MORE HANDBOOKS ARE ON THEIR WAY! We will let you know when they get here.
×
Canute
-
Posts
6,301 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Everything posted by Canute
-
Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale - PLASTIC
Canute replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
One of the hangars at Lakehurst was used to train the deck handlers for carrier ops. Back in the 50s, traveling down to the Jersey Shore, we'd see blimps floating in and out of the naval air station. -
I remember building the Monogram Dauntless way back when. It, along with a lot of other planes, went ? after I went into the AF. Yours looks very good, Jack.
-
Model Monkey has announced 3d printed cannon and carronades for the Connie. http://members.boardhost.com/Warship/msg/1553205153.html and https://www.model-monkey.com/constitution-96 They've also done up 1/100 HMS Victory cannon and other parts: http://members.boardhost.com/Warship/msg/1553174290.html and https://www.model-monkey.com/victory-100 I'm not connected with Model Monkey, just reporting on some items near and dear to our members.
-
Denis, make sure all 4 wheels in each truck touch the workbench/track evenly. These multipart trucks can be finicky to make square. Good for display models, but tough to operate if one wheel is up in the air. The tender body and headlight look very good. The reflector in the headlight turned out well. Are you lighting it? If so, remember these were kerosene lamps, so they should have an old time yellow orange glow. Just a thought. Do you know anybody with a garden railroad? These garden layouts can be a multitude of scales, from 1/32 to 1/16, but all use the same gauge track. Try and get some pictures of the General on a garden railroad. Hopefully the kit gauge will work with the garden railway gauge. The distance between their rails should be 1.772 inches or 45 mm. That's also the distance from inside one wheel flange to the inside of the opposite flange.
-
Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale - PLASTIC
Canute replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Yeah, the model airplane guys dip their canopies into that stuff and they come out nice and clear. -
Take a look at this model railroad car/parts site. There is a .010 wire next to the photoetched eyebolts for comparison: http://www.yarmouthmodelworks.com/index.php/ModelDetailParts/Miscellaneous Eyebolts with and without collars, about halfway down the page.
-
Glad you got your dilemma cleared up, OC. I've used the toothpaste to clean up watch glass in the past. Our "family" always manages to come up with workable solutions. They're the best.👍
-
Mark, I'm in, also. Looks like a pretty barky.
-
Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale - PLASTIC
Canute replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Put the Pledge/Future/Kleer on first, then decal. You want a smoooth surface for the decals. -
If you're gonna poke holes in thin sheet wood, put some tape behind/over the openings to prevent tear out. And a dab of sanding sealer, too. Yep, you're all hot to trot to get going on this little jewel, but....that basswood will soak up paint. And paint both sides or it'll look like the pleats on an accordion, if you use acrylics. Yeah, I did a similar thing. I have a model railroad stock car I started, but I have to regroup on the build, since it got a tad warped. So used to Floquil and Scalecoat, (solvent based paints) and forgot the basics.
-
Sounds about right for me too. Although it's model railroad stuff. Would anyone be interested? Don't want to hijack Craig's thread.
-
That would be me with the horn in my ear. 😁
-
Jet noise, shooting, rock and roll and who knows what else. My hearing is OK up to midrange , then does a nose dive at high freqs. I now use rechargeable hearing aids. Although in a crowded noisy area, they aren't much help. Ears are omni directional. Cupping my ears helps, but now I look like the old geezer with the tin horn in his ear.
-
Eric, my sincere condolences on your loss. It's good to have a support group at times like this.
- 599 replies
-
- 7
-
-
- sidewheeler
- arabia
- (and 4 more)
-
Nice job with the paint scheme. Your indoor pix look like the 2nd live shot and your outdoor one looks like the first Slater pic. Slick.
-
Like the previous lads said, Mark. Whatever you need to do and wherever that leads, we can wait. I get what you're saying.
-
Coming along nicely, Denis. Running gear looks appropriately spindly. The engineer and fireman took a lot of pride in the appearance of their loco. Lots of brass and polish. Had to keep after any unsightly soot buildup. The tender underframe would be pretty grungy, as you'd expect. And the bottom of the engine, between the wheels. Floquil even made a Grimy Black color, kind of a charcoal grey with brown tinges. Hope the cold goes away soon and you feel better.
-
Popeye, looking good. Thinning the door handle is a nice touch. So will this be "Great Train Chase" Civil War or some later knuckle coupler period? If you do a civil war era, it will be a wood burner.
-
Denis, we have a lot of displaced Yankees down here in western NC and northwest SC. Still gets cold, bur way less snow. Have 4 actual seasons here. Summers aren't as hot and muggy as the coastal areas, due to higher elevations (Smokey Mountains - south end of the Appalachians).
-
Sorry to read that Jesse. It's always tough to lose family and friends.
- 1,306 replies
-
- 6
-
-
- syren
- model shipways
- (and 1 more)
-
Tamiya Extra Thin with the green cap. It's acetone based so it evaporates pretty fast. Hold parts in place, a quick swipe with your glue brush, count to 5 and it's bonded. Not super hard; should let it set up an hour or so. I generally have 3 kits going, so I can rotate through various steps in a session. May want to rough up the mating surfaces even for CA glue. That works on resin parts, too.
- 77 replies
-
- 6
-
-
- icm models
- Markgraf
- (and 1 more)
Our Emblem ®
