Honey, I Finished The Internet

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1. neat stuff. too bad Canada is so poor we cannot buy new f35’s. yet the u.s. can buy 26 helicopters for the presidential fleet, just a mere 400 million dollars u.s. per. do the math for the total. they will have to borrow the money.

2. If only the IPCC could make real looking models…

3. That good ol’ SDA bump. Thanks Kate!!

4. I had it scheduled for this evening, but there was a typo in the timestamp, and it was published way down the page. Didn’t notice it until now, bumping was only sensible!

5. When you posted my link on your page my numbers went up like crazy.
   That’s what I meant by SDA bump. Thanks again.

6. Here are some old industrial plant models.

7. The SBD-2 Dauntless reminds me of a model I made of this same WWll Navy dive bomber. Mine was made of balsa wood and paper fabric mist shrunk over the wood form. It of course was rubber band powered.
   I often think of how brave our Fathers/Grandfathers were. These “Dive Bombers” could scarcely do 280 MPH without bombs and were sitting ducks for the Japanese Zero that could fly circles around them. Our British and Canadian forces were similarly equipped with aircraft inadequate for the job they were given; in my humble opinion.

8. Neat stuff is right. Much better workmanship than my operating HO scale largely scratch built Russian Civil War armoured train.
   I recently read a book about WWI Canadian flyer Raymond Collishaw. He flew a number of the British aircraft shown in Warren’s WWI files. He also fought in South Russia against the Bolos, being 47 Squadron commander supporting first General Denikin and then General Wrangel. After his service in South Russia ended with the White Army defeat he continued to serve in the RAF, fought in WWII and rose to the rank of Air Vice Marshal.

9. Thanks for that link. We’ve got a pretty active group of scale modelers here in Calgary and I recently got involved in it myself. The kits nowadays are head and shoulders above what we worked with as teenagers.
   If you’re interested in what can be done with dioramas, here is what I think is some of the most spectacular work done on ships:
   http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/bb/dkm/bismarck2-350-kk/kk-index.html
   In fairness, I think this guy is a professional. But there are whole websites devoted to getting realistic wake patterns, weathering etc.

10. As a very long time plastic modeller, thanks Kate for giving the hobby a bit of positive attention. The hobby has come a long way from ’50s & ’60s when almost every boy built models but it remains an enjoyable passtime from doing the research necessary for the project to the actual build. The video game rage took most young people away from the hobby, since it does require a great deal of patience but most large cities will still have modelling clubs and the internet has been a boon to keeping those of us still in the hobby connected. Thanks again Kate.

11. Models have become so expensive these days, while the quality and availability of kits has gone way down. Great to see folks still putting out excellent works like these.
    A recent story about a modeller in Germany really shows where handy, creative people can wind up.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjE0LYaNMQ0
    Okay, for some reason the site doesn’t like this link. Let’s see what happens…