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Pulling for you, OC. Like the guys said above, hate having a friend suffer. Thankfully, you seem to have it under control. I like following your work. -
Denis, looking good. I like your pin striping, a very typical way of prettying up a loco in steam days. Passenger engines in those days got a lot of TLC, with flashy paint on the domes and a bit of an overall shine. A hard working freight engine would be pretty dusty/dirty, so more matte paint. And yes those chains would have hooks. Think of it like the safety chains around a trailer hitch with the link and pin coupling.
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Denis, coming along nicely. Doing a great job. A few weathering tips for ya, too. Grease and oil would spill out of the journal box covers (the square looking things on the trucks) from the crew slopping lubricants into them to oil the bearings for the axles, so trickle some black and brown around them. The leaf springs should be a little rusted so appropriate dark reds and a little black grease. The steam dome will have some light colors from the water collecting below the steam pop valves. Dust from the area they traveled in would collect on the whole shebang, more so on the wheels.
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Grilled veggies and a nice piece of beef. I'm in. The destroyer is turning out well, Greg. It is a dark camo scheme.
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Current infrared (IR) missile technology is lightyears better than the 60's IR versions. F8 versus F16 would be fun for this FWS grad, but my money has to be on the Viper, even in a guns only "knifefight in a phonebooth". Unfortunately, the likelihood of a classic dogfight happening is rapidly shrinking.
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Yeah, pretty much, Craig. And, the Super Crusader was very exotic looking.
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Jim, that's for sure. Slog, the seat/cockpit turned out great. You'd be surprised how much of the black paint wears off, since the seat is a sometime work platform for a crewchief. Looking forward to see how you continue. Navy jets always looked beat, since the corrosive environment they lived in, needed a lot of grease and oil for protection. When we'd use Air Force jets in similar environments, they'd need a trip to the wash rack soon after coming home to remove the salt. Most newer jets have the parachute built into the seat. We had similar Martin Baker seats in the Phantom. Made you lean forward too much. TheF-15/16 seats have more of a lean back attitude, especially the F16.
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I see model railroaders fall all over themselves, attempting to recreate the "box car red" of a certain actual railroad. There are so many nuances, so why kill yourself. Most shops painted the cars with what supplies they had on hand that day, very similar to what sailors did in painting their ships. They'd have a base paint, and add x amount of a tint color to achieve the "official" color. Field repaints of aircraft would probably be unique to the base they were at. How accurately was the paint mixed to the formula? I like your mottle Craig, and I'd be really impressed with the black and white striped Albatros. WWI fighters can be so colorful, compared to the dull schemes of today.
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Me thinks yon Captain wouldst need be take off his foot stockings to greatly assist in the accounting o' his stock o' seeds. "Struth!
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You're a one man variety show, Denis. I love it. Same about Bowie, I like some. But, it's all rock n roll!
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Denis I'll slide back into my chair, too. Over by Lou. Ah, the old flathead mill.
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Can't like that situation, OC. Medical stuff needs fast action or like Craig said, it could get worse. Hope you're feeling better, soon.
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Roger, take a look at "Shattered Sword", an account written by 2 Americans, Parschall and Tully, about the Battle of Midway and published in 2005. It is much later research, gaining access to more and better after action reports. It goes into detail on both sides, although looking deeper into the Japanese doings. Delves into big differences in the training and combat doctrines of both sides.
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Excellent work, Danny. And yes, Halinski kits are worth the cost.
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Back in days of yore, Floquil made a prep for metals. I never used it, but learned to clean white metal/ pot metal/zamac with vinegar to give some "tooth" to the surface so primers would work properly.
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Was that a vinegar bath or just water? The reason I ask is that the acid in the vinegar is a good prep for getting metals clean enough to prime.
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Lou, they weren't the first to do that.
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Well, it seemed like fun, at the time. The old "Catch me if you can".
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Lou, that was me most of the time over the North.
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Reminds me a little of Dusty Springfield, too. I vaguely remember that band. C'mon, late 60s college?? NYC FM rock stations were very eclectic in their playlists back then, especially the late , very lamented WNEW=FM 102.7. Very laid back DJs, like Scott Muni, Roscoe and Alison Steele - the Night Bird. <Sigh>
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Craig, the motor looks real. Well done. I hadn't looked at these aircraft. My last squadron flew SPAD VIIs and XIIIs at the tail end of WWI. (yeah, they're that old). And their 2 kills were Fokker DVIIs. Looks like Wingnut doesn't make SPADs, but they do do the Fokker. Hmmm....
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Vossie, sure you would. I once escorted an RF4C over Hanoi; we called it the" run for the roses" . We were quite happy to head out of the Gulf after that ride.
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