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Iron Maiden - Run to the hills

Iron Maiden - Number of the beast

Yes it is!

Yes it is!

Some say I've got a bad attitude But that don't change the way I feel about you And if you think this might be bringing me down Look again 'cause I ain't wearing no frown!

He tells me in his bedroom voice "C'mon honey, let's go make some noise" Time it goes so fast (When you're having fun)

THAT is HEAVY alright!

Meat Loaf - Life is a lemon and I want my money back. He keeps her shiny shiny He keeps her running like a dream 'Cause she's the closest thing to a dream That he's ever seen She's the one he never sold Some things are classic, some things are just old He keeps her shiny shiny He keeps her running like a dream

A Karmann Ghia on the side of the parkway, with two guys elbow deep into the engine compartment.

Thank you, you know - this plane was only built in limited numbers, was not much of a dogfighter and was built on old technology (even for the time). So there is not really a surprise that it gets lost in the shuffle between it's more famous contemporaries. To be honest, I didn't know about it either until I saw the kit on the shelf at the hobby store. It might not be for everybody, but it is an aircraft just like I like them.

Thanks! Actually, I believe there are window masks to be had for this one, but I don't really care. I can do the job myself, and besides - my airplane models are built in a very relaxed and recreational spirit. I even passed on the supplied photoetch for the cockpit. I hear you on the masking of your Corsair. I do have a Storch sitting around waiting for me, and masking up that greenhouse will be a .. task!

Well, it is not strictly a vehicle, but automotive all the same. There is this service station in my town who stopped selling gas, so they took down the gas name brand sign. However, they are still in business doing oil changes, and inspection and such so they put a new sign up with what I assume is the company name. I am not certain it is a well chosen name..

A little bit of progress. I'm slow, I know.. I got the white painted today. The bottom half of the fuselage will be blue (when the time comes). AML provided an extra canopy / transparency part in case I messed up one, and it came in handy. Not that I really needed it for having messed up the first one, but it was very helpful to have a loose one for cutting window masks.

I do not know a lot about this airplane, but according to Wikipedia it was powered by an inverted inline-four engine made by Zundapp. The "inverted" part of the engine is that the crankshaft is on top, cylinder head at the bottom, and the valve rocker cover acting as the oil tank Aircraft technology can get unorthodox sometimes.. Good guess on the Argus though, as it powered many similarly sized German planes of the same era.

Alfa Romeo Carabo Il Tempo Gigante

Sorry Chris, but I'm going to use your images to make my point clearer. Please refer to my post above ( #162) .

Sure is! (respectfully) I can find reason to believe that the test shot body is longitudinally correct in the area of the bottom edge of the rear window. On the other hand, since the pictures are out and Moebius is listening, - Is the sheetmetal coming up to the rear window doing so at the right angle, and the right curvature? That is, the panel between the trunk and rear window seem to my eye to have a somewhat gentler "sweep" on the 1:1 car than the plastic body. Then again, it is hard for me to tell for sure, but maybe Dave can confirm wether or not something is off there.

I am first and foremost a car guy. But I do like other things too, and pretty much anything with an engine in it will grab my attention. I must confess to be drawn to aircraft for some reason, but I do have a somewhat complicated relationship to them. First off - I am not one of those who think war is cool, so military planes are out (regardless of what technological wonders they might be - its for the wrong reason). Then, I find airliners about as exiting as the city bus, so those are out too. On the other hand, sports planes, bush planes and the like are worthy candidates to me. I could make the stretch to air taxi and small regional airliners but I draw the line by the size of a Twin Otter. I stick to 1/72 scale for reasons of convenience (inconvenience). The boxes are small so they don't take up too much room, and the selection is limited so the collecting bug doesn't get out of hand. And, I build them for therapy. I have found that I have a hard time letting go of my aspirations when building car models, and I get frustrated when things turn out less than satisfactory. Not so with my planes. They only need to provide recreational enjoyment and look good enough to hang from the ceiling of my basement hobbyroom. I felt it was time to build a plane again, so I pulled this one from the pile. I chose this one for the reason that the box is big, and by building the model I would get the box out of the way and free up space in the shelving. Sound reasoning - right? So here we are, my Siebel 202 in good progress. It is a German plane from the WWII era, and the story is: As war was breaking out, the German government notified a number of the smaller aircraft manufacturers that they would not get any development contracts for the military, and that they might want to concentrate their efforts on small civilian aircraft. This is one resulting machine. As I understand the plane was made out of wood. Fuselage covered in plywood, and rubber and elevator covered in fabric. The decal sheet and box art both have swastikas, but don't worry. They will not be used. This will become a fictional privately operated plane in "harmless" colors. AML failed to provide a pilot in the kit, so I found a 1/87 railroad scenery figure to do the job. Now after the fact I find that I happened to paint him to resemble Austin Powers, but thats OK. I'm sure he'll do a fine job of it. There will be more to come.. eventually.

