recently I've become much less intolerant and do what I can to fix the  problem. I still try to get everything accurate but won't throw it against the wall if mistakes get made.

Mike: Yeah I know what you mean, if I know it's off I wanna correct it. I have to tell myself 'it's a learning experience' and 'I won't make the same mistake on the next one'.

Not the greatest photos but still here's the Blackhawk together with the windscreen in place. I think this time I'll spray the green panels from the inside!

Thanks for the information about the Stuka! With that I was able to search, though most of the references I found were in German. Although I am of German decent (actually of ethnic Germans who lived in the Volga River area of Russia) I don't speak a lick of it!

I was able to find a little more on another modeling site, though I won't link it here, the author said this"

"The mixing of the signal from the two different antennas produces a very marked null in one direction. The receiver would be tuned to a particular transmitter and the antenna rotated to give a null. That's the direction of the transmitter. Repeat that with two more transmitters and, where the three lines cross, that's were you are."

Sounds very sophisticated for late 1930's into the 1940's.

An unrelated but interesting story: You know of all the activity here in Colorado due to the flooding. I spoke to a friend who went up north over the weekend. He told me of the strangest helicopter he saw: it appeared to have rotors on each side of the fuselage. I asked if he might be mistaken that they were front and back, like a Chinook CH-47? He said no, one on each side and he added that it was very loud. I knew then he had seen a V-22 Osprey! I've never seen one myself, but heard that are were very loud. I've seen several Chinooks and Blackhawks flying overhead over the last couple, but my friend got to see the Osprey in action! Lucky b*st*rd!

I think the Marines and Army are the only operators for the V-22, and the Navy has considered adding them. I don't think the National guard has access to them, but I had heard the Marines were helping out here. At least until the shutdown anyway, I don't know. The Guard is still being paid for by the state.

Jim: Interesting, I'd heard about triangulation but wasn't sure how it worked in something like this. Not quite GPS but pretty good for the time period.

Funny, I don't think I've ever seen an Osprey in 'the flesh' as it were either.  

Jim, thanks for the info on the workings of that avionics package; very cool indeed. Also have never seen an Osprey up close or even in the sky for that matter. As an Air Force guy they just weren't anywhere near us, not even on the transient ramp. I hear they're pretty cool up-close; someday maybe.

Yes, not quite GPS. I tried reading just how GPS works and after discussing Doppler effects, general relativity, time shifts and all that, my head started to hut. I had to quit reading it.

Perhaps it can all be best explained using this:

Just kidding! I guess this shows how the whole thing is computed. I look at it and it shows just why I always hated math in school!

Speaking of hurt, the Stuka had a little mishap as it took an unplanned dive to the floor during a test fit of the wing: to fuselage.

You can see the crack there, and I re cemented a little, then I'm leaving it alone. I would most likely do more damage than good, and you can hardly see it. Wasn't ready to fly yet.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't take any more math in high school and college than they made me! And I didn't do very well at that! Sufficient to me that it works - I don't need to know why except in the most general terms!

At least the crack isn't too big- might be a bear to sand the putty down in that position though.

jimbot58

Thanks for the information about the Stuka! With that I was able to search, though most of the references I found were in German. Although I am of German decent (actually of ethnic Germans who lived in the Volga River area of Russia) I don't speak a lick of it!

I was able to find a little more on another modeling site, though I won't link it here, the author said this"

"The mixing of the signal from the two different antennas produces a very marked null in one direction. The receiver would be tuned to a particular transmitter and the antenna rotated to give a null. That's the direction of the transmitter. Repeat that with two more transmitters and, where the three lines cross, that's were you are."

Sounds very sophisticated for late 1930's into the 1940's.

An unrelated but interesting story: You know of all the activity here in Colorado due to the flooding. I spoke to a friend who went up north over the weekend. He told me of the strangest helicopter he saw: it appeared to have rotors on each side of the fuselage. I asked if he might be mistaken that they were front and back, like a Chinook CH-47? He said no, one on each side and he added that it was very loud. I knew then he had seen a V-22 Osprey! I've never seen one myself, but heard that are were very loud. I've seen several Chinooks and Blackhawks flying overhead over the last couple, but my friend got to see the Osprey in action! Lucky b*st*rd!

