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Real nice kits. I glue everything.The first thing I tell when showing the model room is "DO NOT TOUCH". Most kids are just awed,its the grown-ups that try.
Ed
 
Don't you just hate it when 'visiting friends' want to spin the props, or worse, pick up a model, with their fat, clumsy hands over the carefully fitted, stretched sprue antenna wire?!! What is it with adults who feel compelled to spin the bl**dy props?!
A real PITA!!
 
You folks may not like this, but I don't glue the props in place. I typically built my models in "Air Superiority" configuration and with gear and flaps up. This doesn't show a lot of detail, but it does show the aircraft doing what it should do best. As such, on occasion I (usta) photograph them and they look a lot better with a prop that spins with a bit of airflow. Also, I don't see that gluing the propeller improves the look of the model and when someone does try to spin the propeller, it is less likely to break if it isn't glued.

I have seen a lot of IPMS folks pull the props out of a little polythene bushing for transprt and put it back on for display.

- Ivan.
 
To each his own Ivan. However, I have found (especially in the smaller scales) that a spinning prop leaves too large of a gap for realism. Not on all models, but most.
 
I trained my kids at an early age "Don't touch Dads Models" and for a while they were my guardians and protectors...they repeated my words when we had visitors!
So the touching and breakage was kept to a bare minimum!!...
 
Finished the M41 Bulldog today.









I really enjoyed this build, dare I say it.... *gulp* even more than aircraft... OK, I'll get me coat.
 
Cheers fellas, I'm thinking of trying to modify the figures that come with the kit and sticking them on it, making a base for it too.
 
So does this mean we can expect a change in your signature to armor? Sir, you best be getting to ww2armor.net, ya hear? Great build Muller, I like it!
 
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