Harry Joy

Thanks! Oh, one more tip - I think this was the first kit I ever built where the instructions recommend you use filler in one spot. The instructions were right, the part is near impossible to fit without filler.

It is both airplane and spaceship. The first flying example crashed earlier this year on a flight testing new engines, but there is another getting readied. It's purpose is near earth space tourism and research.

I finished one of those a few months ago. I strongly suggest planning ahead on the forward glass. All the other windows fit flush from the inside, and look good. The forward windows install from the outside, and are right on seam lines. Difficult to get right. I painted the inside of the craft black, and used plenty of Future, and like how most of the windows came out, but a couple of the front ones are actually black paint. Decals are SUPER thin too. Difficult to work with, but beautiful. The SpaceShip One component has bad sink marks on the booms as well, which I caught too late to fix.

Cars, well, my first one in 40 years is still underway and it's 1/25th. The ones in my stash are all 25th or 24th. In airplanes, most of my collection is 48th, but I lean towards 72nd for multi-engine airplanes. I have one 32nd kit in the stash unbuilt. Armor, I've only done 48th. I also build the occasional boat, and have done 350th and box-scale. I frequently do science fiction, and they are all over the place in scale from 1000th to 144th to 1/12th. So, yes, I build scale models.

Thanks!! I looked around before and never saw one! My third car was a Mustang II, and while they are generally looked down on nowadays (and then too) it was the first car I used to galavant around the US. Drove it for years.

And here I didn't think anyone even made a Mustang II in plastic! Your build is looking good, but I have to ask - did anyone ever make this in a coupe?

Thanks everyone! Hey Matt! Midsouth Hobbies has been my hangout for 15 years going strong now. Don was even best man at my wedding. We've probably seen or talked to each other there. I'll probably be there this Saturday afternoon. Emmo, John Mahaffey and James Hartley were tickled pink when I told them I was doing cars for a change.

The painting is what always intimidated me about building cars! That and the bare metal finishing. Airplane modeling is very fiddly, and a lot can go wrong, but multi-colored finishes in flat with decals are much easier - none of this layering of coats and polishing.

Hello all. I've been lurking for a few months. A friend of mine has recommended this forum to me dozens of times, and when I ask him silly questions, he often links to a thread here where my question has been hashed out already. So I've been reading here for a little while. I have been modeling off and on since I was a kid, usually going into spurts interrupted by life stuff, but the current run has been non-stop for about 12 or 13 years. My main focus has always been airplanes, some figures, and the occasional scifi subject. The last car I built was the first model I ever built - some old Monogram Ford my granddad picked up for me at a Ben Franklin store. But my wife has decided she likes car models, therefore I must like car models, and started a build a few months ago. It has been much more fun that I anticipated, but calls on all sorts of skills that are completely new to a longtime airplane builder. So I am learning new stuff every day. Hi Snake.