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Dehavilland Mosquito by Edwardkenway - Tamiya -1:48
Jack12477 replied to Edwardkenway's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
The one on the right above is the one I use -
Outstanding diorama and outstanding photography, Alan.
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I believe Francois Verlinden retired, or passed away, some time ago and his factory in Belgium (????) closed and no one picked up his molds, or the molds were destroyed (???). I found 2 of his original kits in my local hobby store when they closed and my son located 2 more online someplace. Some of his books may still be available but I think his kits are slowly being sold out. Shame because he and Shep Paine were two of the best figure and diorama Masters around. I still have one of Shep's soft cover books on dioramas.
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hello -old shipbuilder signing in for first time
Jack12477 replied to manning16's topic in New member Introductions
Hi John, Welcome! Malone NY !?! Now that is truely "Upstate NY" 😉😊😇 -
Mark, for paints, glues, kits and other supplies I use ScaleHobbyist He is in New Hamphshire, service is very good, prices are very competitive.
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Verlinden is the Master, one of my favorites. His books were very instructional. Two of my armor dioramas contain his kit molds. I have 2 more of his kits to work into a diorama sometime
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Andy try taking ordinary household aluminum foil, place it over an 8 x 10 or 11 x w 14 piece of cardboard, make 2, position them so they reflect the light back on the model but are outside camera view. It will fill in the shadows. Old DIY photography trick. Model is coming along nicely
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I agree with OC, Alan. The molds for those 1:72 figures don't give much detail on the faces. The figures look good. 1:35 scale is smallest I will attempt with figures.
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Well done Alan
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Especially since I had no extra material to make new ones. They barely gave me enough to make those eight.
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Voile ! After an hour plus soak in acetone, everything disassembled without any problems. Flipped everything over including the bands, dry fitted for now till all the acetone evaporates out of the wood. Thanks Andrew and Edward for catching that.
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I have to flip the brass bands. Even tho I cut them to the lengths called for in the instructions, they don't mate on the underside. I guess I'll tackle it after breakfast 👨🍳🥓🍳
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@AJohnson @Edwardkenway Thanks for the Eagle eyes. You're both right they are inverted. Unfortunately they are not dry fitted, but attached with CA. I hope I can unglue them without destroying anything, especially the brass bands. They only gave me enough strips to do the anchors.
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Well I'm back ! 🙋♂️ Finally got thru all the cataract surgeries, follow-ups, new reading glasses, et al. I've been trying to get all the deck "furniture" assembled, fighting with vague instructions and even more vague photos. The Veritas shooting plane and board are certainly helping true up the cut ends, also "The Bug" Hold and Fold tool from The Small Shop has been very useful in bending the brass straps for the anchors. Some overall photos of the furniture, just randomly placed for photos. The Bug The Veritas Shooting Plane & Board
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I'm in too !
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Looking for correctly scaled lines and rope
Jack12477 replied to Michael Smith's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Don't forget Syren Ship Model Company ! Chuck has scale rope also. -
Deja Vu New York !
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Gary, @Morgan , that stove looks very similar to a Petite Gaudan/Godin (sp?) parlor stove we installed in the Saugerties Lighthouse in 1990 after we finished restoring it. Ours was wood or coal fired, produced an incredible amount of heat.
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Ian, same thing happened here in NY state with our license plates, must be we use the same company 🤔 😒 😂
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The shooting board has a bench hook on the underside. I recommend getting the shooting plane/board package as well as the miniature work table with bench dogs. Some photos of my setup
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Yes, they show it being used with those plastic triangle you get at any drafting store or even Michaels
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Diorama is coming along nicely. Looks real
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We had one of those monsters in our house during WWII. Remember following my Dad into cellar one time when he went to stoke it for the night. As soon as he opened the door to furnace to shovel the coal in, the air rushing in caused the fire to roar, scared the daylights out of me, I think I was 5 or 6 then. Scared me so badly, I would never go in cellar when it was running. He converted to a Delco oil burner as soon as the war ended.
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The bearded guy in the red union suit dropped this off the other night. Got a chance to play around with it. Works very smoothly, attaches nicely to the Veritas mini work table. Workmanship is superb as always. Well worth the investment
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