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  1. Canute
    Sign me in, Chris. Interesting little build.😁
  2. Canute
    OC, the quality of the resin prints and castings are so much better now that the amount of sanding is reduced from earlier models. Spaceman Spiff's ship, in modern kit builds, is an example of the older resin pours, which needed a lot of sanding to remove the over-pour. The over-pour nubs made for a lot of dust and the dust was an irritant for breathing. Well fit dust masks were required. Greg, sorry for the hijack, but resin kits are a bigger part of the hobby now. Carrying over some old wive's tale will make people shy away from using this newer medium. Thank you for the opportunity to spread the truth.
  3. Canute
    Always fun (?) cleaning up these resin kits, between the mold -release agent, excess flash and the printer "fingers" or attachment points. What did you use to remove the fingers from the parts?
  4. Canute
    Glad to hear your abode is once again weather tight. My area was pretty fortunate that we didn't have the widespread flooding, but a few friends up in the Swannanoa area (east of Asheville) are driving miles to get to operational stores. Oddone turned out nicely. I looked up frangipane and it's an almond flavored pastry filling.
  5. Canute
    Can't wait to see how you turn this into another jewel, Craig. These car kits are so neat. They beat the daylights out of the old AMT and MPC kits from the 60s.
  6. Canute
    Another superb build, Chris. Congratulations.
  7. Canute
    You really captured the various metals as aged surfaces. The rust is spot on and the paint worn off the tractor parts turned out super. 👍
  8. Canute
    Nice build, Phil. Captain Eddie turned out well. 👍
  9. Canute
    Phil, those open corrugated cardboard pieces keep the build strong? And they're thin enough? That's a good cost saver.
  10. Canute
    beautiful finish. I can't wait to see it after your compounding and waxing. 😎
  11. Canute
    Nice work, fitting that coupler box. Very handy tool.
  12. Canute
    Amen on those Amodel kits. You did a good job wrestling this one into a recognizable Yak. Well done. I look forward to your next aircraft project. 👍
  13. Canute
    Interesting story, Alan. I'm in.😉
  14. Canute
    Nice color combination. Back in the day, they really liked to show off the mechanicals with bright paints.
  15. Canute
    I'd bet you will do great. I have faith. 😁
  16. Canute
    You've got the knock-kneed look down, Chris. 👍
  17. Canute
    Waiting to see your chipping.
  18. Canute
    Glad to read things are looking better for you these days, Alan. Your continuing with your hobby are a good portion of that. You're doing a very nice job wrestling with this A Model Yak. As I remember, it has tandem mains and pogos at the wingtip positions. Sort of like our B-47/52 models and the U-2. Your BMF are looking pretty good, especially your Dragon.😁
  19. Canute
    let me add my kudos for a superb NMF Tempest.
  20. Canute
    Very well done, Keith. I especially like your crew; adds some life.
  21. Canute
    I wouldn't give up on resin, based on one manufacturer.I believe this kit is one of their first issues. Their resin then has been replaced by better resins for we modelers. The resins do use CA glue, not plastic cements of wood glues. Look at the detail parts you get from Model Monkey and other aftermarket providers. They are superbly detailed. And there are some plastic kit makers who do limited run kits with no alignment pins, which will give many folks fits. Search around on various websites to get an idea on who makes the model closest to what you want to build. I use scalemates.com, steelnavy.net and modelwarships.com to begin a search.
  22. Canute
    Your aircraft and figures really add life to the Big E. Well done. Only nit is the officers on the bridge were in khakis and black shoes, not dress whites or dungarees. 😉😁
  23. Canute
    That thing is oddly cool, Rob.
  24. Canute
    Mine was a green one with the wrap around grey belly. Think they called a NATO or European scheme. No pale gray. And there were gaps between the unpianted titanium plates; enough to be able to shake the plates. 😲 I have a partial disability with the VA medical system for what happened over time to my c-spine, thanks to the cumulative physical stresses inherent to high G operations. But I'm happy to have been able to have my flying career.🫡
  25. Canute
    Nice explanation of the hairspray chipping technique. And I love the job you did on the hot section of the F-4. I had an up close and personal look at one I had been flying during my weapons school training. We went thru jet wash and had the artificial feel system go out. A nice 3-4 G turn became an instantaneous 10.5 G fight to get the jet back under our control. Pilot did a great job getting us recovered back at our base. During our post flight walk around, we could rattle the the "alligator skinning" around the tailhook. We broke those bolts. You could use a little more burnt metal in those curved areas. 😉😁

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