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  1. Jack12477
    Welcome from another Upstate NYer ! Just down the road from you in Catskills area. Been to Kinderhook and Pittstown a number of times.
  2. Jack12477
    I've use it along with Vallejo, LifeColor, Tamiya paints on wood and plastic with no problems.
  3. Jack12477
    I'm here too, Michael. Snuck in the side door.
  4. Jack12477
    From Wikipedia "In a 1979 videotaped news interview, Jack Northrop broke his long silence and said publicly that all Flying Wing contracts had been canceled because Northrop Aircraft Corporation refused to merge with competitor Convair at Air Force Secretary Stuart Symington's strong suggestion, because, according to Jack Northrop, Convair's merger demands were "grossly unfair to Northrop." Shortly thereafter, Symington became president of Convair upon leaving his post as Secretary of the Air Force. Allegations of political influences in the cancellation of the Flying Wing were investigated by the House Armed Services Committee, where Symington publicly denied exerting pressure on Northrop to merge." .............. "in April 1980, Jack Northrop, then quite elderly and using a wheelchair, was taken back to the company he founded. There, he was ushered into a classified area and shown a scale model of the Air Force's forthcoming, but still highly classified Advanced Technology Bomber, which would eventually become known as the B-2; it was a sleek, all-wing design. Looking over its familiar lines, Northrop, unable to speak due to various illnesses, was reported to have written on a pad: "I know why God has kept me alive for the past 25 years." Jack Northrop died ten months later, in February 1981, eight years before the first B-2 entered Air Force service."
  5. Jack12477
    Nice start to the diorama, OC, the jeep and trailer came out "smashing" ! 😉😉
  6. Jack12477
    Add a few BBs to the nose. Looks good so far !
  7. Jack12477
    You mean you weren't ! 😁😁😁😁 I have one of those 3M brand N95 painters mask, I sound like Lord Vadar when I talk ....
  8. Jack12477
    Actually a Scot Air Pack might be safer ! 😉
  9. Jack12477
    Growing up in the 50s we had a neighbor across the street who had flown with the La Fayette Escadrile in WW1 France. We asked him how they learned to fly back then. He said after hours of classroom instruction on flying techniques they put you in a single seat biplane and had you take off solo and fly around. If you landed without crashing, they gave you your pilot's wings. At the time we knew him he was a pilot for one of the major airlines and his son commanded the USAF Thunderbirds flying team.
  10. Jack12477
    Actually, I think it translates to "Remember Me ?" as a sarcastic question
  11. Jack12477
    Nice job on the seat, EG !
  12. Jack12477
    Did that a decade ago with a Tamiya Bradley IFV, kit came with a fully detailed interior. Tricked it all out, painted it, even left the rear ramp in the down position. Can't see any of the detail now unless you shine a flashlight into the interior and even then it is barely visible. Came to conclusion it wasn't worth the effort.
  13. Jack12477
    Awesome model ! Great job! Congrats on finishing her.
  14. Jack12477
    I saw it advertised on Scale Hobbyist website as backordered. Presumably they can still get it. I have it on a watchlist.
  15. Jack12477
    Is this Tamiya kit the same plane ? Looks like decals may be included
  16. Jack12477
    Probably had to use pack mules to get over Snoqualmie Pass
  17. Jack12477
    But Andy, first they had to fell the tree, carve out the dugout canoe, season it, then paddle down the Great Lakes to you. And you know how treacherous those Lakes can get ! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
  18. Jack12477
    Yes, that's why I replaced all of Model Shipways kit rope with Artesania Latina rope at first until I discovered your rope. Now I replace everybody's kit rope with Syren rope. Good stuff, Chuck. Forgot to mention, same applies to kit supplied blocks, they get replaced with Syren blocks also,
  19. Jack12477
    Ah, here it is. Man is it ever heavy ! Whew !
  20. Jack12477
    The snail mail is a tad late back east 😁😁
  21. Jack12477
    Speaking of detail, has anyone seen the Ramin Shrimp noodle kit by Bandai which they posted to Instagram ? My son thinks they did it partly as a joke and partly to say see what we can do. Bandai also makes the Gundam kits.
  22. Jack12477
    I retired 4 times before I made it permanent in January 2008........ Enough already ! Don't miss it a bit.
  23. Jack12477
    Wow! By that time I've been up for at least 3 hrs, had full breakfast, coffee, watched the morning horror show and mowed the lawn! 😎😎😎😎 And I'm retired !!!! And an empty nester !!!! <yawn>
  24. Jack12477
    Yep !
  25. Jack12477
    I know ! He keeps elbowing me ! 😁😁😁

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