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  1. Canute
    Don't worry; he's listening. And follow your doctor's orders; he's been practicing a while. You're a rookie in the medicine game in that area. 😁
  2. Canute
    Looks like the fuselage closed up nicely, Denis. Well done. Surprised the cockpit paint was so dark. They liked RLM02, a gray shade. New research showed otherwise? Coming along nicely; a variant rarely seen. 👍 I think the Stuka was a near vertical dive bomber, so pulling out of a dive like that required a certain minimum turn radius. And with unboosted flight surfaces, probably a two fisted grab on the control stick. Our high angle dive was 45 degrees and I can say that that was a red ticket tide.We rolled in from 14-15 thousand feet, released around 7K feet. But some of that was to stay above small arms envelopes. I forget where we bottomed out, because I'd be looking over my right or left shoulder to see where the bombs went and look for bandits trying to shoot at us.
  3. Canute
    I'll second that for Hornfischer's work.
  4. Canute
    Nice presentation display, Chris.
  5. Canute
    There would blood-letting, if I tried that. I went to the ER once upon a time, when I slipped removing the casting sprue on the bottom of a boxcar. Had to come off or the car's underframe could not sit straight. I wear a Kevlar glove now, when I have to do this kind of surgery.
  6. Canute
    The molds used are awesome with all the raised lettering. I have to look into this line. Limited run or not. Guess their finer castings are pretty delicate. Is the plastic brittle? May be why those connecting rods broke.
  7. Canute
    I really like my micro-saw. I got it thru UMM. Fits in some tight spots, sometime better than my sprue nipper or the Tamiya nippers. Unfortunately, with these limited run kits, the sprues are thick and inconveniently located in the joint area. Wonder what the designers were thinking, doing that. Handy for removing resin plugs, too. Blue air is sometimes the only "lubricant" to get parts to slip into place.Works better that throwing it at the wall. 😉 Your Cat is coming along nicely.
  8. Canute
    Yep, the choices are out there. Now for beginning a search. May even try Shapeways.
  9. Canute
    Yeah, the outage was a PITA, but survivable (barely😁)
  10. Canute
    Details in the kit are super. Good magnification and lighting are a must here. I take it by reduction you are adding a thinning agent to the primer? Consistency of skim milk? Crawlers for the circus seemed to be generic Cats, without attachments.. Although I need to dig into more circus equipment diagrams. For such a wide spread activity, there isn't much pictorial history.
  11. Canute
    Very nice work. Well done.
  12. Canute
    Neat looking little kite, Chris.
  13. Canute
    That model maker was a wizard, doing that kind of work on steel molds. I can't wait to see the next installment.
  14. Canute
    Those are superb castings; too bad many will be buried under the skin of the tractor. Starting to think this will be a "barn find" parked in an old barn and ignored for years. What do you think? I went looking for an HO version, without the dozer blade. Don't see any blades on the Cats the circuses used to load and unload their equipment flats. My quest will continue.
  15. Canute
    EG, how recent is this kit. The reason I ask is some of the resin railroad car kit makers are working oilcanning effects into the car sides thru the 3D masters used to prepare the resin molds. These kits are about 5 or so years old, as the 3D masters have been improved. These are in 1/87th scale, HO. It's beautiful that these stressed panels show up so realistically. SDo you seal the Rubnbuff?
  16. Canute
    Nice shot. Like the composition.
  17. Canute
    Beautiful build, Craig. Well done, again.
  18. Canute
    Cool. I could use one of these in HO scale.
  19. Canute
    You've scored a bullseye with that finish. All the detail looks superb. Well done brother.👍
  20. Canute
    Are varying the silver shades? I know toy mentioned the gunports, but would the flying surfaces be different shades?
  21. Canute
    Needs a CF-18, too.
  22. Canute
    Well, I hope and pray it's not cancer. Good you're getting a second opinion. Labs are not infallible. If diverticulitis, no more strawberries and other foods with tiny seeds. How I know, my gastroenterologist lectures me when I get tested. I have a precursor.
  23. Canute
    My Chevy Tahoe's spare was under the cargo compartment and had a crank inserted thru the rear bumper to lower it. I blew a tire on the Jersey Turnpike and pulled over to change it. I could not get the darn thing lowered. Turnpike road crew got me up and running. I turned the Tahoe over to my mechanic and it took him a while to get the thing working. Dumb location for the spare for any vehicle in northern climes, but the cargo box was nice sized with no spare in the way.
  24. Canute
    I started writing my buy date on the blister pack. My only tracking method on those glues. My plastic glues have no problem, other than running out at an inopportune time, like late Sunday afternoon.
  25. Canute
    You've done some judicious cutting out of those parts. Maybe use some strip styrene to fill in around the resin radiator? I think you nailed the wheels/pants; a little sanding on the axle nubs appears to confirm it. Nice work. 👍

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