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  1. Landlubber Mike
    Looking great Craig!
  2. Landlubber Mike
    I contacted Harry for the Akagi LCP detail set, and it arrived today safely and soundly. It's amazing how the LCP process can cut (burn?) the tiny holes into the paper to represent the holes in the girder support beams. Very cool stuff! Easy transaction, and Harry uses PayPal so it's quite easy to make payment. I took pictures, but the link above has better pictures of exactly what you would get. Highly recommend the set if you are looking for added detail for your Akagi. To start the process, just send Harry an email. I used Google translate to send him an email in Korean, but he was fine with english so that's how we corresponded thereafter.
  3. Landlubber Mike
    Looks fantastic Popeye!
  4. Landlubber Mike
    That brass work is absolutely fantastic. Nice job! Are you going to leave as is? If so, do you plan to coat them with anything? Not sure if brass tarnishes, etc. Looking great!
  5. Landlubber Mike
    Yeah, hang in there. Maybe set up some alerts on eBay and just be patient. For what it's worth, I ordered that laser card upgrade set from the gentleman in Korea that I posted above. Waiting for the payment to clear, but looks like that will be a really nice add-on. I can share my thoughts on it when it arrives, but based on the other build log I linked above, it looks fantastic.
  6. Landlubber Mike
    Thanks Popeye!
  7. Landlubber Mike
    Sherline are built like tanks, you can always get replacement parts, and there are lots of accessories. It will last a lifetime for sure. I haven't used the others on your list, but can highly recommend Sherline.
  8. Landlubber Mike
    Nice work Popeye - on the home stretch! Looking fantastic!
  9. Landlubber Mike
    Nice work Kevin on those fiddly brass bits. I didn't fully appreciate the size of this kit - you sure like the tiny ones
  10. Landlubber Mike
    Looks really great OC, very nice job! With your great work, I sorta read your log with one eye closed and the other half open to avoid the temptation of starting down the rabbit hole of armor. 🙈 So many cool subjects and diorama possibilities...must...stay...away...
  11. Landlubber Mike
    Beautiful work Dan. Fingers crossed no issues as you get to the finish line.
  12. Landlubber Mike
    Well done! Amazing work as usual! Have a next build in mind?
  13. Landlubber Mike
    Mine too - don't tempt me!
  14. Landlubber Mike
    Craig, for cutting the PE out of the fret, I use X-act No.10 blades. I cut them out on acrylic plates and hold-downs that I got from The Small Shop. The hold downs are very helpful when cutting very thin PE. I've made the mistake of trying to cut the parts without the hold downs, and sometimes with things as thin as railing, the PE will curve and bend, and at this scale, can ruin the piece. https://thesmallshop.com/collections/photo-etch-cut-off-sets I just came across these #12 mini-curved blades that might work too: UMM has "precision sprue cutters" that can cut plastic and soft metals. I forget which one I bought, but they can be an option: http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/index.php?cPath=21_28
  15. Landlubber Mike
    Awesome! I'm in for this one of course! Brave man starting with a battleship! I took a look at this kit and it seemed very nice. I didn't end up picking it up as I have a bunch of IJN ships in this scale and didn't want to go down the rabbit hole of starting German ships, but it was a tough test of self-control!
  16. Landlubber Mike
    Craig, that looks really awesome! I have to say, I have been a little partial to the orange color as well as the high wing. Hope you don't mind if I end up going that route on mine as well. Those blue line tire decals look awesome. Did you get the 1/24 version? You mentioned that they looked a little big, but they seem quite nice.
  17. Landlubber Mike
    Those mines and guns look great. Fantastic detail! Nice job on the masts too. Have you seen Albion Alloys micro brass tubing? I came across them on another site and they make very small tubes that you can slide in one another.
  18. Landlubber Mike
    Looking great!
  19. Landlubber Mike
    Really great work, wow!
  20. Landlubber Mike
    Looking really great Kevin. Nice job on the funnel!
  21. Landlubber Mike
    I ordered the Rainbow sets off of eBay from a Chinese seller (globaltoy). I've placed a few orders with them and they have been very good. Good prices when it comes to 1/700 detail sets from Five Star, Artist Hobby, Rainbow, etc. You can find some of the 1/700 aftermarket from places like Freetime Hobbies, but nowhere near the selection as what you can get from Asia. You probably know of this site already, but 1999.co.jp is a great resource when looking for ship models and the various aftermarket.
  22. Landlubber Mike
    At 1:250, that's a big model! I have two of the Akagi 1/700 models in the stash. First is the Hasegawa 220 3-deck carrier from the pre-war days. Cool in that it comes with biplanes. You can also get a wooden deck (Hasegawa QG24), extra biplanes (Hasegawa QG23), and photo etch sets from Eduard (17010) and Tom's Model Works (#774). The other I have is the WWII version from Fujimi. Hunter makes decks and masks, but some really nice upgrades come from Rainbow. There are two: Rb7099 and Rb7100. Here is Rb7099 - hard to believe you can add all this detail in 1/700 😮 Rb7100 in particular looks really interesting! I don't know that I've ever seen a 1/700 kit that allows you to put together the interior of a ship like this. I first bought the pre-war three-deck Hasegawa kit since I have the 1/350 Hasegawa kit that is the wartime version, but after seeing this set from Rainbow, I couldn't pass up on getting the Fujimi kit.
  23. Landlubber Mike
    Glad to hear your wife is doing better. That's the most important thing
  24. Landlubber Mike
    Looks really great! I have the same kit but with the Infini upgrade set. I really like the PE in your sets around the bridge windows though - the PE really brings out the detail! I just looked at the Infini set and it doesn't look like there is any PE that goes there.
  25. Landlubber Mike
    Wow very nice Carl! 1/72 is not easy for sure - I found it very tricky for biplanes, and yet here you are pulling off triplanes! Nice job!

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