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1/32 Roden O-2A Skymaster


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very nice Mark!

 

 

Nice build - thanks for sharing.  Having one of these underway, I realize the challenges you must have faced - well done!!!

 

 

For something you built in a hotel room, that is superb! Well done, Mark.

 

Kev

 

Thanks guys!

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That is awesome.  The model and the dedication to getting it done in a shoe-box!  Nice job!

 

A shoe-box would have been luxurious compared to this place!

 

Nice! Small room or not, that came out looking good!

 

 

Excellent.

 

Thanks guys!

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Damn nice!! Good job and wishing you all the best for your sim ride! I'm in the box myself next month - so I know the feeling - I like to go for long walks before, during and after to balance myself out prior to getting the ride done - I find a good sim ride is all a mental game - and the walks are medative and allow me to focus on SOPs, drills, flows and memory items - and not too forget the announcements in two languages to the passengers and cabin!!

After seeing your build of the mighty -337, I think I'll get one too!!

Cheers

Alan

 

BTW, which bird are you training on and for which operator? Are you with ANA on the -67?

 

Thanks Alan!

 

Nope, I left the 767 finally, it just holds too much gas! I hate long-haul flying so I moved back to the 737NG a few years ago - I went back and forth between the types for a few years but my last jet will be the 737. Plus, and I hate to say this because the 757/767 is my favorite to fly, but the platform is dying/dead and the airframes are being converted to cargo or scrapped at an accelerating rate.

 

I'm with Spring Airlines Japan, seems ok so far, I like the country much better than some of the "garden spots" I have been the last few years! My next flying job, if there is one, will be very part time in a light twin or turboprop on a remote tropical island where I spend most of my time hanging out on my sailboat and only fly to cover my bar tab. Hopefully.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Now, that sounds great Mark!! I've avoided all the longhaul and big iron chasing - over twenty years on the Q400/Dash 8 family of a/c and home every night!!

Enjoy Japan! We might make it there sometime - ANA approached us not long ago with a three year contract after the obligatory 6 month licence conversion - but, the company didn't let anybody go because we can't find enough pilots either!!

Cheer and safe flights

Alan

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Now, that sounds great Mark!! I've avoided all the longhaul and big iron chasing - over twenty years on the Q400/Dash 8 family of a/c and home every night!!

Enjoy Japan! We might make it there sometime - ANA approached us not long ago with a three year contract after the obligatory 6 month licence conversion - but, the company didn't let anybody go because we can't find enough pilots either!!

Cheer and safe flights

Alan

 

6 months? Ha! They say that but the average time to a JCAB license is usually 9 months to a year  :mental:

 

Cheers, Mark

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Mark,

SUPER NICE build.

 

:thumbsup:

 

 

Lovely build Mark!

 

As others havesaid, I'm stunned with what you've managed to produce whilst staying in a Hotel!!

 

Iain

 

 

An unusual subject matter and also well-done.

 

Thanks guys!

 

Good news! The Skymaster survived the trip from the shoebox hotel room in Tokyo to the (slightly larger but still) shoebox hotel in Narita. I was sweating the train ride because I had to travel during morning rush hour - never seen people stuffed so tightly into a train car like that before! Only broke the nose gear and gear door off, Easy repairs. Now for the search for more substantial accommodations so I have room to breathe.

 

Mark

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