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  1. Love it, FT! Do you use a stylus with Procreate? I have been looking at them and wondering if I should spring for one. Again, you do wonderful work. Thanks for posting.

    Don

  2. Fantastic weather and a great turnout made yesterday's YQG Open House a great success! A few pictures for your viewing pleasure....

    First to arrive was the Canadian Warplane Heritage PBY...

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    ...followed not long afterwards by the Mynarski Lanc, FM213. Here's s ahort video of her arrival pass..

    Lanc Flyby

    And a longer one of her taxiing in, arriving directly in front of two vets, Sam on the left, a Lancaster rear gunner, and Jim, on the right, who flew 35 missions as a pilot.

    Lanc Arrival

    Some static shots....

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    The farewell flyover. Crank your speakers up for this!!

    Merlin's forever!

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    Thanks for the memory, Chuck!! I worked with the Warden Service in Lake Louise from 1973-75 and was sent up to Morraine Lake in the fall of '75 to look for an overdue hiker. It was a snowy, foggy day and as I hiked up to the treeline, I passed through a stand of larch trees in full golden bloom, shrouded in fog and snow. There was a magical moment when the sun came through the clouds, shone through the larch needles, bounced off the snow on the ground and bathed me in an almost heavenly golden light. :sunrevolves: It literally stopped me in my tracks and I could do nothing but just look around me in amazement. Then just as suddenly, the clouds and fog rolled back in and the moment was over. To this day, it gives me chills to remember it. Thanks for posting those awesome pics and giving me such a great flashback!

    BD

  4. Dammit.

    So many points left on the track by Hamilton this year.

    Yeah, that really sucks. Lewis was looking very good for a win.

    Best BBC commentary on the race aftter a failed wheel change during the second yellow flag:

    "The last thing you need is a problem with your nuts." :jaw-dropping:

  5. Hi Don: I would love to be there but 3000 miles seperates us. I grew up in Windsor and learned to fly at the Windsor Flying Club in 1952. It was the start of a love affair that has lasted 60 years

    Here's a pic of a club aircraft that I first flew and soloed in July '52..in 1:32 scale

    Barney Dunlevy

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    That's awesome, Barney. Our hangar is right next to the WFC (as you probably already know). :thumbsup:

    Cheers,

    Don

  6. Hi All,

    This is a public service announcement regarding CH2A's Open House on September 29th, 2012 from 10AM-6PM. We are located in the old #7 Elementary Flying Training School hangar at the Windsor Airport. Many of you probably know that we have been restoring Lancaster FM212 since it was brought down off its pedestal in Jackson Park in 2005. Along with FM212, the hanger also houses two De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunks, a 1938 Fleet Fawn, a 1941 Stearman, a Canadair CT-133 Shooting Star and our other restoration project, a De Havilland Mosquito.

    One of only two flying Lancaster bombers in the world, FM213, the "Mynarski" Lanc will be arriving from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton just after lunch and will be on display until 6PM.

    So, if you are planning to be in the Windsor area, next weekend, come on out and treat yourself to the sound of four Merlin engines roaring by overhead as the Lancaster arrives. Admission is free!

    Cheers,

    Don

  7. Patience is a virtue and working with resin my have you praying to a higher entity in order to get parts to fit and line up properly. Based on your Sabre (is that done, by the way!?) and Lancaster, I'm betting you're going to have this Spitfire looking looking like top shelf material when she's done.

    Good luck Don.

    Mike

    Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mike. (I am still sanding by the way, lol.)

    Sadly, the Sabre is not done yet. It is sitting next to my workbench and dropping guilty comments every time I look at it. Not sure why I am stalling so much on it. The camo is almost completely masked and I just have to spray the gray on. :bandhead2:

    Thanks again for your comments and your Sword build is looking great, btw.

    BD

  8. Well, I have been madly cutting, sanding and dry-fitting of this Aries cockpit set for the last two days. What a challenge! The pilot's seat just does not want to fit. :bandhead2: :bandhead2: :bandhead2: This is supposed to be fun, right? The Aries parts definitely look very good but their instructions are terrible. Fortunately I found a link to some great pictures of a Spit Vb cockpit called "Anatomy of the Spitfire's Cockpit" and it has been extremely helpful. I guess I just have to keep sanding until it fits <sigh>

    Anyway, here are some pics of the parts in question. I think I may have to leave the seat mounting bracket completely off. No big deal as you can't see it once the tub is installed.

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    Here is the rest of the kit. I am adding a pilot's door and crowbar set and a throttle control and gunsight set from Barracuda.

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    Wish me luck!

    BD

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