Gazzas

Last flight, but first on my list... Me 163 Komet.

Ooh... another guess/wish thread. When I was a kid, I did both the 109 and Spitfire. Still tempted by the Stuka.

Brilliant work! In real life, do most ratlines have that scalloped look you see in artworks? You know, scalloped because they have been climbed so many times.

Looking forward to this one.

Once you foil, you can never go back. Looks brilliant!

Thank you both!

I just can't find any interest for anything civilian at all. of even unarmed transports. No guns, no fun, I guess.

I imagine it will be just like the Hartmann kit. It will be re-issued without a figure and different decal options a year or so later.

I see I can either get the full thing or just tail and wings. Thank you!

Exceptional!

The 1/32 F is actually a G. And the propeller spinner is horribly shaped. I used the kit for spare parts and paint mule.

i know there is plenty of German stuff. Or Russki for that matter?

Looks good. I had thought that this would be a particularly difficult procedure. One that I am glad to avoid. I'm near to start rigging Grosser Kurfurst... I know it won't be 1/100th of what you're doing.

I don't think I have the drive to scratch build an entire airplane.

I'm shattered that none of you have said Spruce Goose. Get wid it!

Happy birthday, Gents!

Often the only way to get Hasegawa 1/32 kits. Always had good experiences with them.

Thank you, Ernest.

Thank you! Certainly.

Fine update, Ernest. I really like the uneven look of the deadeyes. It looks much better than if they were perfectly parallel. Everything looks very realistic. I can almost imagine the fighting tops full of Marines.

Thank you all!

Thank you everyone! Was a great birthday. Stayed home from work. Ate too much. Drank too much. Steak dinner with cake afterwards. And got some cool loot.

I was expecting a big piece about what the escorts brought to the campaign with the final episodes. Me 262 Luftwaffe swansong? But no. Instead it became a pitiful display of "Don't forget what those nasty German Nazi's did to us" from Hollywood. Stereotypical screaming Germans. Stereotypical Luftwaffe interrogation officers with slicked down AH haircuts, made extra smarmy, being brushed off by skilled and staunch US airmen. I have to admit that I was mightily impressed when the P-51's swooped down on the POW camp, machine gunning the guards without hitting a single POW. Amazing.

Man... I want it. but not sure what I would do with it once done.