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Impressive, Bill. You obviously know your way around the modelling bench.

This is going to be an interesting display, the figures add so much to it.

Very nice, Carlos. The deck looks great with it.

Nice selection of models. I did the same LF A-18 this year and the MPM XF-85 in the past, so I know what you've accomplished. How was the TBF build?

I think it was this color, cause I don't want to change it! Collect-Aire kit.

Yeah, maybe as long as 30 seconds, but there's still this warm glow... So are you departing from FSM entirely?

I needed the "thrill of completion" that I was missing because of several slow moving builds, so I brought this one out of the basement. I built it out of the box, and it went quickly as it was a very nice fitting kit, regardless of its age. I made the antenna mast from scrap PE and the antenna is Uschi Super Fine. The markings were painted on except for the tail code, which as you can see did not work well. I will replace them later, the code is actually for a B6N1 anyway as I found a photo of that airplane in one of my books. The computer that runs my ALPS is in the shop and I don't have good luck with stencils for letters that small. Alclad ALC 101 base under Gunze IJN green, the bottom is from a still surviving Aeromaster Nakajima IJN grey.

What a build, Gil! Pace yourself!

Me too on those paint pens! Almost off the doom shelf, Carlos.

Well done, Gil!

Super build, very nicely done. I would comment on only one thing, and that is the propeller stand. The root of the propeller blade is the most highly stressed area and it is unusual to see a propeller resting on any part of the blade. The usual method is to use a spline that matches the one on the engine and mount it to the top of the stand to hold the propeller hub.

Nice display. But, I will bet that the new Boeing trainer will be the next T-Bird.

Richard, I am pretty certain the hole on the nose is a cabin ventilation air intake.

Well done!

I think Olive Drab changes a lot depending on how flat the finish is. The CH-37's in my guard unit in the late 60's were transitioning to a flat finish from a glossy OD. Also the glossy finishes did not fade anything like a flat finish. Here is a CH-37 in the older finish, and then another after repainting in probably 34087.

Of the models I have on display, the C-46 is one of my favorites. I'm sure yours will be a beauty. I wish I had opened up the cowl inlets, and I'll lower the cowl flaps if and when I build another. Is the pe still available? I thought I had already given a link to my build log but here it is, and a picture from it. I made the decals using Corel Draw and an ALPS printer. http://yolo.net/%7Ejeaton/mymodels/c46/1c46/1c46.html

Beautiful model. Don't care about the vents, so I must be a heretic but I am a happy one.

See if King's Hobby will put them on consignment or buy them.

Hi David. Welcome.

David, I have the Paragon set for this, and as I already built the 1/32 version it is available.

Yeah, pretty. That is a really nice kit.

Gil, that looks a lot better than the Collect-Aire XB-51 I have. It has a fuselage in 45 parts and all suffered shrinkage, none the same. But I really want a 1/48 XB-51 so maybe I should drag it out before I get to old. Anyway, I have a pretty good belt sander and respirator.

Thanks, Mark. Yes, I believe I have seen you around too. I mostly am at FSM, Agape, and Swanny's.

Thanks, Richard. I still have four more original kits in the stash so I made a template of the fixed floor. I doubt I will get to it but I can see a C-46 built up with open doors and loading a jeep on a ramp.

Well done, well done!