Canute
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You need good vision to get into training and get your wings. Once that's accomplished, as long as you can be corrected to 20/20, they keep you. Only if something really bad, like you go blind in one eye (both eyes and you're out of there permanently, no questions asked, sportsfans) and then they can look at waivers to the rules. When times are peaceable, most likely you get grounded and turned into a ground-pounder. Which, for an aviator, is a slow death. I was 20/20 until about age 44, then a slow decline started. I still correct to 20/20,😁 -
OC, looking good. It pays to fine tune that floor to get your build fitting like it should. 👍 I sometimes wonder if the kit makers actually build up their kits, with the cockeyed fit at times.
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I got distance glasses from the doc and readers for the modeling/computer/reading stuff. Plus an Optivisor and some intense lighting for modeling. More light is key for me.
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Craig has the process. 👍 The relative humidity can affect the MM clear flat. Higher humidity may cause the milkiness. A second application should fix it.
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B-25J Mitchell by Tom E - Revell - 1:48 Scale
Canute replied to Tom E's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Those are some top line airbrushes, Tom. Congrats. Here's an interesting website for airbrushing: https://modelpaintsol.com/ This has tutorials, maintenance issues. And this guy is in the Seattle area for personal instruction for folks in that area. -
I had the Admiral whispering into my ear about going off on a few errands. One of which was getting my new eyeglasses. A big deal for this particularly voracious reader. Interesting history of Daimler-Benz. Look up BMW's involvement for additional WW II aviation history.
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Nice work, Mark. Keep on truckin'. So many topics to study. Most USAF fighters used 4 colors in Viet Nam; the 2 you mention, a dark tan and a dark green. Grey belly and the other 3 colors on top. The grey went away in the late 70s, I think. That's a whole other rabbit hole of study
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Stop it; I fell into that rabbit hole and spent a half hour following interesting stories.
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Bulls eye, OC. Have fun, Lou. You're building one of your memories. That's good for you, mate.
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Classy looking car, Jack. Well done.
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Lou, you gotta build up confidence. You start small and simple. Do those a few times and confidence grows. Move up a step and repeat. It's like public speaking or learning to drive. The more you do it, the better you feel. 👍
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Lou, nice work on those cabin supports. Welcome to the Kitbashers Klub. Manufacturers pick and choose their projects. Guess the good old Huey wasn't sexy enough for them.
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Same here. My old man, who toured across France, thru Germany to Czechoslovakia with 3rd Army, said Combat was a heck of a lot more authentic for his money. He liked the movie Patton, but said the General spoke with a high squeaky voice.
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Oh, yeah, duct tape. We called it speed tape, because some of it was slapped on a jet that could get almost supersonic, on the deck. One story: Maintainers put down a bed of epoxy to fix ab F-4 windscreen after a Canada goose went thru it at 420kts/480 MPH. The epoxy was still drying but the fixers said we could fly it home at 300kts/350 MPH or slower. Yours truly and a frontseater strap in and off we go. That's when frontseater tells me he's got a lunch date and we go home at about 500 MPH. After we land he disappears and leaves me with his gear and all the paperwork. Show up for maintenance post flight debrief and Super Sarge (an old buddy of mine) asks where the pilot was. I just told them who he was and he had a lunch date. We all laughed, cause this guy had a history of stunts like that.
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Lou, it's obviously a labor of love for you to spend the time correcting a kit. OC's strip styrene fix was a good idea, occasionally resorted to by yours truly to fix RR cars. Your door fit is fine. Stop berating yourself and press on with the build. Most of us aren't as intimately familiar with the Huey as you are.
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Beautiful job on the roadbed and rails. Superb detailing.
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You're doing a great job with your washes, OC. The bay walls look perfect.
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Kit basher is a good title. Every time I start to hack some plastic I think of that title. I know of a few really good modelers who are kit minglers. where you can hardly see where the kit ends and the bash begins. Those folks are rare as hen's teeth. Lou, you're growing as a modeler when you realize where you can make your improvements. When we can't see evidence of the changes, then you're a pro. I don't claim to be at that stage yet, but I'm improving. Don't let setbacks daunt you. Keep up the good work, brother.
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Yeah, probably not canvas, Carl. Nice kitbash, too.
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Jack, I think that orange-brown is supposed to be a leather color. I know there are better paint choices for the leather seats and dashboard. Maybe you can turn the inside doors into something looking like a wood grain, using a contrasting dark brown oil wash. Here's a site, check the wood graining ideas at the bottom of this page: http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/hintsandtips The ragtop could use a flat agent; I guess it's a canvas top?
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Nice start, OC. The wash makes those tanks "pop".
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Lou, don't sweat it. We're mostly kit bashers, modifying kits to greater or lesser degrees. Scratch-building is cutting all your parts from stock, whether its plastic, wood or metal. At least by the definition of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). The IPMS folks may have a different definition. The more we do the modifying, the better we get at doing it. It's good you see where the modifications are needed. Some kit makers take shortcuts to get parts out of their molds, do less than stellar research or use lesser materials. The folks on this site are attuned to doing good research and using the best materials they can afford. And they support each other. That's why this is such a great site.
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All the modeling genres have their scratch builders. Take a look at photos of IPMS meetings or in model railroading Railroad Prototype Modeler (RPM) meets. Guys are willing to cut up and rebuild parts to match pictures of actual equipment. The RPMers are sometimes called rivet counters by the "ready to run" folks. We just invite them to come over to the Dark Side. <evil grin>
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And they wondered why the kids took the edges off with alcohol and other substances.
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