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Eating armadillas?? When I was in the Florida Panhandle at Eglin, they were like possums wandering across roads. Think I'd rather eat boiled peanuts. 😝 -
Helmet visors were dark green Lexan (pretty glossy and dark), so a very dark green like Brunswick green as a base with a Tamiya clear green over it. I seem to remember it dried with a gloss to it, but I could be out to lunch on that. The visors should be glossy either way. ( I just checked my old helmet, guys)
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I worked on a store where we sold beef tongue in the US. Some folks liked the stuff. Had a beef flavor as I remember. Me, I was more a corned beef or pastrami fan working in that section(Kosher deli) of the store. Much preferred the Italian deli section of that store. More goodies I knew of, out side of head cheese. That was bits of meat(?) in a clear meat jelly.
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Your build is coming along nicely, Lou. Evergreen Scale Models styrene rod into those pesky holes, Lou. Let the glue dry (overnight for plastic to plastic if you can. Less time if superglued). Shave the excess off, sand if necessary and paint to match.
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All good choices, OC. I'm with you on the Sea Harrier. Got a chance to talk with some RN flyers right after they came back from the Falklands. Very interesting lessons learned.
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Nice job, Mark, And very glad it helped the healing. Happy we all could help you, Gyrene. Semper Fi.
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Sign me up, OC. I'll bring the popcorn, too.
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Danny, thank you for sharing your modeling with us. You are a master in any medium. Hope you find a little comfort.
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ICM 1/48 Spitfire MkIX Scrapped.
Canute replied to Old Collingwood's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Is that a clipped wing version, OC? I'm a Spit fan myself. -
B-25 Mitchell "Meet Miss Runyon" by Javlin-HK-1/32
Canute replied to Javlin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
One of the nicer parts of being the CO of a unit, getting your personnel promoted. First Shirt looks proud, too. Congrats. -
ICM 1/48 Spitfire MkIX Scrapped.
Canute replied to Old Collingwood's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nicely done Spit, James. Hope you find something soon, OC. -
ICM 1/48 Spitfire MkIX Scrapped.
Canute replied to Old Collingwood's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
OC and others, here's a link to the Cybermodeler website. He has a chart with the best kit of a particular model for 5 scales, although 1/24 and 1/144 are pretty sparsely populated. And it's not just him making the calls. Others can contribute. The list is weak for ships and armor, since he and his crew are primarily A/C modelers. https://www.cybermodeler.com/special/topgun.shtml For Spitfires, scroll down a ways. The blue/grey box highlights the best for a particular model and scale. 1/48 scale is not well served for the Spit https://www.cybermodeler.com/special/topgun/topgun_acft_s.shtml -
Revell 1/72 De Havilland D.H. 2
Canute replied to SigEp Ziggy's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
You may want to use a cutter with a hardened edge for the music wire. Guitar strings will nick the edges of our brass cutting tools, These old a/c are so spindly, using guitar strings makes sense. -
Nice job on the Mercedes Jack. I do like that paint scheme. Well done. Clams get steamed or used in clam chowders of both varieties I know of (New England, a white chowder and Manhattan, a red chowder). Both are good, but I lean to New England style. Oysters can eaten raw, but I've only done that in places along the US Gulf Coast. The stuff better be fresh, newly harvested from the sea.
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Denis, thanks for sharing your handiwork on this piece of history. Well done.👍 Guys, look up Operation Paperclip. That was when the UK/US took many German planes back to their respective countries to study. Many of our early jet designs took great chunks of the German technology for use. I know the Smithsonian Museum in the US has a number of their aircraft in storage. I assume the the British museums have other stashed also. And they did it with ships, too. The German designs were dispersed to the victors. The USN got a German Destroyer (Z-39 ). We studied it and eventually passed it to the French, who used it to keep their war reparations operational. There were other ships, too, such as the Prinz Eugen. The US nuked it, along with a lot of surplus USN ships, to study blast effects on these ships.
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Next time (if you do this again, Lou), get a very large, clear plastic bag and cut your PE and small plastic parts off inside the bag. I heard the tip at some modelers gathering. I decided that launching brake gear and grab irons into Never-Never Land had to cease forthwith. I got tired of buying those little bags of aftermarket detail parts to replace the MIA (Missing in action) kit parts. Now I need to perfect attaching said parts to the main model with my fine tip tweezers.I can still launch kit parts into Low earth Orbit. Ain't kit building fun?
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Nice work, as usual, Greg. Nicely done. Hmm, Voltaire looks intriguing.
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OC, good pictures and that chart. Nice. Do you remember if your Dad supported the Amiens raid. The Mosis attacked a prison where French Resistance folks were held. They blew holes in the walls and a number of the French escaped. I could really appreciate the low level flying they did across a part of France that is relatively flat. Wonder what the returning Mosis looked like after that raid.
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Make a very dilute black or dark brown ink or paint wash with a little pigment in some denatured alcohol. Spritz the model and the wash settles into the seams and dirties up the model.
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All your colors look good Jack. Like Lou said.
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Colourcoats make an enamel Buff color for your stacks.
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Your Mosi is coming along nicely, OC. More sanding to sweeten the gaps or some putty?
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Sounds like a great library. I think the pipe could work. The brandy snifter is a real need, too. Maybe a little Drambuie or a Couvoisier.
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