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Another putty material is Durham's Water putty. I also use Spot Putty from Bondo. It had an odor, so use outdoors or with adequate ventilation. It sticks nicely to the plastic. You should prime it for painting. Thin sheets of styrene from Evergreen Scale Models. They sell a combo package with a number of thicknesses; the sheets are 4" x 6", I think. Evergreen makes loads of styrene strips and shapes , along with the sheet products. Most is white styrene, but they do make sheets in black. Here's a link: https://evergreenscalemodels.com/
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Saw the glacier outside Anchorage, Alaska and it was as Thukydides describes. Never did see the ones on Denali; always wrapped in clouds.- 109 replies
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Great start, Dan. Love those Mossies.😄
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Gary, I suspect the molds for your castings are the oldest parts, being used as part of the original kits. The company upgraded the wood with laser cutting technology, the metal castings are yet to be upgraded. The molds get worn out and you get misaligned parts and flash on the edges. You sometimes see it in plastic kits, if the manufacturer keeps on using his original molds. The cure is designing 3D printed parts. Sometimes the printed parts are included in the kit, sometimes they are assembled to make larger molds for casting. I use a manufacturer up in Canada who produces one piece resin casting freight car bodies. He even does oil canning effects where appropriate. Your Camel is progressing nicely. 👍
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The railroads that serviced facilities on the Harlem River, the waterway between Manhattan and the Bronx, had tugboats with lowered stacks and the carfloats were shorter. The wheelhouses had to be high enough for the captain and helmsman to see over a loaded car float secured to each side of the tug. There is a good website here http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html
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A belated Happy Birthday, brother. I suspect some of us are already suffering from TMB, Too Many Birthdays, with it's affects on memory. Did I wish you Happy Birthday? Car is coming along beautifully; you've got that painting knack. Thanks for showing that. 👍
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OC, maybe cut up a cereal box and build up a slope. Cover with your ground material/putty and then blend into the original dio.
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That muddy rut turned out well, OC.
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Frank, you may want to look into getting a brass bristle brush to clear the debris from the files. Clean files work better.
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The photographer in the Steamtown pictures was one of the 2 company photographers for the Lackawanna Railroad. There are several thousand glass plate negatives digitally scanned by the park rangers at Steamtown. Some of the plates were de-laminating, the silver was chipping away from the glass plate. Mt Barry etched his initials, WBB, into the pictures. These old plates can be enlarged on a computer screen to show some interesting detail.
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Nicely done. The fit looks good. 👍
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Sharpe and the Sergeant in action. 😁
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Another maker/retailer of these kinds of tools is UMM-USA https://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/index.php?cPath=21&osCsid=67a8726df77727687a7e33be11c6ecf1 That link takes you to their tool pages. The folding tools are mid page.
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Good purchase. Getting those 90 degree bends is easier with this tool. You may want to scrounge some short lengths of dowels/tubing to use as mandrels for your curved railings amd other rounded metal pieces. 👍
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Glen, nice shot of the corona. We're too far east and had cloud cover ruining the event.
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Flagship had one in development, I believe. With Rusty's passing, that one is on hold.
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Flagship Models had an extensive line of ACW ironclads, primarily in 1/192 scale, but the owner passed away. Luckily for modelers, the line was picked up by Squadron Models. I believe they intend to re-release these kits in the future. 🤞
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Krupp 420mm Big Bertha by Haliburton - Takom - 1/35
Canute replied to Haliburton's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
What did you say? I can confirm hearing loss and that buzzing in one's ears, called tinnitus, due to 28 years of jet noise. Hearing aids are a daily thing now. Luckily they are rechargeable, versus putting those tiny batteries. All courtesy of my Uncle Sam. -
Looks very good, Jeff. 👍
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F-100C Super Sabre by CDW - Trumpeter - 1:48 scale
Canute replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
My F-100 crewchief buddy confirms that the tail section was all Titanium. -
That seems to blend in fairly well, Chris.
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Scrappee Liaison by chadwijm6 - Microaces - RADIO
Canute replied to chadwijm6's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Good luck with your maiden flight. The twist in the airframe is there to counter the torque of the motor and prop. -
Looking forward to the start of this build, Craig. This was a big, rugged bird.
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Nicely done with the orange. It's eight up there with red and yellow for getting good coverage, due to the translucency of those colors,
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