Finishing out the week on the armor theme, Dennis McQuillen shared his KV-1 on the Agape forum, as part of the “Rolling Thunder- Heavy Tank” Fellowship Build. Great work Dennis!

Continuing with the armor theme from the “Rolling Thunder- Heavy Tank” Fellowship Build on Agape Model’s forum, this is Jeff Cadanhead’s Achilles Mk.IIC. Great work Jeff!

Agape forum member Raleigh Lamb posted these pictures of his Challenger build for the forum “Rolling Thunder- Heavy Tank” Fellowship Build. I had the pleasure of seeing this tank a few weeks ago at DownEastCon in New Bern, NC, and I also was blessed to meet Raleigh and his son. Great work Raleigh!

Agape Forum member Chris (WWIIAirFanatic) posted these pics of his finished work on Revell’s classic AT-6. Great work Chris!

Well here it is, my first completed airplane this year…woohoo!  Revell’s AT-6/SNJ Texan in 1/48th scale. I’ve seen a lot of Texans and they’re usually pretty colorful aircraft, a change from the wartime colors we’re normally used to. So I picked one up and decided to build the one pictured on the top of the box because the yellow really appealed to me this time. The one depicted is an SNJ model based at the NAS in Glenview, IL around 1956.

I don’t use an airbrush so I found a can of Model Master Custom Lacquer in Chrysler Yellow which is close to what I was looking for. I sprayed a white primer coat first and then the yellow followed by a coat of clear lacquer. I then sprayed over that with a coat of semi-gloss lacquer. I assembled the fuselage and sprayed that as well after adding the orange stripe.

This was my first attempt at panel wash (and scribing because the lines were not deep enough to hold it without me wiping most of it away) and don’t think it turned out too bad. I will have more time with other models to perfect that technique.

Overall a fun model to build. It’s not without its flaws but makes a great kit for people who are starting to try new things in their build process. I also think this model would be a good project for someone who would want to try seam sealing for the first time.  

Agape forum member Roy McKenzie (wyoroy) sent in this very thorough kit preview for Airfx’s new-tooling B-57B Canberra. Thanks so much Roy!

Some time ago I purchased the new Airfix 1/48 scale Martin B-57B Canberra.

Being 1/48 scale make sure you have plenty of shelf space as this bomber is a shelf hog.  When built the length from nose to tail is 406 -mm (16”) with a wingspan of 416mm (16.4”).  The large box contains 8 part trees 1 of with is the clear parts for a total of 120 pieces.  The large instruction booklet contains 36 steps with different options depending on which of the 3 versions you are building.  The color notes are for Humbrol paints only.

The overall look upon first inspection is that the parts are crisp with no flash, recessed panel line and a few ejector pin marks.  Some of the ejector pin marks are in some hard to remove places.  The bomb bay has 11 marks that will need to be cleaned up. Read the rest of this entry »

In 1993, I spent the 4th of July in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Army flew in a band to play a show, and we had steaks and ice cream and as good a time as could be had given the conditions.

Yet the whole time we celebrated freedom was the constant reminder of the price for that freedom. Our freedom only extended as far as the walls of our compound, where guards stood watch in towers constantly. Our freedom to enjoy a little break was only because others were willing to stand, literally, in the wall.

That day really had an impact on me, vividly reminding me that when we celebrate freedom, it comes at a price.

Yet more important than our freedom in this land is the freedom that Christ offers us.

The enemy we face, ultimately, is sin- missing God’s mark, failing to meet His perfect Holiness and Righteousness. The sin in our life separates us from fellowship with God here on this earth, and if not resolved, separates us from Him eternally in Hell.

Yet God in His infinite mercy and compassion sent Jesus Christ to pay the penalty for our sin. Just like those soldiers who guarded the wall that day so I could enjoy a steak and some music made a sacrifice, Christ sacrificed Himself on the Cross to die for our sins so we would not have to. All we have to do is confess our sins, and ask Jesus to be Lord of our lives. Doing so puts us in side His “compound”, safe from the penalty of sin.

