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"What's the difference between a duck?" Tnarg OK, I know, one is a biplane floatplane and the other is a sort of a water capable Jeep... just has slightly different spelling.

He said Martin B-10B..... What an amazing possibility. It is small enough that it just might be possible within their size limitations. (Separate the outer wings?) Than add a Curtiss Shrike, A-8 with optional fuselage for an A-12. Tnarg, stuck in the 1930's.

Can't even begin to think about how glorious a P-38 by Tamiya would be.... what would it be like if they copied Revell and made all the versions? Tnarg

Scaledecks products are so far beyond most of the others out there. I really like the variation in the colors of the planks. Looking good on your ship. Tnarg

The ultimate F4B-4 effort was taken in this thread: The build cuts away almost everything with full interior detail. Probably further than you want to go, but very instructive. Tnarg

Sorry about that. You are correct, but then that would require than I actually read instructions and we all know that model builders NEVER read the instructions Tnarg

Real stuff from the 1930's: Curtiss SBC-3 and -4 Curtiss A-8 and A-12 Shrike Martin B-10B Airacuda Boeing P12/F4B series (more earlier versions than the Hasegawa kit with just -4 and P-12E) A new tech engine and interior vs the WMs Bros. Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk, plus full modern surface detail Y1B-7 B-9 Y1B-17 (for that amazing multicolor camo in Dana Bell's "Air Force Colors Vol 1" Consolidated PB-2A Polikarpov I-15, I-15 bis Fiat CR-32 Sweep the wings back for the Danish version of the Hawker Nimrod and a second for: Liore 46 Of course, if they are looking for smaller planes that fit their pattern so far, go for something "completely different" even though they are far from 1930: X-20 Dyna Soar XF-85 Goblin

Amazing stories. These guys were real heroes and your uncle really deserves your tribute build. Good luck with more data, but at some time we all have to go "close enough". I know that I wish I had a few hours and a recorder with all of my family who are now passed on. So much we don't know that was in their heads and their history, taken for granted, but amazing to us. Tnarg

Thierry, This is the best thing about LSP. Your lists show clearly what we need to do to fix things and I greatly appreciate the hard work to research all of those items. You do it so well, just matter of fact, here is the detail, do what you need to do to fix it. Just wanted to say a HUGE Thank You for all of your lists and the many hours you spent researching everything to get them right. Tnarg

Will they do Wolfchen? I always liked that marking for the 33... but they could do Polish, Swedish, Danish and Bulgarian too. Tnarg

Martin B-10B Boeing Y1B17-B Curtiss A-8 or A-12 Shrike Curtiss SBC-3 or -4 Helldiver Vultee SB2U Vindicator (wind indicator) X-20 Dyna Soar XF-85 Goblin Parasite Fighter Breguet XIV (in Polish and USA colors) I could go on and on, but I'd really like to see them try something like the P-38 or P-47 razorback which might sell more than a few kits for them. The list above only shows me that 3D printing or limited run is the only way I will get the kits that would really please me (on that list). I could pretty much guarantee that none of these will ever come from Tamiya. Tnarg

The tree on the parking strip in front of our house has changed into its fall colors and the leaves have an amazing shade of orange red. Contrast that to the brilliant blue sky and white clouds and that makes my day. I am thankful for color. Tnarg

1/32 Martin B-10B? Curtiss Shrike? No, probably some obscure 1/35 scale thingie with tracks and big guns. But a P-38 would be nice. Tnarg

Dictate your personal history and remembrances of family now. Record it on your phone or have your children or wife or someone do it on their phone in video or on a voice recorder. Do it NOW. They will appreciate your memories while you still have them and your great grandchildren will know who you are, even if you forget yourself. I was too late recording with a good friend and his stroke robbed him of too many memories to share. Keep building. My father in law built the real thing in WWII (B-24s at San Diego) and then repaired just about every Navy plane while stationed on a small island in the middle of the Pacific. He started building those planes again after a stroke when he couldn't hardly hold them, but the general shape matched his memories. Those old memories are the last to go, so find joy in them. I wish and pray for the best for you, Tnarg

