Canute
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Work carefully cleaning up the flash, some of it may be attachment points for other parts. I use an #11 blade and a number of various grades of sanding sticks for cleanup. I use Vallejo putty to fill gaps, as do a number of the other modelers on this site.
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Sometimes they'd put control locks in the cockpit to prevent the surfaces from flopping around. Big old red painted locks, so the tyro pilot couldn't miss that part. -
It'll be for a layout model, Edward. I'm working up a small NY City harbor station of the railroad I model. It was a vest pocket yard on the Bronx Boro side of the Harlem River. Right now it's a foundation with a few tracks and a float bridge. Kind of novel station, since it had an oval freight house.
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Here's another work barge, although this one had multiple uses. It was moved by tug and could be used as a lifting crane or pile driver. These usually weren't railroad owned; several contractors would have a number of these barges. I picked this up a number of years ago, but it was buried under whatever other accumulated stuff I'd collected over the years. I put the instructions into a binder to prevent any further losses. I did have to gather up a good collection of stripwood, since some of the kit stuff went over the hills and far away. The kit brass held up pretty well, seems to have minimal corrosion. The kit dates from 1986. The barge hull is a plywood former, to which I will be applying HO scale 2 x 6 inch planks. The following is is the rest of what comes in the box.
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Well, the little box is about done. I have the deck on and am installing the end railings. Have to make sure the side railings don't pinch the end pieces. Bollardsand cleats are next. Just have to paint up the resin parts. Also have some old tires to drape over the sides. These acted as fenders. On deck is another harbor work boat, a floating crane/pile driver.
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Sign me up, too.
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SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa - Edwardkenway-FINISHED
Canute replied to Edwardkenway's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Too clean. Interesting bird, though. I'd guess maybe a 1/72 or 1/144. Will need a lot of space to display. From guys who intercepted these a/c, the turbo-props were loud, so our guys would take pictures and leave them be, if possible. -
Jack, hope your Shermans have markings for the 4th or 10th Armored Divisions. The 4th was Patton's spearhead heading up to Bastogne. The 10th was the division my Uncle Jimmy served in and helped open Bastogne. My Dad was one of the MPs directing traffic up those frozen French and Belgian roads. I still get goose bumps in mid December remembering Dad's tales of Shermans sliding off the high crowned frozen roads into the ditches.
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Yes, there are. 😁
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Andy, I could send you down a very deep rabbit hole as far as detailing up the interior. Here's a tease: https://www.palacecarco.com/
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Your work looks good, OC. And working on the prettiest fighter of WW II doesn't hurt either. 😁
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Kurt, I am. I've been in Somerville a time or two, when I worked NJ emergency management, out of Piscataway. Used to be a good BBQ joint with a blues club attached, I vaguely remember. Grew up in Bergen County. We do a similar Friday night drill here from April to mid September.. And dancing to a variety of live bands. We're pretty touristy around here, so the precautions are really crimping the whole scene on our Main Street.
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They all look like fun. I like the Vulcan.
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Andy, you've got a gem there. You doing up the full interior? I've seen some items for walls and flooring. Paper rugs, etc. And 3D printed overhead racks, too.
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I'd second OC's recommendation, based on reviews I've read over the years. And their PE instructions.
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Some of our old kits were forgotten about by the canopy masking designers. Your job looks pretty good, Denis. That doohickey next to the penny, might be the gunner's sighting system for the ball turret. That's was one job I'd never been qualified for, thanks to being too tall.
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I'm in, too. Looks like a car show day there, with the custom job across the street. Where was that, Rutherford?
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SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa - Edwardkenway-FINISHED
Canute replied to Edwardkenway's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Is this an E wing, OC? Clipped or normal Spitfire wingtips.
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I forgot, Chief.
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Well, he is your henchman, Bob. The bedrolls and assorted other stuff are looking good. 👍
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Some Tamiya kits, both aircraft and ships, have these poly-caps that get built into the model ahead of time, so the prop or turret snaps in to permit turning the part. A 1/48 He-219 I'm contemplating has them, along with a pretty hefty metal chuck that sits under the cockpit. The UHU was tricycle gear do it would be a tail sitter without this bob-weight.
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Bird looking good, Jack. 👍 You have square bottle Floquil, too? Definitely need that MicroMark mini eggbeater to resurrect old Floquil.
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Hope the BBs are coated, if you use them in a water based paint. Stainless BBs are available from at least one shop: https://modelpaintsol.com/model-paint/stainless-steel-mixing-balls
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Launching a massive airstrike off a straight deck carrier looked like a zoo. How many a/c were there on 1 ship. 90 or so? They'd jam them in anyway they could to make them all fit for launch. They had to launch in a sequence, usually fighters first to provide air cover, scout dive bombers next and finally, the torpedo bombers. The rendezvous to build the whole strike package must have been incredible, getting separate carriers' aircraft joined up. I remember our Linebacker launches from Korat in 1972, Over 100 aircraft from just one base. We had 4 bases launching. We had flow plans with all sorts of timing. Aircraft were parked all over the base; anywhere we had space to load and launch. We all launched to a fleet of aerial tankers and hung on them until the code word for executing the strike or weather cancelling was broadcast.
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