Black Sheep One

These came in today:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To make it even better?

I threw all of mine away.
They sucked, they had these particles of pigment that once dry, they would not wash off.
 
I've found the UMP washes to be of superb quality.
http://www.umpretail.com/collections/top-sellers/products/the-full-set

Nice review.
Lets see what kind of trash review will Phil Flory do on this kit when he gets it (he seems to find something wrong in every KH model he reviews).

Nice review.
Lets see what kind of trash review will Phil Flory do on this kit when he gets it (he seems to find something wrong in every KH model he reviews).

Let me ask you something point blank,Who are you?
What is your involment with the industry?
Do you work for ANY model company?
 
I've seen you post on many threads sounding like an insider but do not know anything about your credentials to do so.
 
Just asking...

Let me ask you something point blank,Who are you?
What is your involment with the industry?
Do you work for ANY model company?
 
I've seen you post on many threads sounding like an insider but do not know anything about your credentials to do so.
 
Just asking...

Let me ask you something point blank,Who are you?
What is your involment with the industry?
Do you work for ANY model company?
 
I've seen you post on many threads sounding like an insider but do not know anything about your credentials to do so.
 
Just asking...

Let me ask you something point blank,Who are you?
What is your involment with the industry?
Do you work for ANY model company?
 
I've seen you post on many threads sounding like an insider but do not know anything about your credentials to do so.
 
Just asking...

Do you have much experience with the real aircraft?

Well whatever it is, I hope the canopy is better than the fiasco with the Typhoon!

F-35B

Restoration of the B-29 "Doc" is almost complete.
http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restorations/b-29-doc-wears-engines-props.html

Really?
Well that's a relief.
I thought S.H.I.E.L.D. got a hold of him.

"My goodness, how I sometimes miss that blissful ignorance. What fun I had." was a comment on a recent post by a modeler describing his modeling youth.

Yes, that last statement is just my point. What fun I had back then as I developed my skills and did not have to worry about making every little detail exactly as it was on the prototype.

However, that striving to include every last detail made me quit modeling several times.

It had become a compulsion which was foreign to my nature because I was trying to make models for the FUN of it.

I did not need any more challenges in my life. I was creating things in my machinery design  work. I was also making my sculpture which beyond enjoyable.

I liked having models of tanks and planes and ships but I did not need every detail to enjoy them.

 After many years I asked myself  why do I feel that I have to make exact scale models of airplanes. It was no longer any fun. IT WAS NO FUN!!! dammit so why was I forcing myself to do it that way? Then I remembered visiting a doctor of medicine who lived next door to my parents. He showed me the model airplanes he had constructed from wood. I said these were not scale models of existing airplanes and he said he had fun inventing his own airplanes. It was one of those moments of enlightenment for me, an epifany if you wish.

So from then on I have been making my models to please me, not anyone else. Not trying to be exactly 100 percent accurate with every detail.

This is my HOBBY, not my compulsion.

That is why I am no longer concerned about getting every detail in my models. That is why I sold all my expensive Tamiya, Trumpeter, etc., kits with 300 parts in each box. The Revell and Hasegawa and other slightly less accurate kits suit me fine. I do not bother with extended landing gear or interior details.
                    
I certainly do not have to worry about accurate paint schemes, I am an artist (have been one for over 50 years). I'll select the colors I like and paint the models the way I like them to be. Why? Because I am having fun.

I appreciate models that have great detail and I like seeing them at model meets. I have a collection of a number of these I built  in years gone by and others that have been built by other modelers. I like all the prepainted planes put out by 21st Century and I have a bunch of those. I even have some pretty solid wood models made in the Philippines, some of which are really good for a laugh. It is fun collecting them.

But I avoid doing anything for fun that I find is no fun to do.

I do not tell anyone else to build their models my way. My approach is my approach and I would not impose my outlook on others.  But I do advise some of you guys who are slogging through a 300 piece kit with an extra $200 worth of resin and etched parts and are finding the going really tough to ask yourself, if there was no one else making models, no peer group who expect models to have every detail surrounding you, would you really be laboriously assembling all these parts? Or would you be making a model just for the sheer fun of it?

Perhaps that is why we find some modelers dropping out and seeking a less demanding hobby. Maybe that is why we have so many partially built kits floating around, perhaps that is why some guys have many started models in their list that they say they will finish up sometime later.

On the other hand the modelers who are having fun striving for the utmost detail are doing fine these days. We now have lots of detail parts and decal sheets and paints and spray equipment available. You guys are in the Seventh Heaven. Enjoy. To those of you who really love building pure scale models and striving for the utmost in accuracy and detail and are really enjoying doing it I say Rock On! You are doing it the way you like and are enjoying every second of it. Even the difficult parts are satisfying because when you are done you have the satisfaction of completing a tedious bit of work.

Modeling is a wide ranging hobby and there are many ways of approaching it. All ways are correct because all people are different. For those who have doubts at times, if you are not really enjoying what you are doing, ask yourself, why am I doing all this? Don't expect an immediate answer, sleep on it. The answer will eventually come to you.             

