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  1. Canute
    Would using day-glo paints count?
  2. Canute
    Some very interesting woods, Jack. Looking forward to that build. Hope your spirits improve wrt to returning to the modeling. Stay away from Lou's.
  3. Canute
    Yeah, you guys, go make sawdust or resin dust or plastic dust. No sniffing glue though. We've killed too many brain cells already. I think those of us who went thru that particular wringer (combat, civil rights activity) have some variation of PTSD. Luckily, those of us here have this modeling "gene" to allow us to create miniature things to relieve stress.
  4. Canute
    Strong light and magnification work well. Your "force" is turning out nicely, mate.
  5. Canute
    I think we really work at burying the bad times in our subconscious, because they were that bad. I don't talk about them with most folks, they weren't there. The old concept of seeing the elephant. The good times get retold and we keep them much fresher. My Dad had a bunch of tales that I can remember; most were funny, goofy GI stuff. There were a few that he and I discussed, after I came back from Viet Nam and before I went to Germany in '73. They were new for me. Enough moroseness (is that a word?). Hope you're feeling better Lou.
  6. Canute
    Guts ball, Mark. I salute all you guys, serving in the close support roles. As some wise one said, all gave some and some gave all. 👍👍
  7. Canute
    Look up papier-mache. I remember building model railroad tunnels with the stuff. I forget exactly what's in it, but it may have been flour. Big issues is, if it's not sealed, the bugs will feast on it.
  8. Canute
    You can also burn it off your applicator.
  9. Canute
    As your modeling skills grow, you get more comfortable with kit-bashing and scratchbuilding. Welcome to the Dark Side, mate.
  10. Canute
    Saw this on Hyperscale. These paints are a combination of acrylics and enamels. Most are for dry-brushing, although a couple are acrylic paints. Check these out at: http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/other/ammobymig7033bg_1.html
  11. Canute
    Lots of small details that make it come alive. Good job, OC.
  12. Canute
    The Thities really got into the Streamlined Era. I'll be in on this one, Craig.
  13. Canute
    I personally haven't used them, but I did use their predecessor, Accupaint. For model railroad users, they seem to apply OK, although needing a primer on resin. The Tamiya fine primer is recommended. The railroad colors are reported as very good. Haven't seen any commentary on ship colors. We're talking 20th Century naval colors.
  14. Canute
    Interesting. Like I said above, I have a Tamiya He219 Uhu in 1/48 scale. Tamiya includes a shaped insert to put the cockpit section inside and wrap the fuselage skin around.
  15. Canute
    Should be an interesting build. I'll follow along.
  16. Canute
    Nice and easy, brother. You and family first.
  17. Canute
    Does the kit come with a weight or give you an idea of how much you will need to prevent this becoming a tail-sitter. It's too nice to need a prop of some kind in the tail area. Some of the newer kits come with a weight for the cockpit area.
  18. Canute
    H, that should be a good glue. You'll find you may at times also use white glue. And sometimes super glue/CA. They all have their uses in wooden models. Read the various logs and see what others are using for a given situation. Ask them why they do what they do in a given situation. We all learn a lot by participation in these logs.
  19. Canute
    EG, nice parts. Another tool for releasing the 3D parts from their matrices is this saw: http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_28&products_id=35 Very fine teeth. And proceed slowly with cutting.
  20. Canute
    Bob, wasn't sure of the model. Thanks for the update. I was in the Air National Guard at McGuire flying F-4s and later KC-135s. About 18 years. Moved to western NC back in 2009.
  21. Canute
    Very cool aircraft. They flew a donated J model to McGuire back in the 80s. It's in NMF and stored flyable. It comes off the pedestal every few years to get a cleaning and have the engines run. It's painted up as Pudgy ?, McGuire's mount when he was shot down.
  22. Canute
    Nice looking red seats, OC. Do you have lap belts for those seats. They're usually strewn all over the seat bottoms. The pax just up and leave them wherever and the crews in the cabin have enough other duties to worry about neatness. You're doing great work on this beast, sir.
  23. Canute
    Yeppers, lots of light and magnification. And some fine tweezers, etc for manipulating said PE. Your fingers are too big for some of that stuff
  24. Canute
    Very interesting idea, adding the foot traffic paths. 👍
  25. Canute
    Yes, the adds make it pop. Well done.

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