ccoyle
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I used to build 1/700 back in the pre-PE days. Nowadays, I could never afford all of the extra goodies, and my eyesight ain't what it used to be. -
Okay, the canopy and gun sight are now done. I had to cut the frames apart and fiddle around with them a bit to get them to fit, and the canopy is not a 100% fit either, as I mentioned earlier, but it will do.
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I'm glad to see you building this. I've often wondered what sort of challenge this kit would present.
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Yep, these paper hulls can be tricky. I'll let you know when I've gotten one "just right" -- but don't stay up waiting. There's an after-market 3-D printed hull available for HMV's USS England -- it ain't cheap at $64, but that's what Christmas lists are made for.
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A great way to look for potential first builds is to search build log titles using the keywords "finished first build." Those parameters returned 95 results, which you can peruse here. Enjoy!
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I built this kit way back when I was a kid, but back then the destroyer was said to be HMS Ashanti. Just to make sure, I looked up the F75 pennant number, which is indeed that of Eskimo. Interestingly, I can't confirm that either of those ships was present when Ark Royal was sunk on 13 Nov 1941. The original Revell box art appears to based on wartime images of either HMS Legion (G74) or HMS Lightning (G55) taking survivors off of Ark Royal; both of those ships were L-class destroyers.
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Patience, my son, patience. All will be revealed in its time. 😉
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Generally speaking, they are kit-specific, though I have on at least one occasion made a canopy for one kit work for another. But my luck ran out -- this canopy was produced for a Halinski kit, and the canopy for that kit was obviously a slightly different design.
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Well, I have hit an unpleasant snag. I started work on the canopy, using the vacu-formed canopy I ordered along with the kit. I am using double-sided tape on the canopy framing, and have cut the frames into smaller sections than are printed in the kit, just to make handling the spindly frame pieces easier to deal with. The problem is: the vacu-formed canopy is not the right size and shape. I suspected this as soon as I applied the first piece of framing, and additional framing has only made the problem more apparent. So, that kind of sapped my modeling mojo for the day. I will report again once I have sorted things out.
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Elevators complete. And since there was so much recent interest in the cans on my desk, I've made sure that they feature prominently in this shot. 😜
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Very nice work! Build log titles can only be edited from post #1. I've got this one covered for you. Cheers!
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Couple of odds and ends today -- exhaust stubs, headrest, rudder. Not a whole lot to show because of all the soccer I had to watch today. 😋 I started work on the elevators. Not a single diagram shows the internal structure of these elements. Thankfully, I already have a good idea of how they go together.
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If you're genuinely curious, I can set up a topic in the Shore Leave area.
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Baby has new shoes. Each main gear has 15 17 pieces, and the tail wheel has 9. I left off the brackets that normally would hold the gear doors to the struts, because the diagrams were very vague on their placement, and they are tiny parts in any case.
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Witam, Adam! Hope you will enjoy your time here.
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1:1 firearms are a niche within the card modeling community. I don't build them myself and have little interest in them, so I'm not super-familiar with the sources. But there are examples of them here and there for sale, such as here.
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Hey, there. This post is for those who may be new to card modeling and might be thinking about buying one. Here's some advice: unless you know what to look for, avoid eBay as a source for card models. Why? To answer that, let's look at the following eBay screen capture, showing page one of the results obtained by searching for "paper models," with the search narrowed to aircraft and sorted by newly listed: Anything jump out at you? That's right -- nearly all of those models are originating in China. And you know what else they have in common? Every kit coming from China has been illegally scanned and copied from a legitimate kit. In many cases, I know who published the original design. Sadly, it is extremely easy to scan a card model and make copies of it, and a quick survey of eBay shows that nearly 80% of the card models listed there are illegal copies. This is an example of IP infringement. It's theft, and it's wrong. Same as for wooden kits, pirated card model kits are not welcome at MSW. Help support card model designers and publishers by only purchasing models from trusted sources -- think of it as an investment in the future of card modeling. If you have a question about a particular model, feel free to shoot me a PM. Cheers!
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Well, no pictures of landing gear today. Why no pictures? Because yet again, the diagrams in an Orlik kit leave much to be desired -- namely clarity. There's parts that aren't shown, parts that aren't numbered, parts shown in one perspective but not another, and even parts shown in locations that they cannot possibly be physically located in. Ah, but who doesn't love a challenge? 😑
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Whew! Both sides done now. The starboard side, while not a perfect fit, did not require as much surgery as the port side, e.g. no paper mache -- was able to fill in the gaps with glue. Next step will be the landing gear, then the fuselage will be set aside for a bit to work on the engine and cowling. I love building radial engines out of card stock. 🙄
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Ah, I forgot about Dom Bumagi. This log can stay in the kit section -- it's still the same kit, just bigger.
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When you say "from the Ukraine," I'm guessing that this is the Orel kit?
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