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1. 

   Margueritem said, 5 months ago

   Reality bites, Calvin.

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   bald 716 said, 5 months ago

   the canopy is probably smeared from hobbs nose prints

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   wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

   where’s stupendous man now when you need him?

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   uma7c said, 5 months ago

   love the second panel…’roger, what should i do untill then!!!!’

   priceless!!!

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   Yukoner said, 5 months ago

   uma7c, I second your comment. That panel is brilliant.

   Calvin, all your problems have to do with the glue. So whatever you do don’t come unglued.

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   Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

   um! Houston we have a problem.

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   LX013 said, 5 months ago

   Hopeless mess!

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   landshark67 said, 5 months ago

   Always remember your equipment is made by the lowest bidder

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   grazer said, 5 months ago

   First panel: Shouldn’t that be “cRackles” instead of “cackles”?? —Typo or another bonus joke, Mr. Watterson?

   Wonderful comic. Whatta ride!

10. 

    Wildmustang1262 said, 5 months ago

    Hey Calvin! You already screwed that stupid model airplane up again!

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    baslim_the_begger said, 5 months ago

    grazer. if the voice was Hobbes’ cackles was probably right!

    From my model building days, I am all too familiar with that thumb shaped spot on the canopy.

    I too agree the second panel is brilliant

    Check your six Calvin!

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    green_engineer said, 5 months ago

    Haha, ‘enemy fighters at 2 o’clock - what should I do until then?’ Brilliant!

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    BC13 said, 5 months ago

    Roger. What should I do until then? Pray you don’t come unglued or shot down by those enemy fighters

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    jelzap said, 5 months ago

    wheres spaceman spiff when u need him

15. 

    3hourtour said, 5 months ago

    ..ok,I liked this one…

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    rshive said, 5 months ago

    They never look quite like the picture on the box. And if they don’t look right, can they work right?

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    fatima_ch said, 5 months ago

    gotta love you calvin but you sure are hopeless with your hands.

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    madampresident said, 5 months ago

    Probably should have been Pray You “COME” unglued. Then he could eject.

19. 

    FishStix said, 5 months ago

    “Schedule those enemy fighters for 5 o’clock… I have to clean this windshield!”

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    kalakini said, 5 months ago

    Anyone know the correct date of publish for this comic?

    Previous installments [of this comic series] are dated –0421 but, this is clearly –0315.

    The comic is brilliant indeed!

21. 

    Bdaysuit said, 5 months ago

    Everything’s been said. Wonderful comic.

22. 

    Madruga said, 5 months ago

    “…and get the glue out of this airplane!” =D

23. 

    rajagopalan said, 5 months ago

    Hi calvin, try some feviquik instead of glue…

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    grammahotsho said, 5 months ago

    What happens when the pilot needs to eject and he’s glued to the seat?

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    nur atiqah diyana said, 5 months ago

    the second panel is classic but calvin can always make it look good. but this strip proves smart as he is he’s still a kid :D

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    ben_david said, 5 months ago

    Who’s Roger, and how does Calvin know it’s him?

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    grazer said, 5 months ago

    Childish frustration with plastic models isn’t unique to just kids. My confession….

    Three years ago, for my 67th birthday, my gifts included a model kit of a ‘55 Chevy Nova—a semi-joke from my kids because of my constant bragging about the great car I used to drive. The box picture brought back great memories and since I was now far more mature, skilled and patient than a mere child, I accepted a challenge I hadn’t tried since a kid.

    With the skill of a surgeon I diligently applied myself to my potential masterpiece, sparing nothing by way of tools, time, organizational skills, patience and wisdom. All went incredibly well until I approached the final assembly stage several weeks later……something just wouldn’t fit quite right and after a few hours of sanding, tweaking, regluing, repainting, smudging, swearing and shaking, both me and my car finally SNAPPED.

    LIke Calvin, my mantel masterpiece was history after a private game of Destruction Derby.

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    SQUIDBREAKER said, 5 months ago

    Always scrape the beetle baileys off your windshield before increasing the altimeter expectations.

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    SQUIDBREAKER said, 5 months ago

    Any time you ask roger, he will always tell you ‘ramp art’.

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    beentheredonethat said, 5 months ago

    lol… second panel …. classic
    how come hobbes isn’t at co-pilot?
    smart tiger

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    Selma_F said, 5 months ago

    Looks like I was right. It became a fine example of an aircraft disaster. My models usually looked okay, but little things would be off…like the wheels wouldn’t move.

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    wbtthefrog said, 5 months ago

    To kalakini: The publish date incongruity might be right. If these were published in sequence, it would be a rare example of the Sunday comic being part of the dailies plot line. That didn’t happen very often, because the Sunday deadlines were so much earlier than the deadline for dailies.

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    Doug Dean said, 5 months ago

    Re smeared cockpit: if you’ve ever done a model, you know the anguish that happens when you touch any clear plastic part with the least bit of glue on your fingers. The glue actually etches into the clear plastic, smearing it into an awful mess and, need I say, no longer clear sigh.

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    bmonk said, 5 months ago

    @grazer, that can happen in RL too: a brother-in-law is restoring a his-and-her pair of cars (well, he hopes so. It may be five or ten years before he gets to hers…), but when he put on the driver’s side door, it wouldn’t open far enough. Long story short, the driver’s side door hinge was actually a passenger side hinge, only not even the seller realized. Very minor differences. About the only way to distinguish them was to put two side by side, or use the method my b-i-l did…

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    Coffee-Turtle said, 5 months ago

    mayday! mayday!