I think the Marines and Army are the only operators for the V-22, and the Navy has considered adding them. I don't think the National guard has access to them, but I had heard the Marines were helping out here. At least until the shutdown anyway, I don't know. The Guard is still being paid for by the state.

Very cool information on the Stuka antenna Jim, thank you for sharing that!  I will have to remember all of that when I do finally build my Stuka(s)!  Notice that is plural, I really like Stukas!

Speaking of Colorado, I saw on the weather that you are going to have some snow!  Unbelievable after just having record heat and flooding!

Yes, that would have been pretty cool to see a V-22 in person.

I got lucky and saw a C-17 pulling some unusual maneuvers while out walking during my lunch hour a couple of months ago.  We have a small airport (Purdue University Airport) here in Lafayette.  The closest USAF base is Grissom Air Reserve Base which is an air refueling base.  So where this C-17 came from is unclear.  But it made a couple of very low passes then exited by going almost vertical which I could not believe that a C-17 could do!

When I think about a helicopter with side by side rotors the first thing I think of is the Kaman HH-43 Huskie.

 I have the Testors 1/35 scale kit of it.

Ken

jimbot58

Yes, not quite GPS. I tried reading just how GPS works and after discussing Doppler effects, general relativity, time shifts and all that, my head started to hut. I had to quit reading it.

Perhaps it can all be best explained using this:

Just kidding! I guess this shows how the whole thing is computed. I look at it and it shows just why I always hated math in school!

Speaking of hurt, the Stuka had a little mishap as it took an unplanned dive to the floor during a test fit of the wing: to fuselage.

You can see the crack there, and I re cemented a little, then I'm leaving it alone. I would most likely do more damage than good, and you can hardly see it. Wasn't ready to fly yet.

Ah yes, calculus!  I love math!  My favorite subject in school and college!  Funny thing, after taking 1 semester of trigonometry, 1 semester of geometry, and 4 semesters of calculus in college, only one time did I ever use any of what I learned in real life.  And that was the geometric Pythagorean theorem:

Wow Jim, really sorry to see that crack.  Like Cliff said, it does look like it is in a tough spot.  But I got faith in you, when you get done no one will see it!

Ken 

Son Of Medicine Man

jimbot58

Thanks for the information about the Stuka! With that I was able to search, though most of the references I found were in German. Although I am of German decent (actually of ethnic Germans who lived in the Volga River area of Russia) I don't speak a lick of it!

I was able to find a little more on another modeling site, though I won't link it here, the author said this"

"The mixing of the signal from the two different antennas produces a very marked null in one direction. The receiver would be tuned to a particular transmitter and the antenna rotated to give a null. That's the direction of the transmitter. Repeat that with two more transmitters and, where the three lines cross, that's were you are."

Sounds very sophisticated for late 1930's into the 1940's.

An unrelated but interesting story: You know of all the activity here in Colorado due to the flooding. I spoke to a friend who went up north over the weekend. He told me of the strangest helicopter he saw: it appeared to have rotors on each side of the fuselage. I asked if he might be mistaken that they were front and back, like a Chinook CH-47? He said no, one on each side and he added that it was very loud. I knew then he had seen a V-22 Osprey! I've never seen one myself, but heard that are were very loud. I've seen several Chinooks and Blackhawks flying overhead over the last couple, but my friend got to see the Osprey in action! Lucky b*st*rd!

I think the Marines and Army are the only operators for the V-22, and the Navy has considered adding them. I don't think the National guard has access to them, but I had heard the Marines were helping out here. At least until the shutdown anyway, I don't know. The Guard is still being paid for by the state.

Very cool information on the Stuka antenna Jim, thank you for sharing that!  I will have to remember all of that when I do finally build my Stuka(s)!  Notice that is plural, I really like Stukas!

Speaking of Colorado, I saw on the weather that you are going to have some snow!  Unbelievable after just having record heat and flooding!

Yes, that would have been pretty cool to see a V-22 in person.

I got lucky and saw a C-17 pulling some unusual maneuvers while out walking during my lunch hour a couple of months ago.  We have a small airport (Purdue University Airport) here in Lafayette.  The closest USAF base is Grissom Air Reserve Base which is an air refueling base.  So where this C-17 came from is unclear.  But it made a couple of very low passes then exited by going almost vertical which I could not believe that a C-17 could do!

