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Landlubber Mike

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  • Birthday 08/17/1973

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  9. Landlubber Mike
    Wow, nice paint job! Tricky but you nailed it! For custom decals, I think someone mentioned this, but you can design decals on your computer and print them out on your printer with special decal paper. I haven't had to go that route, but I can see trying it out in the future. From what I've seen from others, it doesn't sound as hard as it might seem. The one tricky thing is printing "white". You might need a special printer for that. There were these Alps printers that could print white, but maybe others now can print it as well. Maybe an easier alternative would be to design your own stencils/masks for the lettering. You design it on your computer, then get something like a Cricut machine to cut them out. If you don't want to do it yourself, there are outfits out there that can help you like this one below: https://kitmasx.com/pages/custom-mask-requests
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    Good choice in going red Craig. Your Ferrari is stunning! And thanks for posting pics of models from the show. You've got some talented people down there! I really like your Bugatti - what kit/scale is it?
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    Oh no, that is terrible news! I've dealt with them on a couple of occasions and they were incredibly nice. Hope they can sell their business - they really put out some beautiful kits of some very nice subjects.
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    Oh yes, now I remember your log! Such a great build, love it!
  25. Landlubber Mike
    Oh wow, even cooler! Hope you can figure out the linking - that seems like a cool model. I remember Yves beautiful work. I have the Revell 1/144 kit with the Pontos set, along with the 1/72 kit with the full David Parkins upgrades that someone here on MSW was building at one point. I love the Flower Class corvettes - just want to get my skill level up to do the two kits justice!
  26. Landlubber Mike
    Alan is that the Revell 1/72 Flower Class kit? Apologies if I forgot that you built it, but it’s a nice model, wow!
  27. Landlubber Mike
    Nice work Craig! The piping on the seats came out really well. Hope you played the lottery - you were certainly on a lucky streak that day!
  28. Landlubber Mike
    Such a beautiful and epic build. Really nice job!! I sometimes have a similar beverage at hand as in post #2574 to get through parts of a build
  29. Landlubber Mike
    That came out really great! There's a certain charm of these small craft that you just don't get with the typical model of a British 18th century warship. Well done!
  30. Landlubber Mike
    That came out really great Alan! Love the colors you used - they complement each other nicely. Pretty quick build for something fairly complicated, you've become quite the expert at this scale! I chuckled when I read your part about the missing mast. Definitely has happened to us all!
  31. Landlubber Mike
    I wouldn't use Vallejo putty as it's for plastic models. It's also unfortunately known to shrink. You have a variety of options depending on the size of the cracks and whether you are painting the the section: If very small, I'd consider filling the gap with wood glue and then immediately sanding the area before the glue dries. The sawdust will catch in the wood glue and no more gap. If very small and area will be painted, you can also use super glue - use medium to fill the gap, and then sand flush. Super glue doesn't shrink so it's a very good option. But, you can't stain, etc. it so really this option is only if you are going to paint the area. If small or especially if larger gap, then wood putty works great. The wood putties tend not to shrink as much as the putties for plastic models.
  32. Landlubber Mike
    Thanks Bob, really appreciate it!
  33. Landlubber Mike
    Thanks Gary, really appreciate the kind words!
  34. Landlubber Mike
    Another really nice one Andrew. Looks perfect!
  35. Landlubber Mike
    Really well done Andrew!! Nice job!

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