Zenrat's Flying Circus

[zenrat]

I have an Airfix Boomerang which I suspect will go together much easier.

The Chevelle is LHD although now when I build a car I generally convert them to RHD (I didn't back then).  The Delica is RHD because it is a Japanese kit.

No modelling today as i've been smitten with lurgi.  The snotgoblin has paid me a visit and filled my head up.  Wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't have to get up early and drive Mrs z to the airport.  Still, she got over this lurgi in 24 hrs and so shall I.
Treatment consists of drinking tea (can't face coffee - I must really be ill!) and watching some of the crappy old movies i've collected and never looked at.  Currently it's Moonrunners (James Mitchum - 1975) which was the prototype for The Dukes of Hazzard.  It's very poor, making the DoH look good!
Still I also have a new Airfix Model World to help pass the time.

[Old Wombat]

Doh! Now I've re-read your post, you were obviously talking about 2 different cars!

I blame premature Alzheimer's, eternal sleep deprivation (I never get enough) & glue ... Not necessarily in that order.

Unfortunately Airfix don't make a 1/48 Boomerang, to my knowledge.

[zenrat]

...Unfortunately Airfix don't make a 1/48 Boomerang, to my knowledge.

Maybe they should find one to LIDAR so they can make a new one?  There must be one left somewhere.

[Old Wombat]

They actually have a number to chose from;

Surviving aircraft
A46-30 – CA-12 on static display at the RAAF Museum in Point Cook, Victoria.
A46-63 – CA-12 airworthy with Boomerang Aviation Pty of Mile End South, South Australia. (It first flew again on 26 June 2009. The restoration includes the provision of a passenger seat.)
A46-XX Body
A46-89 – CA-12 under restoration to airworthy Status, by Ian Baker. Sydney, New South Wales.
A46-XX Body
A46-90 – CA-12 under restoration to airworthy Status, by Ian Baker. Sydney, New South Wales.
A46-122 "Suzy Q" – CA-13 airworthy at the Temora Aviation Museum in Temora, New South Wales.
A46-XX Body
A46-140 – CA-13 under restoration to airworthy Status, by Ian Baker. Sydney, New South Wales.
A46-206 "Milingimbi Ghost" – CA-19 on static display at the Museum of Australian Army Flying in Oakey, Queensland. It was previously owned by Lynette Zuccoli in Toowoomba, Queensland.

[TheChronicOne]

Feel better!!!

I have an Airfix boomerang in the stash, too. Definitely looking forward to building it. Will be "historically accurate" because the subject matter is really neat as-is. 

Seems a bit hard to find a Wirraway I can live with but I've my eye on one made by MPM that's $5 cheaper than one by SH.  Short run, too, but I wonder how it goes together?

[zenrat]

It's not too hard getting the SH one to go together.  It's just that it should got together without all the hassle plus i'm going to lose a lot of nice engraved detail sanding it.

I'm dosing myself with cold & flu drugs.  I managed to go shopping this morning to load up with staples (bread, milk, bacon, mandarins, steaks) and did some puttying in the shed before deciding to was too cold & damp down there and retreating to the house with the Avrocar and some decals.  I've since been binge watching Parks & Recreation.

[NARSES2]

Seems a bit hard to find a Wirraway I can live with but I've my eye on one made by MPM that's $5 cheaper than one by SH.  Short run, too, but I wonder how it goes together?

I didn't realise they'd done one. It's a 1996 tooling, so should be reasonable. However I don't know if the SH kit is simply this one that's been updated ? All part of the same family

[TheChronicOne]

It's not too hard getting the SH one to go together.  It's just that it should got together without all the hassle plus i'm going to lose a lot of nice engraved detail sanding it.

I'm dosing myself with cold & flu drugs.  I managed to go shopping this morning to load up with staples (bread, milk, bacon, mandarins, steaks) and did some puttying in the shed before deciding to was too cold & damp down there and retreating to the house with the Avrocar and some decals.  I've since been binge watching Parks & Recreation.

I must be losing my mind because I'm almost envious.   

Seems a bit hard to find a Wirraway I can live with but I've my eye on one made by MPM that's $5 cheaper than one by SH.  Short run, too, but I wonder how it goes together?

I didn't realise they'd done one. It's a 1996 tooling, so should be reasonable. However I don't know if the SH kit is simply this one that's been updated ? All part of the same family

Interesting. If I pick up this MPM one then I'll take some pictures and we can all compare notes and see what the plastic has to say. 

[zenrat]

The plastic on mine was saying "F**K OFF AND LEAVE ME ALONE".

You don't want this lurgi Brad C.  It's not worth it (although I could send you some used tissues if you want to try and catch it).
I still have a head full of snot but the drugs are keeping the worst at bay.  Lack of motivation to do anything is the problem (well, that's always the problem, it's just worse now).  I did however do some building down in the shed.  Just tinkering with some car builds mainly but I did prime the Kittyhawk.

[TheChronicOne]

The plastic on mine was saying "F**K OFF AND LEAVE ME ALONE".

