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Did you notice the R2D2 deck crew with the F-35?

I do not believe in weathering....I tried it a long time ago, and very badly overdid it. I'm going 'pristine' ish for this model. Ish.

The decals for the flight deck included 85 individual decals - the elevators too 8 pieces to surround in white having to align and join the decals carefully. Good fun.

When you're painting a model, there are very few feelings as good as that when you peel off a mask, and things are nice and crisp with practically no bleed under the tape.

If you're visiting in Halifax, HMS Puncher is on display for the next few months at Greater Hobbies in Dartmouth.

Zooming in on Google maps, you can see that there appears to be a LOT of ships and ship parts being built concurrently in their yard. That said, I only see one possible warship (based on the flight deck and gray paint) and just west of where that ship is tied up you can see what might be some...

I understand there was some question about the originality of that ship as well...something about parts replacement and such.

Since the varied bailouts of North American car companies in 2008-ish, I've opted not to buy North American vehicles anymore....I figure I've bought a couple already with the taxpayer money they've gotten. Mileage I got out of that was crap, so I have stuck with Honda/Toyota since then.

Ferdinand Porsche was an engineer as well, was he not? (Shades of WW2 German Tanks with overly complex electric drive mechanisms....)

The family doesn't get it either if there's no proof of death in combat...

When the US finally retired their Bofors 40mm's from use in the AC-130, that spoke volumes about the long-term sustainability of that weapons platform. It had an 80+ year run (probably closer to 90?) that's really only exceeded by the M2 Browning. If the US isn't able to source parts to keep...

The problem with a 'River class batch 2" would not be the armament...it's the mechanical systems. The gearboxes and shafts and engines. Going with a simplified build like the 'CDC' that uses relatively common engineering plant equipment would be a very good idea.

I watched a video the other night that talked about the state of various navies at the beginning of WW2. Consider the size of the German Navy in 1939: 103 ships, 7 capital ships, 8 cruisers, 22 destroyers, 24 torpedo boats and 72 subs. Their famous "plan Z" was to have nearly 800 ships, with...

If we look at what the RCN's Carrier history looked like, we see 5 ships. Nabob, Puncher, Warrior, Magnificent and Bonaventure. Nabob and Puncher were mostly used for transporting aircraft to Europe, then Puncher shifted to being used in an attack role rather than an ASW role near the end of...

And....I had to go find it.... https://readerslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/Red-Storm-Rising.pdf Page 379 USS REUBEN JAMES "Drop now-now-now!" O'Malley yelled. The eighth sonobuoy ejected from the side of the Seahawk, and the pilot brought the helicopter around and headed back east...