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  1.    GrandpaPhil reacted to a post in a topic: Typhoon by mtdoramike - Dumas - here we go again
  2. mtdoramike
    I have the drive train all set up and ready for installation, when I get around to putting it in, but I aint at that stage quite yet.
  3.    CDW reacted to a post in a topic: Typhoon by mtdoramike - Dumas - here we go again
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    Happy New Year to you and family as well, yep I have been cat scratch busy the last week or so, but I try to spend at least an hour a day on which ever build I'm doing at the time. Now sometimes I will spend the whole hour just looking at the build and trying to decide if I want to build a certain area like suggested by the instructions or do I want to modify or change it LOL.
  5.    mtdoramike reacted to a post in a topic: Typhoon by mtdoramike - Dumas - here we go again
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    I have the first layer of planking done on the hull with just a bit of cleaning up to do on her. Dumas provides a couple of templates to use to cut the bow and stern blocks from some hard wood or at the very least hard balsa for the nose and rear of the boat. Once glue dries, you have to sand down the blocks to form the contour of the hull.
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    I started the first layer of planking with the balsa strips. I did what I usually do to most kits and that is to take scrap pieces of wood and beef up the frames, which are 1/8" plywood in order to make them 1/4" which gives me a wider surface to lay the planking as well as more of a gluing surface.
  14. mtdoramike started following Introducing myself to the Forum, Best glue for plastic models? and 1:200 Bismarck - coming soon!
  15. mtdoramike
    Thanks James.
  16. mtdoramike
    I'm wanting to know what is the best glue for plastic model boats and ships especially those that are built for Radio Control/water use? Anyone have any ideas, I remember the old Testers and Tamiya model airplane glues that I assume were outlawed because of glue sniffers😜
  17.    mtdoramike reacted to a post in a topic: Converting a Backyard Shed into a Model Workshop
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    $533.00 usd ainht a bad price for that kit and at 50 inches, she'll be a biggun for sure.
  20.    mtdoramike reacted to a post in a topic: 1:200 Bismarck - coming soon!
  21. mtdoramike
    Thanks for the heads up James, this is going to be an awesome kit, from the pics this is going to be one of the most detailed kits of the Biz around. Any idea what the asking price will be?
  22. mtdoramike
    Welcome to the forums, rigging is one of my favorite parts of the build because it makes a tall ship a tall ship and has such a dramatic effect once completed. There are numerous rigging books on the market, which will help you out.
  23. mtdoramike
    Very good job on the Prince. I like the weathering and the paint job.
  24.    mtdoramike reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Prince of Wales by Henke - FINISHED - Tamiya - Plastic - Glue galore
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  27. mtdoramike
    I'm loving that wood deck, she's looking beautiful!
  28. mtdoramike
    I'll bet that got the to steppin.
  29. mtdoramike
    hahahahahaha, everything. Don't you mean malarkey?
  30. mtdoramike
    There should be enough room for the motor and the prop. I ordered a Graupner 600 motor for her. It looks like it is going pretty well right now, but one thing I have learned in my old age is, ( for every positive action, there is always a negative reaction and I'm sure there will be one here, but it hasn't shown itself yet.
  31. mtdoramike
    I'm replacing the two pieces (K7 & K6), which goes on the bottom of the stern and K6 is supposed to be removeable to allow access to the rudder arm, but since I'm making a new access panel on the top, this is no longer needed. So I'm replaces these two pieces with a solid piece of plywood. My main issue was to make sure I was going to have enough clearance between the prop and the rudder since I was moving the rudder forward about 1/2".

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