We are told this in quite plain language in Romans 8: 1-2.
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

That day in Somalia, my freedom was purchased by someone else- other soldiers who manned the towers and the guns, to make sure I was safe. And just as I did nothing that day to assure my freedom from attack, our freedom from sin does not come by our work, but only by the work of Christ Jesus on the Cross.

To all my fellow Americans, Happy 4th of July. Enjoy this wonderful day we celebrate our freedom. Never forget the brave ones who have stood and still stand in the wall, both here domestically and abroad, to preserve our freedom.

But more importantly, never forget the freedom that Christ has purchased us through His death and resurrection. If you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, I celebrate with you in the freedom from the penalty of sin and death that has been purchased for us.

If you haven’t accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, I urge you to find out what it means to do so by reading this page. The decision to accept the freedom that Christ offers is the single most important decision of your life.

Happy birthday, America. Let freedom ring!

Forum member Aaron (RonnieRex) posted these photos of his excellent Tamiya P-47D- great work!

Here is what I’ve been working on the last two months! I’m happy that I’m finished. This is the first model that I’ve really jumped out of my comfort zone to try a whole bunch of new things. I’m happy with the end result, and I know that the next time I try these tricks, I’ll be much better prepared.
Things I’ve learned:
1. How to dip canopies in future… makes for nice glass-like canopy
2. Artist oil paint panel wash…tricky, but I really really like how it highlights!
3. Tenex7r cement… wonderful
4. Future as a clearcoat… easy and painless
5. Future and Tamiya flat base mix for a flat finish… went overboard a little with this one, made it look powdered. But some buffing and a very light coat of just future fixed it ok.

Also, first time I’ve used my airbrush. Future makes a good practice medium I guess. Yet, I got the airbrush after I had painted the whole thing with brushes. Thank goodness the camera doesn’t show the brush strokes.

Andy Mason (forum name amason61) posted these pics of his completed A-10. He says he had a little more to go… but I don’t see it! Great stuff Andy!

“Almost done.  I say almost because I thought I was done . . . until I took these pics and saw several areas I still have to touch up before she goes in the case.  Well, anyway, here she is . . . almost . . .”

Andy said the decals are “from the Eielson Ice Hawgs sheet from TwoBobs.  That’s the only sheet I had with ladder door artwork and, although, it does not belong on this particular A-10, I took some creative liberty to add a little extra eye-candy to the build.”

Sharp-eyed readers will notice the stressed skin look Andy achieved on the model. “I used a round metal file and “dug some trenches”, then sanded the edges to smooth/blend them into the fuselage.”

Andy used the same technique on the nose dent. “I’ve seen more than a couple of pics of Hogs with dented noses (bumpy in-flight refueling booms?).  Just a few little “extras” to make this build unique in my display case and to expand my skills some….”

Agape Models forum member Jim Deck (ShutterAce) sent in this detailed build report for his F-51D. Thanks so much Jim!

History:
What needs to be said about the North American P/F-51 Mustang? Fast, sleek, and with incredible range it dominated the skies over Germany from Early 1944 until the end of the Second World War. Redesignated F-51 in 1948 to comply with the naming conventions used by the newly established United States Air Force the Mustang served in Korea as a ground attack and strike aircraft. It was finally retired from USAF service in 1957. Serving in many of the worlds air forces over the years the last operational Mustangs were retired from the Dominican Air Force in 1984, more than 40 years after first entering service with the RAF in 1942. The “D” model was produced in the largest numbers with around 8000 machines built. Read the rest of this entry »

Randie Coulter sent in this decal review- thanks Randie!

What does Red Gecko Productions and Lone Star Models have in common? They both come from ‘The Resin Prince of Sugar Land, Texas’, Mike West.

Many of you are familiar with Mike’s resin products (and NO! He doesn’t just do fire bomber conversions). He has a lot of items that improve upon existing kits as well as some full blown kits of aircraft that the mainstream companies won’t touch. But, not all of you know that Mike has also started a decal company and I have in my hands, the first 4 sheets of Red Gecko Productions.

