r0t0rdr1ver Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 X4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Ok ok! Yes indeed I've made progress. I'll snap some pics this weekend and pick up the thread, thanks VERY much for checking in. It is...uh..."motivational" BiggTim and alaninaustria 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Aces High: The Heroic Saga of the Two Top-Scoring American Aces of World War II I enjoyed this book Chris. Lightning Strike is also interesting reading. The early Lightnings are so very shark-like. Looking forward to seeing this one finished Jon Jon, Just finished Aces High on your recommendation, what a great story. While I knew most of it in tidbits it was fascinating seeing the two stories unfold together along with Kerby, Boyington etc. Got the juice flowing again! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Great to hear Chris!! Looking fwd to seeing more progress!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Absolutely scary, this is major surgery, I got as far as cutting all the parts from the sprues on mine and gave up, it's still around in plastic bags in my spares box. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzx Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Chris Glad you enjoyed that book. Interesting to discover the tremendous pressure those young men put on themselves during the war. Very interesting the abilities they both had in flying the P38. Unreal. Great job so far on your p38 kit. Looking forward to your conversion. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnW Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 This is one of the first kits I built back in the 70's. Still have most of the major parts in a box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Chris, any progress on this build?? Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Did you ever finish this Chris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Hey guys! Negative on the completion...and the sob story goes like this... relocated (again!!!) all model stuff is in boxes in the garage basement remodel on deck (framing, electrical, sheetrock, painting...oh my!) Needless to say, it won't be done anytime soon. But having you guys ping this thread has given me a smile. Great to know that LSP is a home away from home, even if that away is a long time. Thanks for the note...I'll ping back when I do get set back up...and the lightning will be top of the bench! Another distraction is flying US fighters in Warthunder in Virtual Reality...now THAT is a time sink!!!!!! :D MikeMaben, Vandy 1 VX 4 and alaninaustria 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 3 hours ago, ChrisS said: Great to know that LSP is a home away from home, even if that away is a long time. Thanks for the note... Thot you must be dead ! 3 hours ago, ChrisS said: Another distraction is flying US fighters in Warthunder in Virtual Reality...now THAT is a time sink!!!!!! Been nice knowin' ya' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Good to hear from you Chris!! Man, you guys in the US do move around quite often!! Hope to see some more progress when you got time!! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) Wait a second......Warthunder? Isn't that a conflict of interest? (it is a nice game, though, huh? Would love to try the VR myself!) Edited July 9, 2018 by BiggTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 How does War Thunder compare to Warbirds or WWIIOL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 Warthunder is a pretty great game, the biggest differences between those titles are that WarBirds and WWIIOL are persistent battlegrounds, where Warthunder is more lobby and match-maker based discrete battles. In sim mode, however, these are almost 3 hours long, so there is still the flavor of a persistent battleground. At least for THAT long But the flight models are very good (at least in Simulation mode) and the graphics are nice, and of course, using a VR rig...well... I AM THE PILOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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