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  1. Jack12477
    Looks like I got the first seat in the bleechers, Carl.
  2. Jack12477
    Try living in the Finger Lakes region this past week. Seneca Lake, the 2nd longest (38 miles, 61 km) and largest (by volume, estimated at 3.81 cubic miles or 15.9 cubic km) lake in the Finger Lakes saw the lake level rise 10 inches between 3:30 AM and 1:00 PM on this past Tuesday after 5-9 inches of rain fell in a short period of time over the southern end of the lake. Seneca Lake, for those not familiar, holds about half the total volume of all the other Finger Lakes. Cayuga Lake, its neighbor and the longest of the lakes( just under 40 miles, 64 km), experienced a water level rise of about 3 inches. That's a lot of acre feet of water. The system sat off the New England coast pumping moisture off the Atlantic into central NY in a counter clockwise pattern, dumping most of it over the Finger Lakes area and central Pennsylvania.
  3. Jack12477
    Then I would say you succeeded beyond all expectations.
  4. Jack12477
    Outstanding job on the weathering effects, Carl. But really, Carl !?!? Would any Fleet Admiral allow one of his active duty Naval Warships to get that grungy ? I would think at the Admiral's next Inspection visit, he'd relieve the ship's Captain of his command and put the crew on latrine duty for not keeping their ship all nice and ship-shape and "purdy" <pretty>. Or is this one of those mothballed ships? But again ! Outstanding job of weathering.
  5. Jack12477
    That worked well. You can play with the light intensity just by adding or removing layers of tissue. Nice work on the boat and painting.
  6. Jack12477
    why not just use the weights they use in the Pinewood Soapbox derby cars the Scouts build and race - they can be cut to various sizes and would easily fit inside - I think Loews, Home Depot and Michaels all sell the kits and accessories.
  7. Jack12477
    CDW, try placing a single layer of Kleenex (brand or any similar brand) tissue over the built-in flash when you take the pictures. If one layer still is too bright then add another layer. The tissue will diffuse the light, make it softer and help keep from "washing out the color" in the extreme close-ups. You'll have to experiment with the number of layers of tissue until you get what you want. It's an old photographers trick.
  8. Jack12477
    Brooklyn or Rainbow ?????
  9. Jack12477
    CDW - Could be? But on my cameras, it's on the SET FUNCTION button (or FUNC SET). On yours trying selecting it and see if you get a screen with various LIGHTING settings - you are probably on AWB (Automatic White Balance) which sometimes doesn't work well when you switch between indoor and outdoor especially when you take the camera off of AUTO mode and select one of the other modes, e.g. AV (Aperature Preferred/Priority), TV (Shutter Preferred) or P (Programmed), etc. On mine when I take it off of AUTO, I manually select the Lighting mode (WB). I'm using a Canon PowerShot SX130.
  10. Jack12477
    It is the white balance WB setting, change from indoor (tungsten) to Daylight, in Daylight the tungsten setting creates a blueish cast to the light; in contrast the Daylight setting will cause a yellowish or orangeish cast when used indoors.
  11. Jack12477
    I've purchased four books on four different occasions from Bob and had absolutely no problems and the books arrived in a very short time. I agree, contact Bobcat here on MSW. Also double check your credit card's monthly statement and see if it was actually charged for the order, it could be the order never went thru properly.
  12. Jack12477
    I used them to get parts (mostly bolts) for my ice yacht scratch build - great stuff and fast turn-around on orders.
  13. Jack12477
    Looks to me like you did it right - the ends do tend to be thicker .
  14. Jack12477
    Ken, glad to hear that you and the model made it safely across the Bronx's Ho Chi Min trail. It hasn't changed in 20 years. I think some of those potholes could swallow a tank. Enjoy the Atlantic and Long Island Sound and your family stay - it's pretty hot and humid up here in "Upstate" Catskills also.
  15. Jack12477
    Great model and great diorama Piet. It is a fitting memorial to your Father. And thanks for the history lesson. Very informative, albeit a bit painful for you, but informative for all of us and very well told. Thanks
  16. Jack12477
    You can find those in Home Depot, Kurt, except theirs are green, otherwise same.
  17. Jack12477
    Me too!
  18. Jack12477
    You're log is recovered.
  19. Jack12477
    Nice job on the rust. Looks like an old tub (rust bucket) in mothballs .....
  20. Jack12477
    Ditto what everyone has said above. Fantastic job. Thanks for taking us along, I learned a lot from your restoration.
  21. Jack12477
    I have no problems viewing any photos posted in this thread.
  22. Jack12477
    What Browser are you using OC ? I'm using Firefox and having no problems with the photos.
  23. Jack12477
    Nice crate. I like the "broken wine glass" symbol for FRAGILE !
  24. Jack12477
    Crate looks secure. That's a long haul to eastern LI. Safe trip.
  25. Jack12477
    I can get Tamiya, Testors and Vallejo here for reasonable prices. Have not seen rattle can Tamiya primer yet but I do have a few rattle cans of Testors primer, does Testors work okay on PE. I think I have a bottle of Tamiya brush-on primer in my stash. Have to look. I've only just started to use Vallejo - mostly on wood tho, not plastic. Have a fair amount of Testors ModelMaster brand paints.

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