Scooby

Very nice build Bear, very inspirational.

Here in Canada our stores never fully closed. They were allowed to continue curb side business and mail order and both boomed. And because of this the hobby business boomed. I know one of my shops I frequent opened an additional store in another city. The other shop said in puzzles alone he was shipping 100 pounds a day. A lot of people who hadn’t built a model in years were ordering kits to build. This second shop had to add another row for models. Eventually he ran out of puzzles though and started to get low on kits.

Suppliers and local shops in Canada have boomed during Covid, I also feel I have been hit with a crazy number of new releases I can’t turn down.

Very nice Bear!

I still haven’t heard back in regards to the missing bottle of paint from my last order.

Very nice Sean!

I used to hear back from him immediately, not this year. I’ve emailed him several times, I have not heard back once.

The conversion set is complete and has shipped to Hannants.

Arma Hobby is releasing a 1/48 Hurricane and if it is anything like their 1/72 kit it will be the best Hurricane on the market.

I should add to my above post, I ordered an order of Mr. Paint from him, I was shorted one bottle. I did send him a message and never heard back from him.

Decals are available through Belcher Bits, they are working together on this. http://www.belcherbits.com/images/decals/bd34combo.pdf

I had the same issue a short while ago, all good received in a timely manner, first rate business. His business has ben very busy since Covid, it picked up and Matt is a one man show.

Gravity feed

Nice tribute too to a lost Naval Aviator and beloved son......

Well done, looks identical to the one on display in Seattle!

No, this kit will have the correct length engines.

Yup, only two 40 KVA generators and the bus system was therefore totally different from the four AC gen system.

I saw an A model in the 90s with three props, it visited our Herc base and only had 2,500 hours on it. We were told the unit was preserving it. I always had my camera at work and of course that day I didn’t. The interior was fairly different too, especially at 245 bulkhead, it didn’t have it!

Odd, in the CAF/RCAF prior to shut-down we ensured the flaps are up. I thought it was a standard check-list. Unless we had split flaps or maintenance was due flaps were up.

Great Hobbies started in Edmonton, they are a fabulous store, they have since grown. Watch their sales, I got a 1/32 scale Tamiya Spitfire for $60 late last year.

Does anyone remember when the 1/32 Tamiya F4U -1D came out? There was one seller from China who had them on pre-order for $25.00. Buyers lined up for them, others, myself included, said it was a fraud. Still people took their chances, sure enough it was fake. It took time but buyers got their money back. I’m betting the fraudster was able to withdrawal the money before he was caught though.

Bummer, I was so excited for the 44O SQDN SAR scheme, I served in that Squadron.

Ans it would not be made overnight, it takes years of planning and discussion. The entire scenario is odd. The timing is questionable too.

Is that honestly being done?

Best guy in the business.