You don't want this lurgi Brad C.  It's not worth it (although I could send you some used tissues if you want to try and catch it).
I still have a head full of snot but the drugs are keeping the worst at bay.  Lack of motivation to do anything is the problem (well, that's always the problem, it's just worse now).  I did however do some building down in the shed.  Just tinkering with some car builds mainly but I did prime the Kittyhawk.

Yeah, you're right, you can keep the crud. The only bit I liked was the binge watching TV inside on a cold day. I'm just ready for this infernal heat to go away!

Hell, I'm just glad I've managed to stay healthy during these hot months... last spring when I went to the doctor and came down with that real bad whatever it was a nightmare but at least it wasn't as hot then. Problem is... I have another appointment the 17th of this month. Depending on the weather I may cancel that one because if it's 100+ degrees like normal in August I can't risk coming down with anything.

[zenrat]

I try to visit the doctors surgery as little as possible because there are just too many sick people hanging out there.
I reckon kids are the worst disease vectors.  Schools are like swap meets for sickness and then some parents don't seem to think it important to teach their kids to cover their mouths when they cough and splutter.

Anyway, i'm feeling better today.  I've decided to stop taking the cold & flu drugs as they were making me feel nauseous, dehydrated and slightly absent.  They helped while the nose was flowing but thats stopped now.  I just have to shake the wheeze and cough.  At least since I quit smoking I no longer cough up phlegm with dark lumps in when i'm ill...

Anyway,  that's enough disgusting details of the various types of mucus I am emitting.
While sitting in front of the TV in the warm house yesterday I stuffed the tank transporter trailer tyres with tissue.  I did this because they were not wide enough at the bead meaning there would be a gap around the wheel rims.
Today I glued the rims together and put them (temporarily) on the trailer.
KRAZ WIP 6-8-17 03 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
As you can prolly tell by the colours, it is not going to be a military rig.

I also got the Wirraway ready for primer, painted the first camo colour on the Kittyhawk, wired a 1/25 hot rod engine and glued the last wing parts onto an MPM Me 262 (terrible fit.  Lee has explained why elsewhere - they use parts from 2 different manufacturers and have you trim parts to fit.  They provide measurements but they are way off).  The 262 is the bomb part of a Mistel which is why it has no cockpit.
WIPs 6-8-2017 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[TheChronicOne]

Gross, dude!! 

Glad you are feeling better!

Trailer is looking good and I dig the camo on the Kittyhawk so far.

Kit pieces from different manufacturers...  hmmm.....  I have a couple of Valom XP-75s. When I checked out the plastic I noticed that, on the wings, they have you saw the wing tips off only to turn around and glue separate ones back on. Could it be these are like that, too? Otherwise, it doesn't make much sense to me to mold wings only to cut them apart and glue other wing tips on. Needless work, for sure, unless there is some other reason for it.

[NARSES2]

Nice progress shots mate - glad you're feeling better 

Kit pieces from different manufacturers...  hmmm.....  I have a couple of Valom XP-75s. When I checked out the plastic I noticed that, on the wings, they have you saw the wing tips off only to turn around and glue separate ones back on. Could it be these are like that, too? Otherwise, it doesn't make much sense to me to mold wings only to cut them apart and glue other wing tips on. Needless work, for sure, unless there is some other reason for it.

For smaller manufacturers like Valom (and I've a few of their kits) it's just makes better economic sense and to be fair to them it's easier as well.  Sometimes a relatively simple change that you describe would require major changes to the moulds, maybe so major that you couldn't produce anymore copies of the original model. Far easier to add bits rather than change bits.

[TheChronicOne]

Nice progress shots mate - glad you're feeling better 

Kit pieces from different manufacturers...  hmmm.....  I have a couple of Valom XP-75s. When I checked out the plastic I noticed that, on the wings, they have you saw the wing tips off only to turn around and glue separate ones back on. Could it be these are like that, too? Otherwise, it doesn't make much sense to me to mold wings only to cut them apart and glue other wing tips on. Needless work, for sure, unless there is some other reason for it.

For smaller manufacturers like Valom (and I've a few of their kits) it's just makes better economic sense and to be fair to them it's easier as well.  Sometimes a relatively simple change that you describe would require major changes to the moulds, maybe so major that you couldn't produce anymore copies of the original model. Far easier to add bits rather than change bits.

That makes sense. When I was reading up on the planes themselves Wiki said that when they designed it they used things from existing craft, like wings from a Mustang, etc. Looks like Valom did the same thing.

These two kits look really nice! Even the packaging looks really nice to my eye. Should be interesting builds when I get to them years from now..   

[NARSES2]

These two kits look really nice! Even the packaging looks really nice to my eye. Should be interesting builds when I get to them years from now..   

Interesting is the right word for Valom, especially the earlier kits  Take your time and work on something that you know will fall together at the same time and you'll be o.k.

I've got a P.75 in the stash but it's the Airacuda I'm really trying to get the courage up to tackle