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Craig, go to YouTube and search on Hudson River ice boats, you will find dozens of videos of our boats. Look for the video with the Brass Band. The photos above are from March 2014, the last time we had foot thick ice on the river and the gathering with the Brass Band. This year 2019-2020 was the year winter never arrived
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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
Lou, be glad it was only 1:35 scale PE and not 1:350 scale ! Lookin good ! -
Edward, Mike, Craig, Denis, Lou thanks. Denis, not sure what is next. I have 2 wood small boat kits, another 1:350 scale US Destroyer USS Sherman I think, sitting on the stash pile. Not sure if I want to do wood or plastic. And I still have the full scale 1:1 ice yacht restoration. Lou, do you really think a seasoned ice boater needs to put the top up to go for a ride on a sunny Feb or March day ? Especially after routinely gliding across the frozen ice of the Hudson river at 40 to 50 mph on a brisk sunny day with air temps between 20 and 30 Fahrenheit? You do need to come East and enjoy some real Winters !
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B-25 Mitchell "Meet Miss Runyon" by Javlin-HK-1/32
Jack12477 replied to Javlin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Kevin, thanks ! Don't have a biscuit cutter/joiner but I think I can improvise. I certainly have plenty of scrap lumber on hand. -
B-25 Mitchell "Meet Miss Runyon" by Javlin-HK-1/32
Jack12477 replied to Javlin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Love it also. Would like to copy it. Could you provide some construction details please. Are the two bases glued together or just placed side by side in use ? What size are the dowels ? Thanks ! Plane is looking great ! -
Finished Windshield got a little messy - fell out twice on me - used Gator Grip Acrylic glue first time - 2nd time use G-S Hypo Cement - smudged it a bit putting it back in. Otherwise all came out okay - applied two coats of Pledge floor wax over the acrylic paint body before gluing on the chrome fiddly bits. Now to shrink the kids and take a ride in the Countryside
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WOW. That was some GPS malfunction - we took quite a detour thru the forests Getting back on track. I primed the black plastic body parts with Tamiya Fine grey primer. Then repainted them in a Dark Chocolate. For the side panels (cast in yellow) I over painted them with a Sand color and for the seats and other interior upholstery I painted them Fawn color. Then started to assemble the pieces. Interestingly the transmission, engine oil pan are chrome plated. I would expect the engine head cover to be chrome but this is a new one for me. Note to Lou: The floor wax has not been applied to the Chocolate Brown fenders yet. That should deepen the color and provide a nice gloss look.
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Being cursed with four eyes, aka nearsightedness, since the 3rd grade, as presbyopia set in with advancing age, I find I can cheat by either removing my glasses completely or just pull them down my nose a bit and look over the rims while bringing the book a liitle closer to my face. I do have so called reading glasses and I did try bifocals but cheating is far simpler. And I don't have to play trombone either !
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Mark, I use the MicroScale brand of products, Sol, Set, Flat and Gloss. If the surface is not glossy I brush on the Gloss first, let dry, apply decal using Set or Sol, let dry, then either brush on the Flat over the decal or use rattle can Testors Dullcote and spray entire surface. If you want the decal glossy brush the Gloss on instead. I think MicroMark carries the MicroScale products. I've used them for years with good results with airbrushed paint as well as hand brushed paint. Sol can be used to rescue an old decal that has dried out and is peeling off. Just brush on decal, use brush to press decal back down, then cover with Gloss or Flat when dry. The Flat and Gloss look milky in jar but dry clear.
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