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Ya lost me -- I can't picture what that looks like.

Thanks, Egilman. I may not have gotten all the jargon correct -- I just know that there is a doohickey that enters the wing at some point not marked on the wing skin. 😁 I'm also very happy that aircraft of that period were transitioning to all-internal controls; nevertheless. more than a few of the kits in my stash still have some external cables (thinking in particular about my de Havilland Tiger Moth). BTW, here's a picture that shows a similar control horn. What I have to guesstimate is where the control rod passes through the wing skin.

You know how sometimes when you go digging for information online, you find more questions than answers? Many of the images I have found online for the PWS-10 show the plane without any obvious control horns, or at least not any that can be picked out of the grainy images. But I finally found the one shown below at https://www.smartage.pl/pws-10-zapomniany-poprzednik-mysliwcow-pulawskiego/. The photo appears to show two horns on the right aileron. Interestingly, they are on the underside of the aileron, while the horn locations on the kit ailerons are marked on their upper surfaces. The kit doesn't show at all where the actuators enter the wing, so that will require a best-guess. Also of interest in the photo is the chin-mounted radiator. The kit radiator models the type shown in the photo, but I have seen other photos and drawings with different radiators. Sources also disagree on the number of bracing rods behind the radiator. In addition to the starboard side rod seen in the photo, which clearly attaches to the rear of the radiator, some sources show an additional rod that attaches to the side of the radiator. The kit drawings show this additional rod, but, unlike for the first pair of supports, neither the radiator parts nor the fuselage are marked to show where this rod should attach. I'm guessing the second pair of braces may have been an in-the-field upgrade, so I feel comfortable about leaving them off. Also also of interest, this photo (as well as others I have seen) shows a Spanish example with spoked wheels, which I will in no wise try to imitate! 😬

Okay, we are sorta halfway to the finish line. Spanish Nationalist is mostly done. There were quite a few more fiddly bits at the end than I had anticipated, and there's still a few left that I need to wrestle with. The kits contain control horns (but I lost Spanish Nationalist's), but the diagrams don't show their locations clearly. The photos I have looked at don't help much, either. Also still need to add a pitot tube, which is misnumbered on the diagrams and for which there is no template for making the wire piece. Not deal killers by any stretch, just things that need to be thought about. Will try to finish White Tail this week.

Congratulations, Phil! Scratch + card = a tough challenge, but you pulled it off. Cheers!

Sounds like the seller might be a navy veteran, judging by his seller name "ssbn663," which was the USS Casimir Pulaski.

Whew! All landing gears and ailerons complete. I can't hardly fit both of these birds in one frame together. All that remains are skids, radiators, and propellers -- the radiators might be tricky.

That is a candidate for Understatement of the Year -- he is a master! This caught my eye. Rounded parts with petals are one of my card-modeling kryptonites. Any idea what that tool is and how much it might cost? Of course, there has to be a pressing tool for each size of mold.

I have used double-sided tape, too, but I'm not familiar with a brand that has any peel-off backing. What I did was apply the tape to the canopy frame, cut the panes out while the tape is laid over a sheet of glass, and then stick the frame to the canopy material. The problem with that method is that inevitably too much of the adhesive on the second side would rub off on the glass during the cutting, which adversely affected the frame-to-canopy bond. But tape with a peel-off backing might do the trick.

No. Despite whatever interest has been on display here, card models are still a tiny fraction of what gets shown at MSW. Anyways, ships would just go in the general ship builds area, and aircraft fall under "non-categorized." This area is more or less a bonus area, offered as a courtesy to our members; offering more than this would conflict with MSW's primary mission. But there are numerous dedicated card-modeling forums on the internet. Some of our members are active on one or more of those sites.

Brushes come in a wide range of quality, and their prices reflect that. Avoid packaged sets that sell for like $1.99 at Hobby Lobby. But neither do you need to lay out the dough for top-end brushes (though they are nice). I have found mid-priced white sable brushes work quite nicely for me. I use large-ish square-tipped brushes for doing large areas, like hulls. I use an assortment of medium- to small-sized round-tip brushes for detail work; I use such brushes for applying PVA glue as well.

Yep, considering that they cater primarily to crafters, they do have a decent selection of modeling-specific supplies. Every time I stop by there, I see something to make a mental note of for later.

Well, gents, I stopped by Hobby Lobby to find some Pacer/ZAP 560 -- couldn't find it, and staff said they'd never heard of it. Oh, well. In the meantime, I am plugging away. Got one set of ailerons done today and finished up the second set of wheels. I will probably post a pic once I get White Tail's gear done (for which I picked up some music wire while I was at Hobby Lobby).

Bummer, Paul! Storage space on the forum isn't a problem, so we'll just mark it 'terminated' and hope the next project fares better. Chin up!

I have a Mk. I and a Mk. V both buried in my card model stash. Of course, I have a lot of other kits buried there, too, so no telling when I will ever get to any of them. 😋

Further to my observation about my hometown's rodeo, here's some images from this year's follow-up event, the "Hit 'n' Miss Engine" show.

I think one can easily see the family resemblance between the P2Y and the Catalina.

Nicely done -- congratulations!

Parts are sprayed with matte clear acrylic before construction. Finished models are kept out of direct sunlight to avoid fading. None of my models have fallen apart yet, and the oldest are going on two decades old. I'll get back to you if they start disintegrating at some point. 😉

Spanish Nationalist now has her landing gear. No skid yet -- they tend to break off easily, so that will be one of the last bits.

The kits are not widely known in the modeling world, but the owner is a member here (username: *Hans*), as is one of the guys that works for the US distributor, Clare Hess (username: catopower). You might try directing some questions to them. Cheers!

No one needs to apologize for their results. We don't hand out 'pass' or 'fail' marks! I, for one, always tip my hat to scratch-builders, especially if they have pulled off a difficult first project. Cheers!

Antique tractors and engines are still a big deal in the more rural, agrarian parts of the U.S. The town I grew up in has an annual rodeo, and antique tractors are featured every year.

There's a Hobby Lobby just a few minutes from my house, so I'll have to look out for it next time I'm there. One of the reasons I like pre-WWII aircraft is that they typically have windscreens rather than enclosed cockpits; it minimizes the paper-to-plastic hassle. Cop-out? Maybe -- I also happen to really like that time period. 😋 EDIT: Just glanced over at my display case -- every airplane in it had a first flight before 1 Sep 1939.

Looking very nice -- beautiful wood and very tidy work.