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PE details look great for the hangar's workshop area. Like Carl says, is this your slap-dash paining? -
Interesting ship/boat. Especially in a prior job. I'll be tagging along, Yves.
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
Canute replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Well I can, EG. Did some fast FAC missions in Laos/Cambodia. We'd take off with 2 frozen water bottles and by the 3rd refueling, about 3 hours, they were gone. Got somewhat parched in the last hour or so. Cheap drunk that night. Good thing we had multiple flight suits, too. The salt stains were pretty bad, too. The hootch lady we had , scrubbed the suits with a tough bristle brush and after a few months, you could almost read thru the Nomex. What a way to fight a war. -
F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
Canute replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Looking good. I'm with you on the efforts on unseeable AM details. Most everything in the cockpit was that gray. Bezels were black, as were the canopy frames/rails. At our Southwestern bases, such as Nellis and Luke, the rails got hot as heck in the sun, so we needed to keep sleeves down and don flight gloves. Touching could lead to burns. Nowadays, they have shelters to protect the newer jets from the Sun. And good cockpit air conditioning. The F-4 had a good heater, but cooling was a joke. The Eagle A/C was vastly better. -
Nice work on the bustle, OC. The grill work looks good. Unfortunately, all the coolers, water carriers and ration boxes will end up hiding all that nice PE. But, you'll know it's there. 😉😄
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
Canute replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I'm in, and in the front row, too. -
Those vision blocks really set it off. OC. Nicely done.
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I like your perseverance with this Leviathan, Kevin. 👍
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A boat is a hole in the water you throw money into.
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Well done, Kevin. Like Bruce d said, it'll look good in John Wayne's "Stagecoach". 👍
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A light gray under the yellow will work, unless it's a pale yellow. I painted a few diesel locos in a gray, yellow, maroon scheme. The whole body was gray, with yellow ends and maroon stripes along the sides. You'll do great with this build.
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You could do a Pudgy, Tom McGuire's P-38. I was out on the flight-line the day a donated P-38 landed at McGuire AFB. It had been restored and repainted as Pudgy ? (McGuire's planes all had the same name, just a new Roman numeral as he got new mounts). Anyway, it was placed on a pedestal, stored flyable. Every 3 years or so they'd dismount it, tow it to a hangar and clean it up and run the engines. I don't think it was taken up for a test hop, though.
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Nicely done with all the PE, so far. I just love bending and folding the grabs, then inserting them into the appropriate holes.
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I'd like to see the F86 too. Saw a few flying about, too, at airshows. They were all shiny bare aluminum, except for the gun muzzle panels, like in your box top. Would you call it magnesium or steel color? The cover stands out.
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Very nice non-airbrush finish. Looking forward to seeing your P-51D. 👍
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You're getting a really nice reflectivity on the nose section, somewhat better than the other two areas you point out. The nose looks the shiniest of the 3 panels, but then it could easily be due the orientation of the individual panels, like on the real thing. We're not talking one billet of aluminum for the entire surface, but multiple panels with varying orientations. 👍
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EG, the finish is coming along, despite the coarse riveting lines on the model. The Starfighter will look even better, brother.
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Ancient anchor found in Yucatan.
Canute replied to Eugenio Treviño's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Seems to be the state of Journalism these days. Sensational words to grab our attention. -
I think you've got the method to an NMF bird. Very nice..
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The cowl bump on the nose is huge. Looks like the noses of some Me-109Gs. Best of luck hiding it with anti-glare green. Model on...
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Fairey Gannet by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/72
Canute replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Interesting bird; unusual extra vertical stabilizers on the tail. Must have had a strong yawing effect, despite the contra-rotating props. -
Blairstown would be very cool, but I have an affinity for DL&W equipment. Taber has pictures, as does the Rail-Marine Info Group. Whatever you do, you'll get a following.
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I'm with OC on liking the coach. The varnish reals works. 👍
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