Old Dog

Looking great so far, if you haven't installed the engine exhausts yet you should be able to get some additional weight in the engine cowlings, B-B's maybe.

Thanks for the welcome and the help with the avatar !

I'm in my late 60's going on 18. I'm a retired Process Engineer from an electronics manufacturing service provider. My Father, a WWII vet, instilled in me a love for all things with wings and I started building models around the age of ten, with a lot of help from Dad at first. Back then Aurora, Hawk, Lindberg, Monogram and Revell were the main stream kit providers and kits with raised lines where the markings went were not uncommon. I continued building aircraft kits up until about the time that I got married in 1978, then stopped cold turkey. I eventually packed up all my completed models and my stash, figuring I'd get back to it eventually. I never really stopped collecting and would continue to add to my stash when I would find something I thought would be cool to build. When aircraft kit makers began to crank out a plethora of kits in 1/48 scale a few years ago my interest began to peak again and a lot of kits previously unavailable in that scale caused me to start collecting big time again. Late in 05 I picked up a copy of Fine Scale Magazine and I was hooked ! I started searching out sites online with reviews and articles and checking out manufacturers I never knew existed. I also noticed the use of things that just weren't being used in the 70's like Future floor wax as a clear coat, resin and photo etched parts, precut masks, detailing kits for cockpits, Mr. Surfacer and special bare metal finishes. Back then about all we had was Squadron green putty and bare metal foil and if you wanted a vacuformed canopy you made a master and used your Mattel vacuform ! So after a 30 year hiatus I got back into the saddle again. About the same time I started my own website, mostly as a place to organize what I wanted to do model wise and a place to post photos and build logs. Back then there were not as many review sites as now so I started posting inbox reviews as well. I also hang out at other sites like Large Scale Planes, Aeroscale and am a moderator at Modeler's Alliance and the now defunct Swanny's Models Forum, so I recognize some of the names here. For years my primary focus scale wise was 1/48 and WWII but I have begun to drift into 1/32 as the eyes and hands suffer from age. I also have done some modeling in 1/72, 1/144 and 1/200. I look forward to reading and participating here. Now if someone would give me a hint as to where one inserts their avatar I'd be most appreciative. Maybe not enough coffee this morning !