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I am sure glad that you were able to withstand the torture I was able to inflict by introducing you to this kit way back when we were talkin about my Flying Boat collection. It is by no means an easy kit to build and finish, but you have done it masterfully. Do you have another in mind in this series other than the Walrus? Thanks for sharing and letting me be a vicarious part of your build.

One possibility that I considered at one time was to take the Revell Pine Island and suspend a 1/72 scale flying boat over the ship below in a diorama. Or you could make it an emeny ship or sub instead. The difference in scale would provide a distance factor giving a "plane eye view" of the ship below.

AH HA I have accomplished my evil influence! The BV-222 would certainly be a large model and the Emily would be a challenge even though you say that much of what you need is available. I prefer to keep all of my flying boats in the same scale, as in that way you can compare them to each other. You can also add Seaplanes, (Float planes) if you wish but I have never had much interest in those aircraft except for a few civilian models, I always liked the Cessna 170.

Hi Mike I have been tempted to start several of my stash of seaplanes several times. One issue is where to put them when I am done? Not so bad with the JRS-1 or my 1/144 Martin and Boeing 314, but the 1/72 Boeing 314, the Martin Seamaster, and Martin Mariner, and Sunderland are another matter! Even the Gruman Albatross and Catalina are pretty big in that scale. You are building the Walrus but That is one seaplane I don't have. But who knows what I will latch onto in a weak moment. I need another model sitting around here like I need another hole in my head. What I really need is to find good homes for some I already have! Whatching you CLOSELEY!

Hi Mike I have the same book along with the CME interior. I also have some extra PE but I am not certain if it is the full set like you have. One of the reasons I never started mine, (other than my normal procrastranation) was all of the online builds I saw, said that the fit, ecpecially around the cockpit was shabby at best and required considerable rework. I hope you are able to overcome this on your build. It would be a shame to loose out on your already fine work up to now. This may be a case where there are same number of kits finished as there are real aircraft preserved, (Or partly restored) two that I know of. I did run ac5ross this today though:

Hi Mike I am jealous that you have taken your JRS-1 out and started building it. ALas mine, like all of my other stash and flying boats is sitting neglected and lonely. That has not stopped me from doing some research now and then though. I would have probably kept the original wheels as the plain surface and lack of any real details in the real aircraft wells is very obvious even though possibly less interesting. I saw a mention in a prior post about the cabin layouts. According to the only cut-a-way drawings I have been able to find these sections are the cockpit, with the bulkhead opening to the rear of the aircraft. Just to the rear of that bulkhead is the 'Stewards/mail" cabin. on the port side just behind the pilot the steward has a chair that sits against the outside hull and I believe folds down. This is so that it can be used as a stepping platform when the crew uses the top portside hatch to enter the aircraft. Next aft on the portside is the mail locker that coule possibly also serve as a table for food or drinks? Just aft of that the remaining portside space is taken up with the head that extends to the next bulkhead just in front of the landing gear section. The starboard section of this compartment is identified as baggage compartment, even though it appears to consist of lower storage, counter top and upper compartmented cabinets. The winow ports on that side have slatted covers in the drawings. Next are the two bulkheads that enclose the foward and aft area of the wheel gear area and could possibly also provide limited access to the wing root from within. It appears that only the forward bulkhead had a door but that one looks to be a watertight door. Next is the main passenger cabin that had seating for 11 passengers with two seats on the starboard and one on the port with the last seats aft being single. The aft cabin bulkhead opens into the forth compartment just forward of the rudder. This compartment is labled as the "Smoking" pasenger compartment and has two seats facing aft on each side of the forward bulkhead and two facing forward at each corner of the aft bulkhead with the collapsible companion way between them. This is clearly the civilian configuration of the S-43 and I would think the military JRS-1 would have had differences, but I have not been able to find anything to date. Really looking forward to seeing your results on this aircraft Mike. It is looking great so far.

I think they will be impressed. I know i am. (I'm also jealous of your 3D printing skills.)

Congratulations on your results on the show. Was that "Best in show" for the Sedlitz/Zeppelin or "Peoples Choice"? Either way, well deserved.

Got all caught up on this tonight Brad, This is going to be and impressive ship when you get her in the water, as well as on the shelf. It is not easy to cover both worlds but from what I see you will do it easily. What is also nice is that you already have a tug in the same scale to help with ship handling! Looking forward to future installments.

