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thibaultron reacted to yvesvidal in Swampscott Dory by Oldguydory - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters
For a first attempt, it is lovely. Fantastic job.
Yves
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thibaultron reacted to bolin in Swampscott Dory by bolin - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - scale 1:12
Step by step I have now steamed, bent and glued the first and second planks to the frames. I had no previous experience with steaming and bending wood in this manner. I was rather surprised of how easy it was.
However as I feared the alignment of the frames was not correct and the otherwise probably perfectly cut planks needed some persuasion to put in place.
In the following picture it is easy to see the gap between the frame and the first plank. As it is now the frame is to narrow, and I had to force (mildly) the second plank in position. What I have learned is that I should have dry fitted the frames and planks in some way to check that they fit.
I did consider backtracking and breaking up all the glue, but I'm afraid that I would break some of the planks by doing that. I have also dry fitted the rest of the planks and it looks like it will be possible to shape them nicely.
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thibaultron reacted to ccoyle in Modelik T448P Diesel Locomotive by vulcanbomber - 1:25 scale - CARD
Modelik is one of those publishers who publish the work of many out-of-house designers. If you like this model and decide to do additional RR models, the key will be to look for the designer's name on the issue in addition to the publisher.
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thibaultron reacted to lmagna in Wulfe Hound by popeye the sailor - FINISHED - Revell - 1:72 scale - PLASTIC
Just goes to show that one can learn something new every day. I suppose I can chalk it up to a general lack of interest in the everyday aircraft of the Luftwaffe but that is no excuse in reality. Using two engines side by side rather than inline seems an odd way to deal with the horsepower requirements but it seems that when most of the bugs were worked out the design was reasonably effective. It appears that more than 700 of the later models were produced by the latter stages of the war. But to my eye they were pretty ugly aircraft!
To make an interesting companion to Denis' Wulfe Hound though is this aircraft:
Sure proof of what Mark said above, everyone was doing it.
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thibaultron reacted to popeye the sailor in Wulfe Hound by popeye the sailor - FINISHED - Revell - 1:72 scale - PLASTIC
there was another plane too..........read it this afternoon........but it too had problems with engines. they really weren't looking for long range....they did more R+D on their armor. they were capturing quite a few B 17's and B 24's anyway, so they really didn't have to worry about it. the book has quite a list of aircraft that the KG acquired. some pictures in the middle of the book are in color, and most of the black 'n whites do have some descriptions of how they were painted.
today, I cleaned up the underbelly wing parts........they will get a primer spray, before they get the yellow coat. I was looking through the White ensign paints that Lou sent me, and I do believe I have the paint figured out. I
I might have the missing turret thing solved as well.
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thibaultron reacted to Canute in Wulfe Hound by popeye the sailor - FINISHED - Revell - 1:72 scale - PLASTIC
Actually, the He -177 was a 4 engine bomber, but it had 2 motors in each of the nacelles. Engine fires were a bugaboo, along with the landing gear collapsing under those nacelles. Like Chris said, all engines had to go into production of Reich Defense fighters. Thankfully, the Me262 being developed in mid war spent so much time messing around with making it into a dive bomber that they didn't have enough to form up full fighter wings. They had squadrons of 262s and protection squadrons of FW-190 and Ta 152s to cover them in their takeoff and landing phases.
Look up or find a copy of "Warplanes of the Third Reich" by William Green. It's a very large tome. There is a lot of info on all this in Green's book. And black & white pictures.
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thibaultron reacted to popeye the sailor in Wulfe Hound by popeye the sailor - FINISHED - Revell - 1:72 scale - PLASTIC
basically, that's how they started out Ron.......they were using airliners as reconnaissance planes. they left the marking on to hide the purpose. Russia and the surrounding countries knew it though, but didn't do anything about it. you might say that their heavy aircraft was developed from the planes they had on hand......Dornier and Heinkel. Junkers {JU 86 & 88's} I believe had pressurized cabins, which could fly as high as 41,000 ft
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thibaultron reacted to Kevin in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
wonderful work Danny
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thibaultron reacted to VTHokiEE in Chesapeake Bay Flattie by EricWilliamMarshall - FINISHED - Midwest Products - Scale 1:32 - SMALL
Wow you really went all out! Experimenting with this stuff is equal parts exciting and extreme frustration 🙂
When you tried to fold over and iron the seams at scale did you use any pins? That may (or may not) have helped.
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thibaultron reacted to EricWilliamMarshall in Chesapeake Bay Flattie by EricWilliamMarshall - FINISHED - Midwest Products - Scale 1:32 - SMALL
I also attempted: to sew a set of sail, I tried paper, cloth, spray stiffener, etc. I found I couldn't use the iron "at scale" to fold over the edges of a sail. Both sewing and paper are worth more work but are slightly out of reach due to skill and resource constraints.
