June 2023 Ping

[lastvautour]

April saw 101,425 pages viewed on the forum for a total of 14,323,356. Forum had 42,855 views during March/April for a total of 4,364,908.
Two new members, Nick and Eric joined us and I await their becoming active on our site.

Here are the submissions for May:

Mark - refurbished 1/72 Junkers JU-87 Stuka. The model dates back to the 1940s.



Harvey - 1/72 Grumman Tigercat



Roeland - 1/72 Breguet 19 -  1/72 Fairey Long Range Monoplane

    

Lou  1/144 Sikorsky Cyclone  -  1/72 Fleet Fort  -  1/32 Stinson HW-75  - 1/144 Fairchild Flying Boxcar

   
SMM and make comments on our member's submissions
   

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http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/SMF/index.php

Lou

[lastvautour]

June finds 7 models on my bench:

1/32 DHC-3 Otter - applying Evergreen strips to simulate corrugated surfaces
1/72 Canadair Argus - awaiting warmer temperatures to be able to paint outdoors
1/72 Avro CF-100 Canuck - engine nacelles carved with remaining parts in block form
1/72 Northrop A-17 Nomad - decals and drawings printed
1/144 De Havilland Canada/Grumman Tracker - all parts sanded and awaiting assembly
1/144 Grumman Albatross - all parts sanded and awaiting assembly
1/144 Bristol Freighter - wood selected

Several other drawings have been printed. I will list them if I ever start them.

Lou

[Boomerang]

Greetings All,

Boxscale Hawker 1081- no progress

1/32 BAT FK23 - some progress. Cockpit access hole in top wing cut out. Clear doped linen colour applied to bottom surfaces. Still pondering how
                          To do the engine cylinders.

1/40 Messerschmitt Me 163- some progress - cleaning up fuselage shape. Working on rib tapes for flying surfaces. Nutting out the wing slats
                                           Then comes the undercarriage.

Cheers

Gordon