Canute

Bob, make sure you get a tight seal around the base where your resin is going. The resin will find any pinholes and leak out. I've had personal experience.😮

Since this is a laser cut kit, there isn't a lot of fiddling required for the build. Most parts are pre-cut and also have double stick tape for fastening together. I started by staining the exterior parts with a Monroe Models black creosote stain. I waited overnight to let the stain dry and then started the hull sides. Pictures via my phone, so sorry for the blurry left edge. You can see how dark the stain got. I got the hull sides done fairly quickly and forgot to take any in progress shots. Here's the transom parts. There are two; there is no bow or stern on these craft. Completed transom. Have to build up the hull frames/bulkheads. The scow hull will look like an egg crate when we're ready for the deck.

Harbor areas were a big lure to railroads for sending and receiving merchandise. The major US seaports along both coasts hosted a number of railroads. The New York Harbor had 6 railroads approach it through New Jersey and one via the east shore of the Hudson River. The railroads on the New Jersey side carried the lion's share of the freight into the NY metropolitan area. There was only1 railroad with a tunnel from NJ into Manhattan, but it was only used for carrying passenger traffic So, in order to get the goods from the west side of the river into New York City, the railroads had to float their cargoes across the Hudson. The railroad "navy's" developed a wide variety of watercraft to move their tonnage, referred to as lighterage, around the harbor. They developed car floats, some with a loading dock central to the float, where cargo could be worked. The floats carried cars back and forth from the Jersey side to a number of stations in Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island. They also used covered barges, some self-propelled, to move cargo they had to protect, from the railroad wharves to other stations and ships in the harbor, These barges carried their cargoes inside the hull of the watercraft. The scows carried cargo on their decks. Some had a cabin on the deck for a "captain", actually more of a watchman. These were Cabin Scows. Others, like this kit, just tied their cargo on the deck. And they were all conveyed around the harbor by railroad owned tugboats. I found a deck scow kit for use on my Harlem Transfer. Some deck scows had a mast and boom setup to haul deck cargo and winch it to a receiver. These were called stick lighters. I'd like to do it up as a stick lighter, since my modeled railroad had a number of these craft.

Whatever shade it is, the paint looks good.😁

Still looks orange-y red to me, kimosabe. And I agree with OC's dilution. Sounds right for MM paint. Been a few years, though.

Orange on the hull looks pretty good Jack. especially using one of OC's hairy sticks.

I'll second the recommendation. I use it on my freight cars. Has minimal odor. Good stuff.

The Soviet version of the B-29 was the TU-4 Bull. Prop planes were 1 syllable for NATO naming. Jets were 2 syllables. MiG 21 is Fishbed. Sorry to sneak into your log with that Denis.

Guys, here's the yellow primer blurb. I made it a PDF with pictures. Yellow primer.pdf

Thanks. I dig into it.

Denis, the Do-200 is the B-17 in Luftwaffe paint. Looked on Wiki. I got myself wrapped up with the FW-200 Kondor, 4 engine transport used by the Luftwaffe as long range patrolling over the Atlantic.

Jack, I'm in, bud. Something I saw and read about on a train site. The guy used a yellow primer, I think Badger. Let it dry. Then he sprayed a red oxide (freight car color) over the yellow. Made the red pop. You'll be doing orange over almost the whole thing. Maybe a try? I will dig into it in the morning, in my spare time.

Craig, does AK metal do a burnt metal of titanium? Thinking jet exhausts.

I'm guessing the Focke Wulf you cite, Popeye, are the FW-190 and Ta152 series fighters. I'm a fan of them too.👍

Bob, nice job with the ole TISEO Phantom. Got a few hours in them. TISEO is that tube sticking out of the left wing. I don't know; my Air Guard unit took pretty good care of our Phantoms, although a long deployment could play havoc with appearances.

Bob, the GrandtLine parts went to SanJuanDetails.com. Their parts were/are too good to go away. They do HO, S, O and Large Scale hardware. And wash the 3D parts in Dawn and warm water before painting. The waxes used with these printers leave a residue that could prevent the paint from adhering well. The primer Kurt talks about sounds interesting; wonder how it works on the hand cast resin parts out there. Those resins are a polyurethane material. Believe it's different from the resins and plastics used in these 3D printers.

Mario, welcome back. Understand taking care of the folks; did the same. Family first.

Guys, take a look at this website. It the 8th AF memorial down in Savannah, GA. https://www.mightyeighth.org/ Lots of a/c inside and out. Main display is B-17G City of Savannah, GA. (Apparently, Boeing built planes there) And they built a replica English chapel on the grounds. Very moving memorial. Their cafeteria is decorated as an English pub, too.

I'm in, too. Yep, the ole Cadillacs had wide whitewalls. One of my neighbors growing up had a '53 with the whitewalls and rudimentary tail fins.

Your SBD is coming along nicely, Edward. 👍 Lou, they were more interested in the operating doo-dads, like the operating bomb drop or folding wings. But, I think I built most of those old Monogram kits.

6,000 rounds per minute for the aerial version in most fighters. Slinging 20 mm ammo of every description. Most fighters hold 650 to 1200 rounds. The F-4 held 10 seconds of ammo. That APC must haul a ton of ammo. Factoid: most fighters fired no more than a 2 second burst, any longer risked warping the barrels. That did happen, because we had one set of barrels at Korat that was twisted like a candy cane.

Jack, you done good. Nicely done diorama. Even with the REMFs coming out of the woodwork. Edward, you sound like you have what I have. It's called Peter Pan Syndrome - I don't want to grow up. Guys, you don't ever want to totally expose your stash. If the Admiral ever finds out...

Yeah, real front lines. And bad guys wore different duds from the locals.

Good to see you back, Gerhard.

I've seen a product called Mr Surfacer. Comes in 3 thicknesses for various situations, 500 (thickest), 1000 and I think 1500 (thinnest). I have never used it personally, but you may want to check some of the aircraft and armor websites for their use. I'd be worried about removing too much detail around those seams with the stretched sprues, if you need to sand them down.