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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. -
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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HMAS Australia and Canberra were at Savo. Canberra was sunk there. No mention of any other Allied ships in any later actions in that theater. Tassafaronga is the last engagement covered in Neptune's Inferno. The book covers Savo the night of August 9 thru Tassafaronga on November 30. Both sides lost 24 ships each over the time period covered. Now I'm going to have to re-read that book. So much interesting stuff.
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EG, I'm in. For some background, the naval battles around Guadalcanal were nicely covered by James Hornfischer in "Neptune's Inferno. I will describe that whole series as a knife fight inside a telephone booth.
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I can second that Roger. My older cousins looked with disdain at my Monogram and Aurora plastic airplanes. They built the wood and tissue kinds. I built one and decided the caved in look of the tissue over frames wasn't prototypical. As molding technology has improved, our expectations grow immensely.
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Roger, you are correct about that movie. I was lucky enough to get a surplus 3 band Enfield rifle musket after that movie was made. Along with a bayonet. It's long and heavy. Percussion cap lock.
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Gotta leave the tailgate down and keep an LED flashlight/torch handy to peek in, then.
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Mmm, the smell of tobacco smoke, hydraulic fluid and who knows what else in that waffle batting. And what looks like the circuit breakers on those 2 lower panels. You're capturing the colors nicely.
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Lou, there weren't enough Herks, Starlifters and C-17s to haul all the troops & equipment needing hauling. Uncle Sugar couldn't hire contract airliners, too pricey. So, the KC-135 and KC-10 hauled some missions. Most units liked us hauling them, since we flew twice as fast as the Herks. Yeah, those red seats left a lot to be desired. Mine had way better padding, too. More like your easy chair. And it swiveled, too.
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Even us AF types called 'em that. The Hook seems to be the Herky of the helo world. Oh, boy, good old red troop seats. Red nylon webbing stretched between 3 aluminum poles into a chair shape. And then lap belts to strap in with. In the Stratobladder (KC-135) in passenger hauling mode, we scrounged airliner seats for the self loading baggage from old airliners parked out in the Boneyard in Tucson, AZ. This passenger role was not one the old Strategic Air Command boss, Curtis LeMay wanted to do, so all the 135s came with plywood floors. When SAC disappeared in 1991 and the 135s went into Air Mobility Command, that leadership went ballistic when they found out that the 400 or so a/c they inherited could not haul cargo due to the light flooring. They eventually had clip on roller tracks for about 25% of the 135s.
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That's a big bird, OC. I'm in.
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Either way we'll be here. Good reuse of that box.
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OC, the base looks good, mate. Standing by for the completion.
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It and Pogo were in the same vein.
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Yeah, that's the one. It was a long time ago, too.😉
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OC, you sound like that guy in the old "Joe Palooka" comics, always under a dark cloud. Don't know if that comic was shown in the UK and I'm trying to find a picture of him. You have been snake-bit, but always rally back to turn out some gems, like this SHAR. 👍
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Looking good, OC, Suitably mean jet.
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Greg, well done. Always fascinating builds. Thank you for sharing.
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Something else about laser cut wood parts. The laser cuts have a slight slope from the top to the bottom of a cut. Squaring these laser cut sides would help, but you don't need to remove all the blackening. As the others have said, CA wants a tight fitting joint. A thick gel may work better in this case. And if you are gluing into end grain, you'll have issues, since the wood will absorb the CA faster than you can set the parts up. Personally, I'd use PVA on the joints.
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Firing off a ramrod was not unheard of back in the days of muzzle loaders. Some of the American Civil War histories I've read make mention of the ramrod being launched or multiple rounds being packed into the barrel. Men loaded but didn't fire?
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Well done with the heater, OC. A very reliable missile.
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Roger, I'll second that on the training. The Allies figured out how to shorten pilot training without skimping on what the newbies really needed to know. Plus being able to rotate aircrew out of combat roles and into training jobs where they could pass along lessons learned. Mike, yes, you can saw the resin blocks off with a micro saw. I noticed you have a JLC one on your bench; I have one and it's an excellent saw. Wear a mask when you sand resin parts, the dust is annoying. I'd get a piece of coarse sandpaper to start, attach it to a dead flat surface and start gently sanding the part in a figure 8 pattern. Check the part frequently to ensure you're not sanding it at an angle. One very good reason to use that pattern. Go to finer grits as you get closer to finishing the part, if the side you're sanding will be visible.
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Commander Jimmy Thach developed the "Thach Weave" to combat the Zero. Effectively drag a Zero out in front of another Wildcat and the shooter brought his guns to bear on an aircraft having no armor plate over any part of the airframe. No protection for the fuel tanks and cockpit. Made the Zero very nimble and fast, but it did have a serious Achilles heel to get there.
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