Landlubber Mike

Thanks for the kind words Harry. The maple I used on my Pegasus came from the former Hobbymill supplier. I believe he referred to it as "hard maple" but I could be wrong. I wanted a light colored deck, but didn't want something too stark white like holly and maple fit the bill. The "tanganyika" (whatever it might be) is actually a really nice wood, at least the wood that was in my Caldercraft Badger kit. It works well, and really comes to life when you finish it with wipe-on poly or oil it with tung oil or the like. You won't go wrong with it. I think Jaager is right about "walnut" - here is a picture from my Pegasus kit of the various "walnut" pieces. It's possible they are all walnut (or at least the same species), but my guess is that with the huge variation in color, they might have been different species. Unfortunately, that forced me to look to replace the kit wood so that the unpainted wood sections looked more consistent. Looking forward to your build!

That will be sweet! Definitely go for the diorama if you can.

Very cool Ron! You're getting very good at these!

Wow, that came out great Peter! I saw your other thread and thought you had placed this one on the shelf of doom, but then saw this one and was very impressed! Fantastic job!

That's looking really really good with the decals on. I agree with Rob - glad the white was opaque enough to not have issues with the red bleeding through. Good to know the Wingnut decals hold up well in that regard. That's going to be quite the eye-catching model in your display case!

There are lots of different colors of maple, including figured maple like curly maple. If you look at my Pegasus log you can see the maple I used for the deck. If you look at my Badger build, I believe the deck wood that came with the Caldercraft kit was tanganyika. The maple was a lot lighter than the tanganyika. If I recall correctly, the Badger deck (tanganyika) was oiled with tung oil which brought out some richness and a golden sheen to it. The maple on the Pegasus deck does not have a finish on it, but I would expect it to change in color and tone a bit as well depending on what is used.

In case anyone is interested, I found this short video on the JRS-1 subject I'm building and how it went looking for the Japanese fleet after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Amazing bravery for these guys - the JRS itself did not carry any armaments - the only weapons carried were rifles that Marine and Army volunteers planned to shoot out the back windows if they had to 🇺🇸

I've been making slow but steady progress on this kit. Part of the slow crawl is my fault in using the very nice CMK aftermarket set. But the main reason is that there are a lot of fit issues and other things like lack of connection points for important parts like the struts holding up the tail section and the main wing. For some examples: - Main wing tips are separate parts (in halves) that you have to glue together and then do some cleanup. I ended up adding brass rod to help secure them: - Engine cowlings are too small, so I added thin plastic strip between the halves to fit the engines. Figured that was much easier than filing down the engines: - CMK tail isn't quite right, needing extra plastic on the fixed part of the tail: At the moment, I'm mostly done with the wing. The CMK set is nice in that it gives you the control surfaces, but still quite a bit of work to add them. I have a few bits of PE to add along with the exhausts, and then of course the pontoons: The body is close to being done as well. I have a few more pieces of PE to add, along with the cockpit and landing gear and some other odds and ends that I'm waiting to add as they are fragile and will likely bust off. But, I think so far it's looking pretty good: I'm still debating how to go about staging the painting sessions. I might end up painting the wing separately, then adding it to the body and painting the body once the wing is installed. Because the wing struts don't have attachment points, I'm a bit worried about glue getting where it shouldn't be. Still a bit to go before I get to that stage so I can think on it a little more. Thanks for looking in!

Hey Craig, great subject! The kit looks really nice - I have the Tamiya one but this Miniart kit looks amazing. Not sure if you saw, but Plasmo recently built this kit:

Looking great! Nice paint job.

Wow, just found out you finished this one Craig - amazing job! That Mr. Color silver paint job looks fantastic - love it!

Dan, somehow I missed that you completed this one. Another stellar build! Well done!

Looks really great Dave. Must be an interesting experience dealing with well-made kits that have tight clearances. Most of the ones I've worked on recently have had big gaps to fill!

Nice job Jack! Looks like it was a fun project.

Looks great! Are you planning to print these parts?