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Christmas Eve traditions On Christmas Eve, 2001 I was in Reedley, California serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My companion and I were invited over to the home of Brother and Sister Reagan (Brother Reagan served in the Bishopric) to participate in a short Christmas Eve get-together with another family from the ward. As was the Reagan's tradition, the family sat around the tree and listened as Brother Reagan read the story of the Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, a story of a gruff old woodcarver that slowly opens his heart to a widow woman a

Not telling anyone where to spend their money, just stating that the actual plastic was out "in the flesh" so to speak. Aaron

Ah Skyway. I live on "the right side" now, but when we lived in Spanaway/Tacoma I would drive up there and see good ol Emil on occasion. Quite a character he (and his dogs) is. Great guy. And I don't think he can cram one more model kit into that shop if he wanted to! Aaron

Yeah, that is what I usually do too. Unfortunately, I had just placed a paint order from Spruebrothers a day or two before, and it'll probably be a while before I need to order anything else. I'll probably just have to bite the bullet and do it. Other places I've looked at have been worse. Aaron

Looking good to me! Aaron

I checked Hobbytown today, and they didn't have any, so it looks like I'll have to order it online. Shipping is ridiculous. I found it on Spruebrothers for under six bucks, but it costs almost six to ship it. Aaron.

From what I gather on Google, the LAU-68 is used by the Navy, whereas the -131 is used by the Air Force. The -68 has a coating (like the bombs the Navy uses aboard carriers) that increases cook-off time in the case of a fire. It also has one firing connector, whereas the -131 has two. In 1/48 scale, I doubt these differences would be very (if at all) noticeable. I have a few LAU-68's from the AMK Ordnace Set if you are interested. More than willing to send them your way if you want. Aaron

Order placed for CD32028, and PM sent on CD48238. Aaron EDIT: It looks like your inbox is full. I was just wondering if you could put the EX sheet I requested in with my order for the Viper Team sheet.

The sets come with masks to cover the bomb bodies and the square "holes" in the cradles so that you can more easily paint the cradles separately from the bodies. The trouble I am running into is that I want to mask the cradles before I paint the main bodies, as the OD is awfully dark, and the light ghost gray doesn't cover it easily. I'll look into Mr. Masking Sol and see how that works. Aaron

There's several up on E-bay Aaron Academy AC12635 1/144 USN P-8A POSEIDON Antisubmarine Patrol Aircraft | eBay

Hello all I have to mask the JDAM cradles/strakes on four 1/48 GBU-31's that I am trying to paint and need some help on what to mask them with. I am painting the bomb bodies themselves Olive Drab, and the cradles Light Ghost Gray, and the OD is so dark that it is hard for the LGG to cover effectively. I am using Mr. Paint, which is described as an "acrylic lacquer" as my paint. I have some Microscale Micromask, but (1) I have not had the greatest luck with it in the past, (2) that is a lot of area to cover with it, and (3) I don't know how it will hold up to the paint I am using. a

No! No new decals. I already have my allocated amount of F-15E's to build. I don't need to add any more, thank you. 😁 Aaron

Good job keeping at it. In all honesty, if it were me, it probably would have had its first (and last) flight by now. Aaron

I went ahead and stripped the paint off the bombs last night. I am going to go ahead and try to paint them the way that GW8345 says to. If that does not work out, I may go ahead and try to go the BLU-117 route. It looks to me like the main difference is three yellow stripes vs two on the GBU-31(v)2. It seems to be hit or miss, which frustrates me. I wish there was some sort of guidance somewhere that tells us what is allowed and what isn't, so we didn't have to guess all of the time. I did everything the same way I had in previous posts, and it did not let me this time. I guess maybe

Looking forward to following along with this build. I've built a couple of the 1/48 Tamiya Vipers (and one 1/32) now, and they go together very well. I have the 1/48 Kinetic 2024 Demo Team Viper kit in the stash to build at some point, so I will look to you for some pointers. Where are you going to source your rockets and GBU-54's from? I'm not aware of anyone that does the APKWS in 1/48 yet, but I could be mistaken. I think Eduard does the GBU-54's. I have a couple of other Tamiya Vipers in 1/48 to get to...One (a Block 50 from Shawk AFB) will have the other loadout you mentioned with the two

Yes, I am looking to be as accurate as possible, but I am also trying to balance out my sanity with the build as well. As I explained above, getting the light ghost gray to cover the olive drab was a challenge. My airbrush isn't detailed enough to just get the "blocks" of bombs within the cradles on the sides, and I am not that good at brush painting, so it is kind of an "all or nothing" approach for me here on these. I may try to strip them down and try again, but I may just have to leave them as-is and take a little bit of artistic license on that part. Aaron

Not a problem. You've helped me several times. Glad I could return the favor. Good luck with the rest of the build...I'll be following along. Aaron

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The website is back to not letting me post photos in the thread. I am using the exact same process as before, with no luck. I will try to post the photos in a new post, but if that does not work, I guess you guys will just have to use your imaginations on this one... Okay. Just a reasonably small update today. I don't know if this is really the place for this, but I am going to say it anyway, so you guys can understand the situation that I am in a little bit. I suffer from severe depression and even the smallest of tasks can seem overwhelming to me lately, especially since I was hu

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US Vipers don't use the 600 gallon tanks. They only use the 370's. I can't find confirmation of this (I thought it said something in the Modern Viper Guide, but I checked the second edition, and it doesn't talk about the 600's at all). I think that they were tested at one point, but got less than stellar reviews because of weight/drag penalties and the fact that they used the "normal" bomb pylon that could not be jettisoned, whereas the 370 pylon jettisons with the tank, if it comes to that during combat. Kopecky produces the 370 tanks as does ResKit. As far as the loadout goes, it

As far as I am aware, no one has done decals for this one yet. Aaron

Are you planning on releasing -31's at some point Dave? You know I always prefer to support you over Reskit. If you are going to be releasing them in the near future, I can wait and use yours. I'll check on the leading edge in a little while...I do believe it has at least a slight angle to it though.