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                        U.S. Naval Aviation GB!

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:11 AM
                        Stay safe and keep your head down Chris.........................
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                        scottrc
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                          December 2003
                        • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
                        Posted by scottrc on Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:45 AM
                        Chris, I'm checking the satalite and Ivan is really giving Alabama a can of WA. We hope you are dry and well.
                        Scott

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                        saltydog
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:18 PM
                        sounds like a great opportunity Ray......all the best!! Tom, LOL, i think i'll hang on to the airbrush friend, but thanks for your genuine concern!!Wink [;)] well, this may very well be my last post for a few, the power/water is expected to be turned off around 5:00pm today, its 2:17pm now. i'll catch up with you guys in a couple of day hopefully, if you don't hear from me by Sunday, i'm either seriously hurt or dead, or the power is not restored yet!! i'm planning on surviving though, but thats not for me to decide. later.
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        grenadierII
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                          June 2003
                        • From: The Land of Dueling Banjos...
                        Posted by grenadierII on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:23 PM
                        Chris, I work for the U.S. National Park Service as a Park Ranger. I am transferring to a little national park called Arkansas Post National Memorial. It's way past the time to escape the "rat race" of southernFlorida.

                        Good luck with that storm brother!
                        "mmm....forbidden doughnut".
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:38 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog

                        thanks Ray!! good to hear from ya friend!! yes, i'm boarded up here, got my tanks full of gas, propane tank is full for the grill, plenty of water/nonperishable goods, bathtubs are full of water, and a pool!


                        hope everything goes ok for you Chris, if things get rough you can send that Iwata over to me for safekeeping Wink [;)] Seriously... hope ya hang in there!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        saltydog
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:24 PM
                        thanks Ray!! good to hear from ya friend!! yes, i'm boarded up here, got my tanks full of gas, propane tank is full for the grill, plenty of water/nonperishable goods, bathtubs are full of water, and a pool!!LOL got my backhoe in the yard greased up and ready to clear debris, and the chainsaw is primed and ready!! lookin' like its gonna get serious here for a while, the eye is predicted to pass very close to my town. Cat 4 now, hopin' it weakens a some before it hits!!

                        thanks for the compliments on the SBD-3 Ray. BTW, why are you moving? what will be your new job?

                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        grenadierII
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        • From: The Land of Dueling Banjos...
                        Posted by grenadierII on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:13 AM
                        Hi Guys

                        I apologize for not keeping up with everyone - been dodging storms down here. We had a little wind damage, but no big deal. I spent the past week up in Arkansas looking for a new house that can accomodate my stash. I start work up there in mid October. It's good to see all the great work here, I am starting to have withdrawls - have,nt been able build sonce I posted my Phantom a couple weeks ago.

                        Ray

                        BTW - sweet shading on your SBD office Chris! Oh yeah, this time its your turn with Ivan - good luck!
                        "mmm....forbidden doughnut".
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                        scottrc
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
                        Posted by scottrc on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:07 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by armorman

                        I haven't seen any posts from him lately... I too, hope all is well. Hey Scott... is that a 1/32?


                        Hope he has power?

                        Its 1/48 scale.

                        Scott

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 11:56 PM
                        Yeah i checked out your Photobucket album couple of days ago Saltydog.........
                        ......................Sweet builds my freind very nice..........................
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                        saltydog
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:17 PM
                        sounds cool armorman!! i'll be lookin' forward to plundering looking through your stuff there!! later.
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        armorman
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Charlotte, NC
                        Posted by armorman on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:10 PM
                        By the way, saltydog that is some sweet stuff your assembling there! I think I'll set up on photobucket and post as well. NICE WORK!
                        Next Up: 1/35 Tamiya Merkava 1/48 Tamiya King Tiger 1/35 Dragon M1A1 AIM
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                        armorman
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                          April 2003
                        • From: Charlotte, NC
                        Posted by armorman on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:07 PM
                        I haven't seen any posts from him lately... I too, hope all is well. Hey Scott... is that a 1/32?
                        Next Up: 1/35 Tamiya Merkava 1/48 Tamiya King Tiger 1/35 Dragon M1A1 AIM
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                        scottrc
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
                        Posted by scottrc on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:47 AM
                        Got my Tamiya F4F laid out and ready to start painting the interior parts tonight. Looking at this kit, it seems it will go toether rather fast. Also, looks very well molded.
                        Scott

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                        saltydog
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Monday, September 13, 2004 9:05 PM
                        anybody heard from Ray (granadier) lately? Hurricane Francic went real close to his area with heavy rain and winds. hope he's ok. later.
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 13, 2004 7:46 AM
                        hey can i join up ? what are the start and end dates ? i think ill be building a 1/48 hornet, prolly by academy, not that i have bought the kit yet
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 9:21 PM
                        Yeah Tom those Tamiya kits just seem to fall together eh,i have the Highplanes resin conversion to turn the F-86 sabre into the CAC Sabre used by the RAAF and it's aCensored [censored] nightmare to build.........Guess iv'e spoiled myself on Tamiya and Hasegawa kits..........
                        Anyways i have the c/pit of the hellcat just about done,it only took about an hour to remove those annoying cast on seat harnesses,i had to cut a paintbrush in half and superglue tiny pieces of sandpaper to the cut ends to get it into the seat,sure does look better with PE seat Harnesses........
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, September 9, 2004 6:36 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog

                        thanks for the kind words Scott!

                        AWW MAN TOM!!!! i've had some incidents like that with kits as well friend, i use them for airbrush fodder though, dig it back out friend!!LOL hope you have better luck with the corsair. later.


                        yeah I saved the airframe... it's got some nice curves to airbrush when I feel like it...

