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Rivets?
Canute replied to Nirvana's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
There are rivet decals for you if you want to lay down sections of them. Archer Fine Transfers is one: http://www.archertransfers.com/index.html Micromark also has them: https://www.micromark.com/search?keywords=rivet decals Disregard the non-rivet decals that showed from the search. -
Works for me, too. OC, you did up the tracks without paint? Be interesting how they will articulate after painting.
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After 20 years and 4K hours in a fast jet, both in combat and training and being a weapons school instructor, I had to pay the piper for all that fun. My Air Guard fighter unit was converted to KC-135s, along with 3-4 others, right after Desert Storm. The mission wasn't glamorous, but I did get back to Germany a number of times. Also went to Tuscany, Italy, Scotland and Spain overseas. Did a couple of trips to Alaska (in the summer) and one to Edwards AFB. If you're an aircraft fan, it was a great trip.
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My kit is the same as EG's. Sandbox one for me with the TUSK II. Maybe get some Cav decals. I worked with the 3rd of the 7th Cav in Germany once upon a time. Custer's Own. The right eye is healed up, but my glasses are wrong for that eye now. It seems better without any glasses. Things seem a touch brighter and definitely sharper. Although the eye surgeon says I'll be good for distance and may need readers for close. 😁
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No, when I flew Phantoms, I only used celestial to bamboozle the front seater with star stuff. When I did my "penance" tour in the Stratotanker, I did all the calculations at my station/desk and had the boom operator actually doing the shots. We used a periscopic sextant with a bubble level to determine horizontal. It had filters a welder could use to take Sun shots. We had two pilots up front keeping us straight and level for the duration of each shot, about 2 minutes each, as I remember. Every so often, I do a shot, just to keep in practice. Nowadays, I just stargaze on clear nights.
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My TUSK 2 Abrams showed up a while back, but sitting on the shelf until I get my cataract issued resolved. One good eye, one bad eye right now makes it difficult to work very long on anything. Happily, my left eye will be done Monday. Until sometime later in the week, all I can do is read the instructions and gaze at the bazillion sprues in a rather large box.
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McLaren M8B by CDW - Accurate Miniatures - 1:24 Scale
Canute replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Very nice pix of the various celestial bodies. And OC with a hand held camera or on a tripod? I'm pretty familiar with many of them, since I was trained in celestial navigation for aircraft. Since GPS came along, not much need for it. Although I understand it still gets taught as a backup if the GPS constellation ever gets jammed.
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So, I'd guess that the dearth of photos may be due to the photographer not taking shots of "ships in skirts". Too bad for some of us latter day historians/model builders.
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Interesting build when you get around to it, Lou.
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Sometimes a photoetcher will take too much off the metal where he wants bends made. I had some stainless steel ladders and got the stiles (sides) bent OK, but the tiny attachment pins broke off as I started to bend the parts. And it was in HO scale (1/87). Talked to a modelmaker buddy about those ladders and that was his answer. Took too much metal off.
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Wow, the case maker is a gem. You are one lucky dude with your display case. Hope the next delivery person isn't having a bad day.
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Mike, do you have this page for Shimakaze: http://www.combinedfleet.com/shimak_c.htm Seems to be the epitome of the Japanese fixation on annihilating the opponent's major surface combatants in an all out surface battle. They had the premiere weapon for that, the Long Lance torpedo, which Shimakaze took to almost an extreme. But it is an elegant destroyer.
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Well,a 2 second burst put 200 rounds thru the barrels. Any longer could warp the barrels, which did happen occasionally. In order to hit a pin point target, you'd need to push the nose down while shooting. Not too hard but if close to terra firma, could have issues. So usually, it was meant more to scare the guys on the ground. A bunch of 20 mm slugs rattling around isn't much fun for the ground pounders. Getting a good secondary was considered gravy for the hot pass.
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Faster than the speed of smell...😁
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Kinda tough if you're strafing a ground target. We set our hope on "speed is life" and prayed that the Golden BB didn't have your name on it. And jinking usually worked. Jinking is meant to spoil aimed fir, since you changed directions in all 3 planes about every 2 seconds. You come out feeling like you'd been homogenized in a blender, but the AAA usually missed.
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That's pretty true in most navies. USN colors came as mixing kits, with a base and tints for mixing, than premixed. Same for a lot of other businesses, such as railroads. The quality control of the mixing was non-existent. So, who's to say how accurate a particular color is.
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If you're lucky the dies/files go to a quality model maker. The big thing with a lot of these molds is fair wear and tear making the parts with more flash still attached to the parts. The dies need refurbishment or eventually replacement. Sometimes a mom and pop outfit acquires the dies and they do a great job until the time comes for replacement. I've seen it with some model railroading gear. 3D printing files relies on the quality of the printer, once the design files are debugged. And these printers are only getting better/cheaper.
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Yeah, don't forget, the tracer works both way. Our old Mark 1 eyeballs just aren't fast enough anymore. New aircraft gun-sights take so much into account for more accurate shooting.
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OC, looks good. The time and effort are worth it, mate.
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Douse 'em in hot sauce and they may be edible. 😉😁 Well, it seems to work down here in the Southeast. Hot sauce is de riguer in many luncheonettes around here. I'm not a user, except in Mexican restaurants. I think all the sweet iced tea they drink does something to their tastebuds. More on topic, the Bissy has been a fave since I saw the movie way back when, but I think Scharnhorst has almost a similar cachet for me. I like the job you've done so far, Channell. 👍
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As I remember, the Germans like their beer cool, not cold. Some brews are meant to be drunk warmish, like the British and I guess Dutch. Some Belgians, like Stella, can be cooler. Most American stuff has to be cold or it's horse whizz. Ever had warm AnheuserBusch Budweiser? Yuck.
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Really nicely detailed Mike. And then those shots of you holding the paint with the ship attached.
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Well done Jack. Looks first-rate. 👍
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