Canute
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Masterful work there. Tres bien! -
Nice work, OC. Take your time; this will be a jewel in your display, mate.
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The black powder fouled the barrel fairly quickly. Anything to moisten the buildup to remove it makes sense. One reason they resisted going to rifles as a widespread weapon, I suppose.
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It's essentially a gray tube behind the seeker head section with clips to slide it onto a launch rail. With an electrical contact pad to talk to the aircraft. Very reliable missile when you get to fire one.
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I think we were still flying some of these in the Philippines at the start of the war in the Pacific. Thanks to MacArthur's mis-management, we lost any air force we had in the first few days. Many were lost sitting on the ground.
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OC, the training rounds were actual AIM-9L seeker head sections, so they were dark colored, sort of a metallic gray green. The body was just gray with a blue band to mark it as training use.
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We had a real high tech yaw indicator on some Phantoms - a piece of parachute cord.
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Works for me, OC.
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Dornier Do-217K-1 by Papa - FINISHED - Revell - 1/72 - PLASTIC
Canute replied to Papa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Sanding sealer is not a finish coat. If you want a flat finish, use Dullcote or similar. If you have a porous wood, sanding sealer. might be of use.
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OC, coming along nicely, mate. Love the wire detail in the canopy, too.
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After a trip to the range, we'd take the cap lock rifles apart and put them in a bucket of hot soapy water, after pulling the plug for the percussion cap. Take the ramrod, with a cleaning jag( looked like a big Q-tip) attached and run it in and out of the barrel, siphoning the soapy water thru the hole into the barrel. A few minutes work and clean barrel. Dry it and coat the barrel inside and out with gun oil. Reattach to rifle.
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Be interesting to see this fully loaded out. The centerline was part tank, part bomb. The Air Force decided 1 weapon was kind of inadequate and added the 4 blivets on racks in the wing roots.
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Since shellac seals the wood, stain it before sealing it. The glues we use also seal the wood, so again, stain beforehand. Test your stains on spare pieces of wood to see if the results are what you expect. The basswood used in some kits stains unevenly, so you may need a conditioner before staining. Minwax makes such a product. Have fun in your build.
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My experience has been with caplocks, either modern designs or American Civil War. Have a repro 3 band Enfield, made as a working prop for the film "Killer Angels". Hefty weapon to lug around. Back to the dio now.
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Four's in, OC. Let's do it.
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It's a treat, Denis. Pull the trigger, snap goes the hammer(this was a percussion cap style), one sec or so, bang and a cloud of sulfurous smoke envelopes you. We called 'em smoke sticks. And I think the French pronounce your name Denny. Of course, I could be full of soup, but what else is new, eh?
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You could get a mask that stops volatile organic compounds or look for SuperGlue that lacks the fumes.
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Have you started naming your "players"?
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Very nice looking craft. Hope you get good ice this coming winter.
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I think the B-24 had a roomier fuselage, what with the shoulder mounted wing. And yep, the wing made it a bit faster and was more fuel efficient. They didn't get the press the B-17s did. They were maybe a third of 8th AF bombers in the UK during the war. In the Pacific, they were used quite a bit more. I'm in on this one.
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Nicely done with the additions. Looking good.
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WOW, a Hustler. I'm in, too. Four J-79s pushing that beast. That's a pair of F-4s or A-5s or 4 F-104s. Saw an operational one, many moons ago. Like EG says, the finish will be the icing on this cake.
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You may want to look for frisket film. I forget who makes it, but it is a masking sheet.
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