I have done this as well for a couple of my 1/24 early Ferrari's, even though they were from kits you used to be able to buy. It is not easy to do even from a kit. Yours turned out great, congratulations.

Welcome Igor I am looking forward to seeing your work. Is there any chance you live close to Cherkasy? I have a close friend who grew up and lived there but is currently in the US. слава україні

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Haven't been around lately for a number of reasons but catching up on this build in a binge read was worth it.

There are a few useful things the older generation can still do in our old age other possible infirmities, and advice on how to survive society is high on the list. Sometimes "Been there, done that and came out the other side" is a powerful persuader. I think she will be in good hands.

My sympathies are with you. It took me almost a month to empty out and furnish our third floor to make it into a studio apt for our Ukrainian house guest and her son to live. Made my older grandson jealous when we were done! But we had offered it to him years ago and he chose the guest bedroom closer to the kitchen instead. Too late now! Thanks for the measurement of the base. Now I know how much space to clear to make room in my house!

Back in 1979 we had almost the same situation here in our area north of Seattle. Back then we had a few hobby shops but little else to support the model boat fans. There was a relatively small club of primarily static ship builders that met monthly in Seattle but little else that we knew about. I happened to run into another RC boater while running my boat one weekend and we decided to hold a regatta for RC boats on our local pond. We posted flyers in all of the local hobby shops but on the day of the event still had no idea how many would show up. It ended up raining that day as well, but we still had over twenty five boaters show up that we didn't even know existed! That event lead to the eventual establishment of the Northwest RC Ship Modelers that still has about 80 members and has meetings and events every month, and even more on some months. This all started with only two guys who happened to meet on a local pond with little more than a common interest.

Looks like I may be early enough to grab my peanut brittle and hammock and join in for a change. These were certainly some interesting craft. Looking forward to your rendition.

Very nice work Alan. Some how even when sitting on it's landing gear it has a raptor-in-flight look making it look like it is already speeding through the air. Nothing at all like the utilitarian look of the V-22 Even though it is the one with the raptor name.

Looking forward to what you are able to do with this Alan

Nice to see what you ended up with Mike. A true masterpiece to be proud of. For smoke you might want to look into fine needle felting wool, or roving wool depending on your need, in dark gray or black My wife does a lot of needle felting projects and I have found a number of uses and as it is already died no need to worry about the color. Congratulations

And now days they have three classes! Got a little extra room over there in the corner Mark?

Yea but I have six people living here on all three floors now and a guard dog and cat. (Well the dog is a Shih-Tzu and would probably lick you to death as soon as bite you but he does have a mighty loud bark. The cat on the other hand while only weighing in at 7 pounds dripping wet, you DO NOT want to get her wet, would rip you to ribbons if I threw her at you! Besides we lock the doors! We have a few guns around as well. The only problem is that these days they are all locked up and I am not certain if I have any ammo for several of them anyway. How things change after twenty years of retirement. I have seen the airshow thing as well a number of times at different airshows. Try it at less than half that distance if that! Possibly Ken can tell us just how close they were allowed to fly to friendly aircraft while "Passing" and not get in trouble. Plus we had no idea any aircraft supersonic of not were anywhere inside of 25 miles from where we were until they were a dot in the sky again! It will probably never sit in my hanger but I still think your F-86 has turned out fantastic with all of the fine detail and panel markings along with the bright Korean war colors. It is kind of like Mike and his silver with yellow wings planes of the 30s.

Like most things here lately I was unable to follow the day-to-day but I did get to binge read and enjoyed looking at it all . I have read a few things about these vehicles but never got a close up look, Thanks for the opportunity Craig. Glad to see you were able to weather the weather so well and that it treated you kindly Looking forward to your next build and hopefully I will be able to attend this time.

That was in the good old days before it was a possible jail offence if they change their minds twenty years later

I also was enamored by them except for the couple of times they came up on our tail, (Our blind spot unless we leaned out the doors and looked back) and went supersonic or close to it from about two feet away, (At least it seemed that close! ) Scared the living bejesus out of us. But they were gone so fast that awe and jealousy overcame the fear almost as soon as the shock was noticed.