Jack12477
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Yes, they will be use to augment our defensive perimeter ! Got to protect our meager TP supply from the vultures, locusts and other nefarious hoarders. . -
Requisitioned 3 armor units today - hope they don't get diverted
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Well as luck would have it, I had to go to our local Post Office this morning, on the way back thru the village I had to drive past our local family owned, 5 generations, hardware store. On a whim I stopped, went inside, asked the owner if he had any BBs. Out from under the counter he pulls a bottle of 1500 BBs. He points to their sign motto on the counter, it reads "if we don't have it, you don't need it" . Voila ! Just waiting for the super glue to set! Sad thing about this pandemic is ole Dubya read a book about the 1918 Pandemic, predicted it could happen again and started to plan for it by actually stockpiling needed supplies, but two succeeding administrations gutted his efforts. You either learn from history or you are condemned to repeat it.
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Ours is 7 AM to 8:30 PM. Off-peak according them is 7-9 AM. And they only let 5 people per 1,000 sq ft of store space in at one time, so long lines at some of their stores.
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Unfortunately yes. I should have not followed the steps in sequence. I may have to just insert the rotor assembly into the insert without gluing it in place. Waiting for a chance to escape prison long enough to obtain the BBs for weights. Have to time it so I get there when the vultures are not feeding.
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Make that 3rd that
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This is Trumpeter, Ken, not Tamiya; no poly caps in this kit. Wish there were tho.
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Not on this kit, OC
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I like it. Looks realistic to me.
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Not sure Lou. As I assembled it I made sure no glue got on the shaft pin that runs down thru the assembly, but I cannot see how the thing will rotate if I glue that pin into the hole in that black rimmed insert. Also cannot see how I can insert it in hole either since I am inserting it blind, no way to see the hole. Have to play around with it to figure it out. I will try to post some close ups later
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Yep, except it is all RR colors or weathering, no mil spec colors left unfortunately. Thanks.
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Edward OC, thanks.
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They are copper clad steel BB's, Ken. Was only planning on using them as supplemental weights, not paint mixing. Have a battery powered mixer from MicroMark for that function. Works great, even on old almost dried out Floquil paint. So as I await the hazmat suit and my venture out to Wally World in search of BBs, I have gotten this far with the build. Unfortunately the rotor blades were not designed to rotate on this model so I have to make that the last addition.
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Yep ! But I may need a hazmat suit to get them
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Already exhausted that avenue, OC. Either too big to fit or not heavy enough. I have a local source just have to wait for an time when there are few customers, like mid week at 7 AM....
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Before I can finish the rest of the model I have to add 3-4 grams of weight/ballast to the nose so it will sit level. Right now it is tail heavy. This incarceration is making it difficult to run and and pick up a packages of BBs since I have nothing in stock that will fit down into the well. More later !
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Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
Jack12477 replied to lmagna's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
WOW ! Nice detail and nice paint job, Lou -
Thanks, Carl ! Yes I think it is called Ghost Gray Did not mask windows. Tried to but could get it to work for me. I coated them with Pledge acrylic floor wax first to protect them as best I can. Even diluting the Model Master enamel did not go too well, kept clogging the pipette so I could not get an accurate measure. Ended up free handing it with the sort of diluted enamel. I definitely do not like Testors Model Master paints. I wanted to try Mr Color but the source I found had a large selection of colors to choose from, unlike my other two sources, but the colors I wanted were all on backorder with no estimated delivery date so I had to settle with the Testors I already had on hand.
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Well, now that we've gotten the approval of our armchair CNO on the correct hue for the helo, I can proceed with the assembly. Upper fuselage Main body assembled Added the canopy Some touch up painting - stabilizer fins added to tail section Painting the canopy frame by hand was a challenge and a half. Tried masking but that didn't work too well, so I resorted to free-handing it. And now back to the incarceration cell, errr, workshop
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I thought it was blue over green ! 😎😉🤔
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Thanks.
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On my tablet screen and my laptop screen and to naked eye it looks red.
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White balance is set to daylight and the LED worklight is rated daylight, 5200 Kelvin I think. I know color daylight film is rated 5600-5800 K
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Thanks, OC
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I assume that is 30% thinner / 70% paint? I have been using acrylics also but not diluted. I pour a little into a plastic egg carton shape easel, dip brush in clean water, pickup a dab of paint on brush then apply. Area depends on size of brush I am using. For this model I did the hull in enamel to get the color hue I needed. Most everything else will be acrylic if and where I can. For example, the cockpit detail above is all done with acrylic, hand brushed. Ditto interior of cabin.
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