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  1. jwvolz
    Mike, The brass colored ones are older. The current releases are all the stainless colored material, which I agree is much harder than brass. It's probably also cheaper to manufacture... The film instruments in general on Eduard sets get sandwiched between two pieces of PE to form the panel. They usually look pretty good when completed.
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    Cut the 3/16 planks to the width you need. That won't be the same on all frames, they will require tapering as on the real vessel. Wider at the stern and narrower at the bow. Which planks do the instructions say to start with in those belts?
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    The closest kit you'll find to her would be the Caldercraft Snake.
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    Nice work so far.
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    I miss AM as well. Their engineering was fantastic. Good luck with the builds Mike.
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    Looking really nice Hank.
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    In a similar vein to David's suggestion of fine rigging line, you might want to also consider black monofilament line. I think it might work really well, and should give you a good scale effect.
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    There are only a few frames on the dory plans. I traced those onto some basswood sheet to make formers, and also installed the transom at the correct angle. Small strips were bent to shape to form the frames (very severe bends at bottom), and the hull was planked with basswood strips. As the dory has a flat bottom, I did not worry about taper, as it gets sanded flat before the bottom of the hull is installed. It was more important to get the uppermost plank fitted correctly to the sheer.
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    Thanks guys. Nice kit, and I really liked the unique markings.
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    Wrapped this up last week and finally grabbed some photos.
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    Nice David. Good to see another fishing schooner build going on.
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    Very cool Ken. Amazing technology development since then...
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    Here's your inspiration to build the Dauntless as promised Mike. I just looked, there are nine listings for the kit on eBay, many with pretty good prices. Go for it!
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    Perfect! Put the Sniper on the starboard side and the HTS on the port side of the intake. They're both in that set. You can then use the GBU-31's or 38's in that set as well.
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    Ken, Yes, but they are capable of a lot more now, including more advanced laser functions. For example the Sniper also has a FLIR, digital data recorder, and HDTV with video downlink for both targeting and surveillance.
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    Nice work Mike! You certainly were a glutton for punishment with both the subject and scale for your first efforts! If you want a great yellow wings subject, try to track down on eBay an AM SBD-1 Dauntless. One of their nicest kits and it looks great in that paint scheme. My finished one is somewhere in my attic. I'll try to find it and get a picture.
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    In that case just put the 28 on the starboard side. The HTS is much smaller in diameter.
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    In general the Block 50's usually seem to have the HTS mounted even when equipped with Litening/Sniper, but you don't have one in that kit I take it, since it is the Block 25/32 kit. Do you have the Sniper pod? The rest of the ordnance Tamiya gives you is fine with the Sniper pod. Just follow their directions as to which pylons.
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    That's some fantastic work Richard. You should be a watchmaker!
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    The Latham carried a dory in addition to the seine boat, to secure the other end of the seine as it was circled around a school of fish. There is a plan for one included on the sheet with the seine boat, but it is not very complete. I found a plan online that was noted as "free". I scaled it to 1/48th and printed it out. A simple building board will be constructed and frames made out based on the plans. Shouldn't be too bad to build as it has a flat bottom. I'll build it out of basswood, since it all gets painted anyway.
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    It's a Sniper pod. A more advanced targeting/surveillance pod.
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    Javlin, The pod in those two photos on the port side is the HTS pod for the HARM missile. The Litening pod goes on the starboard side.
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    Thanks Cabbie.
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    Given those paint choices, if you are going to hand brush use Model Masters. I love Vallejo's "Air" line for the airbrush, but the regular stuff just doesn't brush as nicely as MM.
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    The Dragon armor kits are very nice. The color you want is German Panzer Grey. Most paint lines have it including Vallejo in the Air line. It faded as it aged, so it will depend upon how weathered you'd like it to be.

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