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Some very interesting woods, Jack. Looking forward to that build. Hope your spirits improve wrt to returning to the modeling. Stay away from Lou's. -
Strong light and magnification work well. Your "force" is turning out nicely, mate.
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Look up papier-mache. I remember building model railroad tunnels with the stuff. I forget exactly what's in it, but it may have been flour. Big issues is, if it's not sealed, the bugs will feast on it.
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You can also burn it off your applicator.
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As your modeling skills grow, you get more comfortable with kit-bashing and scratchbuilding. Welcome to the Dark Side, mate.
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Saw this on Hyperscale. These paints are a combination of acrylics and enamels. Most are for dry-brushing, although a couple are acrylic paints. Check these out at: http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/other/ammobymig7033bg_1.html
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Lots of small details that make it come alive. Good job, OC.
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Delahaye 135 by CDW - FINISHED - Heller - 1:24 - PLASTIC
Canute replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
The Thities really got into the Streamlined Era. I'll be in on this one, Craig. -
Old Floquil paints?
Canute replied to MEDDO's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
I personally haven't used them, but I did use their predecessor, Accupaint. For model railroad users, they seem to apply OK, although needing a primer on resin. The Tamiya fine primer is recommended. The railroad colors are reported as very good. Haven't seen any commentary on ship colors. We're talking 20th Century naval colors. -
Interesting. Like I said above, I have a Tamiya He219 Uhu in 1/48 scale. Tamiya includes a shaped insert to put the cockpit section inside and wrap the fuselage skin around.
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Should be an interesting build. I'll follow along.
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Nice and easy, brother. You and family first.
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Does the kit come with a weight or give you an idea of how much you will need to prevent this becoming a tail-sitter. It's too nice to need a prop of some kind in the tail area. Some of the newer kits come with a weight for the cockpit area.
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Wood glue
Canute replied to H March's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
H, that should be a good glue. You'll find you may at times also use white glue. And sometimes super glue/CA. They all have their uses in wooden models. Read the various logs and see what others are using for a given situation. Ask them why they do what they do in a given situation. We all learn a lot by participation in these logs. -
EG, nice parts. Another tool for releasing the 3D parts from their matrices is this saw: http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_28&products_id=35 Very fine teeth. And proceed slowly with cutting.
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Bob, wasn't sure of the model. Thanks for the update. I was in the Air National Guard at McGuire flying F-4s and later KC-135s. About 18 years. Moved to western NC back in 2009.
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Very cool aircraft. They flew a donated J model to McGuire back in the 80s. It's in NMF and stored flyable. It comes off the pedestal every few years to get a cleaning and have the engines run. It's painted up as Pudgy ?, McGuire's mount when he was shot down.
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Nice looking red seats, OC. Do you have lap belts for those seats. They're usually strewn all over the seat bottoms. The pax just up and leave them wherever and the crews in the cabin have enough other duties to worry about neatness. You're doing great work on this beast, sir.
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Yeppers, lots of light and magnification. And some fine tweezers, etc for manipulating said PE. Your fingers are too big for some of that stuff
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Yes, the adds make it pop. Well done.
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Nice save, LT. Intricate parts must have lead to some very creative language and body-english. 😉
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Glad to read y'all and or your spouses have made good recoveries. Family and health are serious matters. All we need is Lou piping in with his tales. 😁
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EG, that's what I get for pulling data out of my "trunk" instead of looking it up in a book. So much stuff to remember and too few functional brain cells.😉 Carry on.
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EG, nice recap of 2nd Guadalcanal. That radar gizmo was in it's teething stage and a lot of the task force/group commanders didn't fully understand the ranging and tracking capabilities. We lost a number of fighting admirals, like Dan Callahan, because of this lack of understanding of radar's capabilities. Willis Lee had a good understanding of radar. He led the force that engaged the South attacking force in Surigao Strait in 1944. His defense in depth put paid for the old Pearl Harbor battleships.
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