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  1. 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. 👍
  2. Canute
    Smart move, keying your parts for assembly. Keep on truckin'.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Canute
    Lou, I'll look that up. One of my buddies here offered to tutor me, but passed away suddenly.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Canute
    And you have good examples in your neighborhood for inspiration. Take a wander and bring along your phone for sample pictures.
  12. Canute
    No problem, mate. The icon was just the X. Mark passed on the complete link. Looks good. Thanks for posting.
  13. Canute
    Took me to the end of your collection of photos for the build.
  14. Canute
    EG has drawn up the first two parts of a turbojet engine, Intake, then Compress, Next he'll burn the compressed air/fuel mixture in his combustor cans then expell it out the end, generating thrust. Or more succinctly - suck, squeeze, bang, blow. Afterburners or reheat, using the correct terminology, adds more fuel and burns the mixture (again), generating more thrust. This version of F-86 didn't have this, but his F-104 does.
  15. Canute
    I suspect some of the bleed air will be used for cockpit heating, too, like most jets. Easy way to keep those tootsies warm at the altitudes they cruised at in the high twenties or so. Design is looking good, mate.
  16. Canute
    Looking very good, OC. Maybe some puddling in the road from all the rains?
  17. Canute
    How about the 4 guys in the trunk, along with a case or two? And I'm not talking the bodies Uncle Vinnie mighta put there with a bag or two of ceement. 😄
  18. Canute
    Little Rascals for me. Red is very tough to get good coverage, as is yellow. They are translucent, so primers are important. I have a number of refrigerator cars to paint and they are yellow. Luckily the base plastic is an ivory tending to yellow, so I think I may skip priming, but I may test it anyway. I had good luck spraying yellow over medium gray.
  19. Canute
    Nicely done layering of the colors, OC. Good looking walls. We'll need a delivery drone to distribute the goodies if any more of you take to the hammocks in the rafters. 😁
  20. Canute
    Well, now. If that's the case, I'll bring the adult beverages. We'll promise to not get very rowdy.
  21. Canute
    OC, glad you're keeping at it. The oopsies will pass and you'll be back better than ever, mate.
  22. Canute
    The connection boats look like liberty boats for the crewmen to get back and forth. Pack 'em in like sardines?
  23. Canute
    I think after 40 years or so, she's used to my eccentricities. I tell her it's from the hypoxic events in my flying career. And the Darlin buys that. 😁
  24. Canute
    Might try putting it inside your freezer (with the Admiral's permission, of course). The cold stresses the plastic glue and CA joints. I've done this to a few model freight cars I needed to disassemble. The mods I needed to make required the partial tear-down.
  25. Canute
    We only used them for maintenance engine runs, but our intakes sat much higher. But FOD was always a concern. Nice job on the inlet vanes in 3D.

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