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But as a gentile reminder, I'm 70 now, so PLEASE finish it sooner then later.

Joel

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Hi Joel

Only 70?!? With the skill and wisdom you display, you build like a modeller twice your age!

Rowan,
Then you better get cracking on the build. And BTW, your skills are every bit the equal to mine, and a might better if you ask me.

Joel

But seriously, I'm just a little over ten years behind you, so I can only hope I'm both still around and can match your builds when I hit the Big Seven-O!

All the best

Rowan

But as a gentile reminder, I'm 70 now, so PLEASE finish it sooner then later.

Joel

Hi Joel

Actually, there is an unfinished build which I made a specific point of not packing away - FRROM's 1:32 IAR-80. I've been itching to get on with it, so this is the perfect opportunity.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Joel

You know me and old builds! - I've got the attention span of a flea (and that's probably an insult to fleas! LOL!) - so it'll almost certainly be something new. On a purely practical note, I packed all my surviving old builds away to make room to do the book and Silver Wings builds, so it's easier to start from scratch (and more fun? - did I say that?! LOL!).

All the best

Rowan

Hi Joel

I'm not supposed to, but I will try find a way to post something at some point. I'm sure there'll be a time when the publishers start thinking a leak or two might be cool.

Meanwhile, I do want to build something on Aeroscale again(!) - so I will try to squeeze in a Blog if I can before too long. Probably something a bit "left field" - and nothing to do with the book.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Joel

Lovely work as always! Darn it - I can't believe I missed the big finale by a month! Totally my bad - with my focus on book-builds, I've just been ducking in and out of Aeroscale to publish news and reviews and have neglected to check the Forum.

It's ironic that you mentioned a gloss finish in your last post - I was actually thinking about just that today for a little "light relief" side project to help me re-focus on the tasks at hand. A really good scale gloss finish isn't something to take for granted - it can all too easily look toy-like.

All the best

Rowan

Wow, I have missed this blog, but it was going through it now. You certainly have a very nice representation of the T-33 there Joel. Looking forward to Your next project.

Joel! That one really turned out sharp! I was a bit sceptical of the all-grey scheme to start with but it really looks good when finished. The T-33 is an attractive aircraft and I'm amazed how long it served being based on a first-generation jet. Even if the swept-wing birds look faster the T-33/P-80 is a sleek design!



Magnus

Beautiful Job my friend ! Must be getting close to Porsche time. Might that be 9:17 a.m. or p.m. ?

PM coming your way - Richard

Saltwater fishing, you don’t say. I’m partial to a bit of Kayak fishing in our harbour down the road. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been a lot of that lately, just not enough time in the day to do everything I want to.

Hi Joel, I must admit that I too get a warm fuzzy when I put a build on the shelf that I’m particularly happy with. Your T33A, I’m sure, will be a stand out example on your shelf. I’m really enjoying the final photos a. because of the quality of the build, and b. the quality of the shots themselves.
I like the close-up of the nose, it shows no trace of decal film at all, and believe me when I say I looked for it.
Nice one.
PS I don’t follow the Auto side of kitmaker, but I’ll be trying and find your car build when you get to it.

All the best.

Hey Joel,
This has been an amazing build to follow!

I was wondering if you had a general idea of what paint mix you used? You said earlier you mixed Tamiya XF-20 Medium Gray with XF-2 White and FX-18 Medium Blue, but did you have any specific mixing ratio of the three with thinner? Or was it more of an eyeball job?

Hope this summer has been treating you well!

-Alan

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It has been some time since my last visit on your build , making wonderful progress on her . Awesome job on the decals and the rest of the build , in whole ...Super !


Terri

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Hi Terri,
So glad you had time to stop by for a look, and like what you see. Progress in baby steps has been my middle name of late, but sooner or later I'll cross that finish line

Then my 1st race car in nearly 10 years. It's going to be the Fujimi 1/24 scale Porsche 917K Long Tail Martini winner of the 1971 12 hrs of Sebring. my memory is a little blurry about if I was at that race or the 1970 one. It's been a really long time.

Joel

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Cool , a 917k ! I have one in the stash as well . It's not a fuijimi kit . It's by a company called Union Model company in Japan . Never heard of them , but I love Porsche . My Uncle in Germany used to work for them and was driving a new one every year . The decals are shot though . The kit is from the 70's i think .

Will be looking forward on your build Joel



Terri