I just had a wild hair up my *** that about three or four 1/48 scale B-25’s sitting on the flight deck of the Hornet would be really cool and also really big. Am I dreaming or is this a reasonable idea? I guess I’d have to scratch build the carrier, so how do I be sure to make it 1/48 scale the same as the Mitchell’s? I’m thinking build about from the midpoint of the superstructure to the forward end. I’ve found some excellent pictures of the diorama I have in mind. I want to build a B-25 anyway, so why not go whole hog? Man, is it just me or does everybody have too many irons in the fire? I’ve got three kits to build, four rockets in various stages of completion and two wild ideas that won’t go away. The old lady is gonna kill me, nag me back to life, and kill me again.
Keep the home fires burning without getting burnt! Scale it down to one B25, tied down with the great Jimmy himself and a few others do a preflight check, or maybe at run up with Jimmy giving the thumbs up out the window. . . In 1/48 scale that would convey the idea nicely, and be a lot cheaper on the budget.
Don
Yep. Your right. Now what do you have to go all common sense on me for? I could really honk the wife off good, she wouldn’t talk to me all winter and I’d be in modeling heaven despite domestic hell.
As if any idea of mine is guarenteed to induce domestic tranquility!! I can get in trouble for the most innocent thing, mainly due to that darn on line banking! She knew before I got home that I was at the bank getting a MO for modeling stuff. . . I thought I was being brilliant not writting a check,WRONG.
Don
I had to laugh. Last week in Dear Abby or whatever Ann Landers is called now some poor soul wrote in to confess the evil deed of lying to his wife about his modeling expenditures. My wife did not see the same humor in it that I saw. The icy stare was what tipped me off to her mood.
Any chance you clipped it or have a link to the article? I would like to see what my wife thinks of it. It sounds pretty funny to me.
man why not buy the 1/350 scale Trumpeter Hornet and few packs of B-25’s that would be cheaper than 3 1/48 scale AM B-25’s and all the associated supplies for making a Diorama and it would take less room to house. And besides when the diorama you wanted done is done how would you be able to move it from the workshop to where ever you want to display it doorways are only so wide just for one person. I don’t think it could accomodate you and the diorama. (thinking of the three Stooges)
So now those venerated philosophers Moe, Larry and Curly come into the picture. Anywho, I looked up Dear Abby on the computer and the sad tale of modeling sneakiness is under the Friday October 13th column. Wouldn’t you know.
Power to you dude. When you work out how to build the ultimate, all-mighty dio (such as this one), remain in a state of modelling bliss & maintain a sense of domestic harmony with the Minister for the Interior, all at the same time - be sure to bloody well let all of us know. BTW, I don’t think my fire is large enough to accomodate the number of irons I have stashed in it. I just picked up Tamiya’s F4D Skyray today at 50% off, so naturally had to rip him open to have a looksee. Couldn’t help myself; had to start chopping bits off sprues. I have a problem…
Just knowing how much space one 1/72 B-25B takes up, I’m guessing you must have like a vacant warehouse to put your models in?
That’s why I stick to 1/72 for airplanes and 1/700 for ships; smallllllllllllllllllll apartment!
Here’s the article:
"DEAR ABBY: I am married to a wonderful woman, but something has been bothering me since we have been together. I am not as honest as I should be in our relationship.
We have had money problems pretty much since our marriage began. I have a spending problem, and I lie to her about where the money goes. I have been doing better, but I still want to spend money we do not have.
I do not spend money on drugs, prostitutes or clothes, but rather on plastic models and other hobby-related items. How do I stop spending and lying to my wife about it? – SICK OF THE LYING IN OKLAHOMA
DEAR SICK: You start acting like a man instead of a child with his hand in the cookie jar. You recognize that marriage is a partnership and you have been, in a sense, stealing from your partner. Then you and she agree on a budget you can responsibly allocate to your hobby, and live within your means."
