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Canute

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  1. Canute
    We resorted to cherry bombs, since they held up a little in water. Made good depth charges. 🤯
  2. Canute
    AMS is advanced Modelers Syndrome, adding all manner of superdetailing to the basic kit. The airplane and armor folks do it a lot.
  3. Canute
    They might be the covers for the coal chutes. They got bags of coal on the deck and dumped them into bunkers via these chutes.
  4. Canute
    Sign me up for this Merrie Crew. I'll join Jack up in the cheap seats. And Carl, can you get some good bratwursts for the grill, please. And careful how you toss that Ken name around.
  5. Canute
    Which Houston kit, Lou? The ships of ABDAFLOAT all have such a tragic history. I've read a few histories, especially the books cited by Piet during his build of Java.
  6. Canute
    Yves, James H has a build log on this site: Enjoy. I took one look at the price and nearly swallowed my gum. That's about 4 HO sound equipped locos worth of Amati railcars
  7. Canute
    Good news there, Craig. Doolittle's crews did their short field takeoff practice at what later became Duke Field (named after the Duke, John Wayne, when they filmed his "Green Berets" movie there). It's also called Eglin Auxiliary Field 9; I was stationed at the main base in Fort Walton Beach, once upon a time.
  8. Canute
    Denis, this scale of car can run on G Gauge tracks, possibly with different trucks. The trucks in this kit look to be very high quality materials. The skills of we builders decides how well it operates on the tracks. A club I belong to has an outdoor layout and runs 1/32 down to 1/20.3 scales. Some incongruities in the scales, but the club members are good with these cars, etc.
  9. Canute
    Suitably trashed up the paint, Carl. Looks like a bad trip to Murmansk and back. Nice.
  10. Canute
    Sign me up. A bird farm! B-25s version, please. I'm a little prejudiced, being a retired USAF aviator. But a Midway version is good, too.
  11. Canute
    Denis, I'll follow along, too. I remember building this one way back when. Did a paint "mix" of blue grays for the decks. Not too good, way too blue. I think I was 12 or so.
  12. Canute
    Good info on your PE prep. Need the vinegar bath to really clean and etch the brass. 👍
  13. Canute
    The muzzles look like old blunderbusses, although the ones in the photo do look oversized, too. Muzzle opening seems a little smaller than a sailor's noggin. The model photo is shot much closer than the average viewer will be eyeballing your build.
  14. Canute
    Good start. I'll tag along on this build.
  15. Canute
    There used to be a guy who sold a cast weight for the nose. It would work unless you planned on showing off the radar antenna. I wish I could remember his name, sorry. You may be able to find some other aftermarket goodies for it. This website has some pretty good info, in case you are looking. https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/p-61/p-61_all.shtml
  16. Canute
    Vote change. Do Hornet!
  17. Canute
    Carl, I think you could classify this as a "beater". Nice job with the weathering/rust.
  18. Canute
    I vote for the bird farm - Akagi. A changeup from all the gun toters.
  19. Canute
    Craig, we can neither confirm nor deny that has happened here.
  20. Canute
    Yeah, the ship modeling websites, like Steel Navy and Model warships, seem to lack the kinds of discussions the aircraft and armor folks have. Outside of what Greg and a few other MSW members are doing of late, we're in that same boat, so to speak. So, I surf the aircraft sites for tips and techniques. I've been reading up on the painting stuff by a gentleman named Mig Jimenez. He's Spanish, has a line of paint and weathering "fluids" and publishes books, pamphlets and YouTube videos on using his products. The weather will break and you'll be able to tear along with your painting. It's been pouring out here; about 4 inches at least since Tuesday morning. I'm a ways up a hillside, but the runoff raises heck with our gravel road. Several cuts across the road, so we need to crawl out or risk removing the entire underframe.
  21. Canute
    Hmm, I could get to the carrier paint guide with no hitches. Firewalls? Yes, when you go to the base Cybermodeler website and follow the links, there are a big spread of colors based on scale fade.
  22. Canute
    I suspect most modern navies use anti-slip paints nowadays. A coat of flat paint should suffice at the scales we build in. This is a paint guide for a US carrier, but it has a number of paint brands and also adjusts for scale. Base chart: https://www.cybermodeler.com/naval/essex/essex_profile33-10a.shtml Scale fade discussion: https://www.cybermodeler.com/color/scale_effect.shtml
  23. Canute
    I'd use the Lifecolour thinner, since it is formulated for that paint. Without that, I'd use distilled water; no telling what might be added to your municipal water. I wouldn't use the Lifecolour thinner for cleanup, too pricy for that. You could make your own, as this fellow did: https://www.cybermodeler.com/tips/thinner.shtml
  24. Canute
    Piet, thank you for letting us see a part of your personal connection with the star-crossed ships of ABDA. You've done a superb job in your memorial.
  25. Canute
    Railroads used something called car cement to seal up the panel seams on metal roofs and that gunk was black to start. Might use a charcoal grey for that. Straight black would be way too dark.

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