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Yeah, so its a toy. If it is more or less true to scale I am satisfied. If it looks like a duck, it quacks like a duck, it poops like a duck, to me it is a duck. When I started making models during War 2 a kit consisted of rectangular blocks of wood (soft balsa if one was lucky), plans of dubious accuracy, printod on paper insignia and a package of casine glue in powder form. Kit cost 10 cents. I used dad's old razor blades. I am still operating in that frame of mind. So I am easy to please. Sculptor

I no longer have a wish list. I just bought the COBI TOYS #5754 Dornier DO 17Z-2. in 1/32 scale. I have all the rest of the models I ever wanted except for the Consolidated P2Y flying boat (same as Martin P3M-1 and P3M-2). Oh, I also like any other fluying boats in 1/32 or larger scale. Once I make up my mind I am full of indecision.

Happy happy joy joy! I just found a model kit that I have been looking for since I switched over to 1/32 scale the past umpteen zillion years ago. It is COBI TOYS #5754 Dornier DO 17Z-2 in 1/32 scale. Was its existence mentioned in this forum? Yeah I know. I should have been following this forum more often. Shame on me! I have been writing novels for the past 8 years and got all involved in that. Never fear, I am back. Yeah I know, who cares? I just found the kit on ebay. There were three listed so I bought the one that cost about $80, rather than the one listed for over 200 smackers. It was delivered within a week. Right now I am in the middle of my third book and as soon as I can finish writing that I will jump back into modeling. Keep 'em flying.

I love it! TheJug returns to war.

Lets face it guys, no producer is going to spend good money on having accurate replicas of WW1 aeroplanes produced for a movie just for the sake of historical accuracy. Forget about accurate paint jobs. I won't even mention the sappy story lines they use. We are lucky if they give us good flying scenes. Movies made during a war are excusable because their purpose is partially to get young people to run down to the local recruitment office and join up. Also to get the folks who stay home to accept the necessity of sending their children off to war. In any case the movie people are under constant pressure to make a profit. I am a pre-WW2 baby and by the time we reached puberty I and my friends knew it was all hokum. But I enjoyed the war movies made during WW2. By the way my favorite Korean War movie was The Steel Helmet (I think that was the correct name of the film). Also I saw Gung Ho, starring Randolph Scott, nine times until I reached 20 years of age. Over the years I have seen many war movies and I almost always found merit in at least parts of them. OK, so some movies are real stinkers;, especially when they rewrite history to include love interests. But what are you gonna do, they have to make money.

The worst war movie was the one made in Germany earlier this century called The RED BARON, or something like that. They tried to make him over to be a sensitive youth. Somewhat disturbed by all the lives he had taken. He was really more of a stone cold killer in reality. The female lead kept me wondering when she would forget her role in a movie and start yawning. The action scenes were interesting, however.

I agree 100%. If a person does not enjoy one's life then what's the point of living? Of course sometimes reality trips us up, slows us down, makes us change course but that's a part of living.

Hi Mike, Yes long time no see. For the past lifetime I have been making sculpture as my main art form. But I never stopped enjoying model airplanes, ships, military vehicles and G gauge model trains. Some years ago I started writing novels. My first book is The Streamlined Locomotive. Currently my second novel just came out. It is called Dick and Jane Go to War. My writings, as my sculpture are surrealistic and humorous. Dick & Jane Go to War is not as humorous as I see nothing funny about World War One aviation. As soon as I can find time I will make a model of the triplane SE5c which my male main character RFC Leftenant Reginald Pfyff-ffyff Cockup creates. I have a lot of fun writing. The models I make are of airplanes that serve in the armed forces of the hard-to-find Balkans country known as Vulgaria. I mentioned Vulgaria on this forum a number of year ago. I doubt if anyone remembers it. Yours, Stephen

Back during World War Two I was building these and I have been making and accumulating and buying these these solid carved wood aeroplane models ever since. Along with umpteen zillion plastic kits, of course.

as reported by The War Zone Wire <TheWarZone@thedrive.com> Interesting article. Thought some of you might like it. ssculptor

QUESTION< CAN YOU LIST THE LINK TO THE MANUFACTURER? OR AT LEAST THE NAME OF THE COMPANY?

