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  1. Canute
    Arizona would be a welcome build, in a pre December 7, fit. On some forums, the paint job (gray versus blue) fires up flame wars as to who is correct. I have no oar in the water on that. I just love a well documented build and finishing log. Your work, whatever the build, will do your subject proud. 😄
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    I was in St Louis in'75 picking up an Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4E to ferry to the Shah. We got a tour of the facilities and saw that mocked up Super Harrier (I presume), tucked in among the Phantoms and Eagles MickyD was cranking out. The jet I picked up had one hour on it. That was the Functional Check Flight they did before shipping it out. Whatever writeups they may have had were insignificant. The jet smelled like a new car. The forms were clean, no carry overs.
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    What did you think? He's really good for aircraft, but does a decent job on naval colors.
  4. Canute
    Check out the Cybermodeler site. This is the USS Essex and shows Viet Nam era colors: https://www.cybermodeler.com/naval/essex/essex_all.shtml For paint selections look here: https://www.cybermodeler.com/resource6.shtml Look at the bottom box in his right column for Modern USN colors. He has comparisons for a number of hobby paint lines. Good hunting!
  5. Canute
    Got the miniature work table last year. Been handy for several projects. My Northwest Shortline Choppers ( for cutting wood and plastic strips) have standard angles of 30, 45 and 60 degrees that are as small as the Veritas units. This will work out nicely, Jack. 👍
  6. Canute
    Your Corsair is a superb build. 👍 Thanks for sharing this blog.
  7. Canute
    Nice shop, Gary. I sat alert in a facility back when smoking was commonplace. For some reason, the smokers couldn't carry their Zippo lighters in the facility so every room had this little gadget on the wall . It had a grid on it similar to the cigar coil in autos back then. And a pushbutton next to it for turning it on. The smokers had to get up, stick their face, with cigarette, in that thing to light up. Listened to much grousing by the smokers. Since I never smoked I pretty much ignored their whines.
  8. Canute
    I wasn't too keen on the utility of this tool at first, but looking at it in a "working" environment I can see a lot of utility for angled cut "sweetening" by using some accurate angle fixtures. up against the stop.
  9. Canute
    Did you wash the resin parts before gluing? A lot of them still have traces of mold release or printing support oils or waxes on them. And it's a good idea to prime them. Some of our paints don't work very well on these resins and will slough off without a primer. The turrets are looking good. 👍
  10. Canute
    Thanks, EG. I thought so, but it was 10 years ago. That info was stored in the sub-basement and a long way from the main aisle way. 😄
  11. Canute
    Alan, I took a scenery clinic/class at a train convention that used clumps of plant matter that were in small sticky clusters on a plastic sheet. I wish I could remember the brand. It was real easy to just peel and stick. Maybe EG or some of the other model railroaders remember that stuff.
  12. Canute
    Your ground work looks suitably muddy. And your added clutter on the vehicles is a great idea. They look sterile without it. 👍
  13. Canute
    Merry Christmas. Black Mountain is a bit east of Asheville; I'm about a half hour south of Asheville. All mountainous. The Eastern Continental Divide runs through here. Most rivers run off southeast. The French Broad River, about a half mile west of me runs mostly north to the Tennessee River and then the Mississippi.
  14. Canute
    Merry Christmas to you and yours, Eric. From a frozen "holler" in the Smokies.
  15. Canute
    Jeff, same to you and yours. Be well.
  16. Canute
    And Merry Christmas to you and yours, Kevin.
  17. Canute
    We've had 2, over the years. I think those cats themselves are decorations. I had other cats on our farm that were extremely efficient ratters. We had no varmints in the feed bins. The Maine Coons wouldn't leave the house.
  18. Canute
    Nice little biplane, Javlin. Check out Tru-Color paint. They probably match it. If you remember Accu-Paint, it's a reformulated solvent paint, like Accu-Paint was. Acetone base I believe. Only issue I've heard about is it needs to be used over primer on resin. Wants to slough off resins.
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    What were they thinking? 😮
  20. Canute
    Superb work, Rob. And like EG says, great looking base.
  21. Canute
    I think Woodland Scenics has some ditch water effects, Alan. Merry Christmas to you and yours, also.
  22. Canute
    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and the Admiral, OC. Here's to a better year for us all.
  23. Canute
    Thanks EG. That's what I thought. I normally use Future to gloss coat under decals. Not much call for clear windows on freight cars. Just cabeese and passenger cars. 😄
  24. Canute
    Sounds similar to the CA fumes that can fog the clear plastic. Will the Pledge help?
  25. Canute
    The candle for CA is new to me. Do you just puddle some on the tea-candle? I've usually used an open blister pack to put a few drops into, the dab it on the model with a unfolded paperclip or Glue looper.

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