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Canute
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Puppy mills are a scourge in our animals. People are greedy. -
You guys are the best, for your pup. The pound save "girls" came "fixed" so I don't remember the time period. The boys, we had to get done by our vet and had to keep them quiet for a week or so.
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Yes, no rush. That pooch is part of the fam.
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Use the eyesight issue. It works for me right now.
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Twas EG, not me, OC.
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I think I will dry-brush steel onto the tracks, since they are already a sand color. The pads will be brushed a rubber black color.
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Hope you continue to improve, Chris. And yeas resin dust , at the leas,t is a nuisance. Mask up.
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Hands down the F4E. I flew C/D/RF models, too. Actually preferred the pre-slat version, since they added drag and weight in order to get one decent turn. I like the way you've cut up the aftermarket deck to fit in so well. Nicely done. Will you tone it down with washes/pigments/color pencils?
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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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Paint?
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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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