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Sounds good Mikey! I saw a couple of CF-18s here at Luke AFB during their Open House & Air Show back in March. It looks like at least one passed thru a gunnery range before being put on display…

Thanks Kari. These sludge washes won’t come in too handy on my armor builds, but for aircraft, they are just what I needed! The simplicity of making them up, application, and removal is hard to beat.

Well, all of our orders are processed thru the HQ in Toronto, so if those folks are off there, no orders some thru for us. Having the US holidays off is just the right thing to do for them. Of course they are not paid holidays, but I’m not complaining.

Man that looks fantastic!

Thanks Mike! Since my last update, I hit the un cooperative upper left wing Hinomaru that was pointed out to me earlier, with a couple doses of Micro Set and got it to snuggle down properly https://i.postimg.cc/ry3K9dF9/IMG-9645.jpg Then this afternoon I made up a homemade sludge wash and applied it...

Nice! Is this one back up on deck?

Well, the Skyhawk was designed to fit on a Midway or Essex Class aircraft carrier elevator without needing folding wings. The Prowler on the other hand is an enlarged version of the Intruder, and definitely needs to have folding wings to fit on any carrier elevator…

Great job on the Hellcat, and that’s a mighty fine looking collection of 1/144 fighters!

I’ve never seen Bud Andersen. But I did see Yeager at the last Edward’s AFB Open House Air Show that I was able to attend back in ‘97. He flew in a twin seat F-15 to do a 50th anniversary Mach busting to open the show. Later he walked by my family and me on his way to his seating spot in the VIP are...

Thanks Tom! Just a few more days to go here…