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  1. Canute
    Don't rush it.
  2. Canute
    The combustor cans are mostly round, but the aft 1/4 begins to flatten out and ends up as curved openings; like they took a race track oval and bent it into a curve. And that opening may have vertical supports for some strength. How I learned that was we lost an F-4 when a couple of the rods broke off and went into the turbine blades and punched a hole through the engine casing up into one of the fuel cells and thru some hydraulic lines. They caught fire and jumped out just north of our gunnery range, attempting to get home. Guy in the front seat quit flying after that..
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    Nicely done, Dave. The woods you used really make it pop.
  4. Canute
    One well done vessel. Superb.
  5. Canute
    EG, good luck in the medical department. You'll be in our thoughts and prayers. The Eduard story highlights one of the best produces out there. Some of the small producers I've dealt with are like that, but many just don't respond to we builders. You're onto something with the SLA resin printing. I have an acquaintance who has been making masters of model railroad cars with that kind of printer for a number of years. He uses them as masters for some high quality resin castings which we can buy. His kits are some of the best; too bad he doesn't do more in my scale.
  6. Canute
    Like Jack says, OC. The antibiotics do a number on us as they fight the "bug". The antacids can cancel out the antibiotics when taken too soon. I have this on solid medical authority, my Admiral the Registered Nurse. Your fields and hedges are really coming along nicely. Looks a lot like the pasture across the road from me. For your trees, you might try a spray can of inexpensive hair spray on the bare stems. Do the spraying outside; it can be smelly. Have a couple of small boxes of your leaf materials to hand. Pick up a pinch of one color and sprinkle it onto the stem. Start dark and work out with lighter colors.
  7. Canute
    Grumman Ironworks fine design. Looking forward to your build, Chris.
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    Those last two are all too familiar, compared to the drawings in both a/c I flew. Both look good. Keep on truckin'. Interesting design with the FOD screens semi-permanently in place. That was a significant loss of thrust, especially when those engines put out so much less thrust to begin with. It led to a lot of the air to air tactics, developed after Korea, employing what we called energy maneuverability. Park the throttle as far forward as you can and lock it in place. Then fly with whatever thrust you had, employing pitch ups or down to lose or gain speed. Moving the throttle could lead to a compressor stall at an inopportune time. The Phantom's J-79 engines were the first turbojets to permit said racking about with the throttles and not compressor stalling. The stalls were pretty harsh, bumping your feet off the rudder pedals and shooting flame out both ends of the jet. Saw an F-100 do that a time or two. And an F-15, too. Although the turbofan didn't compressor stall, it stagnated. Semantics.
  9. Canute
    OC, get well. Your health is way more important than a nice model.
  10. Canute
    You know you wanna print up the first section. 😉😁 Looks like your printer can handle that level of detail, so I guess the next step is slicing your creation for the printer?
  11. Canute
    The ModelAir line is airbrush ready. The regular line can be airbrushed, but needs thinning, since it is meant to brush on your model.
  12. Canute
    Hard trials and great tribulation with this build, OC. Perseverance pays off. I really like the damaged cart there in the road. Looking very good.👍
  13. Canute
    Was the Lancaster a new run or a re-pop in a new box? I remember fighting with the older kits to get nacelles and other parts to fit smoothly. Filler putty was my friend. 😉
  14. Canute
    Whew, that's too close, mate. Glad you patched it up quickly. Sometimes we are our own worst enemies.
  15. Canute
    My club does that. We operate British and German equipment, along with our US/Canadian trains. Kind of cool hearing the distinctive whistles of the British locos. Modules look very good. 👍
  16. Canute
    Smart move, keying your parts for assembly. Keep on truckin'.
  17. Canute
    Salt buildup is anywhere the sea spray dries on. And rust around the anchor shouldn't matter how close to the waterline. Look at photos to see how it streaks.
  18. Canute
    I can run my laptop next to my desktop for the dual screens. We can hack it! I've got some projects I can see getting going. Thanks, bro.
  19. Canute
    EG, thanks for your suggestions. I remember a write-up in several train magazines about Sketchup. I think I'm gonna spend Sunday tracking it down and getting myself a copy. Can't keep whining about learning something new; gotta get off the butt.
  20. Canute
    Lou, I'll look that up. One of my buddies here offered to tutor me, but passed away suddenly.
  21. Canute
    Keep up the good work, brother. Like the guys said, it's a learning process. I keep telling myself I want to be able to use a computer based drafting program, but it'll have to be self taught. Local schools aren't offering adult education classes for these. Mostly very basic courses.
  22. Canute
    OC, like the way your hedge turned out. The tree may add interest, too; maybe as a corner marker?. Hope you're blending of the sections works out. Looking across the road by me at the farm fields, the only contrasting area is a plot they plowed up, likely to raise some veggies. Most of the farm is green pastures, since they have 10 horses wandering about.
  23. Canute
    The rework station, OCAMA, is the Oklahoma City Air Material Area, aka Ok City Depot. They do all the engines for the Air Force. Once out of the AF inventory, these good folks pick up the ongoing overhauls and rebuilding.
  24. Canute
    You go to steeple chase races? They have some in Camden, SC over here. Probably a few more, in other places. I went to a couple years back. Biggest open air cocktail party in the state of South Carolina.
  25. Canute
    And you have good examples in your neighborhood for inspiration. Take a wander and bring along your phone for sample pictures.

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