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  1. Jim Barry
    How about a Hawker Fury like my 1/24 build?
  2. Jim Barry
    Fantastic!
  3. Jim Barry
    Marvelous!
  4. Jim Barry
    Always good to see progress!
  5. Jim Barry
    Nice Scott! Is that the revell kit? I’m still in a holding pattern!
  6. Jim Barry
    Did someone say 262? Yes! But in the meantime we are on our own!
  7. Jim Barry
    Gosh how few jets make people’s list. I suppose it’s not likely based on the trend. Airfix should make a 1/24 Bearcat or maybe I should just finish mine someday! lol
  8. Jim Barry
    gotta make these today. What I’ve done so far is much too crude.
  9. Jim Barry
    I used to fly the a-10 and created some missions where ai f-15e and I would bomb russian convoys. At one flight/mission, the bombs of the f-15 struck just as I was flying low in the a-10 and the resulting explosion tore my port wing off! I overall find it to be an awful lot of buttons to remember so it's hard to pick up casually! Get into it or not. Middle ground is hard.
  10. Jim Barry
    It was a fine drama. First rule about drama though is they are not where historical research is discovered, but more of “what was it like” from a human point of view and I believe it did it very well. How scary! How sinister the cold, the lack of navigational confidence, the robotic and deadly Luftwaffe fighters, the horrors of injury and imprisonment. I did find myself scrambling for more data on all this and even opening an old seventies wargame from Avalon Hill called Luftwaffe which simulates bombing strategy and supporting fighter missions very well. Personally I’ve been to a b-17 crash site in Maine where the crew just got lost ferrying their plane to Europe, hit a mountain and perished. It was great to understand that event in context because although they never saw combat, it was a HUGE effort to pull off the logistics of the allied bombing campaign and if you died just doing a part, it was still heroic.
  11. Jim Barry
    Thanks it is well insulated! Weather here in Maine is cold!
  12. Jim Barry
    Thanks! It's been a real life goal to retire into a modeling space and spent years on this project (with an amazing amount of procrastination!). You know it's not so bad in the cellar. I also build in the cellar and find myself very productive. No daydreaming looking outside! Buffalo Bill (LOL)
  13. Jim Barry
    Hi Paul, Thanks for the kind words! Here are the build logs. Best of luck with your first effort. I did start small for a few years doing 1/144 things (F-4J, P-3C, Bf109, F4F, Me262, Nike Hercules) then I found this site and seeing Fozzy's SE5A looked really fun to go big 1/24 S2F Tracker 1/24 F8F-1 Bearcat 1/24 Hawker Fury 1/24 Me 262 XP-50 Skyrocket (dead project) Here's the Fury RFI . No other project has made this. The Bearcat is extremely difficult in the final stages (and I'm harder on myself) 1/24 Scratchbuilt Hawker Fury
  14. Jim Barry
    I live this life. So far in my “build it because they don’t make it” I’m done with the 1/24 Hawker Fury, almost done with a 1/24 Bearcat, and in progress are a Me262 1/24 and an S2F Tracker 1/24. My guess is the 262 could one day be released 1/24 but until then…. My overall lifespan goal is just 6 of these scratchbuilds. I still love kits too!
  15. Jim Barry
    To be honest this is a neatness stage I’m in after spending the winter remodeling this interior of my DIY “tiny house” workshop. It has formerly has its messy era (leading to a desire to make it Danish/Swiss perfect) . The rear shelves will probably be rebuilt. Sort of feeling out if I like the set up.
  16. Jim Barry
    Jay. I keep the messy part on shelves behind me. Also clean up after every session, something I learned working in a cabinet shop (long ago!)
  17. Jim Barry
    Rainy day at the new bench. I feel like I’m going nowhere just fixing all the little things that need fixing, but it must be done. Today I’ve been doing the control surfaces and the landing gear doors.
  18. Jim Barry
    Reminds me of Peter Cooke’s Sea Fury documented to some extent in John Alcorn’s “Scratch Built!” Book. I remember seeing that model and gazing in wonder how is that possible to scratch 40s era…. then I found 3D !
  19. Jim Barry
    Yeah, Shapeways does like our wallets!
  20. Jim Barry
    Happened upon this CL (ground attack) Halberstadt this week at the Smithsonian in Virginia. It is gorgeous!
  21. Jim Barry
    Yes, traditional techniques still very much alive!
  22. Jim Barry
    Great!
  23. Jim Barry
    OBG, whatcha working on these days?
  24. Jim Barry
    Btw. Work is back on lately after a spell of kit building. Rebuilt things on the Bearcat that were bothering me. Should see some action in the coming weeks.
  25. Jim Barry
    Bearcat visit! . Nice. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in person. This, (conquest 1) I believe was once painted in Smirnoff sponsor colors. It was at one time the speed record holder. Rare Bear took the new record.
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