But John Prine got it better:
Artist/Band: Prine John
Lyrics for Song: Dear Abby
Dear Abby, Dear Abby …
My feet are too long
My hair’s falling out and my rights are all wrong
My friends they all tell me that I’ve no friends at all
Won’t you write me a letter, Won’t you give me a call
Signed Bewildered
Bewildered, Bewildered…
Chorus:
You have no complaint
You are what your are and you ain’t what you ain’t
So listen up Buster, and listen up good
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood
Dear Abby, Dear Abby…
My fountain pen leaks
My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
If it weren’t so expensive I’d wish I were dead
Signed Unhappy
Unhappy, Unhappy…
Repeat Chorus
Dear Abby, Dear Abby…
You won’t believe this
But my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss
My girlfriend tells me It’s all in my head
But my stomach tells me to write you instead
Signed Noise-maker
Noise-maker, Noise-maker
Repeat Chorus
Dear Abby, Dear Abby…
Well I never thought
That me and my girlfriend would ever get caught
We were sitting in the back seat just shooting the breeze
With her hair up in curlers and her pants to her knees
Signed Just Married
Just Married, Just Married…
Repeat Chorus
I live in a very small house and I’m luckier than any guy in that boat should be that I have my own private play room. There’s seven aquariums full of breeding projects, rockets in various stages of completion, bicycles hanging from the six foot ceiling, camping gear and my model bench in there. My wife refuses to go in there. She calls it “The Lair”. I have to move around very slowly and carefully. BUT!!! The crawlspace behind it is a great stage for finished models and the Hornet coming out of the gloom in the farthest reaches of it with seven 1/48 scale B-25’s on her flight deck is transforming me into a man obsessed. Moe would probably tell me to “spread out” into the crawlspace, so I had best harken to his wise counsel. My Dad’s best friend overtook his whole house with Little Bighorn/General Custer memorabilia and the memory of that walk through cacophany still impresses me though I haven’t seen it in over forty years. When I finally lay down for the dirt nap I want the poor schlub who winds up with my tiny castle to scratch his head in bewildered amazement at the sight of my insanity. It is better to dare mighty things than to take rank with those poor timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Now I don’t know my wife’s mind on this but I’m sure she’d rather gripe to her coven about this than to the other wives laments of boozing and skirt chasing.
Love the idea, Medric, although I appreciate the concern. I have been toying with diorama ideas for some time but haven’t had the courage yet (let alone the talent). I build in 1/72 and only aircraft operated by the British armed forces. I particularly like modelling non-british built equipment in British Service. I also like the idea of historical moments, such as Doolittle’s raid. I would really like to do a diorama of the first time Spitfires were flown off an aircraft carrier to support the strategic island of Malta. The aircraft carrier was USS Wasp, on lend-lease to Great Britain. The spitfires were standard RAF machines (the Seafire had not yet been developed). Their flaps had only two settings - full up and full down (for landing). In order to set the flaps at twenty degrees to obtain greater lift for take-off from Wasp, small wooden blocks were used to prevent the flaps from fully closing. After take-off the pilots lowered the flaps all the way, releasing the blocks, and then raising them completely. As it happened one of the spitfires had problems just after take-off. No-one had ever landed a spitfire on a carrier before, but the pilot did not want to ditch and lose a precious fighter. He circled Wasp while the others flew off, then landed back on the carrier - the first ever spitfire landing on a carrier. I would love to model the moment. Unfortunately, no-one makes a model of Wasp. USS Hornet was a later variant of the same class but there are significant differences. I am not up to the conversion. One day, perhaps! Be sure to post pics if you tackle Doolittle’s raid.
My wife borrowed my car the other day and came across my secret mountain stash of money order check stubbs. She didn’t say anyting, but I know she saw 'em. Doesn’t take a mathmatician to add those babies up. Now I feel like I’m walking around in a horror movie- waiting for the axe to fall. I feel as guilty and busted as the guy who left the porno in the VCR. Just when I thought I had my model money laundering system down, I left the balance book open for the Feds to find. Damn you, ebay. Damn you to hell. SteveM
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Hmmmmmm, , a 1/48 scale Hornet? ? ? ? Hmmmmmmmmmmm, , , need a lotta room for THAT baby. What I’m going to do is a 1/700 Scale Hornet, at the time of launching bomber #8{Ted Dawsons “Ruptured Duck”} in diarama. Remember in the movie{AND mentioned in the book of the same name} “30 Seconds Over Tokiyo”, in the heat of excitment of the moment. Dawson forgot to “bring the flaps up” when he took off, I will model his plan with the flaps down. Later on I’ll get the 1/350 Hornet with Doolittle bombers on deck.
Steve
The Air Musium at Oshkosh{by Gosh}Wi. has a group built 1/72{or was that 1/48} scale model of the Enterprise{CV-6} with complete airgroup. I saw it in an old Fine Scale article a few years back. Just to let you know. It is BIG! ! ! ! !
SteveH
I was cracking up when I read this.