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  1. lmagna
    I think they will be impressed. I know i am. (I'm also jealous of your 3D printing skills.)
  2. lmagna
    Congratulations on your results on the show. Was that "Best in show" for the Sedlitz/Zeppelin or "Peoples Choice"? Either way, well deserved.
  3. lmagna
    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.
  4. lmagna
    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.
  5. lmagna
    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
  6. lmagna
    Great work. I will find following your site with interest. слава україні
  7. lmagna
    Haven't been around lately for a number of reasons but catching up on this build in a binge read was worth it.
  8. lmagna
    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.
  9. lmagna
    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!
  10. lmagna
    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.
  11. lmagna
    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.
  12. lmagna
    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.
  13. lmagna
    Looking forward to what you are able to do with this Alan
  14. lmagna
    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
  15. lmagna
    And now days they have three classes! Got a little extra room over there in the corner Mark?
  16. lmagna
    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.
  17. lmagna
    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.
  18. lmagna
    That was in the good old days before it was a possible jail offence if they change their minds twenty years later
  19. lmagna
    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.
  20. lmagna
    Looks like I am catching something at the beginning for a change. Be right back with my hammock and peanut brittle, (Just got a new stock in). Need to take good care of that eye. I do not know of any kits in Brail. 🤔
  21. lmagna
    Just popping up for a bit of air then back to the millstone of dealing with the assorted brainless branches of the US Government especially the Immigration people. I am beginning to see that the path to advancement in that branch of government is based solely on the lowest IQ possible as a precursor followed by brain damage caused by the forms they create. Unfortunately those same forms also are almost guaranteed to cause the same brain damage to the person required to fill them out. I am so at loss for words to cover your RL situation especially since others have been doing it so well while I have been deep in the pits of Government. I will try and stick my head out a little more often and see how my plane is progressing. Then deep one night when you least expect it your hanger will be missing one fantastic F-86. You have forgotten, I know where you live! To paraphrase Hemmingway Remember no one really knows for whom the bell tolls. Take care and beware for I will be looking until my bell tolls.
  22. lmagna
    I'll be up there with Edward. It will be Monday before I get my stock of peanut brittle though. You will probably be done before that! Good looking start though as always..
  23. lmagna
    I have to disagree. The fact that we are sitting here and seeing the results of your efforts and skills proves otherwise. Congratulations on a job well done.
  24. lmagna
    And just in case you have done something that makes you very unhappy with the results it can be used in the old fashioned way to make flaming airplanes! Just getting a chance to catch up with your build Craig. This is definitely NOT one that you would want going down in flames.
  25. lmagna
    This is "Valeriy" quality. Far above museum quality! At least the museums I have been to!

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