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That's fricking awesome Matt! 8)
Age9: Academy P-40B Tomahawk
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Matt308
Glock Perfection
What do you expect, he's left handed. 
i was going to get the same kit but i'll now wait untill i see his finished, because i suspect it'll be awsome and i wont be able to match his standered 
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Matt308
Glock Perfection
I wouldn't go that far. He's a perfectionist. He may just toss it if he gets a spec of glue out of place.
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Yes indeed, that scetch if truly awesome. My Mother, younger Sister, and I are all lefties as well, I'm the only one that did not get the artistic gene of the three;(
Tell Aaron to keep up the great work, it will pay off someday.
Tell Aaron to keep up the great work, it will pay off someday.
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Matt308
Glock Perfection
He wants to be an architect or engineer. Artistic? Yes. Smart. Obviously not. 
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Matt308
Glock Perfection
pbfoot
1st Lieutenant
I'm impressed ,
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
That's a nice 'Blackbird' Sean.
And Aaron, that shuttle sketch is fantastic! Looks like I've got competition as an aviation artist!
Terry.
And Aaron, that shuttle sketch is fantastic! Looks like I've got competition as an aviation artist!
Terry.
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Matt308
Glock Perfection
Oh no... say it ain't so Airframes. You aren't left handed too are you.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nope! No problems there, your lad has got real talent.
Catch22
Major
He's excellent. Reminds me of a guy who won all kinds of awards in my graduating class. Smart guy too, was the Valedictorian if that's how you spell it. I see great things for your son!
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Matt308
Glock Perfection
With that the left hand insults shall end. 
Screaming Eagle
Senior Master Sergeant
hes making great progress there matt, I remember my first model, man what a monstrosity! - Thread starter
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Matt308
Glock Perfection
A little progress today. Aaron was a little tired from his school week and it culminating with Halloween on Friday and two soccer games on Saturday.
He got his cockpit put together. There were some minor fitting problems. The control column would not fit properly and required some knife work. He's got a lot to learn about his knife, proper handling, direction of cuts to minimize damage to his pieces and keeping his fingers out of the way. All I can do is caution him and wince. He's gonna cut himself, we all have and do. BTW that is not the knife he is using. He's using an X-acto knife with a brand new blade. That is the knife that I was using to scrape my SR-71 cockpit attachment points while sitting next to him.
So here is his cockpit, propeller and hub, drop tank and raised gear details.
He got his cockpit put together. There were some minor fitting problems. The control column would not fit properly and required some knife work. He's got a lot to learn about his knife, proper handling, direction of cuts to minimize damage to his pieces and keeping his fingers out of the way. All I can do is caution him and wince. He's gonna cut himself, we all have and do. BTW that is not the knife he is using. He's using an X-acto knife with a brand new blade. That is the knife that I was using to scrape my SR-71 cockpit attachment points while sitting next to him.
So here is his cockpit, propeller and hub, drop tank and raised gear details.
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Matt308
Glock Perfection
Here are some pics of his wing join work. [wince] Be careful with that knife, buddy. The wings went together fairly well. He only had a couple of complaints about the pins not being large enough for a positive attachment. Other than that he appeared to have no problems. The wings all glued up and clamped down.
Next is the fuselage, but he was too tired to do that today and wanted a break.
[On a side note, you can see my 30yo Testors silver paint in the paint holder in all three pics. He politely chastised me that my paint jar was entirely too sloppy, as paint in the lid prevented him from closing it readily and gooped up his hands in the process. And I'm the guy who lectures him on proper use of brushes and keeping our paints clean. ]
Next is the fuselage, but he was too tired to do that today and wanted a break.
[On a side note, you can see my 30yo Testors silver paint in the paint holder in all three pics. He politely chastised me that my paint jar was entirely too sloppy, as paint in the lid prevented him from closing it readily and gooped up his hands in the process.
And I'm the guy who lectures him on proper use of brushes and keeping our paints clean. ]Attachments
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Benevolens Magister
Just brilliant Matt! BTW, I was a bit late getting to the Post Office, but the stuff is on it's way, with another 1/72nd scale P40 kit for your boy, he deserves it!
Catch22
Major
Very nice!