When I think about a helicopter with side by side rotors the first thing I think of is the Kaman HH-43 Huskie.

 I have the Testors 1/35 scale kit of it.

Ken

Gamera

Son Of Medicine Man

jimbot58

Thanks for the information about the Stuka! With that I was able to search, though most of the references I found were in German. Although I am of German decent (actually of ethnic Germans who lived in the Volga River area of Russia) I don't speak a lick of it!

I was able to find a little more on another modeling site, though I won't link it here, the author said this"

"The mixing of the signal from the two different antennas produces a very marked null in one direction. The receiver would be tuned to a particular transmitter and the antenna rotated to give a null. That's the direction of the transmitter. Repeat that with two more transmitters and, where the three lines cross, that's were you are."

Sounds very sophisticated for late 1930's into the 1940's.

An unrelated but interesting story: You know of all the activity here in Colorado due to the flooding. I spoke to a friend who went up north over the weekend. He told me of the strangest helicopter he saw: it appeared to have rotors on each side of the fuselage. I asked if he might be mistaken that they were front and back, like a Chinook CH-47? He said no, one on each side and he added that it was very loud. I knew then he had seen a V-22 Osprey! I've never seen one myself, but heard that are were very loud. I've seen several Chinooks and Blackhawks flying overhead over the last couple, but my friend got to see the Osprey in action! Lucky b*st*rd!

I think the Marines and Army are the only operators for the V-22, and the Navy has considered adding them. I don't think the National guard has access to them, but I had heard the Marines were helping out here. At least until the shutdown anyway, I don't know. The Guard is still being paid for by the state.

Very cool information on the Stuka antenna Jim, thank you for sharing that!  I will have to remember all of that when I do finally build my Stuka(s)!  Notice that is plural, I really like Stukas!

Speaking of Colorado, I saw on the weather that you are going to have some snow!  Unbelievable after just having record heat and flooding!

Yes, that would have been pretty cool to see a V-22 in person.

I got lucky and saw a C-17 pulling some unusual maneuvers while out walking during my lunch hour a couple of months ago.  We have a small airport (Purdue University Airport) here in Lafayette.  The closest USAF base is Grissom Air Reserve Base which is an air refueling base.  So where this C-17 came from is unclear.  But it made a couple of very low passes then exited by going almost vertical which I could not believe that a C-17 could do!

When I think about a helicopter with side by side rotors the first thing I think of is the Kaman HH-43 Huskie.

 I have the Testors 1/35 scale kit of it.

Ken

Wow, that's cool Ken. Hasegawa should make an 'egg chopper' out of that!

Yes Ken, we have snow! It was to be confined to mostly the northern and mountain regions with up to 18" possible! Here near Denver, we had rain mixed with snow, with only a little sticking here and there in grassy areas. I don't know about the rest of the state as I just got home and have yet to turn on the tube to see what's going on.

Interesting that you have that Huskie kit! I had that exact kit when i was a kid, but unfortunately tossed it out when I decided to put on 'big boy' pants and put all my childhood stuff out of my life. I remember it was molded in grey plastic (which I never painted) and the rotors had meshing gears inside that allowed them to turn and inter mesh. I also remember the clam shell

Ok, I had to break away for a while. I don't know if any of you have heard of so called 'silent' or headacheless migraines. It's like it says, a migraine without the killer pain. I can get all the usual symptoms including the usual nausea and other symptoms, but the worst part is the visual 'aura' part which is like kaleidoscope of colored lights going off in front of my eyes. Scared the hell out of me the first time I had one. Thankfully they are infrequent. It passed and I can see again, but still feel a little crappy. It comes on suddenly but I did feel some vertigo and dizziness earlier today.

What I was trying to add before is that my Huskie in addition to the opening clamshell doors in back, I thought the doors in front also opened. Not sure about the sliding door, but I seem to remember that maybe did slide somehow. Is your HH-43 built? Be interesting to see it.