                        This Corsair is SWEET! It's a Tamiya 1/48 with lots of interior detail, good exterior lines to it... and no flash etc.. haven't really noticed bad ejector pin marks... problem is I am still waiting on the resin, PE and decals... greatmodels still has the shipping status as "searching" getting a little impatient to start cause it looks so nice! I did their make of the Japanese "George" and it went together like it was building itself! very little if any putty to apply and it was a real fun model to build so I have my hopes up for this one!!!

                        Later,

                        Tom
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        saltydog
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Lower Alabama
                        Posted by saltydog on Thursday, September 9, 2004 5:28 PM
                        thanks for the kind words Scott!

                        AWW MAN TOM!!!! i've had some incidents like that with kits as well friend, i use them for airbrush fodder though, dig it back out friend!!LOL hope you have better luck with the corsair. later.
                        Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:24 PM
                        hmmm.. that's an idea... a dio some guy at a junk yard with a cutting torch cutting it up for scrap lol...

                        Well I just checked and greatmodels.com STILL hasn't found the resin cockpit I ordered, or the decal set... wish I woulda ordered from Squadron even though they were a few dollars more expensive. I usually don't have to wait for them...

                        I'm going to have to go buy a model to keep myself occupied... This waiting is for the birds!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        scottrc
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
                        Posted by scottrc on Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:32 AM
                        Salty, I love your progress on your SBD3. I'm building the 5 in the AM GB and just mounted the wing. Kinda wish I did a little more drybrushing, I like how yours turned out better.

                        Another GB I may not have time for, but would like to try would be the Tomcat build. I have one 1/2 done, and found another with slight box damage on the clearance table at Walmart last night for a few bucks. These are Revell 1/72, but hey, they're still a Cat.

                        Tom, sorry about A-H1, maybe a dio of it being cut up at Davis Monthan?

                        Scott

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 8:04 PM
                        sad news my friends... the A-1H Skyhawk is longer with us... se murío, it has ceased to be.... it is an ex-model.. it is now pushing up daisies.

                        I wanted to try to model it wings folded and as I cut into the (very) soft plastic alas I cut one of the wing guides as well... it was scored but not enough to separate from the other half of the wing... oh well I was regretting getting that kit anyway.

                        As previously posted, I also have a 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair in the works with Aries resin cockpit and PE and aftermarket decals... will let yall know when they get here via FedEx...

                        Maybe we should hold some kind of memorial or a wake or something.....

                        ::clearing throat:: it was a good model, not a great model... all who knew it, built it... ......................nevermind haha
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        armorman
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Charlotte, NC
                        Posted by armorman on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 7:01 PM
                        cancelled the one for the 1/72- i found a 48 instead
                        Next Up: 1/35 Tamiya Merkava 1/48 Tamiya King Tiger 1/35 Dragon M1A1 AIM
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                        armorman
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Charlotte, NC
                        Posted by armorman on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 9:37 AM
                        thanks tho9900 for the advice... I'll start trying the photo thing out soon. As to Squadron I went ahead and ordered the Has 1/72 F-14D Bounty Hunters for the Tomcat GB. I couldn't help myself so I grabbed the Monogram 1/48 as well.
                        Next Up: 1/35 Tamiya Merkava 1/48 Tamiya King Tiger 1/35 Dragon M1A1 AIM
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                        gwaihir
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Everett, WA
                        Posted by gwaihir on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 9:31 PM
                        Tom, You're build is looking really nice. I am excited to see the corsair when you get that going. It is a really nice kit and I am having trouble deciding if I want to do it (actually the f4u1-d or hasegawa's a4 as a top gun aggressor) Kind of leaning towards the corsair and it would be great to progress along someone doing a similar kit.
                        Leon
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 9:26 PM
                        BTW: I think both tamiya and academy have the Tomcat, as does hasegawa,,, go to squadron.com and do a search for either f-14 or tomcat... you can find just about everyone who makes one.. as well as order if ya want... greatmodels.com is another good place to start...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 9:24 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by armorman

                        Can someone tell me how to post build pics on


                        best to get an account at photobucket.com then you can upload your pics to them.... then when you upload the pic, look for the [IMG etc... IMG] link, copy this to your message and we can all see it!!!

                        you can do it other places but this one is less restrictive as far as limits and doesn't have ads... and is FREE!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        armorman
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Charlotte, NC
                        Posted by armorman on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 5:59 PM
                        By the way, thanks Julian for the welcome from sunny? Australia! I would like some of that sun since I am getting drenched by the remnants of Hurricane Frances here in North Carolina. Funny enough, it's named after my Grandmother. I also agree on the thread for the build. I'll see if I can get on that now.
                        Next Up: 1/35 Tamiya Merkava 1/48 Tamiya King Tiger 1/35 Dragon M1A1 AIM
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                        armorman
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Charlotte, NC
                        Posted by armorman on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 5:54 PM
                        Hey guys, if those dates aren't good with you for the Tomcat build I am game for any other dates... just checking out the new Squadron Supplement and the Academy F/A-18C is priced at 69.99! Can someone tell me how to post build pics on here? I would like to post some progress pics for the Nav Av Build when I get started. Does Tamiya have a 1/32 Tomcat? Or even Academy? Talk to yall later.
                        Next Up: 1/35 Tamiya Merkava 1/48 Tamiya King Tiger 1/35 Dragon M1A1 AIM
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                        Zone V Afterburner
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                          June 2004
                        • From: Oklahoma City
                        Posted by Zone V Afterburner on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 7:48 AM
                        I would like to be in on the Tomcat build but like everyone else....my plate is full. A later date would be outstanding!
                        Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you........ Jesus Christ......and the American soldier..... One died for your soul......... The other....for your Freedom!!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 7:33 AM
                        cool with me, we should start another thread just for the Tomcat build....
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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