Well, Louis, here in the old country we have the amazing NHS. Which is just as well because during this week I have suffered the hip injury from falling out of the attic, the shoulder injury making the man-cave, had a serious electric shock disabling a faulty alarm system, and by far the worst of all - catching a cherished and uniquely masculine part of my anatomy in a zipper.

But despite calamity and near neutering, my bench is at a near finish.

Modeling will resume soon (as well as up to date medical reports for those with a strong stomach).

The new man cave looks great David ! I particularly like that Albatros ... The built Mosquito is another favorite.

You have done a wonderful job with this... It has all of the cool "Necessary Goodies". Posters, large diving knives, paints etc. It looks to be very organized.

Please my friend, lets try not to use the "amazing NHS" any more than necessary... especially with electric shocks and the "other" misfortunes. OUCH !

They say that which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger... Glue fumes and sharp pointy things can be detrimental to your health if your not too careful. It may be a good thing that all leaves were cancelled, and the phone is set at the ready just in case.

I went through a bout of regularly occurring misfortunes several times in the past.

Things will get better, especially with some good old "bench time" my dear Scottish friend... 🙂 Sorry if I drove an iron rail road spike into your chest with a sledge hammer earlier. It wasn't intentional.

Who knows ? We might even have a distant relative from way back when... My grandmother's maiden name was Donaldson, and it's supposed to be of Scottish and Irish origin. There's some Welsh in my veins too. I'm sort of a mutt dog / dog pound / shelter type dog, and not a pure bred retriever of sorts.

But then most of us "Yanks" are mutts ... 🙂

I'm looking forward to your next update buddy.

David, I can't believe I haven't check in here, you blink your eye and time has slipped by. Love the build your working on! Hope you are well, had a physical set back myself recently. One thing I gotta to know, did the Big E survive the move?

Finally, after several attempts at collecting the 2018 Darwin award, I finally sat down and did some modeling. Got some decals onto the Gustav and went to work on the PropBurs so generously donated by @davidathomas

I had to drill into the prop hub to give the individual blades some purchase. The real job here is to try and get the plane (‘scuse the pun) of the blades into alignment.

But it’s worth it, the end result looks good and I managed to get the prop length about right for a G6.

Of course, the real issue with any simulated ‘in flight’ props is in the painting and getting as far away from ‘gimmick’ as possible. In reality all modeling is illusion of some fashion and as this is a diorama I think the effect will enhance the scene and give it some added dynamism. However, I predict some interesting trial and error sessions to get it the way I want it to look.

Of course, no move of house can go without loss. Try as I may, I cannot find Herr Stigler ANYWHERE. I have tried every box. I have opened all containers that could contain renegade modeling parts, turned the bench upside down, and even given the cats a funny look. No Franz. It’s possibly one of the worst parts of getting to a certain age; the whole, “put it away in a safe place and then can’t remember where” scenario.

I tell you David, there are Gremlins, but nobody believes me. 🙂

Thanks for the kind words, @davem.