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Man, that is fun to see. So many details to capture the imagination. Great model/diorama Greg.

Will add a gloss varnish, then do some decals and weathering before calling this finished.

What's the history of that castle, OC. The name of it?

Have you ever read the story about the Coral Castle and its mysterious builder? It's one of those things that makes you scratch your head, that's for sure. Coral Castle Museum

Wow, what a great looking model Alan. You know, the more I think about it, you may be revealing something about the mystery of how the great pyramids and other ancient world wonders were constructed...by a yet unidentified gigantic scale modeler from the ancient past. You are handling those huge stones with ease. 🙂

Great looking Fokker, Denis

I've been having a few small issues with my PC lately. I built this PC rig somewhere around 8 or 10 years ago and used quality components throughout and it has served me well. Processor, motherboard, and RAM have held up well. Along the way I relaced the power supply and upgraded my video card, the video card only a year and a half ago. I decided to buy a new upgraded motherboard, processor, RAM, additional 2TB SSD, power supply and new RAM as the old was the previous generation DDR3 variety while things have moved to DDR4 today. On Monday all my new parts had arrived, so I tore down the old and began assembling the new. After a few hours when it was all together, I tried to fire it up and nothing happened. I tried everything I knew to try and could not sort it out. Yesterday I decided it was time to take it all to a professional, and boy am I glad I did. Turns out that an old peripheral device, a card-reader, an interface that allows you to plug in and read SD cards, USB memory sticks and the like, had shorted out and burned out the new power supply. Next time I'll save myself some aggravation and take it to a pro right off the bat. He really did a great job with the wire routing/cable management, and trouble shooting. I probably would not have diagnosed it myself in a month of Sundays. Man, this thing is fast and smooth as silk now. I'm getting upload and download speeds of better than 500MBPS. Before the upgrade I was chugging along around 90MBPS which isn't terrible but much lower speed than the fiber optic provider standard.

Sure, I'll make a copy and post them here.

Oh yeah! I forgot about that trick.

Literally everything on the instruction sheet is written in Chinese or Japanese don’t know which, so I have no idea on the probes.

I began by removing parts from the sprues, cleaning them up then dry fitting to see where there might be fit issues and/or needs for filling and sanding. To my surprise the kit practically falls together with few, maybe even no issues at all. Heck, you could probably assemble the whole thing without any glue whatsoever. Even the color molded parts are engineered to replicate the model shown in the box art without any paint. The kit gives the option of displaying the model in a flying simulation on a stand that’s provided in the kit, or as it may sit on a tarmac or within the hangar of a mothership. If displayed in the latter configuration, the wings are built in a folded position as they are too tall extended and won’t allow the craft to sit on its landing gear. I intend to display mine flying, on its stand. My intention is the paint all the parts in their respective colors, assemble them with glue then add final details and weathering. This kit also includes a nice decal sheet.

Maybe there is the idea they must operate within atmosphere as well as outside of it? Just a guess as I’ve never read what the real rationale was, if any. This ship has a lot of features of contemporary aircraft.

All through my school years, I religiously followed the space exploration program. Fictional Shows like Star Trek were an extension of the reality of space exploration. The cartoon-type sci fi shows never interested me at all. Star Wars was interesting to me right from the start.

Could be but have never read or seen anything about Captain Scarlet. Way after my days of watching Sci Fi probably.

Been in a modeling funk. Maybe a little Sci Fi kit will help me get rolling again. Interesting how Bandai integrates several colors, even clear parts, all on the same sprue.

Most people wouldn't realize it, but old Florida was about as wild as wild could be when it was opened to settlers. Besides the bandits and outlaws, the environment was hostile to say the least. I know because my family was part of it and the tales were passed down to we children. Even then, stories might have been embellished or altered to some degree. I do know my family herded and sold cattle for gold and had to transport that gold back home across rugged terrain and guard against bandits. All done with wagons and horses. Oh, and I should have added, this was at a time when there were no lawmen roaming about to help. A single federal marshall made a circuit from town to town picking up prisoners arrested and held/jailed by ordinary citizens. Many outlaws and bandits, maybe most, never made it into custody. They were dealt with on the spot. As a matter of fact, many settlers came during period when congress initiated the Armed Occupation Act. Settlers who came were required to arm themselves and defend themselves because no support infrastructure was in place. Not until much, much later did that happen. Decades.

I've generally heard riders on top like that called, straphangers. Don't believe it was first class by any sense of the word.

Ooohhhh...this looks like fun! Happy to follow you with this build.

I've completed a couple of orders with Angelo at Sunward and found them to be a great modeling resource and would also recommend them as well.

Great-looking ship. Something you don't often see modeled. I like it.

Super nice!

Excellent

Very interesting to see this

Fabulous job on that copper plating. That task stopped me dead in my tracks on my HMS Victory build. Your work is an inspiration, Yves.