Mr Creosote

My box arrived today. I took a quick look in the box and it seems to be all good. Not too detailed of a look though,I drove about 550 miles to get to the house so I'm about did in. -RD

Super Sweet! -RD

Holy Smokes Y'all! Thanks for the heads up on the books. Mr. Metz: you are off the chain. Thanks. RD

Hello LSPers: I'm looking at building a 32nd scale Mosquito and I am wondering what the concensus is on the best reference book or books that are out there for this subject. -RD

It looks really good. Very nice build. -RD

I am really enjoying the build on this one. I've been to your web site. How does one pre-order this set? Thanks, RD

As the others have said....................... None of these kits you have mentioned have any accuracy problems that I consider deal-breakers. And,all but the Bearcat have reviews written on them right here on LSP. -RD

I'll be buying one set as well. -RD

I like this one alot. Great job. Its been awhile since I have flogged a vac kit. I feel one coming on though. -RD

Your 109 looks really slick. -RD

The misrepresentation aspect of it was my main issue,esp for the price. I paid full retail for it,about 40.00 USD. It was admittedly a whim buy. I basically want to get the word out so other folks will know what they are getting in this boxing. Had I known before hand I *may* have sourced a vintage Mk1. The "Mk2c" kits are relatively inexpensive. I think I bought one for 5.00 USD not too long ago. I agree : A new tool 32nd scale Hurricane would be more than welcome! I will be ordering up some of the resin bits. Thanks for the link Den. -RD

First off,my apologies if this has been posted before. I just bought the RoG Hurricane MK1 reissue and what is in the box are the Mk2c moldings. The instruction sheet has you removing the cannon barrel fairings and fairings. You do get what look to be nice decals for Tuck's BoB A/C. I am a bit disappointed in this release. I was hoping for the Mk1 wing bits. Alright then,a Mk1 will be a bit of a flog then. -RD

I have both an "A" and an A-36 Apache kit that I would sell. Both are "New In The Box" ,unstarted,unwarped and have the decals. Price wise,I am going to have to get what I paid for them,IIRC somewhere around 45.00 USD[each] plus shipping. RD

A small update on the build. The cockpit parts are painted and nearly ready for offering up. I will need to flat coat the lot and then add gloss to the instrument faces. The seat belts are lead foil with small black circles punched out of decal film and added to simulate the grommets. The canopy has had its framing sanded off and will be added back as correct as is possible with strips of painted decal film. It does need some more polishing but is very close to ready. It will be doused with Future/Klear before adding to the fuselage. I'll update as time allows. RD

Sweet P-40K my man. RD

My understanding is that *most* of the time you would only find the single shoulder strap on IJN aircraft operating from carriers. Land based fighter aircraft would have lap belts. The shoulder harness crossed the pilot's chest diagonally. This isn't as strange as you might think,it seems like there were plenty of US fighter aircraft at the start of the war that used lap belts only. And another IJN fun tidbit: they apparently dumped their hooks after trapping. RD

I like it. I like it alot. I give it three thumbs *way* up. RD

Thanks LDS. That's alot of clarifying information. This is a subject that has my interest. RD

That was a really sweet bit of research. For my money it was very well put together. I still have questions though but not about AVG P-40s. One question would be,did the British purchase US manufactured aircraft painted in Land Temperate when the RAF had months/years previous switched to Ocean Temperate? If so,why? Could it be as simple as the contracts were signed already specifying colors and chance orders would have been expensive? I could see that actually. But I'm not trying to answer my own question. RD

Thanks Ed. No warped parts in this one. I have reshaped the canopy as much as it can be,or at least as much as I can, to try to get it into something resembling a Sea Fury hood. Now I am in the process of buffing out the sanding scratches,a slow process for sure. RD

Alrightly now. That is some sweet work on the Bent Wing. I missed getting one of the 21st Century Corsairs when they were available. Glad to see how well this one turned out. RD

Moving on to the wings now. The wheel wheel insert was pre-painted and weathered before gluing to the lower wing. The wheel well "lip" on the lower wing was cut in with color as well. The wing panels fit up was just OK. There were areas of the join that required some filling before it could be smoothed out properly. CA was used for this application. The wing light bits,which were molded in the gray plastic [WTF?] did not fit well at all. Neither did port wing leading edge mystery part "E29". All three of these areas were liberally hit with CA and after they were dry,sanded out. Also filled was the starboard wing's matching mystery panel. The wing tip lights will be painted in later. Note also the wing center section is painted black in order to kill any bare plastic showing through on the completed model. Part E29. Poor fit. Uffa. Much more gooder now. More poor fit. Same here. Put right. Its hard to tell because the CA appears clear. The unpainted "squares" mate to similiar "squares" on the fuselage. A dry fit shows this will make a solid join once fitted. Hey,whattya know,a bright spot! More to come in a week or so. RD

I have no good clue if its accurate or not but it sure looks like a sweet build. RD

Man,I hate when I do stuff like that! Jeez. Well,there will be a short update soon. RD

That looks great. Nice job. RD