As many of you know, I am a self-proclaimed, certifiable fire bomber nut and these first releases are right up my alley!

Sheet #RG-001.48 is a big sheet. You have the option to build one of the three different schemes, worn by the OV-10A’s, of the C.D.F. (California Division of Forestry) over the years (with a little work and some creative masking, you could do all three), as well as three different TBM-3’s, a T-28 and two A-26’s. This is a total of seven different aircraft off of one sheet!

Upon donning the optivisor, what really impressed me about this sheet is the data that is also included. Empty and gross weight information, the restricted placards and even the names in script of all of the air attack bases in California and the propeller logos for the OV-10’s! What is hard to see on the scan is all of the white numbers, for doing just any of the OV-10’s. The only thing missing is the ‘Cal Fire’ script for the bottom side of the horizontal stabilizer and the unit numbers for the upper starboard and lower port wings for the newest scheme.

Everything is in register and they give you the option of using your own shade of green on the early C.D.F. logo. Read the rest of this entry »

I remember back when you couldn’t just run down to the corner grocery store and buy a pre-packaged model. You had to go rooting around in the woods, looking for styrene roots that the hogs hadn’t chewed up. You had to dig it up, and cure it in the sun for weeks. And if the crows and raccoons left you any, you might have enough left to carve out a Spitfire or two.

OK, I made that previous part up. (Really, I did.)

Making models is easy, to a degree, because someone else has done the work of preparing the parts for you. There may be differing degrees of engineering, and varying quality, but most modelers rarely enter that rarefied air of scratch building a complete model.

Agape forum member Anthony Fuentes (captfue) shared this incredible work, built mostly from the simple and humble sprue. Anthony, this is awesome work!

Hello all. Here are some photos of a wedgie I completed today. It shows one off the less glamorous sides of being a tanker. The work is about 90% to 95% done from recycled sprue, the tree and the tanks wheels and bogie truck are the only pieces not sculpted by hand.

The scene is of an American tank crew trying to improve their chances of survival, during the Second World War. One team begins to fill thier sandbag, after the tank commander finishes his, and hands the shovel to them. (Most tanks only had one shovel). One crewman walks towards the tank to hand his bag to the loader (generally the healthiest) to toss onto the tank.

Yesterday I was working in our yard. We have one of those electric weed eaters that I use to trim the grass around the house and other places I can’t get with the lawnmower. Of course, using an electric weed eater means dragging the electric cord around behind you. I always try to make sure it’s straightened out, and arranged in such a way that it will feed out behind me without trouble. Sometimes when I have to go around a corner or other obstacle, the cord can get tangled and twisted. I have to tug at it, or maybe give it sort of a bullwhip motion to pull it free. Occasionally I have to even put down the weed eater and walk back along the length of the cord and work out a tangle, or free it from an obstacle.

As I was untangling the cord for about the fifty-third time, I started thinking about how much I must seem that way to God.

Hebrews 12
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

When we make Jesus Lord of our life, we become children of God, adopted into His eternal kingdom. And just as the Book of Hebrews tells us, because we are loved, we are often disciplined.

You see, to put it in the weed eater analogy, when we are “plugged into” God’s Kingdom, He has a purpose for us. (Kind of like I had a purpose with my weed eater. My purpose was to…. eat weeds. ) Sometimes as God works in us to accomplish His purpose, we get tangled up, caught up, snared up in things outside of His purpose. He has to get us untangled, because His work is important. And because He loves us, He has a purpose for us. And because we have a purpose, sometimes, as his children, we have to be disciplined to get us back on track.

When I got the full cooperation of my electric cord, I was rewarded with a nice looking yard. When we follow God’s calling, resisting the snares and temptations along the way, it “produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

But there were a few times that my cord was following along just fine, but to get where I needed to go, I had to drag it through some mud, or sticks, or an ant bed or three. It’s not that I didn’t care about the cord, but my purposes required the cord to follow me through that stuff. And it’s often that way with God’s purposes. We may not understand why we go through some of the things we do. We may even think we are being punished.

