MrB17

My vote is in and fingers crossed.🤞 Cheers Jeff

I’m going to try my best to finish my two anyway, I have been AWOL with eye trouble but it’s been properly fixed now. Cheers Jeff

This is really an exceptionally well engineered kit compared to Hasegawa. I look forward to having these on my bench, I can’t have just one, kind of like potato crisps! It will be my first Finemolds kit and it looks like I won’t be disappointed. There are other versions we will have to wait for, but I can easily make a CF-104 from this kit using the Belcher Bits CF-104 decal set, which is extremely well priced. Now if Canada Post gets a smack up side of the head, I can get on with it. Cheers Jeff

Exceptionally well done Fortress Roger. It’s been a pleasure going along for the ride on your WIP. You put a lot of research and effort into this and you now have another masterpiece to add to your collection. Very nice indeed. Cheers Jeff

Looking very nice indeed Roger! Masks are off and the finish line is in the distance. I can’t wait for the RFI. Cheers Jeff

Nice job on the camouflage Roger. Yes I agree with you about shares on Tamiya tape, every time I visit the local hobby shop I pick some up whether I need it or not, then I never run out, their sheets are also handy. The RAF camouflage pattern on the bombers is rather striking, and you really nailed it. Cheers Jeff

Getting very exciting Roger. You’ve put a lot of work into this and it shows, going to be the finest 1/72 100 Group Fortress yet. Standing by. Cheers Jeff

I’m looking forward to the….yellow bird, up high in banana tree 🎶 or….I’m just mad about saffron 🎶 Seriously I like the W34, and the one you built in the above picture is about as Canadian as you can get! The model is brilliant and interesting with the canoe, oil drums etc. That could very easily be photoshopped into a period correct background and fool a lot of people. I would expect nothing less with the yellow one. I have an F13W, destined to be a Wop May, Imperial Oil bird, and now really want a W34. Cheers Jeff

I have given this a lot of thought Michael and my plan is to make a separate post for Ken’s display and then I will post the link to it here when I have done it. I agree that it would be way off course for this thread. Just making the final tweaks to his models today, should be all ready for Friday. I’ve been doing all this from the lounge room and dining room, my Kawai B-17 and Kader Constellation are still on the desk upstairs waiting to get back into this GB and then finish the Air France Constellation. I would like to participate in the B-24 STGB as well. Cheers Jeff

Thanks Adrian, I will definitely take photos of the display, I think Ken would be thrilled to have some of his work shown around the world so to speak. I’m working on the display and getting the models ready with a printed information card for each one. Most of these kits are 1/72 scale single engine, so I went down to a grocery warehouse and picked up 50 takeaway containers made from recycled paper and they fit perfectly inside with room to spare. I was worried about the models being damaged when people take them away from the celebration, so this solved the problem. Ken’s sister has also arranged for everyone to get a tour of the Martin Mars because the celebration is in one of the banquet rooms at the museum. Ken was a tour guide at the museum, so this will be another tribute to him. After this is over, I will be volunteering as a tour guide, in a way carrying on is legacy. We used to talk for hours about aircraft, models and aircrew. It’s not easy finding someone who can understand all these different aspects of the hobby. The celebration is Saturday but I will set up on Friday, so it’s all ready and no rushing around. Cheers Jeff

The 3D parts look great Roger, especially the tail gunner emplacement. Nice to see it all put together, looking forward to some paintwork. Cheers Jeff

This is good news for me. After building a Hasegawa 1/32 CF-104 earlier this year, I think I can make an early CF-104 from the J in a clean configuration. The recessed rivets on the back end of the Hasegawa kit are a bit much, this looks like a better scale rendering of the surface details. 104’s in 1/72 scale don’t take up a lot of space, so a collection is in order and it looks like a good selection of different versions are going to be available. Good news indeed. Cheers Jeff

I absolutely love this presentation Dave. Proof you don’t need an expensive kit with a multitude of aftermarket gobbledygook to pull off a masterpiece. The framed Cellon ad is just brilliant and the job on the model is amazing as well. A lot of us are saying “I wish I’d thought of that”. Puts a big smile on my face 😊 Cheers Jeff

A Masterpiece Alan! It looks quite realistic and I know what you went through to get here, having followed you through your WIP. It’s more like a 90% scratch built 1/48 turbine Otter using a few components from the Hobbycraft kit. Certainly not another one like it on this planet, and looks exactly like the 1/1 HA Turbine Otters buzzing overhead daily. Also the best floats I have ever seen in any scale. Top honours for this 💯 Cheers Jeff

Hi Michael, I’m enjoying the books, some very interesting reflections on life during the war, and how major campaigns we all know so well were reported in the newspapers at the time they happened. Also interesting are the ads and other articles on the back of the clippings. Thanks again for sending those. I’ve been busy getting things ready for my friends celebration of life, it’s taking place on the 20th of this month, so I have been planning, making displays and refurbishing a bunch of his models. Most were built in the mid to late 70’s and have seen some hangar rash and missing some parts. We plan on displaying them at the celebration, after which his closest friends and family can take one home as a memento. I’ll be returning to my builds after that, so stay tuned. Cheers Jeff