 We are each given only one life. Many parts of it are strenuous and tedious, yes. So let us let ourselves have some fun in the activities that are for fun and relaxation.

Stephen
 

No because a major proportion of the buying public consists of outsiders who know nothing and care less about these errors. Parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, children, newcomers to the hobby and people who really do not read model forums and do not give a rat's a$$ about the accuracy issues buy more than enough kits to make the sales profitable. Also there are modelers who like to kit bash (make models not bash kits) and modify models by correcting the errors buy the kits, too.
In other words I feel that some of the guys who make a lot of noise are deceiving themselves into thinking they and the model building society have lot more importance than they really have. Like a big frog in a small pond developing false feelings of self importance.
Unlike some members of the forum who have left LSP because of this bickering I shall simply stop reading the posts by the self appointed experts. I'm not going to bother reading any more posts on LSP that have to do with the problems of the new and yet to be released kits. There are plenty of interesting posts on LSP to sustain my interest.
If I want a particular kit I'll buy one and correct any problems that concern me when I start to build it.
Stephen

hi all
more to come

Along with Tony's decals, I'll be bringing out a Pave Knife pod that will be equally applicable to both F-4D Phantoms and A-6A Intruders.
 
Derek

I think I'm starting to understand more and more every day as to why the model manufacturers stick to popular, easy aircraft models. The Mustangs, Spitfires, Zeros, et al. Let's face it, every model is going to have accuracy issues, and I for one hope they never read these complaints and decide we've become unappreciative of their efforts.
 
A model, by definition, is a representation of a full size item. I agree with both sides here. If you want to build your model as a miniature version of the prototype, then do it. If you want to build it in a fantasy scheme, then do that, or any variation, but let's quit belittling each other. You know what you know, and I know what I know. For example, do I know everything about the B-17? No. But if you want to know anything about the 108th Military Police Company, their equipment or tactics from 1985-1991, to include combat operations in both Panama and Iraq, then I'm your guy. Why? BECAUSE I WAS THERE AT THAT TIME!!!!
 
My point is, if we're not going to either be respectful of one another, or at least try to understand that someone may know because they were either there, saw one personally, or worked on one, then maybe we should just read the post and move on.
 
As for the ball turret debate, it is possible that at some point in time a B-24 ball turret was mounted in a B-17. I think TimC would agree, but his point is that the external mounting of the B-17 ball turret ammo supply is NOT common, and for those looking for accuracy, (ie: staggered waist windows, Cheyenne turrett, chin turret flash hiders, etc...), they should keep this in mind.
 
This whole B-17 accuracy thing is starting to remind me of the opening scene in Monty Python's Holy Grail and the debate over whether or not a Sparrow can carry a coconut......
 
 

If I got a different life (because I do have a very nice life thank you; living 7 miles from the now defunct Wings of Eagles Museum that was once home to a B-17G named Fuddy Duddy), I wouldn't be here at all and none of you would benefit from any of my knowledge and experience with the airframe. So take some asprin, go puke or go see the doctor and ignore us "all" who rant over errors that are obvious to those of us who have knowledge of the airframe beyond "Yep, sure looks like a B-17G". The kit is by no means a turd; on the contrary, it's a very nice model but had HK taken the time to do it right and not hurry it to market, it could've been a great model. Yes, they used bad drawings from the beginning but there are blueprints available and there's a 1/48 scale kit that is extremely accurate in shape (although not in all the details) and easily acquired. And, as I've mentioned here, I still might acquire one just because..... with all its shortcomings, it is a gigantic model.
 
EDIT: The Wings of Eagles Discovery Center is still alive and well but located in a different facility. They have moved off the airport to a nearby facility. Here's a link to their site: http://www.wingsofeagles.com/

Didn't you already make that announcement in the Vendors Forum plus emailed everyone about that as well?
I think, by now, everyone knows that.

Im sure everyone has gotten them else where, but just in case, we'll have them available this week.
http://www.tshobbies.com/B-17G-Flying-Fortress-HKM-01E04.htm

I don't really get the point of why some are complaining about either the size of this kit and/or the cost of it. This is all about Large Scale Planes. You're talking about a 1/32 B-17. It's NOT going to be small - nor cheap. If you want to have access to these large scale planes, we should support the companies that make these monsters for us. Otherwise, we may not have the large scale planes we're all here to talk about and build in the first place. $250 or so for a model that may take months or a year to build is not really unreasonable.
 
I'm going to build a new coffee table for my living room. Plexiglass top and sides. Place the B-17 inside for display. It'll be a tad larger than the normal coffee table though!
 
My problem is trying to figure out what to do with my HK B-25 diorama!
 
Just my 0.02
 
-Ro

Didn't you already make that announcement in the Vendors Forum plus emailed everyone about that as well?
I think, by now, everyone knows that.