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- Birthday 08/17/1973
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Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: USCG Harriet Lane by _SalD_ - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:96
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Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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Landlubber Mike started following Vallejo plastic putty for wood models , Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle , Euromodel Como = possibly closing doors and 2 others
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Hey Glen, I haven't been on MSW much the past few months but just found your log. Wow, what a great job! You're getting very good with these SIB builds! For what it's worth, on the stand, I have a slight preference for #2 as well. I like the concept of #1, but I think I prefer the simplicity of the tree over the stand. Can't go wrong with either approach though.
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Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Kentoshi-sen by Glen McGuire - 1/400 - Bottle
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mikegr reacted to a post in a topic: Mitsubishi A6M5a Rei-sen by ccoyle - Halinski/Kartonowy Arsenal - 1/33 - CARD - Allied code name "Zeke"
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Amazing work Glen!! Really well done! I loved the video too - shows really well what a stellar model this became.
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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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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!
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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
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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!
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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.
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Thanks Bob, really appreciate it!
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