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Making Brass Masts for 1/700 warships
Canute replied to dcicero's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Generic masts and the builder adds the yards. Good idea and your inner craftsman gets some needed work. -
I use a setup similar to Tim's with white LED lighting and a magnifier on the swing arm. The magnifier has a lid, too. That plus the cataract surgeries earlier this year allow me to work with just a pair of reading glasses. My far vision is back to what I was seeing when I was flying. The near is OK, but I use the readers for the fine print and my modeling work. You can't have too much light for your modeling work. Just go with the LEDs, since most everything else generates heat.
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SA-6 Gainful by Baker - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/72 - PLASTIC
Canute replied to Baker's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice. I can tell you that was one system that gave the Western air forces sleepless nights. Pretty detailed TEL (transporter-erector-launcher). -
Interesting design, Mike. I'm in.
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Alan, that's a quantum leap in the appearance of your parts. Well done.
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I'm with the guys. Tuck the Wokka in the back of a hangar bay with pieces removed. Most places in SEA had hangar queens, which were cannibalized for keeping the other jets flying. One of ours was named Marcia, after our maintenance officer. Even think she named it. 😃 Did not realize you'd applied your decals over flat paint. Big oops. mate. This hangar queen dio will make up for it.
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Denis, I'd go with the German gray over the flat black. The flat black sucks in too much light. A weathered black is what you want, I suspect. That German gray is the color a number of model railroaders are favoring for the undersides of equipment. Keep the efforts to have a working carriage. 👍
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Like the fellas said, follow the doctor's orders for a successful recovery. I have a friend who felt he could recover by doing his own thing. Didn't work and he needed a second operation to repair his shoulder.
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Some kits have something they call laser board. It's pretty thin; parts cut by laser are pretty delicate until properly assembled into its final configuration. It's pretty thin. I've used it as support structures for storage bins. I just bought a kit from Interactions Hobbies https://www.interactionhobbies.com/, the Pork Store, and he calls it resin impregnated board in his instructions. By the way, it's Satriale's Pork Store from the Sopranos series. And the owner is building a small boat of his own development in the Present Day Ships in kits forum. He utilizes basswood and polybak in the kit.
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Of note, that last picture is the USS Onondaga, a twin turret monitor, launched in 1863. She supported Union forces along the James River till the end of the war. She was sold to France in 1867.
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Mitsubishi A6M2b by CDW - Tamiya - 1:72 scale - Finished
Canute replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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That patina matches the look of the station lighting in the interior of the train station my club lives in, in Hendersonville, NC. The building is 119 years old. The club has been in there since 1992. Really like your work, Gary. 👍
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You did some nice work in that "office". Show it to everyone.😁
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Nicely done there, OC. Looks very good.
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Alan, I had a tough time figuring out what those tube things were supposed to represent. I like your idea of mounting the bases and adding some brass tubes for the Lewis guns. That's what the box art looks like to me.
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Beautiful biplane. I'm in, too.
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D9R by Kevin - Meng - 1/35 - PLASTIC - started 2015
Canute replied to Kevin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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You should check for compatibility of the spray and the styrene. Some aerosols have volatile organic compounds that may attack the plastic. The idea is to get the glue brittle enough to pop the parts apart without breaking up the plastic. When I've done that, the parts don't just fall apart. You need a little twist or prying with a tool soft enough to not damage the plastic. Once the model is deconstructed, clean up the glue joints.
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1/48 Italeri Hawk T.1A (On Hold)
Canute replied to Old Collingwood's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
The Fourth of July celebrations can make one of my pups go coo-coo too. He's a real coward and he's a hunting dog breed?🙄 -
Denis (and all of us), I've used it to disassemble a factory built kit, because I needed it in parts and no undecorated kits were available. You may lose some of the fine detail parts, but those are easily replaced. I did the first one or two with trepidation, not really wanting to do the deed, but they worked and I have less qualms about doing the disassembly via freezer. It's a no other options left procedure.
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What Jack said, OC. Great work!
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Never thought bored. I've given myself headaches and gone cross-eyed working on N and Z scale structures. I'd work about a half hour to 45 minutes, then take a break. The tiny parts take so much concentration that you can't keep at it very long. The engine opening is minuscule. Who'll know if you left stuff off? 😁
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