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[lastvautour]

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[lastvautour]

Slowly back to carving a 1/144 DHC-5 Buffalo using mainly my pocket knife.

Lou

[buccfan]

 Looking good ,is this your first model you have started since your carvers block Lou?. Regards Paul J.

[Balsabasher]

Lou is in the groove again,the whiteout has vanished and before him is this new Buffalo sitting on the bench with trusty pocket knife in view,thats real grassroots solid modelling for you !
Barry.

[cliff strachan]

I just may finish and photograph my P51 and Mosquito in time for this year's "Model of the Year". They're both about finished (finally) but to send them to SMM I rely on Creative Retirement's computer and scanner. However they will be shut down sometime over the holidays. Just exactly when and what problems I may encounter I'm not sure. If not completed on time they will appear in  the early part of the New Year. Very exciting indeed. Just what these old dudes need!!!!
Cliff.

[Boomerang]

  Greetings all,

   Status of my projects so far.

    CAC -15 .  Hasn't progressed much. Been sidetracked by other wishful thinking and work.

    Delanne 20T . Much the same . waiting good weather and time to finish off.

    Caproni CH1.  Pick this up occasionally . lives in its transport container with the Flycatcher.

     Fairey Flycatcher. Co habits with the Caproni but work seems to be moving on it. Went the reverse to
                              Lou    and started the airframe before the engine. Inspired by Lou's P&W
                              and started a Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IV . Enjoyed it. Pictures in gallery.
                              Used balsa dowel and a nut to simulate cylinder head. Tried winding wire.
                              Have enough cylinder head for another one so a Siskin is in the mix.

      That's about it so far. I enjoy the subjects that pop up and the work of the group  is as always
      excellent.

      Wishing everyone the compliments of the season and all the best for 2012.

      Cheers

      Gordon

[lastvautour]

The engine looks great Gordon. Please post your building technique to http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/SMF/index.php?topic=365.0




Lou

[Boomerang]

  Thanks Lou,

   I'll be building another one over the next couple of days ( for the Siskin) and I'll get some pics along the way .


  Cheers

  Gordon

[Mark Braunlich]

I can't believe there are two 1920's Fairey biplanes being built by SMM members at the same time!   That's fantastic!

Besides my 1:72 Fairey IIID for the LDF cook-up I'm building a rubber powered flying model of the Martin T4M-1 for another forum cook-up and I've just set up my all vintage (no plastic!) HO model train around the Christmas tree so I can have the annual holiday fun of running some trains for a few weeks.

Have a great Christmas/New Years everyone!

Mark

[Balsabasher]

Have fun Mark,I like the idea of the train running around the tree,it must be fifties vintage to be made of metal ?
Barry.
How about a nice picture of the tree and the railway ?

[Mark Braunlich]

Yes Barry, almost all of the rolling stock is '40s-'50s vintage.  Wood, card, diecast, some tinplate, some brass and only a very few parts on the rolling stock from early forms of plastic but nothing newer than about 1962.  The cats love the train and are very well behaved around it.  Train is a typical late '50s branch line of the old CB&Q (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy), the mainline of which passes within 1/3 mile of our house.  Today the road is called the BNSF (Burlington, Northern, Santa Fe).

Mark

[Balsabasher]

Thank you for this Mark,certainly built to last and you cannot beat the old vintage items.
And what a beautiful cat you have there ! they love movement and hiding under the christmas tree.
Barry.

[lastvautour]

There a BeeGee flying above the trains, Nice touch.

Lou

[lastvautour]

This Christmas Eve I wish all SMM members the best. To all our deployed Military Forces around the world, be safe.

LOu

[buccfan]

I'll second that Lou, best wishes from Paul J.