No Dave, that’s no typo! I started these in the last half of the last week of January and/or the first week in February and finished on February 18. Three weeks, give or take a day or two.
Thanks! I’m glad you like them!
Amazing! For me, that’s about twenty years worth of modeling. In just thge last three weeks, I’ve done a lot of sanding and painting a 1/24 scale computer for my tornado chase vehicle and making parts for a table for this computer. Monday, I finally stained the (wood) table parts walnut (to match the wood trim on the dashboard of the Tamiya Jeep Cherokee).
I remember the Good Year Blimp kit. I never built one but I remember seeing it in the hobby shops and in Revell’s catalog. The last time I saw that kit in person was perhaps a year before moving to Arizona. A model railroad club in San Pedro, California had an unbuilt kit in a storeroom somewhere.
got to thinking about this. i cant say for sure for the last three weeks but i can say that since the first of the year i have completed nine builds. five from start to finish. three were 1/72, two were 1/35, the rest were 1/48.
joe
Well I have known you for some time now Duke and all I can say is…
you are mad, you are insane and you are crazy
AND you build great models. LOL.
Well, let’s see…3 weeks ago I was packing models into boxes in New Jersey, celebrated my 37th birthday by cleaning the garage. I loaded the car and drive 900 miles in a snowstorm (from PA to IN) and finally landed in Wisconsin. I moved into a hotel until the apartment was ready, where I started work on a 1/32 Hasegawa Fw-109A-5 (about 50% done). I moved into my apartment last Friday, promptly set up my only table as a workbench, and dove into a 1/16 Trumpeter T-34/85. So there…that’s what I’ve done in the last 3 weeks. And Duke, you sir are a madman…but keep up the good work, the plastic model industry is depending on YOU!! 
Jeff
Duke, you NEED TO GET A HOBBY BOY![:D]
Huh, Like I can talk. In the last three weeks, I rebuilt a SBD-5 that was dropped while dusting the shelf, did a final coat of Future on a Wildcat, built three rockets, painted the hull on the United States, and started into a 1/350 Bismark. All while working a 90 hr week job. I guess it was to relieve the stress.
Scott
Lol! Thank guys! I love the comments! Just so you know, I’ll probably be slowing down now. I have been hired by a friend of mine from church to help him run his new video rental store that he just opened. The pay is lousy; it will barely cover food expenses, but I get to watch DVD’s all day for free! [}:)]
Jim, I can’t wait to see pics of your progress, it sounds like quite the project. I also gotta say, the Goodyear Blimp was pretty fun to build, and I love running it to make the lights move! Now I just have to get more signs made for it!
Joe, you you did good for this year! Since the first of the year, I think I’ve built 22 kits., most in 1/72 scale. Keep plugging Joe!
Thanks Dwight! Yes, I guess I am all those. And my wife still married me! Thanks for the compliment on the models!
Jeff, your whole ordeal actually sounds FUN! Still, I can’t compare to you; the detail in your kits far outshines anything I do. Congrats on finally making it there, and it is good to see you at FSM!
Also Dwight, Jeff: As someone else said: “Hence the name: Duke MADdog!” Lol![:o)][:D]
Scott, a hobby? What’s a hobby? Man, what a concept; ‘get a hobby’. I may look into that sometoime after I get all these kits built! [;)][:o)]
Thanks again for all the great comments!
Nothing finished, but I’m working on a Cessna 182 for a friend who used to own one.
Nice Wayne! You should post pics! I love seeing those planes.
I went through that ‘I gotta finish it’ stage awhile ago…in fact, for the nearly the first 20 years I modeled…as a result, when the movers arrive from NJ, there will be some 850 built models of 1/72 WW2 aircraft that will have to end up somewhere.
Now, I tend to take alot longer to build things, primarily because of the quality and cost of these new kits, I have to do them justice.
Jeff
Nice! I hear you, Jeff. Maybe someday, I’ll get to a pointy where I can do the detail you do. Meanwhile, it is always a joy to look at your work. Hey, if you can’t find anywhere to put all those built 1/72 scale aircraft, send them out here. I have a couple friends in museums that would love to have them. [;)][^] Either that, it FSM will give you a couple of showcases in the Lobby of their building to display them. After all, what’s a modeling mag without a few models on display in their Lobby? [B)]
Thanks again for the response Jeff, it’s always a pleasure to see your posts. [:)]