Ryobi Coyote:

My apologies for getting snippy.[] I misunderstood what you were trying to say. It's hard to understand what a guy is saying through the keyboard sometimes. Would be much better if we could all chat in person.

I guess, after 8 years in the hobby, and quite a few kits under my belt--I forget that others might not have the same experience level as myself. I know that building 30 kits is nothing compared to your experience--but compared to the average modeler today, thats about 28 more kits under my belt than the other guy.

So, I do understand where others might have questions that I haven't answered, or maybe I haven't explained something in enough detail to make it clear to everyone.

I encourage ANYONE reading this thread to ask questions. I am willing to help and answer questions from people who have an interest in this project. Or email me. I like to help people, and I am not one of those guys who thinks that my building techniques or ideas are something "top secret". I hate those kinds of guys[:@]

My back is totally screwed up right now. I had 2 microdiscectomy surgeries on my disc at L-5/S-1 in May, and they didn't work. [&o] I have a pinched nerve in my back from a herniated disc, and it's not pleasent. I'm in a lot of pain. I'm kind of out of commision for a little while. I can't walk downstairs to the shop and build. I just need to rest and give it some time to heal up a bit. I went down in the shop a few days ago and built a couple more building tables. Running a powersaw and handling 2x4's and hollow core doors with a herniated disc was a pretty stupid thing to do. It might take me a few more days to recover enough to where I can walk downstairs and stand up to build for any length of time.

I'll get back on this 4* project as soon as I can. Bear with me. It's on hold, but I'll get back on it ASAP.