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  1. Jack12477
    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
  2. Jack12477
    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.
  3. Jack12477
    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.
  4. Jack12477
    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>
  5. Jack12477
    Love the long gun ! Go for it !
  6. Jack12477
    Nah ! I have had enough rigging of "tall" (or short) sailing ships for now.
  7. Jack12477
    Not sure yet ! Maybe a destroyer, or double cockpit ice yacht, or one of the wood boat kits from my stash ???? Suggestions ????
  8. Jack12477
    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.
  9. Jack12477
    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.
  10. Jack12477
    I used quite a bit of the PE but a lot of it doesn't show in the photos; camera can't pick it all up and some of it gets lost in the forest so to speak. All the vertical ladders on the crane towers are PE, all the railings around the foreward and aft guns and stern are PE, also the railings around the main structure amid-ships are PE - the points on the tower where the lines attach are PE. My next ship probably will not have as much gray as this one.
  11. Jack12477
    Danny, when I click on the PLASTIC/RESIN link I get the Card PDF file; likewise when I click on the CARD link, I get the Card PDF ....... Looks like a couple links got broken/overlaid.
  12. Jack12477
    Danny, my 2 plastic kits, The Sullivans and Liberty Ship John W Brown, are now finished
  13. Jack12477
    Well, first I need to finish this diversionary project I started while awaiting a re-supply. Have to finish the camo paint, weather it, and some extra detailing, then on to ???????? Maybe another destroyer, or destroyer escort, maybe even the sister Liberty Ship O'Brien ???? Not sure yet ? Pictures of the "diversionary project" (USMC LVTP 7A1 in winter camo)
  14. Jack12477
    Well after pouring over the diagrams and various other photos/drawings I found on the Internet. I decided to keep the rigging simple. After obtaining a roll of EZ-Line ( I thought I was ordering BLACK Fine Rope according to the picture but got Brownish/Red Fine Rope instead) - I chose FINE over HEAVy because the documentation stated that FINE was appropriate for N scale (1:160) or Z scale (1:220) and the model is 1:350, so the FINE would be slightly large for the scale. I cut some pulley blocks from the PE strip for the kit and attached a few to the rigging, didn't paint them because I wanted them to stand out somewhat rather than disappear. The EZ-Line instructions called for using a pin-drop of Thin CA to attach the EZ-Line; well the CA reacted with the rubber in the EZ-Line thread and the fumes gave me a wicked sinus issue. Switched over to Gator Grip for the rest of the installation. Did some "weathering" with chalk dust and some dry brushing with paint over the hull, deck, funnel. Here's the photos of the finished model
  15. Jack12477
    Yes, I will be there. I plan on bringing/displaying the ice yacht model. See you there.
  16. Jack12477
    Thanks, Steve
  17. Jack12477
    We're expecting the same here. Just hope it doesn't melt the ice tho - almost good enough to go ice boating in a week or two . A little surface melt and refreeze will give us a nice smooth sailing surface. See the 1888 Gaff rigged ice yacht build log in my signature for photos.
  18. Jack12477
    Reed, that's a heat wave you're having compared to my -6 F here in the Hudson Valley - USCG Ice Breakers making daily passes up the Hudson River to keep the oil heating barges moving heating oil to Albany....... Boat is coming along nicely !
  19. Jack12477
    Have you tried using Microscale Micro Sol/Set solutions on those decals ? I've had success using them to rescue old decals.
  20. Jack12477
    Yes the alligator has him tight in his jaws - good place for him too. Makes him stand still for awhile.
  21. Jack12477
    Can't speak to the MK1 but the Trumpeter are most definitely waterslide decals. I'm not familiar with anyone who includes dry transfer in a kit but I could be wrong. Most dry transfer I've seen are after-market decals.
  22. Jack12477
    I'm going to try and do the camo as winter camo. I've got too many other tanks in jungle and/or desert camo, but only one in winter camo. Yea, that figure stands atop the tank !
  23. Jack12477
    As a diversion while I await delivery of additional supplies, I decided to work on this Tamiya LVTP 7A1 amphibious tank (USMC)
  24. Jack12477
    Nice job, Reed.
  25. Jack12477
    Nice find Lou, thanks! But talk about intimidating ! Will see what I can do. Or wait for Greg's group build

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