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Canute

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  1. 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.
  2. Jay, I'd like to join up and follow along. This build looks pretty straight forward; I'm sure I learn some new techniques.
  3. I was looking at the strakes with the diamond shaped pegs (?) at the stem. Inlays or pegs?
  4. Clare, the workmanship to use all those wood pegs is beautiful. Their craftsmanship is superb.
  5. 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!
  6. Well done, Danny. Excellent work and many nice tutorials. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your Bismarck build.
  7. 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.
  8. Nice airbrush work, Carl. What paint are you using and what pressure for your spraying.
  9. Carl, very nice work. Details look great. How's you eyes holding up? Using an Optivisor?
  10. Interesting build, Ken. Will you load out with shipping containers? That ship will need a bunch. I'm in.
  11. Carbon black is used in the rubber industry to make products deep black. A little goes a long way.
  12. Dan, Trumpeter makes a 1/200 multimedia version. http://www.hmshood.com/hoodtoday/models/trumpeter/trumpeter200.htm
  13. 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.
  14. Very impressive wire work on those turrets, Dan. Glued joints or what for that "antenna"? Sort of looks soldered.
  15. Pink, eh? Such a lovely shade for a warship.
  16. Carl, saw an anime Yamato that might be up your alley. https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/builds/ban/build_ban_146749.shtml
  17. 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.
  18. Beautiful work, Greg. After all that PE work, looks like you might be ready for an Akagi now.
  19. Clare, looks interesting. I'll pull up a seat and follow along, too.
  20. Scalecoat I is a lacquer based paint, use it's listed thinner. Scalecoat II is an enamel. Both airbrush well. Never tried to brush paint with them. Used on brass loco shells, which I baked to set the finish. Another enamel line is Colourcoats. Mostly steel warship colors, along with a line of aircraft colors. WWII and later.
  21. John, my thoughts and prayers for you and Diane. Good to hear of some improvements; a positive sign.
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