Recent content by Heavens Eagle

Here are a couple of photos of Jef V's 1/16th M3 half track. O-M-G!!!

Don't ya just hate that! Now to solve that problem. Aluminum tubing isn't a possible solution either what with the bends. It will be interesting to see how you proceed with this Paddy.

I now have a BIG M10 on the shelf for down the road. I am enjoying the big armor builds.

Cool Andy! I want to see how you finish him up.

The deicers were rubber and mostly were a semi gloss to gloss. If they ended up dead flat, it probably meant that they were ready to "not work properly" due to the rubber breaking down. Yes, the Connie is a very large aircraft. Not sure but I think it is larger than a B-29. One of the...

Yeah the tool freak just got some more tools. These are a mix of tools for watch repair that will also get used for hobby and then some for just hobby. I also picked up a set of mainspring winders for watch mainsprings. A set from Switzerland will run up to about $1700 for...

Ditto, what Bob said!!

That beastie is coming along quite nicely Greg!

Could you take a small burr and thin the inside of the chain guard?

Mark, it will be at 6AM your time. It lasts about 2 hours average then you could easily go spend the rest of the day at Hobby Day.

So far so good!

And the bigger the model and more guns etc. the more sub assemblies there are.

Working on clocks can be a bit on the dangerous side if you are not prepared and have a REALLY GOOD grasp on what to do. I have a wall clock that I bought from an estate sale 2 or 3 years ago. Turns out the owners had managed do damage the ratchet on the running mainspring. The click and the...

Looking really good Hubert!

And here is your smug grin I know you have fought with those before, so now you need to fill us in on what you did different.