I tried using an acrylic paste over plastic wrap over a mold.
When drying the whole arrangement, I (re)discovered the principle behind shrink-wrap, which led to wrinkles in the sail. There is potential for the paste but I need to play around a bit more for it to be presentable.
I tried using a foam tile as a possible mold:
That worked well seemingly so until I saw the back:
At the moment, just paint the sail with polyurethane has proved best so far. That allows me to skip trying to iron over the seams without have too many loose ends.
Little by little...
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thibaultron reacted to EricWilliamMarshall in Chesapeake Bay Flattie by EricWilliamMarshall - FINISHED - Midwest Products - Scale 1:32 - SMALL
I made some rings for the mast out of brass wire:
And blackened them.
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thibaultron reacted to Duanelaker in Dinghy by Duanelaker - FINISHED - Midwest Products - 1:12
Thanks everyone! They were quite enjoyable builds...not sure what’s next after the Dory.
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thibaultron reacted to GrandpaPhil in Dinghy by Duanelaker - FINISHED - Midwest Products - 1:12
Well done!
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thibaultron reacted to yvesvidal in Dinghy by Duanelaker - FINISHED - Midwest Products - 1:12
Small but beautiful collection.
Yves
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thibaultron reacted to Duanelaker in Dinghy by Duanelaker - FINISHED - Midwest Products - 1:12
I did a few more coats, made a rope coil and I think I am calling this one finished.
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thibaultron reacted to mtaylor in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Ingenious solution, Danny.
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thibaultron reacted to mhkash in I-400-Class Submarine by mhkash - FINISHED
Hello All
I started Building the I-400 Class Submarine Model, which is a Japanese Submarine and were considered the largest submarines of World War II and remained the largest ever built until the construction of nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the 1960s. I got the Following Info from Wiki
Each submarine had four 1,680 kW (2,250 hp) engines and carried enough fuel to go around the world one-and-a-half times. Located approximately amidships on the top deck was a cylindrical watertight aircraft hangar, 31 m (102 ft) long and 3.5 m (11 ft) in diameter. The outer access door could be opened hydraulically from within or manually from the outside by turning a large hand-wheel connected to a rack and spur gear. The door was made waterproof with a 51-mm-thick (2.0 in) rubber gasket.
I plan to follow the same Tech. that I use in building Model Schooners and brigs. Here are some photos ..
Thank you
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thibaultron reacted to Duanelaker in Dinghy by Duanelaker - FINISHED - Midwest Products - 1:12
I have been adding more coats of poly satin finish on...so far so good! I also finished the seats. I should be wrapping this one up by end of week for sure.
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thibaultron got a reaction from mtaylor in Wulfe Hound by popeye the sailor - FINISHED - Revell - 1:72 scale - PLASTIC
The weird thing about the German bombers, is that they never developed a 4 engine bomber, even though they had a 4 engine airliner, that they used as a reconnaissance aircraft. They used them to track Naval and convoy ships.
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thibaultron reacted to jgodsey in Swampscott Dory by bolin - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - scale 1:12
Hi Tobias,
This was my first build as well. Fun kit and definitely a good teach aid.
Have fun!
Jim
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thibaultron reacted to yvesvidal in Moebius 2001 XD-1 DISCOVERY - Polystyrene - 1/144 - Yves Vidal - Finished
I am working on the cargo pods of the rear spine. Assembly of the A (long) and B (medium) types has been completed and installed:
It is important to be very methodical with these Pods as parts can be easily mixed up.
Yves
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thibaultron reacted to BobG in Swampscott Dory by Oldguydory - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters
Gorgeous boat. Well done!
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thibaultron reacted to Kris Avonts in Need CAD type program
That is fantastic news, Ab.
I can hardly wait to walk around in that virtual ship.
And the fact that it took 3 years for that model makes me realize that I have to spend some more effort.
thanks and regards,
Kris
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thibaultron reacted to bruce d in Need CAD type program
I look forward to this. I have downloaded the DELFTship program and have dabled with it. It is clear that this is a great tool but also obvious that I am in new territory.
Thanks again,
Bruce
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thibaultron reacted to Ab Hoving in Need CAD type program
Hi Kris,
Personally I am not a man with enough skills and knowledge to make you any wiser, but I work with my favorite - co-operator Rene Hendrickx. I asked him to make a sort of mini tutorial how to transfer a 2D lines plan into a 3D image with the help of DELFTship. I will post his contribution here as soon a possible. Hope it will bring you some new insights.
Ab
Oh, and eh... the ship I showed is a masterpiece indeed. We worked almost three years on it and it is now in the process of being worked around in a virtual world environment on an internet site, allowing you to walk around in the ship and extracting information from every constructional part of the vessel.
'Soon to be seen in this theatre...':-)
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