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  1. lmagna
    Did you give the bug proper last rights?
  2. lmagna
    I bet someone in the draft board was upset. They wanted to put you in the Army as a private and make you a Grunt. Shows how smart you are though! I can't remember what number I was, that year or any other!
  3. lmagna
    Small world Mine was the Dauntless, followed by the Wildcat, followed by the Avenger. Loved them all. They had all kinds of moving parts back then that also made them ultra playable. Great kits for the day.
  4. lmagna
    That's OK John it adds a degree of deniable plausibility to anything we say. Of course you do remember what they say about if you can remember the 60s?
  5. lmagna
    Wow, I had to look that one up. My failing memory remembers the lotto as being around ever since my high school days, if not before. But according to the infallible internet the first lotto was in 1969. That still seems wrong to me for some reason.
  6. lmagna
    PERFECT name! You mean Hens are never "Maidens"? (Used as a status, not a gender)
  7. lmagna
    I followed that build as well. It turned out nicely.
  8. lmagna
    Congratulations That is quite the achievement Ted. After all that the Kearsarge should be a drop in the bucket.
  9. lmagna
    Amazing work on what is normally a pretty plain Jane model Robert.
  10. lmagna
    Almost like having your own private little airshow.
  11. lmagna
    I like the colors you chose.
  12. lmagna
    You mean it's more like watching grass grow? (A seasonal pass time here in the PNW) Both you and J are building interesting subjects and seem top be staying mostly neck and neck in your builds. They are both even starting to look a little ship like!
  13. lmagna
    It seems to be a little known piece of modeling history as well. I built the tracked vehicle as a kid and enjoyed the look, I was in a SF mood a few years ago and wanted to try out making a "Moon rover" based on a SF book I was reading and thought of this model, (Without the cannon of course) but it seemed to be long out of production. Nice work!
  14. lmagna
    Wow, that was quick weathering! I agree with Craig, turned out perfect I don't see where you need to come back to it later.
  15. lmagna
    When you are out looking for "Maidens"..................??????????????
  16. lmagna
    Looking forward to this Jack. Although I am not really an armor/military vehicle person, I do love dioramas. I think I will be learning a lot from you on how to deal with a number of pertinent issues on my build.
  17. lmagna
    And they only called it a Gale? Boats sunk, people drowning, cranes falling, sounds more like a hurricane to me!
  18. lmagna
    You mean you don't want him to set off for Cuba looking for his mate? Would that be called a maiden voyage or a mating voyage??
  19. lmagna
    Welcome from an hour, (Well on some days) north of you.
  20. lmagna
    I had never seen an aircraft take off that way. They always seemed to do it your #2 way. Stopping, breaking, revving, and release to GO! I suppose that would be similar to a Huey doing a quick takeoff. I think it was claimed that a Huey could lift off from a dead start in 60 or 90 seconds. I don't know, we never did it when I was on board, I understand it is hard on the transmission.
  21. lmagna
    I bought what is probably the clone of this airbrush, at a much lower price, from my local hobby shop. https://www.amazon.com/PointZero-Multi-purpose-Dual-action-Airbrush-Set/dp/B004KNDR08/ref=sr_1_24?crid=1I6N65SNA0WM6&keywords=airbrush+compressor+kit&qid=1583716913&s=arts-crafts&sprefix=airbrush+compresser%2Carts-crafts%2C209&sr=1-24 While I am pretty certain it would be looked down on as any kind of investment in the future of airbrushing, it has done all of the painting so far on my Huey. I have had some drying issues with Acrylic and I am a little worried about how well it will do when it comes time for large areas like the fuselage but the compressor is so quiet you can easily talk over the noise.
  22. lmagna
    I got a Aztek model similar to this with all kinds of tips from a fellow forum member a while back, but have been having problems getting the connection at the handle to conform to the compressor fitting I am using, so it has just been sitting. https://www.amazon.com/Testors-A470L-Single-Double-Airbrush/dp/B00NPBMHFW
  23. lmagna
    I figured that it would be too good to be true but thought I would ask anyway. As a non prolific modeler to say the least it is a little harder to jump right into the middle of $200 tools that will probably have limited use over time. Thanks for the personal insight and experience.
  24. lmagna
    Have you ever seen or heard about these airbrushes Craig? https://www.amazon.com/Master-Airbrush-Multi-Purpose-Dual-Action-Professional/dp/B002KJDXHQ/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?keywords=Master+Airbrush&qid=1583701398&s=home-garden&sr=1-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExNlRURkMzUTFDVTkzJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTYzNDc3MTBCSEc2T1RCODQwWSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDE2MzEwN1BWTFdDSjZMTEwxJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
  25. lmagna
    Gee, thanks for the video Craig! As always when I look on Utube for how-to stuff, (I tend to live there already lately) I watch the original video and then end up watching two more hours of other stuff! This guy while beautifully informative ended up as being one of those ventures into "Modeling levels I can never achieve". Did you see his build on the FW-190? I'm sorry that was a FW-190 build by Plasmo. It looks like Utube switched me to his stuff when I wasn't looking.

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