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  1. Canute
    She's definitely a soft coal burner, with that plume. Hard coal -anthracite- was a major mining industry on the east branch of the Susquehanna and was a major home heating fuel back then. When the US Navy was building dreadnoughts, they began buying hard coal to remove the giveaway smoke plumes, since there was a lot of it available.
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    She's a definite stand out, Keith.
  3. Canute
    Good job on your rock-cut tunnel. It's looking good.
  4. Canute
    Your Comet turned out nicely, Phil. The weathering suits it well.
  5. Canute
    Sweet finish, Craig. Good luck at the show.
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    Flattery will get you everywhere! 😁 I sure do miss the bird and the lifestyle. The jet was assigned almost every task under the sun and was considered a master of none. The ordnance flight manuals we had were the biggest ones by weight. We carried everything in the inventory that fit on a fighter, so the ballistic manuals had to match. Weren't too many parts of that book I didn't use. Hope you all had a nice Memorial Day. Remember the folks who died getting us to where we are today.
  7. Canute
    Well, that's cat-logic for ya. Lula is looking great, Keith.
  8. Canute
    Crushed walnut shells were also used to clean jet engines. The GE J-79 engines in F-4s and various other military jet aircraft were cleaned with them.
  9. Canute
    Nice work on this Mossie variant, Andy.
  10. Canute
    Thanks to steam exhaust products, like cinders and gases given off by coal combustion, the areas around rights of way were fairly denuded of any foliage. The diesel transition started the recovery of the forests near the tracks.
  11. Canute
    Those wheels look the real deal, Craig. 👍
  12. Canute
    Looks like you have just the correct amount of tension on those chains. We'll sit here waiting to hear the sprong of the tension. 🤞 And it looks like you have a leg up on your starboard side weathering. 😉
  13. Canute
    Amen, Chris. Nice to see your crew deployed around the boat and especially their back stories. We did that in the papermill on our club layout and the visitors liked to read the vignettes.
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    You could use a ratter dog, some kind of terrier. Wise move on quitting smoking; I lost several relatives, including my Mom, to smoking. Lula is looking good, but as some have said, it needs some clutter.
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    Opened fine on my HP and the links worked well. Running Windows 11 and Adobe Acrobat
  16. Canute
    Good luck with your doctor, Keith. Hope it all gets resolved safely. We're rooting (and praying) for you.
  17. Canute
    Excellent finish, Craig. Go Speedracer!
  18. Canute
    Excellent work on your engine. Looks like it just came out of a shipping crate. 👍
  19. Canute
    I vote for Glen's story.
  20. Canute
    Blairstown is looking great. You've nailed the Lackawanna paint job. 👍
  21. Canute
    Very plausible explanation for the "flying" mast. Blame it on the cat. Maybe my launching of parts into interdemensional space has the wee people snatching them? 🤔 Iron Duke turned out well, Alan. 👍
  22. Canute
    That's some big model, Phil. I have a few hours in these beasts, since we converted to them from F-4s. Job was OK, the operating locations were fun spots, usually.
  23. Canute
    Turkey ended up with a good number of my unit's F-4Es back in 1991. I missed the delivery flights because I was the trial WSO to go to tanker school at Castle AFB, CA. Later on, when we were in Pisa, supporting the shenanigans in Bosnia, the Turkish F-4s sported our nose art of the Tiger heads. The rest of the markings reflected the Turkish AF. I look forward to seeing your build of one of those Z-M Phantoms. 😁
  24. Canute
    Mine, too, OC. A simple and quick procedure, no skin grafts required. We spent more time sitting in the waiting room than the actual procedure. Busy clinic.
  25. Canute
    He's a long time supplier to the model rr folks. Supplies a craftsman kind of kit with very good instructions. Lots of cutting and fitting.

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