The answer is so obvious. Dandiego is in the state of Dalifornia

i would like one in 1/32 or 1/33 scale as a paper model kit. I like big models. It is not all that hard to copy the paper model onto sheet styrene and then make a plastic model out of it. Problem is not the size, space or money but the time! I am just too busy writing novels and making sculpture. Maybe next year. Ssculptor

For the longest time I have wanted a 1/32 m iodel of the We can only hope. I remember just after WW2 ended when I was a child my neighbor had a 1/72 ID (identification) model from WW2. It was cast in a form of bakelite plastic. I fell in love with that model. But it was not mine; so I put it out of my mind. If my memory serve me right (lots of luck!) I still have a 1/72 kit of it somewhere in my stash (assuming it is still there after a dozen moves in three states, two fires, one flood, etc.). I am gradually cleaning out my basement and two storage lockers and I might even find i?. But I doubt if I will assemble it as I have transferred my mania to 1/32 and larger scales. But now you have given hope to me. A 1/32 scale He-115?! Yes, I have something to look forward to. Hopefully while I can still assemble a model. I am still waiting for a Japanese Kate to appear in 1/32. Stephen

Question, how do I buy the model through Facebook? Is there a special section for doing this?

Where can I buy one of these in 1/32.

Drat. I was going to say dat.

Therer is an old saynig; if the deal looks to good to be true the odds are that it is not.

Yes, the hyperscale website also has a number of these scammers operating too. Such is life.

I got an email from yujh766 through Large Scale Planes <support@largescale planes.com> It said: Hi ssculptor, yujh766 has sent you a message!d full message — Large Scale Planes reading further on down I got this: Hi ssculptor, yujh766 has sent you a message! Read full message — Large Scale Planes 2 members active in this conversation (including you) ssculptor LSP_Members yujh766 LSP_Members Sikorsky S-38 I got a message from Mallen990 as a local seller, it's my old friend and very honest person, message me about Sikorsky S-38 for sale... Thought I'm st... Below this message was a small box that stated "Read this message" So I picked that box and gor this new message: Sorry! We could not locate the item you are trying to view. What gives? Any idea as to what is occuring here? Thanks, Ssculptor Read full message

GOOD FOR HIM! I ADMIRE HIS DRIVE.

I admire what he has done but I am not threatened by it. I get my jollies by makling sculpture. Nowadays I am converting some model airplanes into surrealist sculpture. Lots of fun. I began making wood models during WW2 and have run through solid wood A/C by Strombecker, Maircraft, (rectangular blocks of balsa and an XACTO knife) kits Then stick & tissue kits (Cleveland, etc.), plastic kits (Varney, Aurora, Monogram, Lindberg, Revell, Frog, Airfix, etc.) and finally U-Control flying models. Kept going back to plastic kits during all these years. I never got into Radio Control. however. I felt if I wanted to control a real flying airplane I would learn how to fly real airplanes. Never did that but kept up with plastic kits. I admire this person's work. I am sure he gets much gratification and satisfaction in scratch building like he does. He does wonderful work. Its a hobby, we should enjoy whatever we do. Otherwise, why do it? Ssculptor

I like the larger scale (1/16. 1/15, 1/18, 1/12, 1/6, etc.) model tanks and military vehicles. I like them so much so much that I am selling and trading off almost all my smaller scale tank models. I have a couple 1/18 tanks atop one of my book cases in my library. I would probably buy your beastie but at the present time I am digging through my stash to find the big boxes that have all my tank kits. I do not want to buy a duplicae to what I already have so until I discover where I put my tank boxes I must hold my wallet tight.

WNW had a good run for a small model business so I am grateful for that. I have most of their kits that I wanted so I am not complaining. Over the past 80 years of building models I have seen many model manufacturers come and go. I guess I shock easily though, because I was disappointed when in model railroading the Aristocraft model railroad company disapeared. The reason that they went was the owner had aged to the point that he no longer was comfortable running the company. With age comes health problems. In so many cases none of the children wanted to take over the firm and continue the work. Also I have seen many hobby stores go out of buainess in my lifetime. I am especially shocked to see large firms disappear, like the Pontiac autombile company - I alwalys thought that car companies would be around forever. Naive me. Life is constant change.

SO WHAT IS THE LINK?