But we must always remember that as believers in Jesus, having asked Him to forgive our sins and be Master of our life, that we are the beloved children of God. What He does in our lives is because He loves us so dearly. We must never listen to the lies that Satan will tell us otherwise.

Dear friends, if you are a brother or sister in Christ, know that God loves you, and sometimes, when He has to give us a yank on our cord, it is because we are loved, and have gotten distracted from His good purpose for our lives. (Read Jeremiah 29:11!) And sometimes, in following Him, we have to go through rough spots simply because that is what the work requires.

And if you have not asked Jesus to be Lord and Savior of your life, friends, I urge you to not wait another minute to do so. The world will tell you that there are many paths to Heaven, or that no one really goes to the eternal separation from God in Hell. Yet Jesus spoke very clearly on this- in John 14:6 Jesus said “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” And how do we do that?  “9 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” (Romans 10:9-10)

Christian brothers and sisters, I pray that you will seek God’s purposes in your life, and always be on alert for the snares of this life, and that God will strengthen you as you go through the trials that we will face.

And for my friends who do not know Jesus as Lord, please take a few moments to read this information, and ask God to open your eyes to the need for salvation from your sins through the blood of Jesus Christ. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact me (use the “Contact” link on this page), or contact a pastor in a Bible-based Christian church and share with him your questions, or your decision for Christ. In any event, I’d love to hear from you!

God bless you, dear friends.

Roy McKenzie (forum member wyoroy) posted his final results on Hobbyboss’ 1/72 Spitfire Mk. Vb. You gotta love a Spitfire- especially for under $10! Great work on this one, Roy!

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This is Hobbyboss’s Spitfire Mk.Vb.  painted with Model Master Enamels bottom RAF medium sea gray #2058, top RAF ocean gray #2057 and RAF dark green #2060.  The decals went on with no real trouble, used a bit of Solvaset to help them snuggle down a bit.  The only thing I added was gear covers cut from a soda can, pitot tube and decals for the gun muzzles.

Today is Memorial Day here in the United States, a day we set aside to remember those who have died defending our country. It’s not a day of politics, or of national blustering. It’s a day to remember. To reflect.  Those lives are the price that was paid so that we could live in a land that gives us the freedom to worship where and how we please, to speak freely, to gather and express our minds. The fact that America is as polarized as it is and yet remains peaceful internally is a direct consequence of the service of veterans- past present and future, living and dead. And those who have died – and will die- have paid the price for us.

As Christians, we cannot let that price go ignored. We are Christians because a price was paid for us, by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that we could be free of sin and an eternity in hell. And we are free to practice that faith because of those who have paid with their lives to protect that freedom.

So as we enjoy this day of remembrance with family and friends, don’t forget what the price was paid for. When something has great cost, it has great value. Our freedom has great value. And the freedom purchased with the blood of our Savior and our brothers and sisters in service in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard means we owe a debt. The debt to all those lives to use our freedom. And the debt to the One life to share the Truth.

Share your faith, Christian. Speak the Truth, stand on the Word. The price to do so has been paid.

And we have our marching orders, given to us by our Lord:

Matthew 28
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Here’s a news flash- I love building Airfix Spitfires. No news there, I suppose. This one has been in my closet of models for a while, waiting to be built. I’m not sure why it took me so long to get around to it. In any event- it was great fun to build.

The kit is interesting, in that it combines Airfix’s older Spitfire Mk. Vb sprues with a new set of parts to model a Vc, or a Seafire. The older parts have raised panel lines, and the new parts have recessed lines, so it’s up to the modeler to ignore this fact and drive on (perfectly acceptable in my mind), or to take a little extra time and scribe the fuselage panel lines to match the wings. I chose the latter route. Read the rest of this entry »

Bo Roberts continues to show the great results you can get with a simple snap-tight kit, sharing with us another of his Pegasus Hobbies builds, this time a Model 21 Zero. Great work Bo!

