Canute
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Waiting with bated breath, EG. Ya know, you could leave it in overall black, apply national markings like the US Navy VX-4 Phantoms at China Lake, the ones with the Playboy logo. -
EG, the primer looks very good. I suspect you may see a few minor blemishes, but you'll overcome them. 👍 I've never attempted a BMF, although I have built up a few plated passenger cars.
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Tiger 1 by marktiedens - FINISHED - Dragon - 1/35 scale
Canute replied to marktiedens's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Time in Das Afrika Korps? -
Jeep's looking good, OC. Looks good to go.
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Need some lemonade or, dare I say, iced tea? With the Kink's "Lazing on a sunny afternoon" playing in the background. 😁
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Hydrocal or molding plaster could work, although you need some forms to put them in to keep their shape. Hydrocal dries to a very hard consistency. Molding plaster is very shape-able, when dry.
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Read them twice. Read Dudley Pope about Ramage, too. Authors Stockwin, Lambdin and Bond. Engrossing books. But this log is about a vignette "somewhere in England" and a night-flying Mossie squadron. 👍
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Well now laddie, get crackin wi th dio!😁
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Edward, thanks for the steer. I've read Cornwell. Good stuff. I'll see if my library system has the Forester books. I devoured the Hornblower series many moons ago.
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I'll join in, too, Jack.
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EG, works for me, too. The well researched historical novel makes the actual facts stick in my mind better than drilling through a bland history. I've been reading some novels of the Peninsular War of the early 1800s. Wellington versus Napoleon's marshals. Makes the facts stick a tad better.
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WW2 ship drawings anyone know what this is?
Canute replied to Dean77's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Hi, the blood chits were area specific. I had one similar to the one you show on silk, when I was stationed in SEA. My unit kept t when I rotated back to the States. Later on, we had them for the Middle East, with languages appropriate for that region on the chit. I still have it, since it's stiched into the back of my flying jacket. -
Fai un buon viaggio, Giovanni. 😁
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EG, thanks for the info on the Mr Surfacer 500. I've been using Vallejo filler of late (marble dust in an acrylic medium, no odor). but it has a noticeable drying time. Works good, but takes time to dry. I like my Bondo Spot Putty, too. It has quite an odor, but it sets past and stays in place.
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EG, which blend are you using? I have some 500, but I think they have 1000 and 1200. They sure do fill the spaces nicely.
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Well done, Captain.
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Michael, it was just my comment based on what I'd seen in the past. Your diorama looks to be a fascinating vignette of the loco works. 😁
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Michael, interesting that they laid 2 complete sets of rails there. Most dual gauge I've seen(admittedly not many) would use 1 common rail and 1 rail for the narrow gauge. Your work on the rails looks impeccable.
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Mark, the real hard core builders have 2-4 builds going simultaneously. I've got 3 right now, 2 refrigerator cars and a covered hopper. All plastic kitbashes of basic cars into something modified to a greater or lesser degree. They're a lot of fun, re-engineering the basics into the desired cars.
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Coming along nicely, EG. Don't rush it.😁
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Nicely done with the metal process. The reflectivity is very good. I wouldn't expect mirror finishes on operational jets, unless they were going to an airshow and they'd buff up everything. Thank God for camouflage paint jobs; no shining that stuff up, unless you're the Thunderbirds/Blue Angels and similar demo teams. Yeah, the frequent updates here in this sub-forum are crowding out the actual ship builds. You can't follow these builds on the front page. I'm OK with that. The techniques discussed here are applicable to most modeling disciplines working with styrene and other materials. Model on!
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OC, you may want to look at coating your decals with Microscale Liquid Decal Film. Prevents older decals from breaking up. Some of the others may chime in about maybe using a stronger setting solution. I have a bottle of Solvaset, put out by a defunct maker of pretty thick decals. If you have a hobby shop nearby that's open, maybe they could give you a steer (if its an older person who knows how to apply decals).
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Denis, keep on truckin' with this beastie. It's a definite novelty.
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Nice catch with the void in the tail.That may have even been a section of titanium. Most jets, of slightly newer vintage in that era, and later, had some in those hot areas.
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Mike, read EGs F-104 build about his clear coverings over BMF. Some of the hobby formulations may darken your finish. He seems to like the Liquitex varnish.
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