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I think my favorite war move is The Guns of Navarone. Navarone is a fictional island, but obviously off the coast of Greece. A special forces team is put together to destroy big German guns that could destroy allied ships. Great flick. Gregory Peck at his best.

If you’re on facebook, check out this guy’s posts. His airplanes aren’t highly polished, wow they look like real aluminum. https://m.facebook.com/groups/137980212998/user/100082970109239/

I think a good source would be external fuel tanks from military aircraft. Just cut off the tip and use that. Some military and civilian aircraft had “tip tanks” at the wing tips. Top to bottom bottom: Aero 1D tanks used on many U.S. aircraft from the 1960s onward Unknown fuel tanks on Japanese F-4 Phantom 165 gallon tank (I believe) on WWII P-38 Lightning. It also carried a 315 gallon tank. Both had a raised seam that would need to be removed. Lear Jet. I don’t think anyone would part with these unless the model was damaged or bought for parts, but they are out there. I have lots of planes in the stash. If you want, I could look for tanks that might work.

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1/48 scale resin kit of the “Red Baron” racing plane. It was a highly modified P-51 Mustang. It had a 2,240 ci Rolls-Royce Griffon V-12 with contra rotating props and a larger horizontal stabilizer, among other modifications. It set a world speed record of 499mph, before crashing. The pilot survived, but the plane did not. I’m really happy to have found this. It has been out of production for a while.

I saw a Wienermobile on a U.S. Army base in Germany in the late 1990s. Must have been a heck of a thing to see in the autobahn.

I wish my photos were better. Gotta work on that.

Definitely better than last week. Wow.

This is after eight minutes cooking skin-down. I only cooked for three minutes last time, with cold chicken and an unheated pan. I turned it over and cooked for three minutes, then started the sauce. It’s now in the oven. Last week I used 8 thighs. This time I got a package of four. I think that makes just enough fond and rendered fat. It also means the sauce is kind of shallow in the pan. I think it will be alright, though. Much better than last week.

Gentlemen- Thank you for the advice. I also went back and watched the video again and I see that missed a couple of important details. I’m at the beginning of trying it again. It’s already looking better. I’ll post a pic when it’s done.

I made a French recipe that calls for cooking chicken thighs skin down in a little vegetable oil. Cook for about three minutes to get the skin crispy, then turn over and cook for another three minutes. The skin did not get crispy and half of the thighs left their skin stuck to the skillet. I did not preheat the skillet. Could that be the problem? It was my first time using stainless. I bought the skillet for this recipe. All was not lost. It was still a good meal. After taking the chicken out of the skillet, the fond, garlic and shallots, chicken broth, a little red wine vinegar, and dry white wine are used to start a sauce. Then the thighs are put back in the pan and it goes in the oven for 40 minutes. I’m trying it again this weekend. Hoping to get closer to the results on the cooking show. Forgot to add: the reason for a stainless skillet is to get the fond off the bottom. On a non-stick pan…it doesn’t stick, so no fond for starting a sauce or gravy.

Thank you. I’m a plumber with 21 years experience. I took a job in new home construction service in late 2017. It was warranty work only. After 5 years there, a friend convinced me to go back to COD service (work anywhere a plumber is needed). I got really tired of people acting like I’m dishonest or a criminal. I’m back in construction service now. No selling. Just solving problems. One strange thing; almost daily I see water softeners installed by the lowest bidder. They have drains that are a cross-connection. That is an opportunity for waste water and drinking water to mix. That doesn’t mean it will happen, but it’s possible. I always point it out and give them a sketch of how it should be done. We don’t repair it because we didn’t install it. What they do with the info is up to them. People in million dollar homes have asked me to do side work. That is nuts.

I would love to see a six door Chevy squarebody kit. Slam it, give it a wild paint job, and a matching speedboat to pull.

Nice work. I really like that camo scheme. I want to do a Jagdpanther like that one of these days.

Slight hijack… The Mariners church where they rang the the bell 29 times rang 30 times the year Gordon Lightfoot died. https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2023/05/02/gordon-lightfoot-mariners-church-detroit-bells/70175392007/ I saw that documentary about the Edmund Fitzgerald also.