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  • Birthday 10/18/1948

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  1.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Sternwheeler From the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy by Keith Black - 1:120 Scale
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  15. Canute
    if there is a film on the resin parts, wash them in Dawn and warm water or at least prime them with Tamiya thin primer. Most acrylics don't stick to parts if these oils aren't removed.
  16. Canute
    Nice builds of these stalwart destroyers, especially in 1/700. Well done, Alan. 👍
  17. Canute
    Interesting build, Alan. I'm in, too. Were these the Parthians or a successor regime? Those Mideastern lands gave Imperial Rome quite the hard time; as bad as the Germanic tribes did in Europe.
  18.    Old Collingwood reacted to a post in a topic: Oryol 1902 by GrandpaPhil - Orel - 1/200 - CARD - Russian Battleship
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  22. Canute
    Those pre-dreads seem to grow on you/us. Very nice work.
  23. Canute
    Wood railcars of the 1800s used trussrods to level out the floors. The floors sagged in the center, so several trussrods were run from the end beams toward the car center over queenposts. There could be as few as 2 rods up to 6 that I've seen in photos of the old wood passenger and freight cars from the 1890s. Turnbuckles tensioned the rods; some were near enough to another rod that boards could be used between the turnbuckles to prevent the turnbuckles from loosening. These boats most likely were build using similar engineering principles. They just didn't have to put up with the jarring ride over the rails.
  24. Canute
    Looking forward to this build, Alan.
  25. Canute
    Well done, Alan. Suitably weather-beaten.
  26. Canute
    Looking very good, Phil. Pre-dreds are cool.
  27. Canute
    You might want to consider that there was wartime censorship of these weapons systems. Or it could just be their construction sequence. Cross reference several photos, if available,
  28. Canute
    Excellent build, Chris.
  29. Canute
    Two items. First the kitbash/corrective surgery. I think we're both pointing you in the same direction. Sometimes manufacturers generate a kit that doesn't follow published plans. They're close, but sometimes parts are cast to ensure ease of removal from molds, in a plastic kit, or structures are simplified for ease of construction in a wood kit. What's the modeler to do? He does corrective surgery or kit bashing to make it look more like the photos he's using to build with. Sometimes you add extra parts, sometimes you may have to modify or adjust parts. It's all part of being a model builder versus an assembler. Second item, orientation of the conning tower: The halfmoon projection on the lower part, facing the stack area, should be on the forward side of the tower. At least that's what the picture in post 20 shows.
  30. Canute
    Follow you pictorial evidence for the tower. May be doing some kitbashing to correct this.
  31. Canute
    That's some great news, Keith. And your build is progressing nicely. Keep on truckin.
  32. Canute
    Interesting critter.
  33. Canute
    As a freshman student programing in FORTRAN way back when, that was an axiom of ours. Not much changed in 60 years.

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