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  1. Nonsense! It is not a WW1 aeroplane. Where are its biplane wings? I say Balderdash!
  2. I have always liked the airplane but I was always disappointed that they stuck an inferior engine it so it could never reach its full potential. Just like the Grumman XF-5F that was rejected by the U.S. Navy at the beginning of WW2. Both were my favorite fighters.
  3. Irrespective of which version of the B-24 one can buy, (maybe) my favorite is the navy version with those spherical gun turrets. Yummy, .
  4. I have been cleaning up my stash of models and discovered I do indeed now have 1/32 models of those I have been searching for since 2004. I now have the VAL and DEVASTATOR, as well as other goodies like the PETE. Still looking for a Kate. No, these are not super detailed plastic kits. These are carved wood models made by craftsmen in the USA, the Philippines and elsewhere. Sure they lack details that plastic kit modelers insist on but I can add them later if I wish. I bought them on eBay. They look fine hanging from the ceiling. I also have many vacuform kits of other airplanes, the multiengine bombers I like so much. By the way, not all the carved wood models are accurate. a few are junk, carved by klutzes. I bought them on eBay really cheap years ago. They are so bad they are laughable, like the carved balsa models I made when I was in kindergarten. But I can use these few crapolas as I am making models of the aircraft of the country of Vulgaria* and these can be modified. I have a problem with time as I am now working on my second novel, this one is about the great World War One Flying Ass Ace. "Keep 'em Flying" Stephen Auslender * For a description of Vulgaria refer to my book The Streamlined Locomotive, available on Amazon.
  5. Yes, with all the variations possible only detail oriented modelers, like some modelers who frequent forums such as this one, would be put off by not having the particular version they want. We are not the majority of possible modelers who would want a particular odd version. A large proportion of model manufacturers know that the average buyers of kits are gift givers, like relatives who buy kits for children at holidays, like birthdays, Christmas, when the child brings home a good school grade report card, when the lover, husband, brother etc., wishes he wants it, etc. Take your blinders off, we are not the only customers. The manufacturers know that they can make a few variations (i.e. the 1/32 B-25) and have a good, salable product. Face it, the world does not revolve around us. Also, nowadays aftermarket manufacturers can soon come out with alternate parts to cover the different versions. And some modelers can create the different parts they want; its called scratch building.
  6. Wasn't there a U.S. Navy bomber squadron in the 1930's that had an insignia with this character?
  7. I cannot get any sound. Looks like they are having fun.
  8. As much as I look forward to getting multiengine airplanes in 1/32 scale, I'll believe it when I see it. Also I will not talk about until I actually have the beastie in my hands. 'nuff said.
  9. Yes, here in the USA we have the new postmaster for the post office being blamed for all the slowdown problems. Is it the fault of the current plague? Is it the fault of legions of discontented postal workers sabotaging the system? Who knows? The service is erratic at best. I have ordered things and have mailed things and the service ranges from immediate delivery to week's delays. Lots of luck to us all.
  10. Am I pished ? One of my doctors said no more alcoholic beverages. My other doctor said no more caffeine; which didn't sound too bad but then I found out that chocolate is full of caffeine. No booze, no chocolate, no coffee, no tea, no salt, cut down on sugar intake. Only thing left for me to do is make models. Getting old is no fun at times.
  11. Going in circles is OK. It keeps us from doing more important things, like building models.
  12. Elvis? I'm still looking for Jimmy Hoffa and Judge Crater.
  13. A BRAINSTORM. Those of us who absolutementally will not build any aeroplane smaller than 1/32 scale can simply make a wing folding mechanism and glue the wings of our 1/32 bombers as folded and bent back along the fuselage. Then paint the plane in NAVAL colors. That way we can stick with 1/32 scale but take up the space of a 1/48 scale model. Youse guys are really lucky youse gots me to shows youse the solution to youse space problems.
  14. Basically, people start manufacturing their kits, thus forming companies through love of models and particular aircraft (and tanks, ships, trains, etc.). It is a matter of love, not some executives making their decisions during their three hour lunch after four martinis. In other words, model companies are started and run by us modelers, once removed. I will support their efforts in 1/32 as far as my finances will allow. We all share the same love of models. Which means I had better gear up to go back to self employed work. However I will not become a manufacturer which although may be easier in this era of 3D printing, because running a company becomes a 70 work week and I am way to old for that. Stephen P.S. I would like to see 1/32 models of the Vengeance, Maryland, Baltimore, and A-20 Boston, as long as we are on the topic.
  15. A humble question, if you please. Are they talking about these very large aircraft in 1/32 scale? Or is this simply a pipe dream on the part of the company spokes person?
  16. What I like best of all details is the decal set out of Germany that has the markings that one sees on virgin sheets of aluminum which indicates the type and manufacturer of the aluminum sheet. One can apply them to the inside of wings, etc. which do not get painted. What's that you say? If you cannot see them after making the model why apply them in the first place? Because you know they are there. Really, I am not laughing at this. Some of us take this seriously. I don't do this myself but I do other things that make people wonder.
  17. There is a bit of a thaw hereabouts. 52 degrees F and up tomorrow. I like the snow. I have never lived in an area that did not have a white winter. I would miss it. Even -25 degrees F is welcome. Just as 100 degrees above zero F is interesting in August.
  18. Make your own rule of thumb. Then happily go on with your modelling.
  19. If we spent as much time building kits from our stash as we do blowing hot air about what may or may not happen or why what is happening is happening we would get a lot more models built.
  20. Musicians are hard to live with as their music keeps them on the road and avoiding temptation is difficult. Artists who make the plastic arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc,) have problems with their spouses because their art takes primary importance in terms of the great amount of time they need to make their art, the money they must spend on studios and art materials, etc. Their art assumes primary importance and the wives and spouses do tire of being of secondary importance in the relationship. Even when both domestic partners are artists they have problems of jealousy and time, and money. I'm a sculptor, been one for 60 years. It ain't easy being an artist. No way at all.
  21. I doubt it. Color is too variable and can vary due to variation in lots due to wartime conditions and the like. Also colors are affected by exposure to the elements: heat, cold, sunlight, inclement weather, etc. Age is a factor, too. Frankly it has never bothered me. To me all colors are variable and I do not worry about it. I am in the hobby for enjoyment, not to grow an ulcer.
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