Scott Smith

Yes, I have a lot of Chris’ parts for kits I have in the stash. Might have to build a shrine in my display case for Zacto and Fisher stuff until I use it. 😅

Yea! I got my 1/32 F-35B & C! I saw a F-22 was announced, but it’s going to be a small production resin kit. Read: Very expensive!

Stay strong Dutch! I was joking with my wife after I pressure washed all the mud off our dock from Helene’s rainfall that Milton was going to send more water out way and I’ll have to do this again in two weeks. We were very lucky with our outcome. We are supposed to be in Tampa this coming Monday to catch a cruise with our daughter and SIL. Told her to start making other plans.

Damn Chris, I’m so sorry to hear this. I’m also about to undergo a serious neurosurgery on my lower back that’s going to put me out of commission for several months. Have you thought about licensing your work for another company to pick up? Keeps somewhat of an income rolling in with your existing product line? Heres hoping to a successful recovery so you can enjoy the hobby as your health allows!

Wow, those A-10 engines look great. Unfortunately, not in stock.

Okay, where is this car at? I think I’ve seen your friends car up here on Lake Wateree visiting on either Memorial Day or Labor Day weekend. It was actually parked out in the yard down the street from me. If it wasn’t his, it was its doppelgänger.

Biggest two differences are the rear spoilers and if it had the RS/Split front bumper nose or stock nose. There was a short and a tall wrap around rear spoiler. My old ‘73 Z-28. I put the RS front end on it. looking at your friends car he has the wrap around spoiler and the kit posted has the short spoiler.

Sorry to hear this, really going to miss it. But good to hear success in other areas! Just read about it over on LSP. Had to come here and read it from the source. Thankfully it’s not another health related shut down. Here’s a strange Congrats to you Jake!

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Any update on this sheet?

Some amazing aircraft going beyond 52 years and counting.

If I’m not mistaken, I think the pilot of the B-1B was the grandson of the original MB. Might have been one of the B-52’s.

Great news! How about some OOP items others made years ago but no longer available? Example, 1/48 DC-130 Pinocchio nose that Cutting Edge put out almost 20 years ago. Also, not sure about your printer, but there are several cockpit dash/interior details like Quinta produces that are wanted but not available. Ex: 1/32 KH T-28 series, Kinetic/Italeri F-86 in 1/32. Speaking of F-86 in that scale, and I’m not sure exactly what would be required, but an FJ-4 Fury conversion would be welcomed. Of course that would require a great set of decals to go with it. I bet you know s

That was my dilemma. Mr. Color or MRP does not have that shade of blue. And of course Tamiya doesn’t list FS colors.

Enjoy your vacation! You’ve earned it.

Craig, I managed to find the red when I built the #1 production model last year. I’ll have to dig through my paint stash and see what it was. As you can see though, the blue was difficult to find (in lacquer). I went a little too dark.

I could get my daughter to do me a stencil with her Cricut in 1/32. I’d just need all the other stuff. Hmmm….

Thanks for the link. I’ve been looking for this website after stumbling across it last year. Just ordered a set of 1/32 F-86 Golden Hawks decals. Now if I could just find the old Sky Blazers kit…..

Scale? Please say 1/32. Please?

VFW, Officers Clubs on bases, JROTC and ROTC programs are some more ideas.

Hey Steve, I do not have this kit, or built one. But I took a look at the instructions on Scalemates. Yea, what color is glossy titan? The rest are kind of self explanatory if you think about it. Ex: Black-grey. I would use tire black or NATO black. Brown-grey I’d probably just mix up those two colors while looking at online pics of the real thing. As far as 3D printed gates, everything I have read and tried is a very sharp razor saw and take your time. I’ve done gates like this. I cut at the part with the saw for a clean cut, then cut it off the base to get it out of the way and move to

Interesting timing. I’m building a Fisher 1/32 kit right now.

Truly life imitating art! Congrats man, that’s very cool.

I bought 1 oz glass bottles off Amazon I use for custom color mixing and to separate Auto Parts store clear lacquer into manageable quantities for air brushing. I bought a quart of Dupli-Color clear that should last me a lifetime. Especially as thick as it is. I have to cut the stuff something like 400% with Leveling Thinner to get it to airbrush. But it works beautifully. I also added Mr. Color flattening agent to it for a flat clear. I’d say experiment. Pour it in and put the bottle in a glass jar a few days to see if it eats through it. But I highly doubt it will.

Preorder? I’m ready! Question….Do you by chance list or know the FS codes for the red and especially the blue? When I built my Hagawa #1 production model I could not find the correct blue anywhere. I finally went with a darker blue.