Terry Sumner

I don't use Photobucket but in most photo hosting sites you have to copy the url for the picture and then paste it into your post here....

My son is a Trooper now. He actually has my badge that I wore when I was a Trooper and TFC. And he is currently in our Casino unit now. He mostly works at the Foxwoods casino but occasionally works Mohegan Sun.

Jay...yeah..a rookie.. lol I've been retired almost as long as you've been on the job now. Retired Sgt., Connecticut State Police...1974 - 1996! Wayne...I was an investigator...once upon a time in a galaxy far far away..... But seriously Jay, welcome aboard. There are a few of us LEO types hangin' around here! Love the shoeboxes....nice work indeed!

"Our" fleet? Does this mean you are a Mass Trooper?

I'm thinking seriously about it. Do you guys kind of stay online for 24 hours and post in-progress photos too?

Impressive...me likey!!!!

Thanks Darryl..was just curious because I'd never seen that before.

I actually met Dick Landy, replete with that big 'ol unlit cigar in his mouth in 71 or thereabouts in York, Pa, when the Summernationals were held there. What amazed me as a young lad of 20 years old was how every 4th word out of his mouth was an F-bomb! Same thing when I met Shirley Muldowney when I worked at Conn. Dragway. Man that woman could swear with the best of 'em! Just amazed me because back then swearing like that just wasn't part of my normal vocabulary!

OMG those are gorgeous!

Beautiful Darryl! May I ask a question please... what is the whitish stuff on the sidewall of the rear tires depicting?

See? I TOLD ya!

Like for you to describe or show some pics how you made the front wheels....

One thing that I like about the real name thing is when some get together in person off the board...like at a show. I've met some of the fellas on this board at NNL East by recognizing a name tag they've worn at a show. Or by passing conversations at a show. I like to wear a nametag at a show if I have one just so other guys who I "talk" with on this forum and others might recognize my name and strike up a conversation with me. Modeling is a highly solitary endeavor as we all know. There are basically only 3 ways we get any kind of social interaction from this hobby....1. you belong to a club and attend meetings. 2...you go to a show where there are other like minded folks. And 3...a forum like this one. Not using real names makes a forum so very impersonal. Using a real name on this forum makes it feel more like we actually know each other. I know that impression can be totally false since you may never actually meet another forum member in person...or the member may be using a totally false persona...but it still has a better, more personal feel to the forum experience.

Thanks Bill. And btw, you lol'ed what Keith said, but I bet he is serious!

Nice! How did you accomplish the spokes?

Sadly...that is true....

Make it fun...post a pic and then have to guess what model it's from!

Yup...you're right...can remove the back seat if you install a roll bar. Forgot about that. Oh well they say the memory is the first thing to go. And something else too...they say the memory is the first thing to go...

Well don't worry about it there young man...you are doing very well right now. You are really "into" building models right now so there will always be the next one you can try the technique on. One other thing...may I ask if you are building this car to American NHRA rules or rules from Finland? Because I don't know about Finnish drag rules, but American NHRA rules for stock classes requires that the rear seat has to stay in the car.

I'll just use them as they are. Mr. Jackson was kind enough to send me a set of 2! And I just sent in an order to Modelhause yesterday for new window glass, front and rear bumpers, front grill and rear taillights. When that stuff gets in hopefully I can finish up the pickup truck part of this build!

Do you guys literally build all night? I mean...no sleep?

Sounds like a food dehydrator would be a necessity in this endeavor...and quick drying lacquer paints or two part catalyzed automotive paints!

Todd...the EXACT same phrase hit my mind as soon as I saw the pic!

Art...I've been doing some research for a while on electroplating plastic parts. From what I've gathered they have to coat a plastic part first with an electrically conductive primer such as that made by Caswell called Silvaspray here... http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/silvaspray.html The only catch is...that stuff is SUPER EXPENSIVE!!! Like $300 for an 8 ounce can! I'd love to try it but my modeling budget just ain't that rich. But in any case, plastic itself is not electrically conductive so it cannot be triple plated like a piece of metal. It has to be made conductive first. If Danbury uses the Caswell products then they can esaily make those plastic parts look like chrome because it actually IS chrome. Or maybe they use something else as a conductor under their chrome. And maybe their "chrome" is just nickel plate? I don't know...just conjecture.

If this is your first airplane you've certainly picked the wrong one. The B-29 is a very hard model to build properly. There were VERY FEW that were painted. The overwhelming majority of B-29's were in natural metal (aluminum) finish. Naural metal finish is very hard to pull off on a plastic model of any kind, let alone one of the biggest ones ever made in plastic. To get it to look right you have to paint various panels in ever so slightly different shades. Otherwise the thing will look like a toy. If you're building the Monogram 1/48 scale B-29, it's an old mold that probably has a considerable amount of flash. In addition, the panel lines are raised from the surface which is wrong. To depict the model correctly you need to sand off those panel lines and scribe in new ones that are recessed by using either a needle in a pin vise or a specially made panel scriber tool. Also the windscreen area is what's known as a Greenhouse Nose, which you can probably surmise from all the window panels. These are fairly tough to mask off properly and get good crisp frame lines and not get paint on the "glass" areas. In other words, the B-29 is tough to build for any aircraft modeler, even those who are quite experienced. To someone who likes building aircraft models, the B-29 is not boring...it's a real challenge. IMHO, if this is your first airplane or your first in a long time, you would be MUCH better off building something a lot more simple...like a World War Two single engine fighter. Say for instance...a Tamiya P-47D in 1/48th scale. You can paint this model in O.D. green, the panel lines are all recessed and there are a dearth of aftermarket decals if you choose to mark it in something other than the kit decals. In addition the kit pretty much falls together...what we call a Shake n Bake. The parts fit precisely with hardly the need for any filler at all! You may not be bored with this kit. In your particular situation I think you should put that B-29 away.