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The little layout is fun. It is stored in a shipping container in the back yard. There is about 4’ of snow in front of the door. Hopefully by the 4th of July, I’ll be able to open the container and find that layout and a ton of other modeling goodies.

I finally feel well enough to do the fiddly details of this build. Maybe I’ll have it ready for this Christmas. :biggrin: My son understands. It will be finished when it is finished. I have my ‘shop’ (the corner of the living room) complete enough to allow me to work on the model again also. It...

Thanks everyone. Just a note on the construction. I attempted to cut the bottom of the big tub by drilling holes and using a snips. Nope, it wanted to crack. I got out the Harbor Freight ‘dremel’ (which I love by the way) and diamond wheel cutter thing. That wheel will cut ANYTHING. With the...

I’ve been planning an airbrush booth with filter and Brown brought the last piece today, so I built the booth. It is made of a large plastic tub with a smaller one inset into the ‘bottom’ (which isn’t the bottom now). The small one holds the fan and filter. There’s an LED light on top. I took...

Yes, thank you! That is a nice model. Should we keep a copy in the resources?

Wow, this is a fun build. That engine is amazing. Watching… ;)

I’m happy for you, that you have your own home, hobby space and can feel like modeling again. Watching! This is a neat build for sure. I have several of the Orlik and Model IK kits. Must dig them out some day.

My wife is quite an artist. She started painting with oils years ago and a few years ago switched to acrylics. I have acrylics for my model making so the airbrush seemed to be the next toy to buy. I found a nice one with the little box compressor on Amazon. It is VERY nicely made. I haven’t...

I’ve been playing with cardboard, foam and glue and have my tool station just about done. I need to make drawers under the chop saw and add a few bits yet. My wife is fully onboard with this playing. She ordered me some storage containers today, so the materials station will wait until those...

I managed to salvage the instruction manual from archive.org. Seems to be complete, plus two page 17s. Archive.org has been known to ‘lose’ stuff. I had to shrink it to upload it, but it seems to be fine.

Nacelle is a neat word. Watching…

Bravo! I’m learning about painting rust… or making paint look like rust.

No blue for me either. Otherwise it all looks GREAT! This is fun to watch. Yes on the pigments. I need to sneak into my wife’s pastel stash and get a few pieces for pigments.

You guys take care… being ill is not fun. Best wishes.

This is something I could work on without too much effort. My work surface is constantly covered with ‘stuff’ so I decided to build a couple of organizers to help reduce the clutter. First up was the paint and glue station. It is mostly cardboard, has a drawer in the bottom and sits on a lazy...

This is the little firebase. It will have a roof (for shade) on top and the radio will be on the wall on the second floor. Most of it is egg carton. Just for fun… Edited to comment on what I called this model. It is obviously not a ‘fire base’. It IS an LPOP, Listening Post/Observation Post...

I still don’t feel well enough to take on much modeling, but… I need to keep busy. Today I realized that the Resource section is not only a fantastic source of kits, but it is an amazing source of grebles. The B17 interior upgrades are an excellent example. I found the radio I need for a model I...

I think the ‘difficulty’ level must be taken with a grain of salt (or a dram of tequila…). I’ve worked on some difficult models before and the difficulty really seems to be in the mind, not the paper. Good start, good luck on the rest of it, no matter what scale. Watching! :bowdown:

A gold mine! Even if one doesn’t build the models, there are a million details waiting to be added to other builds. Look at this! WOW!

After looking at the photos and the prototype, I think I will do the front flare on the prototype side. I want to make the tabs much smaller and leave out the reinforcing strip. Just join the flare to the tabs, glue and reinforce and fill. Maybe tomorrow.