I am not certain which round edge you find missing, Harry. I for me find all the round edges to be present, however - the inner edge of the rim (test shot) seem to have gotten a profile, an edge, that is winding it's way around all the lug nuts. I cannot find this shape on the 1:1 rim. And in the extension of this discovery, if this edge is removed maybe that would free up space for the fins to move apart.

That is what I will try to do.

Thanks, thats reassuring. -and yes, that was a sample of my awkward attempts at humor ;-)

I am now in the final stages of assembling my COPO Nova, and everything falls in place and lines up beautifully - but - upon mating the chassis with the body I found the rear axle to be positioned strangely off-center / rearward in the fender opening. My first reaction was that this odd, given the positive experience I had putting all the pieces together. So I gave the whole model a good look-see. The front wheels are in the proper location, the dash is butting up against the bottom of the windshield, and the chassisplate is just where it needs to be for the front and rear bumpers to fit neatly in place. So where did I go wrong? Because it couldn't possibly be a bug in the kit itself? Someone would have noticed and mentioned by now, yes? Has anyone had a similar experience?

I agree with you on that. Now, my car would not make anybody exited (Ford Freestyle), but I do care about it it and do park far away - often on a corner or end space. And you know what? If I see a Porsche or something similar out there in the far reaches of the lot I usually park in the spot next to it. Although the Porsche-owner might not be thrilled (not knowing me or the way I drive), but from my end I'd figure he would be a safer car to be parked next to.

Nobody else likes "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix" ? Others on my list include: How to train your Dragon XXX Lord Of The Rings Cars Trainspotting Poltergeist

This is little more than a concept or fledgling idea at the moment. It all started by my LHS having some Moebius figure kits on sale. Now, I'm not really a figure modeler myself, but I am fascinated by what those who are into that end of the hobby, and there is a certain draw so I picked on up. The character is a "dr. Deadly"in 1/13 scale - apparently from a '60s TV show that I've never heard of and much less actually seen. I didn't know just what part he was going to play for me, but once he was assembled I gave him a HO scale railroad truck to hold and decided he could possibly be a car modeler like you and me. He already has an apron on and if I make him on of those head-mounted magnifiers and put it on in the raised position, it could hide hat scar on his forehead. He would of course also need a workbench with supplies - that will be challenging, but not impossible. As I was playing around with him, I put him down and left the room for a brief moment, and when I came back I realized I had put him down just in front of this dinosaur I had assembled with my daughter some months before. I found that the two of them together took on a new dynamics, and expanded the concept into something else, and took it somewhere I wouldn't dare venture on my own. But it just happened - sort of. The dragon! I cannot really say that mine is too bad, but I hear stories and it seems that most if not all of us have one - or can relate to the situation. The dinosaur is an old Tamiya T-Rex in 1/35 scale given to me by a well-meaning neighbor cleaning out her basement. And while it is rather crude and doesn't look much like a T-Rex or anything else for that matter, I figured it could be a reasonable starting point for a dragon. So it is getting a comb down the back, a pair of bat-like wings and a bright red/orange paintjob with off-white or cream color for the belly/underbody. I might have to be a bit shady on working on this one, and refrain from displaying the finished piece center stage, or somebody might take offense.