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What fun!!!  These Pegasus Hobbies 48th scale kits are really fun builds and excellent shelf sitter when finished.  If you plan to capture the GOLD at the IMPS Nats, this is not the kit to start with, but to get novices into modeling, you can’t beat it!!

When I started this kit, about 3 weeks ago, I wanted to try a couple techniques, making canopy mask outta paper tape, and dipping it into soapy water to apply, and Japanese aodake(sp) blue/green finish.

One drawback of these E-Z Snapz kits for modeler is the thickness of the canopy which hides all that beautifully molded interior!!  It really a shame so I wanted to vacuform my canopy using the kit’s as a master.  I was going to use the Ultracast Zero seat, but when I looked at the kit one, it matched the outline so I drilled holes in the seat back and fashioned seat belts with masking tape ala the Ultracast one.  I did move the seat back about a scale foot which placed it closer, not against, the rear cockpit bulkhead.  I was very pleased with the overall finished cockpit!!  BTW, I paint the cockpit IJN Mitsubishi Green, which looks like ZCGreen to my eye.  Control panels were painted black with details picked out in silver and red/yellow to my liking.  Fashioned a DF loop behind the headrest outta plastic tubing, and painted it silver.  The decking under the canopy was painted black.

I elected NOT to make this an E-Z Snapz kit, so I enlarged all snap locators and used them as regular locator pins, and glued this model together.  Used only filler at major seams, especially on the underside where the wing meets the fuselage.

After the major parts were assembled, the scoop just ahead of the wheel wells looked too shallow, so I added strips of plastic, and putty to contour it more to the photos I had.  I think it really helped its profile.

I painted and masked the red propeller stripes and wing no-walk areas.  Painted the hub and blades Model Master silver, rear of blades was painted Tamiya brown.
Painted the wheel wells silver and then shot Tamiya Clear Blue over it followed by Clear Green.  Looks good to me. BTW, the kit has landing gear covers for wheels up and it makes an excellent mask for the wells during exterior painting.

Installed the canopy using Elmer’s White Glue, remove excess with wet finger and wet lint free rag.  Shot Future to seal my Canopy mask, then black before apply Tamiya’s IJN Grey-Green to the overall model.

Applied Future overall to make a nice gloss finish to apply the kit decals.  Painted the red/blue stripes on the landing gear cover and the #2 outta my spare decal stash.  Ditto the white #2 on the lower cowl.

Scratched the aileron control horns on the top and lower sides with stretched sprue and white glue.

Grunched up the model using black water color and pastel chalk.  Black pencil used as well.  Added red and green food color to White Glue to make the wing Nav lights. Shot final Semi-Gloss clear finish.  Silver Prisma Color pencil and Tamiya Clear Red/Green applied to the upper wing lights.

Removed all mask cleaned canopy frames as necessary added stretched sprue for antenna wire and called it quits!!

Next up is Pegasus Hobbies Me-262!!  Can’t wait!!  These are fun kits and don’t wreck the Model Budget either!!  Try one or five!!

Forum member Bob Henry (forum name Bob H.) has been working on this kit for quite a while, sharing his work in an ongoing thread, and getting much advice and help from other “Agapapes”. His final results show the fruits of his hard work- great stuff Bob!

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Here is the finished plane. I didn’t think that I could ever get here, but it is FINISHED !!!! I have so many people to thank that I’m not sure where to begin. To those who sent me some stuff in the mail, thanks much. To those who sent me some e-mails with P-39 tech. info, thanks much. To those who gave me much needed how – to instructions, thanks for your patience and understanding. And to all of you who sent me notes of encouragement, you guys kept me going. Thanks much !! I learned so many lessons that I don’t know where to begin. I learned the hard way in a few instances, as well as the easy way. ( I stumbled into a few things by accident ). To those of you who are inexperienced like me, you may want to go over this thread and look at this small diary of mishaps, victories, etc. It may be helpful ( I hope ). Anyhow, here are the photos. If there are any questions please let me know. I will try to draw upon my feeble memory to answer them.

