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No torpedo then? Recon job?

Regarding the B17 Ja, too much Hollywood. Not enough research. Notice the giant, glaring gaps at the wing roots? This expensive, model was awarded a gold.

Thanks Pup!

It is obvious by now, that the 1/700 (former) Shapeways 3D print FRC is grossly inaccurate. It is plain that this will be molded, cast and butchered about 3 times to fix the flaws and make an accurate bridge and gun well almost everything. I put the metal stuff on the main deck. USCG Sentinel...

Young Max Whitaker from Ralston NE, among others are getting the cool new cutter tooling too! Not every casting comes out this well. I just don't show you Men the Turds! :lol: I do take pride in making excellent products. I remember when I started getting Rafael's pictures, and I might have...

The pipe wrench got me! Bravo! :vgood:

I knew a gifted artist/modeler that used yellow Tic-Tac mints, but his B-17 was 1/72 scale.

NO complaints about the performance of the new mold, except I forgot to include the gun. This first casting goes to Mr. Rivera, down Florida way, as an improvement to his original 1/700 Island class kit.

1/700 Wild Goose' Masters are done. The underpinnings for the afterdeck put me in mind of 3D Printing. This part goes in a separate shallow, flexible mold to make it easier to remove the intricate, thin part. She had dual anchor winches up forward, but carried only 1 Danforth anchor. I made...

The new 110' Cutter mold has been cast, along with some other TLAR Models essential parts. The molds will be cleared close to 1530 hrs. I just realized I left the Mk.38 gun out of the new mold. sheyit. A continuing parallel USCG project went awry. I sanded the waterline of the 1/700...

Gentlemen, I do appreciate all the great input, but I will not be diving too deep on a raffle turd, accuracy-wise. It seems the ol' F1 was globally quite popular. I truly had no idea! :notworthy

The Pup remembers. :doh: The Pup Learns. :bat The Pup excels. :yipee: Good Pup!

You know how I'm funny about what words mean, and saying things I really mean out loud or keeping my mouth shut when I'm angry? Yeah. A great many of the Fartin' Fleas are old, good friends of mine. I know everyone has a bad day, but the Revell USS Iowa model had her crane in a stern 40mm...

WHOA! Hold up there. my friend! Let's see how the 1978 Maurice Chevalier AF decals come off first. Cambodia's Castle/Temple insignia are pretty cool. :hmm:

Yain't holdin' yer mouth raht.

1 done and 1 bonus Bunny!

The new 1/700 WPB mold RTV was poured around 1400 hrs. today. Nothing to do now but wait. :Drinks:

The last Heller kit I built was a Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc. I opened the box and got a surprise. This 1/72 Mirage F1 kit is pretty nice for being a vintage kit that I had little appreciation for. I figger, it was started already, just as well make the best of it! I wished for SAAF decals for...

So, it fit's like the vintage Aurora kit then?

The Club raffel was well run. Skipper Larry Martensen did a fine job serving raffle winners. His humorous "worker bee" crew served up plentiful, if dated raffle prizes. Teresa won 2 that were turds. One was started and the other was missing the decal sheet. Several of the Airfix kits came...