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Canute

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  1. Carl, I suspect they've had their feet and lower legs lopped off to fit the seats. A sharp sprue cutter or whatever Doctor Grant deemed appropriate. Model railroaders do the same thing for populating passenger cars.
  2. Eric, same plans, but some folks like to read plans ahead of time to see if they like the kit and for scratchbuilders to purchase and build a ship based on those plans.
  3. It looks to be a good start. Nice that they've included the strips for the seams. Where did you go in Italy?
  4. John, my sincere condolences for your loss. He's in my prayers.
  5. Clare, their woodworking skills are fantastic. The fasteners on that model are knockouts. Thanks for sharing.
  6. Love those"bow-tie" fasteners. Very nice cutting them in, they look like decorative inlay. The nails look like large cut nails that we use for flooring.
  7. Jay, I'd like to join up and follow along. This build looks pretty straight forward; I'm sure I learn some new techniques.
  8. I was looking at the strakes with the diamond shaped pegs (?) at the stem. Inlays or pegs?
  9. Clare, the workmanship to use all those wood pegs is beautiful. Their craftsmanship is superb.
  10. WOW, he's a monster, Dan. (German ships were/are termed a he) I'll be in the crew for this one, too. And Happy Birthday, mate!
  11. Elijah, your corner jig and plastic polish hit the bullseye. Good work. As far as a plexiglass glue, look for Plastruct Plastweld (white label) or Weldene (orange label). Also Ambroid Proweld (white label). And they will glue Plexiglas or Lucite. Read the labels, these use chloroform as their base. Means they are "hot" or work fast. So work outside; don't want to tick the rest of the family off when using this stuff. Good luck.
  12. Nice airbrush work, Carl. What paint are you using and what pressure for your spraying.
  13. Carl, very nice work. Details look great. How's you eyes holding up? Using an Optivisor?
  14. Interesting build, Ken. Will you load out with shipping containers? That ship will need a bunch. I'm in.
  15. Carbon black is used in the rubber industry to make products deep black. A little goes a long way.
  16. Dan, Trumpeter makes a 1/200 multimedia version. http://www.hmshood.com/hoodtoday/models/trumpeter/trumpeter200.htm
  17. A Da Vinci aeroplane? I'm in. That wing was probably the inspiration for several of the WW I fighter/recon planes. Saw a Fokker Eindekker in a museum with a wing that kind of looked like that. Looks to be a good one.
  18. Carl, saw an anime Yamato that might be up your alley. https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/builds/ban/build_ban_146749.shtml
  19. Brian, you might look here: http://www.shipcamouflage.com/usn_cv.htm This lists all the camo schemes for USN CVs in WWII. Antietam ended the war in Measure 21. Click on the yellow MS 21 and you will see what surfaces get painted what colors. Essentially Navy Blue 5-N, which is the designation of the formula used for that paint. However, sometime in 1945, USN started substituting Haze Gray for Navy Blue. May have to delve into the ship's history for when and if it was painted gray versus blue.
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