January 2015 Ping

[lastvautour]

 Happy 2015. Here is a comparison with previous years. Forum stats as follows.
  Year      New           New       New     Pages
              Topics        Posts  Members Viewed

+ 2014     104        1516         9         593565
+ 2013       155        2189        17        681813
+ 2012     134        1904         17       567229
+ 2011     226        2971         20       408108
+ 2010     205        1768        166      273642
+ 2009     187        1682        100      303450
+ 2008     255        1610          70      190702

Data from Feb last year shows as follows:
2013 data 7,327 files in 318 albums and 17 categories with 738 comments viewed 1,828,551 times
2014 data 7,539 files in 324 albums and 17 categories with 755 comments viewed 2,226,641 times an increase of 389090 for 11 months.

Again, a special thank you to our administrators Ray and Garet for their efforts to keep us going.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Jan starts with a Century Series build.

The F-100D templates are cut and parts outline have been drawn on the selected wood. The other operational Century Series aircraft drawings have been downloaded but not yet scaled to 1/72.

The latest Mustang has all parts glued and awaits putty on the main wing and final sanding.

I continue to dabble on the Bonnie.

The Argus is getting some much needed attention with the sanding block. The port filet has developed a crack, so some super glue will be applied to the opening and additional putty added.

Lou

[Boomerang]

 
  The aim for 2015 will be finish the DH 5, Flycatcher , CH1 and Delanne 20T.
  There are some models that have been cut out and put aside. These include a couple of Stirlings and a Hamilcar( 1/144)
  There is also the 1/144 Lysander which occassionally appears in pics.

  Thats the plan .
  We'll see how it all goes.

  Looking forward to the New Year.
  To everyone, keep up the good work and enjoy.

Regards

  Gordon

[Peter]

Happy New Years everybody. I hope you all had a safe and fun one. My New Years resolutions is to learn to finish the many projects I've started before starting new projects. That being said, I'm thinking of trying 1/144th scale in both solids and plastic. I hoping the scale will see me actually finishing projects in a more timely manner, time will tell.

Peter

[1.JaVA_LGorrit]

A happy New Year to all!

I am still working on a solid P-51B, but making progress finally.
I have an unpainted Tempest MkV profile model on the shelf.

And a colleague at the Air Force Reserve asked me if I could make a Mosquito FB MkVI for him.
After my Mustang is done,  I will start on that.
I guess I will just have to follow the steps, in the thread where Lou helped me with my first solid model.

Jorrit

[lastvautour]

Anyone wanting an email copy of the poster need only ask.

Lou

[Pete1616]

The poster is a great idea, Lou! Please send the link along to me.

My Defiant is undergoing a serious modification at present....I'll replace the pic when It's ready.

My hands are telling me that my carving days are numbered....darn arthritis anyhow!....to top it off, I became an octogenarian 8 Jan....a bit of a shock when I say it out loud.

Anyway, happy new year to all!....Pete

[Peter]

Belated happy 80th birthday Pete!

Peter (the other one)

[cliff strachan]

Good Luck, Pete. This is with reference to your birthday - if you won't tell; I won't tell. It get's better with time - so they say. Apart from falling down and a few
other inconveniences old age is not really so bad. It's definitely better than the alternative.

From One Old Dude to Another.
Cliff.

[lastvautour]

1. Please welcome new member jonluv to the group.
2. First model of 2015 is my ROKAF Mustang.
3. Placing blocks under my twin engine models created some additional space for single engine 1/72 ID models. Photo attached.


Lou