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  1. Canute
    Hmm, I haven't built a tank in forever. 😲
  2. Canute
    It's an MRAP ATV with all those goodies. Imagine the Abrams TUSK kit they have. One version is a full interior.
  3. Canute
    Yeah, really like a large moving map display. Extremely detailed. Is it a full detailed interior?
  4. Canute
    Alclad makes lacquer based metallic paints in several different shades, but it's sprayed on. AK interactive also has a line, Xtreme metal paint, but it also is an airbrush product. I read their how to Here: http://www.ak-masters.com/ak/NEWSMARCH2015/XTREME_METAL.pdf It supports polishing and masking with good results, but it's a spray.
  5. Canute
    Well done, Denis. Nice commemoration of a famous plane.
  6. Canute
    EG, it's looking good. 👌 You've buffed the paint?
  7. Canute
    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.
  8. Canute
    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.
  9. Canute
    Time in Das Afrika Korps?
  10. Canute
    Jeep's looking good, OC. Looks good to go.
  11. Canute
    Need some lemonade or, dare I say, iced tea? With the Kink's "Lazing on a sunny afternoon" playing in the background. 😁
  12. Canute
    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.
  13. Canute
    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. 👍
  14. Canute
    Well now laddie, get crackin wi th dio!😁
  15. Canute
    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.
  16. Canute
    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.
  18. Canute
    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.
  19. Canute
    Fai un buon viaggio, Giovanni. 😁
  20. Canute
    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.
  21. Canute
    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.
  22. Canute
    Well done, Captain.
  23. Canute
    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. 😁
  24. Canute
    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.
  25. Canute
    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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