Chronic's Research and Aeronautics Project (C.R.A.P.)

[TheChronicOne]

Hell, mama has told me a few times that I could my stuff down to the arts and crafts fair thing we have down here once a year or whatever. If it's artsy craftsy type stuff, it pretty much doesn't matter what the hell it is. I've no clue the category structure or how they judge things but ... there ya have it....

I had a few of my Whiff models in a local arts & crafts shop display for a while, and they created quite a bit of interest apparently. The late Mrs_PR19 knew the owner quite well and she'd mentioned my crazy hobby, and the owner suggested they could be 'of interest' to her community.

There's no such thing as bad publicity. 

Ha!!! That's awesome. That's what I like to hear. It's nice to get them builds out into the public for others to enjoy!

Oddly enough, one of my long term projects has that as the end goal. I'm building it and when I'm done I'm going to give it to a shop owner to put in his case. The subject matter directly correlates to the shop so I'd being doing us both a favor...  (he has new crap in the display case to gather interest, and I don't have to store it!)

[Rick Lowe]

I've recently discovered that I'm not as observant as I think I am and miss things around here all the time.       Another "oh well, whatta ya gonna do things." 

Yeah, I resemble that remark myownself... 

Dare I say that the person that catches everything and misses nothing needs to find a hobby........

They do - as JMNs...

[TheChronicOne]

JMNs are only good for one thing; when you want to work out some aggression!!!!!! 

[Rick Lowe]

JMNs are only good for one thing; when you want to work out some aggression!!!!!! 

But, like Slinky Springs, it's a lot of fun to push them down the stairs...

[TheChronicOne]

Hell yeah, I like to watch them tumble. I couldn't imagine being such a miserable person.

What's worse are the strange subset that complain about the accuracy of FICTIONAL stuff. JMNs in the midst of whiffers and what not... I've seen it happen multiple times at this point and it baffles the mind. Like... how dare my fake stuff not be accurate!!!!!! 

[PR19_Kit]

Like... how dare my fake stuff not be accurate!!!!!! 

It's PERFECTLY accurate. You are, after all THE expert on that particular aircraft/car/ship/tank/spaceship etc. and you KNOW that it's correct. 

There was one guy at the Cheshire Show on Sunday who walked past, looked sideways at my 777-900, and realised that there was a descriptive panel by it, so he bent down and read it. Half way through he stood up, shook his head and turned to walk away, at which point I burst into laughter! 

He looked back at me with a look that said 'Why are you laughing at me?' 

RESULT! 

[TheChronicOne]

Ahh man, you made my day with that one!!!!        🔥👌👏👏👏👏

[TheChronicOne]

Oh hey!!! Saw this just now out on the Facebook....    We were JUST talking about this a day ago. Proof of concept!

[PR19_Kit]

What? 

'.....since I built one that small and boy do some of the parts get difficult at that scale.'

He should try 1/72 or, perish the thought. 1/144!

[TheChronicOne]

That's the FIRST thing I said, "That small?!"           I just had to glue 1/144 yokes to 1/144 sticks I ain't trying to hear about no 1/60 scale being small!!!!   

That's an interesting scale, however... smack dab in the middle of 1/48 and 1/72. I don't imagine it would be popular in plastic.

Lastly, this may be indicative of a trend I've noticed "taking off" more and more recently. That is.... "large kits."   Seems now everyone is trying to outdo the next by making/building larger and larger scales. These people will become spoiled! On the flip side, the ability to actually work in 1/72/ 1/144 etc will suddenly become all that more impressive perhaps.

[scooter]

Lastly, this may be indicative of a trend I've noticed "taking off" more and more recently. That is.... "large kits."   Seems now everyone is trying to outdo the next by making/building larger and larger scales. These people will become spoiled! On the flip side, the ability to actually work in 1/72/ 1/144 etc will suddenly become all that more impressive perhaps.

Maybe Tamiya will scale up their Douglas Ford (F4D) to 1/32 or 1/24

[TheChronicOne]

I'd like to have one, if they did, for some sweet, sweet Scale-o'-Rama action! 

[zenrat]

Lastly, this may be indicative of a trend I've noticed "taking off" more and more recently. That is.... "large kits."   Seems now everyone is trying to outdo the next by making/building larger and larger scales. These people will become spoiled! On the flip side, the ability to actually work in 1/72/ 1/144 etc will suddenly become all that more impressive perhaps.

Maybe Tamiya will scale up their Douglas Ford (F4D) to 1/32 or 1/24

Given you can now get them in 1/32 injection kit i'm almost expecting Airfix to announce a 1/24 Lancaster...

[TheChronicOne]

Neglected to log the stuff I managed to do yesterday! I was working on the gunship and the AT-28D. 

Painted the props on the gunship. They look nice!  Cleaned up the seams on the engines and tried them out on the wing. MORE terrible garbage fitment!!!!!  For a kit that LOOKS so so nice, this thing fits together like arse. That's not the only thing. The cargo door was easily 1.5 mm wider than the hole it sits in. I swear, it seems like they weren't even molding parts for the same kit or something. There's also a huge 2mm gap between the wing and fuselage. No way around it... if I had moved the piece the other direction it would have thrown the whole wing out of whack. Not a whole lot left for actually assembly now but a whole ton of PSR lies ahead. Plans today are to get the spinners all cleaned up, primed, painted, and cleared and work on the seams on the fuselage. 

On the Nomad, I started painting the cockpit tub thing. Trying to actually do a good job this time rather than just basic detail. Looks pretty decent so far! I still have to get the control panels going. Started painting the ejection seat the other day but didn't finish. I wanted to get the larger parts painted first, now I'll go back in and paint all the smaller details.

Got all them 1/48  kits boxed up but ran out of tape.      Can't close up the box but at least everything is in there. Glad to have that project almost finished because it keeps stealing time away from funner activities. 

[TheChronicOne]

Starting to knock these "house-projects" out that I've been doing and I've finally sat down to 'model' for awhile, guilt-free!

Lately, I've gotten quite a bit done on the gunship.  The blue props are done, then I had to glue in supports for the cargo door to sit on (would possibly disappear inside if I didn't, who needs that...  ):







I'm still having fun with this one but I have to admit that it has diminished just a wee bit.    This thing is replete shithouse fitment the likes I've not been accosted with in quite some time. I've been bitching and whinging about it, so go check it out in the 'current builds - aircraft' forum if you're interested in all that. It's actually been proving to be one hell of an interesting build and even with the hiccups, I'm still in love with the idea as much as when I began. 

I've also been putting in a lot of work on the AT-28D! Lots of painting. All the gear doors are done, I just need to clear them for protection. Today I finished painting 98% of the actual gear; I just need to go back in with my silvery paint for a couple things. I've also been painting on the cockpit stuff again, trying my best to keep with my reference photos.



Sloppy, I know, but it should work out just fine!