Canute
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Denis, those parts were just announced. No telling when you'd see them if ordered. But he does do some nice work in many scales. He really supports the hobby of shipbuilding. -
Gorgeous job on the wire wheels, Grant. Nicely done.
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OK, we can wait. Tic-toc-tic-toc. We're ready now.
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Denis, saw this just now on Steel Navy. 1/28 scale Spandau MG for your Dr 1. Here's the link for Model Monkey goodies:https://www.model-monkey.com/1-28-aircraft
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May need some strong vision augmentation, such as an Optivisor or similar. I use mine over my glasses, too. Takes a little practice trying to apply paint or glue, since your depth of view is off a bit with the device. Have fun and don't try to paint more than a handful at a time. Had to do that when I worked on a club project building N Scale (1:160) buildings with double hung windows. Nearly went cross-eyed doing those 4 wood and 2 clear plastic part windows .
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Nice grognard in the bearskin chapeau. I take it he's the Elite Guardsman?
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Salute smartly and carry on, Popeye. Your Fokker is looking good. Nice to be able to break up all the black. I painted an SR-71 for a kid once and wanted to do up the exhausts as burnt metal. He wanted all black. Oh, well.
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Excellent work as usual, Greg. Nice, walking the deck with some shade and a breeze. County Class for my request, Greg
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Autoblinda AB40 Ferroviaria by Baker Italeri 1/72 FINISHED
Canute replied to Baker's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Autoblinda AB40 Ferroviaria by Baker Italeri 1/72 FINISHED
Canute replied to Baker's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice job on the track section. Looks good. One item to add additional realism would be to dribble a faint black line of grease and oil approximately in the middle of the track. Yes, that area in winter can be brutally cold. I lived in Bitburg, Germany, for 3 years. Up in the Eifel. -
Very nice mini-tutorial there, EG.
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Reenactments or land warfare in the Napoleonic Era? I started reading Cornwell's Sharpe's series years back and got hooked on the Peninsular War novels. Several other authors cranking out some good stuff. Nasty guerilla warfare across the area. Small British and Portugese units versus Napoleon's very capable Marshal's. All very interesting. Osprey has a booklet on the Peninsula War if your interested in the basic history.
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Nice reflectivity, EG.
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Nicely done, OC. Spitfires make up into gorgeous birds.
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Autoblinda AB40 Ferroviaria by Baker Italeri 1/72 FINISHED
Canute replied to Baker's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Amen to that. Chow before combat sorties was a must. Might be your last good one. -
Happy Birthday, brother!
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Autoblinda AB40 Ferroviaria by Baker Italeri 1/72 FINISHED
Canute replied to Baker's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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I'll be hanging with Sharpe and the Rifles, OC. Brewing tea for the "boys". Osprey have a nice 3 volume set on Waterloo; the 3rd booklet covers La Haie Sainte, along with the rest of the climactic day. Background material.
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Autoblinda AB40 Ferroviaria by Baker Italeri 1/72 FINISHED
Canute replied to Baker's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Patrick, it was also used to get the machine moving, especially if they might be hauling a trailer or other items behind the vehicle. Usually a fine, dry sand. -
I believe the paint in those deck areas are "filled" with a grit to give an reduced skid surface or "sidewalk". Best find pictures of the real O'Bannon or similar Fletchers that show a deck view for placement.
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I'd never dream of telling any of my weapons guys how to do their jobs, even though I had some training on the weapons and loading procedures. I did help boresight our 20mm Gatling cannon. Complicated process. I knew what not to touch in the front seat.
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I got waylaid with other projects and this went on a back burner. I do have the bitts installed, but must still paint the chocks. And I did acquire some items for deck loading. Those will need some paint and fine wire details. I also purchased a 3' long car float kit, but I have to perform surgery to the deck to get it to mate with my float bridge. Rails to the single track don't line up. The gantlet track is fine. The car floats have 3 tracks on them, but the float bridges have a novel way of conserving space for these approach tracks from the land to the barge. My railroad, the Lackawanna, used the right side of the diagram.
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I'd totally forgotten about this stuff! The clear coat then decaling will be the test. The finish looks good so far. I'd like to see what the range of colors might be available.
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A lot of attack aircraft are termed fighters, Mark. Easier to group them into fewer categories for the masses. Operations aviators know they are different.
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She's a beauty, Grant. Coming along very nicely.
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