Here 's a look at the new Starfighter

HA1001
F-104C 479th TFW, USAF George AFB, Calofornia, 1963 "really George"

[djjeffhall]

Holy Cow, Oh My Gawd, Golly Gee, crash...... (The last being the sound of me hitting the floor because this is just too damn pretty for these mortal eyes.)

[Gort]

Yep! This one’s definitely on my list of gotta-gets! If the '104's silver finish is anywhere near as realistic as the Lexington Dauntless's, I’ll be as happy as a clam!!!

[chiefs70]

Originally Posted by Gort

I’ll be as happy as a clam!!!

Okay, a bit off topic here but it just struck me. Does anyone know the origin of this particular phrase? I've used the phrase a few times myself and don't exactly know why clams are happy. Please, take advantage of the humor element but feel free to drop a bit of edification if you can.

[admin]

Originally Posted by chiefs70

Okay, a bit off topic here but it just struck me. Does anyone know the origin of this particular phrase? I've used the phrase a few times myself and don't exactly know why clams are happy. Please, take advantage of the humor element but feel free to drop a bit of edification if you can.

Meaning
Very happy and content.

Origin
An early version is 'as happy as a clam at high water'. Clams are free from the attentions of predators at high tide. Perhaps that's a reason to consider them happy then. The earliest known citation doesn't mention water though. That's in 'Harvardiana', 1834:

"That peculiar degree of satisfaction, usually denoted by the phrase 'as happy as a clam'."

John G Saxe, the American writer best known for his poem 'The Blind Men and the Elephant', used the phrase in his 'Sonnet to a Clam', in the late 1840s:

Inglorious friend! most confident I am
Thy life is one of very little ease;
Albeit men mock thee with their similes,
And prate of being "happy as a clam!"
What though thy shell protects thy fragile head
From the sharp bailiffs of the briny sea?
Thy valves are, sure, no safety-valves to thee,
While rakes are free to desecrate thy bed,
And bear thee off, - as foemen take their spoil,
Far from thy friends and family to roam;
Forced, like a Hessian, from thy native home,
To meet destruction in a foreign broil!
Though thou art tender, yet thy humble bard
Declares, O clam! thy case is shocking hard!

The phrase originated in the US and possibly before 1834. In 1848 the Southern Literary Messenger - Richmond, Virginia expressed the opinion that the phrase "is familiar to everyone".

[Gort]

Jeez, did I start this???

[planenuts]

Originally Posted by Gort

Jeez, did I start this???

Like I always say....when in doubt don't bring up clams.

[admin]

Lol, I'm all facts and no fun.

[Canucklehead]

I enjoyed reading it.

That 104 looks good. Hope they don't paint panel lines on it. Didn't Historical Bob have one like this once?

[hawkonevoodoo]

Originally Posted by Canucklehead

I enjoyed reading it.

That 104 looks good. Hope they don't paint panel lines on it. Didn't Historical Bob have one like this once?

Panel lines have been mentioned to Hobby Master directly and they are working on it with the factory to come up with some way of reducing them especially where the gaps between parts is larger than on the fuselage. Example, the tail where rudder joins the tail, the gap is more pronounced than the regular panel lines and more weathering gathers there and stands out more. Like you mentioned, on some of the more colorful models, these lines stand out more.
Personally, I would be quite happy if they didn't add the weathering at all. I think they make such a nice model that it doesn't require any of this. Again, this is just my personal opinion.


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