"Shaken, not stirred" or in the worst case SNL "S-Words or Swords?" He was the best Bond that could be.... even though Ian Fleming said he (Bond, not Connery) "is no Riley". Check out Sam Neil in that really old BBC/PBS series. What an amazing guy with a great legacy of work. Red October makes me believe all Russians could have an English accent. Tnarg

I really like that Porco Rosso icon. Welcome. Tnarg

Danish and Finn... just what I wanted. Tnarg

The Spitfire Mk.I is graceful and smooth, the Dewoitine D.520 has the curves to match, the P51D is a beautiful but serious warrior, the Corsair is curvy but deadly, the Bf/Me 109 is hard and predatory, the P-47 is Thor's hammer, The P-38 rivals the Spitfire for poise and power, but even it loses to the Tigercat. The P-26 calls out to me even if it didn't do much in WWII, but my vote has to go to the Avia B-534. It even carried Bulgarian crossed swords insignia. Tnarg

My college housemate came from Oklahoma, but we were in Utah at the time. He had a brown paper bag colored poster, think of a grocery bag texture and color. It had a thin black line across the bottom, about 1 inch up, representing the horizon. There was a very small drawing of an oil well at one side, maybe 1 inch tall, on a 2.5 to 3 foot tall poster. At the top were letters in bold black type, "SKI OKLAHOMA". Bit of a contrast to the terrain nearby. Tnarg

This really cries out for an Horizon Models Mercury Redstone and Mercury Atlas next to it on the shelf, doesn't it? ... or even better, a Gemini Titan and an X-20 on top of a Titan next to all of them. I guess you can get the Luftwaffe 46 manned V-2 versions in this scale also for a fuller range of von Braun. But then you'd need one of those 1950's ships with the big wings and vast numbers of the V-2 engines in multiple stages. Yes, I get carried away... all the time. Thanks for letting us see some great work. Tnarg

When I was 14, I really wanted to build the kit, but they didn't make it, so I had to wait. I am now in my later 60's or "6" as I prefer, since that indicates my maturity. If the kit comes out, it is the new shiny object for a few weeks, but then comes another. Too many on the shelf of doom, or rather just half way to perfection. There used to be a magazine that reviewed kits but never painted them. Maybe that is my method? At least they finished some of them. Tnarg

The Taube mold could be expanded to provide multiple versions of the aircraft including the earlier air race version and a striking Austro-Hungarian plane with red and white striped fuselage. They could go further to release an Antionette Monoplane (or Monobloc), and follow on with the balance of the amazing planes from the movie "Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines".... Oh, sorry, did I say that out loud? I must have been dreaming or in a parallel universe where people would actually purchase a model of a Trajan Viua or a Phillips Multiplane or any of the amazing pre-WWI aircraft. "Not the droids you were looking for, you can move along". Saddened but realistic, Tnarg

There was a multi-volume history series with English captions, what area are you interested in? Look for Suomen Ilmavoimien Historia series. There were almost 30 of them, with individual aircraft type profiles or time period focus. Lots of photos and profiles in colors. Enough English for me to figure them out. Tnarg

Which is why racing planes are so much fun. There are no limits on the color (or the ego). You need to be confident to win, but you also need incredible skill and a great plane to start. What color would yours be painted? Or there is the "What IF?" approach. It will set your creativity free. Tnarg

This one looks like all those uncovered planes or the late war He 162's that didn't get much if any paint. It is visually much more interesting, which is a really bad thing if you wanted camo. The gray colors just make me think, it might as well just be a UFO. Nothing to see here, you can move along. It is almost as bad as when I found out that the beautiful brown and green Austro-Hungarian camouflage on the Hansa Brandenburg C.I was only that way because the varnish got yellow with age and it was originally two shades of grey. Sorry, but I couldn't stand it anymore. Hopefully those of you who love this plane can enjoy it while I like the Viggen in multiple colors. Have fun, Tnarg