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Bored. Housework done. Blitz time!
I do have the littlest little Ian off school ill today, so I have him to look after but he's no trouble.

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And parts - still in sealed bags!
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No Mrs. Ian, so I'll be making my own food and drinks (at least until she gets home from work!)
This (unless I amaze myself and get done this evening) will be a 12 & 12. The second 12 will be on Friday and not tomorrow (as Mrs. Ian and I are both off work and would like to do something together - not that!).

And I'm off!
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Good morning to you Ian. This looks interesting and I shall endeavour to follow your progress during the day.
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Good luck with that Ian. It looks pretty complex for a blitz.

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Will be following this, looks pretty good from the sprue shot.
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Not as complex as it would have been if I'd been building it in 1:32...
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An hour in sees stuff glued and painted and clamped. Impressive, huh?

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Just tell me it was beans on toast.. for the love of all that is good in the world...
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It was beans on toast.

First "Aaaargh!" moment. Guess who forget to put in some nose weight before he closed up the fuselage?
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D'oh.

Well, it looks nifty in-flight on the box-art.. what's your pilot/stand situation?
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I am flat out with work today, having just been given the generous time frame of three hours to lay out a 12 page magazine, but shall check in as and when. Good luck with this. But you're still fired.
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You should gone Frog, no cockpit see. :-D
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I managed to wedge a car wheel balance weight in the nose. Should be OK. Fingers crossed.....

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A couple of hours in sees it closed up and wing assembly started. The elevators are only dry fitted at this point.
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This will be good. Have the kit so will watch closely
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Nice bit of progress Ian. At least somebody is getting ahead today :roll:
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I like the idea of the wing braces, providing of course they fit the wings. Looking good so far
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