Well, I think off to bed early tonight as fatigue and lack of sleep can trigger these.

jimbot58

 

Yes Ken, we have snow! It was to be confined to mostly the northern and mountain regions with up to 18" possible! Here near Denver, we had rain mixed with snow, with only a little sticking here and there in grassy areas. I don't know about the rest of the state as I just got home and have yet to turn on the tube to see what's going on.

Interesting that you have that Huskie kit! I had that exact kit when i was a kid, but unfortunately tossed it out when I decided to put on 'big boy' pants and put all my childhood stuff out of my life. I remember it was molded in grey plastic (which I never painted) and the rotors had meshing gears inside that allowed them to turn and inter mesh. I also remember the clam shell

Ok, I had to break away for a while. I don't know if any of you have heard of so called 'silent' or headacheless migraines. It's like it says, a migraine without the killer pain. I can get all the usual symptoms including the usual nausea and other symptoms, but the worst part is the visual 'aura' part which is like kaleidoscope of colored lights going off in front of my eyes. Scared the hell out of me the first time I had one. Thankfully they are infrequent. It passed and I can see again, but still feel a little crappy. It comes on suddenly but I did feel some vertigo and dizziness earlier today.

What I was trying to add before is that my Huskie in addition to the opening clamshell doors in back, I thought the doors in front also opened. Not sure about the sliding door, but I seem to remember that maybe did slide somehow. Is your HH-43 built? Be interesting to see it.

Well, I think off to bed early tonight as fatigue and lack of sleep can trigger these.

Oh man, sorry to hear about your silent migraine Jim!  I hope you are feeling better today.

No, I have not started the HH-43.  It is still in the box sitting on the shelf waiting to be built.  I was going to get the Cobra detail set for it but I waited too long and they sold out of it.  (I really kick myself in the butt for that!!  )

I did find one HH-43 kit on eBay once that had the motorized version.  I came close to getting it but was "sniped" just at the last split second for more money than I had to spend for it.  That would have been pretty cool.  I may go ahead and try motorizing the kit I have on my own.  We will see.

Ken

Son Of Medicine Man

jimbot58

 

Yes Ken, we have snow! It was to be confined to mostly the northern and mountain regions with up to 18" possible! Here near Denver, we had rain mixed with snow, with only a little sticking here and there in grassy areas. I don't know about the rest of the state as I just got home and have yet to turn on the tube to see what's going on.

Interesting that you have that Huskie kit! I had that exact kit when i was a kid, but unfortunately tossed it out when I decided to put on 'big boy' pants and put all my childhood stuff out of my life. I remember it was molded in grey plastic (which I never painted) and the rotors had meshing gears inside that allowed them to turn and inter mesh. I also remember the clam shell

Ok, I had to break away for a while. I don't know if any of you have heard of so called 'silent' or headacheless migraines. It's like it says, a migraine without the killer pain. I can get all the usual symptoms including the usual nausea and other symptoms, but the worst part is the visual 'aura' part which is like kaleidoscope of colored lights going off in front of my eyes. Scared the hell out of me the first time I had one. Thankfully they are infrequent. It passed and I can see again, but still feel a little crappy. It comes on suddenly but I did feel some vertigo and dizziness earlier today.

What I was trying to add before is that my Huskie in addition to the opening clamshell doors in back, I thought the doors in front also opened. Not sure about the sliding door, but I seem to remember that maybe did slide somehow. Is your HH-43 built? Be interesting to see it.

Well, I think off to bed early tonight as fatigue and lack of sleep can trigger these.

Oh man, sorry to hear about your silent migraine Jim!  I hope you are feeling better today.

No, I have not started the HH-43.  It is still in the box sitting on the shelf waiting to be built.  I was going to get the Cobra detail set for it but I waited too long and they sold out of it.  (I really kick myself in the butt for that!!  )

I did find one HH-43 kit on eBay once that had the motorized version.  I came close to getting it but was "sniped" just at the last split second for more money than I had to spend for it.  That would have been pretty cool.  I may go ahead and try motorizing the kit I have on my own.  We will see.

