ejboyd5

Gotta get Bubba a booster seat. Right now he looks like all those old women driving in Florida where all you can see from outside the automobile is their gray hair and their hands hanging on to the tops of the steering wheels.

Immediately upon reading "Gunval F-84F" I thought of a trials program to fit 20mm cannons to the Republic airframe. Unfortunately my aviation reference works are spread over two locations as part of an extended house move and the catalog system is in total disarray. If something more concrete comes to mind I'll be sure to post same.

Moving up to 1:1 scale, it was very depressing that there was hardly any mention of D-Day in the US this year. Perhaps we're just too preoccupied with analysing every bit of made up news to remember the things that are really important.

In addition to appreciation of your modelling skills your clear, correct and engrossing writing has kept me riveted (in a good way) to every page.

Roundels look fine to me. I particularly like the three dimensional nature of the clouds. Good luck with the show.

Perchance they even forgot to deactivate it.

http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2017/08/relying-on-museum-pieces-for-accuracy.html

Got to give top marks for reproducing the stressed aluminum on the fuselage.

Going completely from memory as it was many years ago, but I seem to remember removing the ball from a Matchbox clear plastic base, cutting it in half, polishing the cut edges and having two observer's windows. Whether these were used on an FAA Avenger or an early Sea King I can't recall. Using two balls might yield a slightly greater window diameter as one would not suffer from the diminution caused by the width of the kerf.

Fantastic job with the Tigercat. In many of the flying shots I was taken with its resemblance to the earlier Westland Whirlwind.

Did the red door interiors and green wheel wells appear on the few planes that were finished in GSB or did those planes have those parts finished in GSB? There seems no question about the red and green appearing on the NMF aircraft.

Thanks for the photographs of 754, 755 and 756. Several of these I had not seen before and have now been printed to add to my collection of materials on these three aircraft. The appearance of a Sabrejet in GSB simply can not be topped.

Matte Clearcoat sprayed on the inside should do the job just fine.

Please fold at least one wing.

Fantastic work on the scratch build and the Photoshop app. Didn't know the latter existed. Thanks for sharing.

Great subject matter. Just my opinion, but I think the brass pedestals would be too formal for this subject. I would use wood cribbing such as would be found when the hull was in drydock for repair.

Is this similar to your photograph?

First picture taken at Grumman's Peconic River plant prior to delivery. Most unusual thing just happened. I posted this message several minutes ago not noting that I had been logged onto the site as "Kusti" from Finland. I certainly didn't mean to post anything in his name and for a few moments was unsure as to how to regain my own identity. Solution was to "log out" from the Kusti account and to log on under my name. Apologies to Kusti if anything adverse has happened to his account as a result of this mix-up. I have no idea how we became confused by the site's server. Has anyone else ever experienced a similar problem with switched identities? ejboyd5

Background even looks like Glenview back then.

No much on shows. My greatest pleasure has always been in the research end of the build; the selection of a particular airframe. assembling pictures of same and attempting to duplicate the accurate markings. In the few instances where I have displayed at a show, I will include one or more photos of the original along with the model. Not done to influence or educate the judges, but simply to demonstrate the inspiration for my build. If you look at my library compared to my output, I definitely rather read than construct.

Looks like Bruce can loosen his flight suit - he isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Wasn't the prone position tried as a way to limit the effect of G-forces on the pilot?

Its use was intended as an advisory to North Korea more so than its effect against ISIS - hence the publicity.

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

Now that is wicked good!