Rick Lorenz (forum member Spruemeister) shared these pictures of his excellent results build Monogram’s classic F11C-2 Goshawk. I built this same kit a while back, and it’s a fun build. Rick’s results tell the story!

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I was worried it wouldn’t get finished, but here it is.  Warts and all.  Monogram’s 1/72 Curtis F11C-2, vintage 1968 edition with Starfighter Decals to replace the 42 year old originals.  Rigging is fun!  Rigging is fun!  Rigging is f…. oh, never mind.  I managed to glue shut a pre-drilled hole that I couldn’t get to without using a heated bent pin to melt a new hole.  I painted the prop with MM Chrome Silver and did a beautiful job.  2 weeks later, it still hadn’t dried and I finger printed the whole thing.  Thus I stripped it and went with foil on the front, Insignia Blue on the back.  There is no interior.  I don’t do little pilot figures, and there isn’t anything else in the kit.  The IP decal didn’t make it either.  Paints are either MM Acrylic, or Pollyscale Acrylic.  I should have toned down the aluminum by adding in a little of the gray.  I think it’s to stark and bright.  I also shouldn’t have rolled the upper wing color so far around the leading edge.  Period thing, I guess.  I love Starfighter’s decals, but I think next time I’ll use Yellow Wings prop tips.  Just a bit larger like the real thing.

The rigging is just 2 pound mono-filament fishing line.  I CA both ends, and run an extinguished matchhead under it and BOING!  Tight wire!  I did have a small accident, and melted one wire….   The lines are then painted steel.

This is more or less a prototype/practice build for an all out effort of the same kit.  This is such a nice little kit as Jon has already let everybody know.  I think there is massive potential for some serious attention to detail that would really make this old kit pop.  I want to add an Aires Cyclone engine, open the carb intake, full interior, open the side vents, add the exposed control cables at the tail, open all the hand holds, move the nav lights to the wingtips, add the small rigging spreader bars, re-do the belly tank mounts, etc.  I already have another kit and decals waiting…

Hope you enjoy it!

Bo Robert’s posted photos of his completed work on Pegasus Hobbies FW-190. If you haven’t tried a Pegasus Hobbies E-Z Snapz kits, you owe it to yourself to pick one up. it’s great fun for not a lot of money!

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This is a E-Z Snapz kit that I did glue together and used some filler as well.  Probably shoulda used more. Added some things from my spare parts boxes where the kit lacked. I wouldn’t want to start with this kit if I planned to win the Gold at an IPMS event, but it IS a very nice finished model and very inexpensive subject to practice that special technique you always wanted to, but didn’t want to trash a high dollars kit on!!  And when you finish them, they’re keepers, to boot!! Spent about 1 month building this, and it was really in my spare time!!  Didn’t work on it hard and fast at all. Try one, it really is a fun build!!

Forum member Steven Murphy (styrenepilot1970) posted this great looking P-51B in Tuskeegee airmen markings. Thanks for sharing your work Steven!

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I had met Lee Archer, the Tuskegee Airmen’s only ace at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends airshow in 2007. Myself and a friend were walking across the tarmac and I glanced over and saw an older fellow in suit and tie and a GML ball cap. “That’s Lee Archer!” I said, “Let’s go meet him!”

Needless to say, COL Archer was a class act, very gracious with a deep melodious voice. When I heard of his passing towards the end of January, I was motivated to build his mount, “Ina, The Macon Belle”. I had the Tamiya kit that I wanted to use, but almost as importantly, I had Tom Myers Accurate Miniatures decals from the Tuskegee Airmen kit. I think Tom would appreciate the irony of using the decals on another manufacturer’s kit. I can almost hear him saying in exasperation “Murphy…” with a shake of his head.

On another Agape note, this model had the pleasure of losing to Agape Models forums member Raleigh Lambs terrific Monogram P-51B. His model is absolutely fantastic!