VADM Fangschleister

Thanks Whirlybird. That helps a lot! So I have their thinner but need to get their flow enhancer, I guess then prime my models before camo, etc. Very awesome tips! Thank you!

I sometimes drop in to see what's new. Haven't really touched plastic in a long while. While moving, half my stash was auctioned off because of the storage facilities "clerical error" but I have many kits still from the other unit that will be fun to do. Fully retired now, post heart-attack and working on my hobby room at a slow-ish pace, I endeavor to do some 3D programming then printing if I can ever be smart enough to get away from my old-school carving/casting ways. Things are needed....kits that were never produced like the venerable T-38 in 1/32 scale as-promised by Kitty

So how did it turn out, sir?

I bought some 1/48 3D printed BDU-33's off eBay, not knowing that Dave Roof was the vendor. Such excellent service. Got here well-packaged and intact quite quickly. Way to go, Dave!🤜🤛

I went there a few months ago. January or February I think. It is under new ownership and stock is slow-to-appear but he hoped to be fully up-and-running by now, May/Jun 2025.

Chris, Do what matters to you. Take care of your health first, everything else comes second. You made a mark on the plastic model aftermarket scene and many, including myself are very grateful for your application of extreme talent to the industry. May God help you in your challenges and allow you the abilities to make the models you want to. You're a fine, decent human-being and you gave so much of yourself to this hobby. Be well. Fang

This comes with a very sad story. Years ago, I managed to find a more-or-less intact Verkuyl solid aluminum Jetstar in 1/50 scale. It came from Mexico and, had various nicks, bends and such and the paint was atrociously scratched as well as the wings no longer joined to the fuselage. I pondered for some time, knowing that it had some shape issues and decided to just clean it up, fix the damage using epoxy putty after stripping it completely, reshape the front of the midwing tanks, add the "+" intake splitters and make a base for it. Here it is, as far as I got on it. It went

I saw that kit. Combat kits are very labor intensive but the results are worth every bit of effort. They have a terrific list of unusual subjects and I almost pulled the trigger to get one of the F-106 and a few others. Decided not to for reasons unknown.

My own bucket list still consists of a 1/32 F-106. Yes, it would be big but about the size of Monogram's 1/48 B-58. So, not impossible. I'm still on the CAD tutorials. The process is the punishment...ha-ha. Eventually, maybe by 2050, I'll have proficiency and find out that everything I know is obsolete. One can hope, eh? Tech moves so fast that I can hardly keep up. I was a kid when digital tech arrived, I was in my teens using the high school computer that could use either BAISC or FORTRAN and...then in 1992 I got my first PC, a 386, then a 486, then it went

I'm with ya on the F11F Perhaps those in the 3D CAD-O-SPHERE might find it a worthy project.

Okay....Back in 2016 I made some noise about getting back to this. From that moment, everything blew up in my world. Now I'm retired and have gotten my man-cave in my last and final home. It's one thing I definitely want to get finished before I shuffle off my mortal coil. There were many moves, issues with a storage facility that auctioned off a large portion of my stash and personal property due to a "clerical error". I got ten cents on the dollar for the value of what was, essentially, stolen from me. Guitars, furniture, family heirlooms and....my stash collected over some many year

Much Obliged, SWO, looks pretty good. Yep, much to add but having a starting place to work from helps a lot. Thank you.

The goal for the KH F9F-8 Cougar is a third-wire trap diorama but I need the base with a 1950's wooden deck and the wires up. I've seen some of the offerings but except for scratchbuilding one, I don't know if there's one available. Plus, if I do have to SB it, I need lots of ref photos for all the surrounding details.

I've seen this kit on eBay going for considerable sums and noting that there's no aftermarket items for it. However, it's a unique footnote in Canadian aircraft manufacturing history and a significant, albeit terminated, milestone. Along with their four-engine jetliner, it never got very far and it still astounds me why it was directed that every piece of evidence of its existence be destroyed. But, fear of soviet theft was probably very real though, locking up all the paperwork was so hard it couldn't be done or that nobody could be trusted to manage it? Anyhow, I was consid