SonyKen

All, OK, folks, I hope I haven't let the horse get out of the barn before I am able to close the door. Over the weekend auctions, I was able to win a Hasegawa 1/48th A-7D Corsair II. As I typically don't build USAF stuff, I am looking for recommendations and availibilty of after market parts for this kit. Typically on my older Hasegawa kits, I will replace the intakes (if a semless intake is needed), a resin cockpit (Black Box or Aires), and the exhaust/burner can pieces. This kit is in dire need of a resin seamless intake but I have been unable to find Seamless Suckers, GT R

Dr. Steve, Yes, I have got your messages but lately I have been busier than a one arm paper hanger. I really would like to trade you out of the Meng Super Hornet. Or if you are not looking for anything, how much are you asking for it. I will need an estimate for shipping to 35630 assuming that we can't work out a trade. Thanks for the response! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

Mario, I appreciate the message but I have purchased 2 of those Hasegawa Sea Kings within the last week. So I am good with those. Thanks! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

Good Afternoon, folks, I would like to buy or trade for the following: Hasegawa 1/48th scale F-18E (note: ECHO) Super Hornet Airfix 1/48 scale Sea King helicopter (any of the versions) Hasegawa 1/48th Sea King helicopter (again any versions) Meng 1/48th scale F-18E or F Super Hornets Tamiya 1/48th scale F-14A Tomcats Tamiya 1/48th scale F-4B Phantoms I already have the Tamiya 1/48th scale F-35B with some aftermarket bits that is looking for a new home. I will do my best to trade in your favor with any of this mentioned. Thanks for

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Steve, PM inbound with a trade offer for this bundle. Thanks! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

Dr. Steve, Do you have a picture of the last two decals on your for sale list? I am talking about the Furball Phantoms and the Eagle Strike Skyraiders. Thanks! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

Jeff, LOL!! I have a picture of that bird on my old phone as a wallpaper. I took it during one of my first trips to work at Watts Bar nuclear. David (2quik4u) told me about the only aftermarket decal in his post above. I found it on Ebay this morning, and ordered it. Thanks Anyway!! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

David, Thanks for the links. I had already found the Warbirds decal on Ebay but I was just wondering if there were other options. It is like everything else when it comes to 1/72nd scale anything. You can find twenty or thirty sheets or kits of a subject in 1/48th or 1/32nd scale but usually there is nothing available in 1/72nd scale. Yeah, I know that you would be able to help me, if you could. Because you have always been a big help to me in the past. Thanks Again!! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

All, I am having trouble finding the decals of the subject line, because I am not sure if they are or were even made. Any who, I am looking for a set of 1/72nd scale decals for the USAF Thunderbirds F-4E Phantom 2. No expense spared, have PayPal ready or will trade kits, decals, and/or aftermarket in your favor. Just let me know here or personal message me. Thanks for Looking! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

All, I just want to add to this discussion of what I have been able to gather from Mike's posts on FB. Me personally, I have been waiting and watching LSM ever since Mike bought lock, stock and barrel of Cobra Company from Chris Miller. Over the last few months he has posted mostly updates on his PBY resin kit and yes, he has posted that his website is broken and is busy trying to get it up and running. He is planning to be a vendor at the IPMS Nationals in Texas the first weekend in August. I am of the opinion that he has everything shut down right now to A) fulfill as many ba

All, As many have said here, my thoughts on this adventure were going to be sort of like a drive-by and not actually trying to take the full tour or even go aboard the Midway. I was just thinking that me and the wife were going to leave the airport with nothing on our backs as we were planning to leave all of our carry-on's with other family members in our travel party who will be staying at the airport. We will probably be taking a cell phone or may be a camera to take some pictures. But even now I am second guesssing myself because I have found some great pictures of the Midwa

Folks, I need to know if anyone here has done this. Our flight to Reno has a four hour delay in San Diego and one of my bucket list items is to see the Pacific Ocean and I would love to, at a minimum, to see the USS Midway aircraft carrier. So is it a fantasy for me to think that we would be able take a taxi from the San Diego airport to the Midway in four hours? Thanks for any input!! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

