Jack12477
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Thanks Carl, yes I had a lot of free time to work on it every day. RE: the primer - the only non-rattle can primer I have is Tamiya gloss white, I have to find some flat gray primer. I've tried the gloss white and it doesn't work to well. The other problem I have is the paint filling in the gaps between the rails, even the rattle can primer does this and I spray from a distance and keep the can moving left to right as I spray but it still fills in the "holes" with paint. Thanks CDW.. I found the Gator Grip worked well if the two pieces being mated were in a horizontal or near horizontal plane but not so well in a vertical plane. Example; trying to attach the ladder to the mast the Gator Grip did not hold long enough to set, the ladder kept falling over. Same with the railings around the upper and lower decks. The Gator didn't have enough holding power to keep them vertical until the glue set, so I had to resort to medium CA for these brass parts. Otherwise it was pretty good. General comment on painting - I'm still trying to work out the right combination of paint to thinner for my airbrushes - so far all I get is a clogged brush so I resorted to hand brushing the past 3 models. Still working on the airbrush. All of the plastic Armor (Tamiya kits) I did before were done with Floquil paint which was easy to mix (for me at least), these acrylics are a bit more difficult (for me) but they do brush on nicely. I'm also experimenting with different brands. -
Now fully assembled with most of the PE Brass installed. Still working on installing the deck railings on the main deck. Some touch-up paint, apply decals. Photos below:
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Thanks I eye-balled the lines - no tracing - used "landmarks" on the superstructure to line the panels up, applied the Tamiya Masking tape, cut some of it to get the curve - then free hand brushed it - one color at a time.
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I've been retracing my research after some discussion offline with other members. I didn't make note of this before but the USS England is a Buckley class DE, while the USS Slater is a Cannon class DE; different power plants, different silhouette, different stacks. In addition Slater spent most of her WWII service in the North Atlantic before transferring to the Pacific near the War's End, while England spent all of her service in the Pacific. Camo Measure 32, which the Slater used, is a North Atlantic camo pattern, not used in the Pacific; Measure 21, which the England used, was more heavily used in the Pacific. After comparing the two measures, I find the Measure 21 "all blue" ship a bit boring and uninteresting, while the Measure 32 pattern has more visual appeal. So ! I have decided to continue with the Measure 32 for the model since it has, for me at least, more visual appeal. The following photos are ones I took of the Slater as she was being towed back to Albany NY in June 2014 after her re-paint at a shipyard in NYC. The two photos were taken about 2 minutes apart and after the ship had moved about 100 yards north (up river) - notice the drastic change in color - same camera (digital), same lighting, bright sky bright sun. The sun is directly behind me shining directly on the ship in both photos. I also located the official US Navy Measure 32 pattern diagrams with color designations, these match the colors I have in the LifeColor set I got for the other two kits. This is my interpretation of the Measure 32 pattern. (Getting a decent lighting is a challenge - I'm using daylight rated LED lighting for the 1st two photos and for the 3rd photo I took the model outdoors under a clear blue sky with the snow acting as an additional reflector)
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Moving along: I've assembled the 3 halves of the hull and deck, given them an initial coat of paint, and installed some of the PE brass doors. This time the doors remained aligned - I used the Gator brand glue instead of the CA.
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Thanks Carl, I was thinking of this. If I can find a decent photo. Fleet? Not with only 2 ships!
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Yes, but none of his currently available masks come anywhere near matching the pattern on the Slater which I'm using for reference.
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Ken, in researching color schemes I found that the Slater and England both had the same razzle dazzle measure number, since I have photos of Slater in her dazzle scheme and I can easily drive to her dock, I decided to use her as my reference. I checked Gator website, he doesn't have masks for destroyer escorts, so I will use the photos.
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Nice ! Did you get the PE add-on too? I will look for your build log.
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I'm going to try Problem is the model is soooo small that I'm having trouble duplicating the proportions on the original (USS Slater), and the Slater museum doesn't reopen for tours until late April. So touring the actual ship will have to wait till then
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For all those who've asked "What's next?" - the answer is the 1:350 Trumpeter USS England Destroyer Escort Come join me.
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For my 3rd plastic kit build, I've chosen the 1:350 Trumpeter USS England (DE-635) Destroyer Escort kit. Background: USS England DE-635 Length : 93.2 m (305.77 ft) Beam : 11.2 m (36.7 ft) Displacement : 1400K (1.377 Long tons) The USS England was one of 142 turbo-electric (TE) series destroyer escorts commissioned between April 1943 and March 1944. Named after Ensign Charles England who was killed onboard the Oklahoma (BB-37) on 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. She was commissioned on 10 December 1943, arrived at Espiritu Santo on 12 March 1944, from where she was engaged in escort duties. Between 19 May and 31 May 1944, England, in company with George (DE-657), Raby (DE-698), and Spangler (DE-696), stalked and sank six Japanese submarines. with MK-10 "Hedgehog" Projector and Depth Charges. Following the successes against the six submarines, England continued to operate as convoy escort and was involved with operations against Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. In the end of the war, England was decomissioned on 10 December 1945. The kit includes PE Brass depth charge racks, and I've also purchase the Tom's ModelWorks PE kit for this model. I will be painting it with the WWII "razzle-dazzle" camouflage, using as a reference the actual museum ship, Destroyer Escort USS Slater (DE-766), which is on display just north of me in Albany, NY. Obligatory box photos: Included PE Tom's ModelWorks PE alongside the kit supplied PE The "razzle-dazzle" camo scheme: Photos from the USS Slater website
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Denis, in your yard find a birch, maple or oak with thin branches, prune them off, bring in house to dry. Then use any sharp knife to cut/split them into scale fire logs. I've used the method to make firewood for woodcarving figures to carry. See photos for an example.
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Semore, I built the Tamiya 1:35 German 60 cm Siege Mortar about 20 years ago, both kit versions - rail mounted (1:72 scale I think) and unmounted ready to fire. Photos below: That rail gun would make a nice model.
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I didn't say NO ships/boats, just no SAILING ships with big complex rigging. But you are getting close . The tank is finished, I decided to leave unweathered <at least for now>
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Nah ! I have had enough rigging of "tall" (or short) sailing ships for now.
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Not sure yet ! Maybe a destroyer, or double cockpit ice yacht, or one of the wood boat kits from my stash ???? Suggestions ????
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The instructions say to just put a drop of thin CA on the part where you want to connect and just touch the EZ line to it - sets almost instantly. I had no trouble using it on the Liberty Ship Brown.
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Can anyone recommend a miniature hand plane?
Jack12477 replied to Bettina's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I use this one from Lee Valley http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=70138&cat=1,230,41182,70138 Works great on small planks.
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