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  1. Canute
    Yep, what some folks might call elective surgery (not life threatening this minute) have been rolling along OK since early June, here in WNC.
  2. Canute
    Things will definitely work better after it all heals up. Of course, right now you must look like Rocky Raccoon. Be well, brother.
  3. Canute
    They're a challenge. Plus they had very deep panel lines in some of their aircraft kits.
  4. Canute
    Making haste slowly, mate.
  5. Canute
    No, the K model here used BMW radials. The German bombers tried a number of permutations of their air-frames, differing mostly with the engines installed. Studying them is a trip down a rabbit hole.
  6. Canute
    Oh, I can't believe they'd be imbibing too much. We worked with a 12 hour bottle to throttle rule, when I was actively flying. Guess your other two are hiding in the cockpit somewhere. Their camouflage schemes are so interesting. Will you try the boxtop scheme?
  7. Canute
    RA, I suspect that could be the gunner/radio operator, checking for Mossie or Beaufighter night-fighters sneaking up on them. The navigator would be riding sideways, staring at his maps, or looking out the front. I don't know if the Germans used a co-pilot. The entire 4 man crew was up there in the nose of the bomber.
  8. Canute
    OC, the Tamiya spray primer should be the fine stuff. They do make a coarser type, Surface Primer, which might obscure details.
  9. Canute
    Boy, you are snake-bit with respect to your paints, OC. The two KGL lads look good.; suitably stalwart looking.
  10. Canute
    Good stuff here. I need to re-read my Waterloo books to stay in this game. Fascinating battle/campaign. Been too wrapped up in a read of a rebuttal of the Burns video on Viet Nam. Good read on Kindle.
  11. Canute
    All too true, EG. It is a big driver. US torpedoes were a joke at the start of the war. A dice roll for one actually working.
  12. Canute
    Nice analysis, EG. ACM and ACT (air combat tactics)needed to develop, but WW I wasn't the time. The basics that were taught in the 50s still apply. We just have much better weapons to conduct the engagements with, meaning the air-frames and weapons.
  13. Canute
    Hope things out on the Banks are OK. That recent TS/Hurricane did a number in some areas. Have fun.
  14. Canute
    By Jove, I think he's got it!
  15. Canute
    The 3D turrets are superb, Greg. As is the PE on the superstructure. 👍
  16. Canute
    Yes, I have read on these Royal Americans. Not as well publicized as the 95th, thanks to Bernard Cornwell and his Sharpe series. Their rifles were a vast improvement over the usual muskets carried by line infantry units. Looking forward to OC bringing them to 3D figures, versus pictures in a book.
  17. Canute
    Don't think we Colonials made that distinction, suh. Our Riflemen took target practice on officers at Saratoga and Cowpens, fighting like the Red Indians. In our Civil War, the North formed a unit, named Berdan's Sharpshooters. The used rifles and wore dark green uniforms, similar to the 95th. Less flashy dress, since they were used as snipers. And they worked in pairs, like the British Rifles.
  18. Canute
    Sounds like the Carnarvon underling at Balaclava with the Charge of the Light Brigade or at least in the old Errol Flynn movie. "Good show, eh?"
  19. Canute
    Hank, it's almost time to splice the mainbrace. Very nice job.
  20. Canute
    Can do, mate.
  21. Canute
    Nice, I just got the Osprey book on the Rifles in the mail. Should be some good reading.
  22. Canute
    How about one of the Riflemen, OC?
  23. Canute
    Nice work, OC. To add replacement detail would require micro-sculpting tools and skills.
  24. Canute
    Great find, OC. The books I have on Waterloo have a number of paintings done just after the battle and these are in total agreement. Excellent resource for you. 👍
  25. Canute
    Smart way to do it mate. Doing it on the installment plan.

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