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Landlubber Mike
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I was just going to ask the same thing. In a card model, how do you mount such things and how is it locked in? -
Looking great Chris! We went to Gatlinburg for the first time two summers ago and really enjoyed it. I bet it's gorgeous out there right now with the fall foliage.
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Nicely done Alan!
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Thanks for the time and the explanation Dan. Thanks also for the tip on adding X-22 to Tamiya matt paints. I'll have to try that.
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Hey Dan, this looks great! The Bulldog is such a cool looking subject. Silver Wings makes a great 1/32 resin kit that I've been eyeing, but this Airfix kit looks fantastic. Airfix seems to have really upped their game. Their Walrus practically snapped together and had very good detail. One question if you don't mind. How do you approach a model where the fuselage is aluminum but there are painted on details that are likely flat in color like the anti-glare coat? Do you gloss everything for the decal coats and weathering, then come back and apply a flat clear to the anti-glare coat? That seems a little tricky to mask off when more of the details are on the plane. I've been thinking of hand brushing Dullcote on my anti-glare section for my CW-22 to tone down the gloss a bit, but wondering if there are other approaches to consider. Thanks!
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Another nice one Alan - well done!
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Looks really good Alan! Your paint job is fantastic! Did you mask the bridge and the funnel and airbrush to get the different colors? Or did you just hand brush? I have to do something similar with my Akitsushima and am a bit worried about masking with the delicate PE attached.
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Looks great Chris! Hopefully the fuselage went together a lot easier than the Accurate Miniatures kit I’m working on. I had a really hard time buttoning it up!
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Excellent rigging Kevin, wow! Fantastic job my friend!
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Yeah, I got stuck trying to scratch build the wing fold mechanism. I probably have the skills to finish it now so I should just knock it out.
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I'm kicking myself for not picking up that kit. Looks like a good one!
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Awesome subject Chris! I really need to finish mine. Looking forward to following along!
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Maybe paint them the camo color but dry brush them with a slightly lighter color for highlights? That would help set them off better and given that they are on the outside, the light would be hitting them first/brightest.
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I saw that too - bidding almost doubled at end 😳
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Great subject and excellent start! Glad you were able to locate the knocked off pieces. Does the hull come with the windows already like that? Looks really good. Makes me want to pull out one of my Flyhawk kits. I think I have the Lutzsow and Bismarck in the stash.
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Looks really good. I just got Very Fire's 1/700 Missouri kit - their kits are very well done, and very comprehensive. I was really impressed.
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Thanks Alan! The Artist Hobby set is very well done, I'm just hoping to not screw it up too much. I have always liked the Akitsushima. It's the kit that got me sucked into the plastic WW2 ship model world - first kit I bought. I later found a 1/350 Snowman kit of the Akitsushima which I'll build some day too. It's resin and PE, and seems to build up very nicely. Probably a little easier than the 1/700 kit given the scale and fact that the bridge is mostly resin, rather than built completely from PE.
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Thanks man! I'm slowly getting better at it. And yeah, I really like the quirky vessels for sure. Wow, that AJM kit looks fantastic! Very cool subject with the camo, two raised flight decks and the different colored biplanes. That's going to be a stunning model. I saw one on Modellmarine.de that had some good information in case you haven't seen it: https://www.modellmarine.de/index.php/modelle/493-nick-shipp/5269-2018-07-04-05-22-49 AJM models seem to be very similar to the Niko kits. Both from Poland and are all in one multimedia kits of resin and PE of rare subjects. But, a lot better (more detailed instructions). I'll have to put AJM on the list!
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Thanks! I tend to use an Optivisor with LED lighting, but found that I can usually get away without it as I have a pretty strong LED desk lamp. I'm always yelling at my kids for reading in the dark, but I think it's just my eyes that need more light. I'm also using very fine tweezers (from Dumont) which help. Luckily I have fairly steady hands, so long as I don't drink too much coffee. Thanks again for looking in!
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I've been making some good progress on the Akitsushima. The Artist Hobby set is really well done, I couldn't recommend it more for this kit. Here I added porthole surrounds to the hull - there are lots of them, and it's a bit tricky when they are about 1mm in diameter: Bridge just about completed - need to add some doors and equipment. Looking at this, I might need to add porthole surrounds as well. Deck mostly completed. Still have some work to do on the rear crane mast section: Cannons built up: The kit comes with two seaplanes - a Kawanishi H6K Type 97 (Mavis) and a Kawanishi H8K Type 2 (Emily). I plan on putting one on the deck and one in the water. Need to decide which goes where as I'll add spinning props to the one in the water to show a water landing. There's not much room on the deck so I might include the smaller one on there. I might actually try to model it hoisted on the crane rather than on the deck turntable. Just need to figure out how to it was done and make sure whatever line holding it is of material that can support the weight. Here are some detail pieces. I think at this point the main detail piece I need to complete is the rear crane tower. I already have the crane section built up, but need to figure out how to do the tower which is a little complicated: Thanks for looking in!
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Another cool figure Alan! Well done!
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Wow BE, another stellar model! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing the journey.
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Looks like another great one! Looking forward to following along Alan - you do great work! By the way, love the Black Cat aftermarket you are using. I've picked up a few of their items for future projects myself.
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