Ken

Here is review of the kit:

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/tes/kit_tes_7206.shtml 

Ken

Thanks Ken for asking. I'm better today although I did hit the bed like a sack of cement last night. Not sure what triggered it but it came on suddenly. I have regular migraines from time to time as well, but both of these are infrequent. I have had a year pass between them and I have had several happen with in a day. I guess only like 3-5% of people who have migraines get these silent ones. I know I had them more often when my blood pressure was out of control, but they have never gone completely. The worst thing about the silent or headacheless ones is the vision thing. I've had to pull off the highway and wait for it to subside until it was safe to drive again. Having one at work is a pain as well, when I have to explain why I need to go sit somewhere quietly for a while.

Looks like this:

Starts in the center then gradually fills the field of vision.

Thanks for the info on the Huskie. That's the exact kit I had. Interesting to note that they were selling for 9$ at the time! Probably was a lot of money to me back then! I know Testors re-released them a couple of years ago but I hesitated buying one as it was a lot more that 9$ at my LHS! I see them on Ebay and oldmodelkits.com has a few as well.

One question is this: I read that some of the kits boxes were labeled incorrectly as 1:48th scale. Do recall how yours is labeled?

I also know that Mach 2 released a 1:72nd kit a bit ago, but heard it was is was a mess requiring buckets of filler and miles of sandpaper.

jimbot58

Thanks Ken for asking. I'm better today although I did hit the bed like a sack of cement last night. Not sure what triggered it but it came on suddenly. I have regular migraines from time to time as well, but both of these are infrequent. I have had a year pass between them and I have had several happen with in a day. I guess only like 3-5% of people who have migraines get these silent ones. I know I had them more often when my blood pressure was out of control, but they have never gone completely. The worst thing about the silent or headacheless ones is the vision thing. I've had to pull off the highway and wait for it to subside until it was safe to drive again. Having one at work is a pain as well, when I have to explain why I need to go sit somewhere quietly for a while.

Looks like this:

Starts in the center then gradually fills the field of vision.

Thanks for the info on the Huskie. That's the exact kit I had. Interesting to note that they were selling for 9$ at the time! Probably was a lot of money to me back then! I know Testors re-released them a couple of years ago but I hesitated buying one as it was a lot more that 9$ at my LHS! I see them on Ebay and oldmodelkits.com has a few as well.

One question is this: I read that some of the kits boxes were labeled incorrectly as 1:48th scale. Do recall how yours is labeled?

I also know that Mach 2 released a 1:72nd kit a bit ago, but heard it was is was a mess requiring buckets of filler and miles of sandpaper.

My goodness Jim.  I hope you don't have any more episodes for a while.  You surely don't need it right now with all that is going on in your life at the moment.  Or is it possible that it could be the trigger?

On the Testors Huskie kit, yes it was mislabeled.  It was labeled as 1/48 when it is actually 1/32.  I do remember buying mine for really cheap.

Ken

Hard to say what the trigger is, though stress can be a big one. I had some more than usual stress Friday morning, and I was so frustrated I wanted to resign. No doubt that could have been it. A Bunch of things can trigger migraines such as certain foods, drinks, changes in sleep schedules, etc. People who have them frequently are supposed to keep a log or journal to nail down what their triggers are.

That aside, I just chilled out today and even got a bit of work done at the bench.

Painted my 'rubber band' tracks along with replacement links:

And tried to get some of the running gear ready: The parts taped to my balsa block are the centers for the tires below. The small dark things are the return rollers. A small piece of masking tape is seen still in place that covered the pins so i won't have to scrape them later..

Also more of the Stuka is going together:

I'm not worried about the crack under the wing as the only time someone would see it would be if they were to pick it up-that would be a crime! The last person who attempted to handle one of my models is now known as "Lefty"!

Jim: Good to see you making some serious progress there. Heck, if you want to go the quick dirty route I think many of those Stukas on the Eastern Front operated from dirt fields so you could smear a little 'mud' over the crack.

Just got back from a quick trip to Nashville over the weekend and was sorry to hear about your adversities with the migraines Jim; my dad used to get them and the only "cure" was to sit in a dark quiet room and wait for them to end. Miserable. Very sad to hear of your crash with the Stuka; next time the pilot might want to apply the dive brakes! BTW Ken, I have been TDY to Grissom a couple times and seem to remember they had a small air park near the entrance. Not too elaborate but they did have some decent static displays as I recall. I wonder if it's still there; have you seen it?