Super job Joel

Terri

Beautiful job Joel! She looks to be worth the wait, the engine really stands out as does you excellent weathering.

Beautifully done,Joel! Very impressive.

Gary

It certainly was my biggest challenge since coming back to the hobby more then 7 years ago. Joel

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Really? Why? Because of the inherent difficulty of the short-run kit, or the need to make it look good in 1/32 scale? It certainly seemed to me that you had a harder fight with that Spit IX a while back.

It certainly was my biggest challenge since coming back to the hobby more then 7 years ago. Joel

Very nicely done Joel

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Boy does this beg the question: Why were you away for so long? In my case my "corporate career" with Curtiss-Wright sucked time away on "more important things" and I had all but abandoned building till 2001, when I left corporate life and started to enjoy real life again. So I've been back since, say, 2002, and it's since then that I've acquired my "skills." (Happy to say, though, that some of the builds in my display case date from the early 80s, or are re-builds and refurbishments from that time).

Beautiful build Joel, really fine work in all aspects.

Cheers, D

Boy does this beg the question: Why were you away for so long?

It's a long story. But the highlights are a divorce * * * *

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I am constrained to tell one anecdote about modeling and divorce.

My divorce, after 25 years of marriage, coincided with the end of my corporate life. So while on severance contemplating my future, in my bachelor apartment, I had plenty of time to get back into the hobby. I reconnected with modeling buddies and joined a modeling club hosted by some of them from two decades before.

It was a long drive to the club venue and one Friday evening about 5:30 I received a call from my divorce attorney, a lady who did not, I felt, have much sympathy for my situation. She asked me if I had time to talk and I said, "Sure, I'm just stuck in traffic on the way to my model club meeting."

There was an awkward pause on the other end of the line, and then I heard the words, "Model Club?"

It took me a moment to grasp the thought behind her words. I said, "You will recall when we first met and you asked me about my interests, I told you I was returning to my old hobby of plastic modeling. At the meeting there will be a number of old men like me admiring little plastic airplanes. You know, model airplanes. Model club."

I paused for a moment to let that sink in, then added, "You know, this might be a sign that you have been practicing divorce law a bit too long."

Brian,
Now that's one great story. And here I went the opposite way as I was involved with our Local IPMS chapter,and big time into local and regional contests while I was married the 1st time. Took almost 30 years to get back into the hobby once again.
Joel

Nice to see this one finished. Turned out great! Excellent work. Off the top of my head, about the only nitpick I can think of is the lack of exhaust stains. Of course, not every plane had heavy exhaust stains at all time, but I feel this one could use some, considering it has staining around the wing machine gun ports.

Now after conquering this one, you must feeling like building some shake'n'bake kit now for a change?
But in the end, I hope this project got you thinking about delving further into short-run kit territory in the future.

Hi Joel,

That is one fine looking Buffalo,and I'm looking forward to the A-4 build log.

Again I may be able to help with references if required.

Now back to my very very slow build 109.

Chris