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Enzo Ferrari by CDW - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC
Canute replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
We see some big bears here. They do strongman acts like twisting the bird feeder stanchions into pretzels. I think they're getting ready for their wintertime snoozes and eating anything they can. They are omnivores, remember. -
Enzo Ferrari by CDW - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC
Canute replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Denis, folks who put out bird feeders for our feathered friends end up attracting Da Bears. We have a pretty active black bear crew around here in the mountains. -
Looks good enough to work, Danny. Most impressive.
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Quite the gallant ship. Thanks for organizing the history. 👍
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Enzo Ferrari by CDW - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC
Canute replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Neat looking hawk. We've got red-tail hawks up this way, usually loitering up over top of the tree-lines along the meadows, Would not want to be a chipmunk or squirrel around here, with the raptors we have. Or a free range cat or dog. -
Outstanding work, Yves. 👍 And I second the documentation of your wiring work. I belong to a large model railroad club out here in westerns NC and we have a very substantial electrical setup due to the combination of a digital command and control system for operating our trains, overlaid with a very realistic signalling system. The gentleman who did the lion's share of the signalling system passed away unexpectedly about 2 years ago and didn't do a very good job documenting the work. We have had to scramble at times to keep it operating. A word (or so) to the wise.
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They are primarily known in the model RR community for making precision made track turnout/switch assembly fixtures/jigs and tools. Their fixtures are CAD/CAM, quite accurate and quite pricey. Mt Albert was a stand-alone wood supplier with excellent wood. Fast Tracks bought them up and continues to make the wood products, including structure kits(mostly O scale). The wood strips I've purchased have been very accurately cut.
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I remember the manned launches that happened later, with Sheperd, Grissom and Glenn. The nuns rolled big TVs into my 7th grade class so we could all watch history being made.
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Looking good. Nice and spindly looking. PE would turn this into an even spiffier gem.
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May want to clearcoat the decal sheet, if they're as old as you say they are. Probably not much in the line of replacement sets out there.
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Try cutting them off their sprues inside a large clear plastic bag. Once off the sprue, though.... I've launched any number of eye bolts and assorted other details off into the ether. I'll hunt for a while and then get/make new pieces. Two weeks later, I'll be looking for some other suborbital part and find the one from the last part safari.
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Yes, the left wing in your last shot looks spot on, Denis, as does that tailplane. The only time we had vivid colors on the Phantoms was when we got refurbished ones from the depot. Otherwise the greens and tan faded quickly.
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Thank you, Ron. Folks are much better these days about recognizing the efforts and sacrifices veterans made so that the general population can live the lives they want to live. Like Mark says, most weren't disrespectful, just indifferent. The harshest ones were in the Bay Area. Remember that we have Berkeley out there. I get thanked a lot nowadays for my service if I wear my retired AF hat around town. We have a local business man who organizes "Honor Flights" up to Washington, DC, for the vets. They get charter flights up and back and escorted rides around DC to visit some of the memorials. And a big welcome home in Asheville Airport from the local Guard units and the USO. It's quite a show. Not a dry eye in the house either.
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Yes they were. When you read about their operations over Germany and the fact that when 1 plane went down, 10 brave men went missing, it hits you hard. Both the USAAF and RAF bombers crews had short life expectancies. But, they went anyway. True heroes. 👍
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The interior green you started with looks good Denis. Like Lou called it, a chromate green. The fuselage looks almost too apple green for the outside OD green. Waiting to see what your latest mix looks like. As to the scale, the plane is what the railroaders call S scale. It's a good scale due to it's size. Some of you of a certain age may well remember American Flyer trains. Smaller than Lionel, more prototypical in appearance. Nowadays, it is a very small, minority scale, maybe 2% of the US model train market. HO scale is about 75%, N scale is about 15-20%.
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When I got back from Nam in 1973, we were told at Travis AFB to get into civvies before we left the base, enroute to San Francisco International and home. I had cousins in the Bay Area who picked me up there for a brief visit. Short-haired young man was a rarity. I got yelled and spit at, but considering the time frame, just rolled with the punches. My cousins were my parents age, so they weren't able to help much. We hit Fisherman's Wharf, had a good Italian meal and headed across the Bay, where they lived. Finally got welcomed home (outside my family) sometime in the late 90s. It was a divisive time back then. Sorry about the mini-rant, but it helps the catharsis. Probably why I stayed in for all those years. The GIs were more family than the average civilian back then.
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That's an interesting configuration, Danny. I need to do some research on that loco. Thanks.
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Building an articulated loco? I'm in. Fire up the popcorn machine.
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Oh, there were occasions where you wouldn't want to be doing this kind of flying. Be that as it may, it was a mostly fun career. Visited a lot of countries, been on 4 continents. Met many good folks.
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Jim, I flew F-4Es from Eglin AFB, 58 TFS Gorillas. Flying air-superiority missions of Combat Air Patrol and Escort. Fun couple of years there.
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Jim, I escorted pairs of the RAF Bucs (208 Sqdn) at a Red Flag in 1977 or 78. Thought they flew right on top of their shadows. Great sport and great guys to fly with. 👍
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The B-36 was the Peacemaker. The Stratofortress is the B-52 aka to us fighter types as the BUFF. This is a family site, so I will use that style nickname "Big Ugly Fat Fellow". Boeing bomber products from the B-17 onward were usually some kind of Fortress, although the B-47 was the Stratojet.
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Denis, "12 O'clock High" featured B-17s out of England. An excellent study of the pressures of flying and fighting in that period. The USAF used it as a lesson for their Air Command and Staff training given to mid level officers for a number of years. Yes, the B-17s were pretty sturdy. And Monogram had a kit out years ago in 1:48 scale. Big beast.
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We have an outdoor railway at my train club. They have one set of tracks, but run equipment in scales from 1/20.3 scale to 1/32 scale. The garden folks don't get too wrapped around an axle about fidelity to prototype. They're outside running trains and they're good with that. And they have lots of space to install big speaker systems in their engines, generating all appropriate steam or diesel sounds. Darn things sound like the real thing.
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