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  1. CDW
    It's getting very busy inside. No lack of ammunition.
  2. CDW
    Oh man, what a beauty this has turned out to be. Great model Chris.
  3. CDW
    I agree. Quite an accomplishment right there. Such a small scale, too.
  4. CDW
    Started working on the 85mm gun.
  5. CDW
    Happy Birthday Denis. Trailer looks awesome!
  6. CDW
    The most devastating site I've ever seen was the aftermath of hurricane Andrew in 1992. Some of the 1st hand accounts of what it was like going through that hurricane makes my hair stand on end. The wind damage from Andrew was absolutely devastating.
  7. CDW
    This little video has some footage of the hurricane action around Tampa and the areas hardest hit to the north of us. All the Tampa flooding you see are in evacuation zone A, the lowest lying land. Much of downtown Tampa is in zone A.
  8. CDW
    Everything good here. Just a mess of small branches the wind pruned from our oak trees. A lot of rain, probably four to five inches overnight and this morning. The last major hurricane that made a direct strike on Tampa happened around a hundred years ago. My dad was a young boy when it came through. On Westshore Blvd, an area filled with luxury waterfront homes today, the tidal surge came up so high that cattle were found dead (drowned) in the upper branches of large oak trees after the water receded. Back then, all that area where millions of dollars in real estate is invested today, nothing but farm and pasture existed then.
  9. CDW
    My wife and I just spent Saturday at a small town where the storm will make landfall. It has one of our favorite seafood restaurants. I remarked to my wife to look at how high the tides there come in. The parking lot is only a couple of feet above sea level. It will be far underwater tomorrow.
  10. CDW
    Where people get into problems with hurricanes is when they don’t respect their evacuation zone and the corresponding orders to evacuate said zones. Wind is a problem but high water and flooding are deadly. Many who are casualties ignored evacuation orders.
  11. CDW
    Thanks OC. Much appreciated. I'm keeping my eye on it. These things are unpredictable this far out. Lots can happen between now and Tuesday/Wednesday. We will prepare as best we can and hold tight.
  12. CDW
    Thanks gentlemen. Proof positive that even a broken clock is right twice a day. Glad the casings are photogenic.
  13. CDW
    I used Mig Ammo acrylic brass over a black primer. First time using it. I wondered if it looked too dark over the black primer.
  14. CDW
    Continuing to add interior components. The red-brown colored tanks are probably fuel and coolant reservoirs. Lots of ammunition to add and of course, the big 85mm anti-tank gun along with a plethora of other interior parts and pieces. Hopefully at the end I'll have a nice fit of the armor plates and be able to attach them with magnets, leaving the armor panels removable for a full view of all the interior.
  15. CDW
    Revell. I’ve got a copy in the stash.
  16. CDW
    Makes one wonder how we got through all the prior hurricane seasons in the past without all the insurance hassles we have today. For one thing, the bulk of original Florida settlers knew better than to build where it's common to see homes built today...close to large bodies of water. Old timers did not do that and/or knew the risk they were taking when they did. Insurance companies are making homeowners do all kinds of renewal projects these days or face insurance cancellation. I've got friends who own homes on the Gulf Coast who don't even carry insurance because it's too expensive. Of course, they own their homes outright and are not forced to carry insurance due to mortgage requirements.
  17. CDW
    I agree. The Wood finish is very nice/realistic.
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    That's just awesome Ken. A work of art. Hot-rodding a Buick of any kind was always a challenge because just about any high performance item that wasn't stock had to be custom machined. Of course, back in the day when this particular dragster was built, most all high performance items were custom machined. This was a car I wish I had seen live and in person but I don't think it ever raced in my hometown area. Ivo probably did match races with it as a headline featured race on tours. That's how I saw a lot of the old famous dragsters, at match races.
  20. CDW
    That came out real nice Kevin. The Russians had some very interesting fighter aircraft in WW2. Lots of aces, too. In that mix of famed Russian fighter pilots were some females as well.
  21. CDW
    Me too!
  22. CDW
    Very nice model Scott. I like the weathering you did on it too.
  23. CDW
    Yes indeed, orders of magnitude cheaper.
  24. CDW
    It's a lot of plastic for sure. Thanks for coming on board Rob.
  25. CDW
    Hitler wasn’t the 1st to be handed his rear end in Russia and likely won’t be the last. Napoleon should come to mind. The Russian small arms were and still are today, remarkably effective weapons. I own a few from the WW2 era.

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