Tim, Personal Message inbound! Thanks Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

All, Come on, folks! I have never done a ship model and I am interested in doing this kit up for my wife and daughter because they loved the movie so much. I just want to do it up RIGHT for them. After 1.5k views of the post, is there no one out there in ARC land that can advise me on my original post? Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

All, I have a question about the Academy 1/350th scale Titanic. First off, I have the "plain jane version which did nt have any of the special edition added stuff. I picked this kit up several years ago when Hobby Lobby was running them on their "yellow tag" specials. This kit when finished will probably be only a shelf sitter for my wife and daughter because they loved the soap-opera movie. Any way, I have broke the kit open after several years of collecting dust, and the plastic rails in this kit are a joke. I would like to replace them, but I don't know which way to go. I

Prayers to Mike's wife and her/his family. It seems like he has two profiles on Face Book because on one of these profiles, he has been very active lately with him talking about a re-opening. But the second profile has not been updated since Nov. 2020. No date yet as to when this will happen. Thanks for the information!! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

All, Does anybody have any updates on Lonestar Models and Mike's plans to re-issue all of the Cobra Company molds that he acquired from Chris Miller? There is no mention of he Cobra stuff on Mike's/Lonestar Face Book page and his website looks like it is about to go to a new owner with no information there. Thanks for any updates! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

Tim, Sine the wife and I are a couple of empty nesters, the kids don't care one way or the other. My contract is for only 6 months so we are not planning any kind of big re-location at this time. However that could change depending on my contract extensions or anything like that. We will see! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

Jeff, Not off topic at all. As I said in an earlier post, I am going to the Southern Nuclear construction of Units 3 and 4 at Vogtle Nuclear Plant. I just so happen to have been working in the Augusta GA/North Augusta SC area way back in the late 1980's when Southern was constructing Units 1 and 2 at Vogtle. I have known of the Hobbytown USA off of Bobby Jones for several years as I have been trying to get on this project for almost 10 years. Iam planning on visiting a lot of the old places that I use to frequent when I lived down there from 1985 till late 1988. Yes, sir, that

Ash, Now there are some stuff that I had not thought about. Thanks! I am going to the Vogtle Nuclear Plant in Waynesboro, GA which is very close to the larger city of Augusta, GA. Augusta is not very far from Columbia, SC where the 2016 IPMS Nationals contest was held. So you are right, there has got to be some like minded folks near Augusta. Thanks for the suggestion! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

All, It has been 8 hours since this post. Come on guys and gals! Surely someone else has been in the same situation as I found myself in!?! Hasn't there been anybody who has had to keep two households and due to the distance, has to spend a mijority at the work location, and will only be able to come home to the hobby desk once or twice a month? I know that I will be needing to relax some way when I am working, and doing models is my way of relaxing. Somebody?? Anybody?? Thanks, folks! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)

SWF, He did an inspection before we moved out and his claim was the charcoal stains on the walls over the electric wall heaters (no central air) was due to the paint fumes in the apartment. I scrubbed those stains for hours and was only able to take about half of them off in my bedroom. In the living area, where I actually did the painting there were no stains above that wall heater but he claimed that I had left paint stains on the floors in there. He was just "grabbing for straws" just to find reasons for not paying my $200 deposit back. Shaking My Head!! Best Reg

Good Afternoon, folks. I have just received an offer of employment, just as the old saying goes "it is an offer, I can't refuse". My problem is that not only will I be away from my wife and home, I will also have to be away from my hobby desk. What I am seeking is recommedations on is what you guys may have done when you were away for long periods of time. In the past on short term jobs less than a month, I have been able to cut parts, glue small sub-assemblies that will be painted one color, and to place into tackle box storage bins. But that was the extent of it. In some of the long te

Travis, PM inbound. Thanks! Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen)