chrish

On average, since about 2007…… I started averaging an LSP finished every 6 months, gradually increasing in productivity to around a LSP every 3-4 months. While at the same time adding only 3-4 per year to the stash allowing me to reduce the stash from over a couple hundred at the start to around a dozen or so currently still in that stash.

The box art for me was usually the biggest reason to buy the model…when I was young

I love those super cub models…if you like float planes they will fill the need! I’ve built 2 of them and enjoyed the hell out of them!

Well I suck....my highest duplicate count is 3 F-18s in the stash (legacy) but eight built. 2 spitfires (5 built) 2 f-4u corsairs lost count of how many 109's I've built (it would be in the tens) but have all been donated away. the rest are one each

1st world problems we’ve got here eh? I’ve decided to work my way through my stash then move on to another hobby, maybe back to my original enjoyment of restoring an old car, got a hankering for an old 4 door hardtop of some kind.

Yup thats me, not one build true to a prototype yet….

Damn….thats a real live critter isn’t it!? come on now…..let’s be honest

I think the 180 is approximately 1/22 and the 172 is around 1/12

Any general aviation subjects, light singles or twins like Cessna Beechcraft, Piper. I’d like to (and will) build just for the colour you can put on them. For my part I’ve picked up and will try to build as static display (Guillows) Cessna’s 180, 172 piper and Bonanza….if I live long enough. I’d really like a 310 II and a 402/404 but oh well. not true scratch building but as close as I’ll ever get I guess.

Thanks very much i went a little different road than usual with the exhaust/ tailpipes hoping to give the impression of a recent engine change on one side with less staining/rust on one side than the other. Something I can honestly say I’ve never tried before It is an amazingly small aircraft compared to my more recent builds of hornets, tomcat, etc.

Awesome build, looks like it’s going a thousand miles an hour just sitting there!

Decals! I hate em, I have a real fear, dread, trepidation and panicky phobia of decals having been burnt by crappy decals on so many occasions. of all the decals I’ve tried the only ones I’ve not had any issues with are V-1 decals, Arctic decals and most Trumpeter decals… they can be the wrong color, size, or unreadable but, lay down nicely. off the soap box now… Great work on this build…other than those damned coroguard decals

Happy birthday sir have a cake and beer..or cake or beer….or just beer

Happy birthday dude!

Very well done