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What you need to know about Caldercraft is that the "thin" instruction booklet is typical for all of their early products, of which Cruizer is one. If you want something a little more substantive, you might consider Pickle, which is a later kit. But, keep casting around, and don't be too hasty about making a decision. There are some other kits being produced these days whose instructions are supposed to be pretty good. OTOH, we have some good planking tutorials here at MSW that can get you through that first planking job.
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I'm not an expert on paddlewheelers by a long shot. I did Google a few photos -- didn't see anything similar to your model. In fact, didn't see anything with square paddlewheel boxes. But there are others around here who are more knowledgeable on this subject than I am. When your model arrives, try starting up a topic in the research area. The mouth of Humboldt Bay is indeed narrow and kept the entrance out of sight for many years. To this day, passage across the bar is tricky, and the north and south spits are littered with ship wrecks, the most infamous being that of the USS Milwaukee (C-21), which grounded in 1917.
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Interesting. I have never seen a model quite like that one, so I can't speak to either its authenticity or value. That'd be a subject for a maritime art appraiser. But I'm intrigued by the possible link to Humboldt Bay, since I grew up in that area. However, the vessel looks like it has a pretty low freeboard; if so, it would be ill-suited for the SF to Eureka route. It looks better tailored for lake work.
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Well, you got my curiosity piqued -- now I want to see it, too!
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USS Livermore (DD-429) was a Gleaves-class destroyer. She served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, mostly on convoy duty.
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I was just reading about HMS Torbay and Astute today.
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I totally agree with the "off the beaten path" sentiment. Ah, yes, it is indeed a great feeling, but the word we're searching for here is "finished." Congrats, Don -- she really does look fine.- 653 replies
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Aha -- I see that at least one of your model's mysteries has come to light. Now at last we have this project in the right forum. Megow's Models was a manufacturer of wood model kits from 1929 to 1949. They offered a wide variety of subjects -- ships, vehicles, aircraft (both flying and static). You can read about Fred Megow and his company here, and you can see a similar Megow kit for sale here. So you do have a bit of modeling nostalgia there!
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Jim, I have enjoyed viewing all of your work thus far, but I confess I am particularly enamored of your depictions of the various steel-hulled vessels. Your paintings of various kinds of patrol craft, escorts, and auxilliary vessels especially seem to me to do an excellent job of capturing the look and feel of the era.
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Being able to successfully keep discus is quite an achievement. You should leave the fish pic in. (P.S. I used to keep and breed African cichlids in 22 tanks in my basement, which was too much work!)
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Confederacy Progress
ccoyle replied to Tigerdvr's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
Since it appears you're showing how you stained the hull, I've moved it to the Painting , Staining & Weathering forum. Let us know if you want to make a build log out of it.- 1 reply
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Mike, you'll need to be a little more specific. What kit is this, and what part are you having trouble with?
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Kits like that? None. As Bob has suggested, if you want to go the kit route, you'll have to find something similar and modify it. Unfortunately, other than the ubiquitous Constitution, there aren't many kits of U.S. warships from that era at all, though I think Wasp might be on a certain designer's radar if memory serves me.
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This is really turning out very nice. I think you will be set up well for your second project.
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Excellent choice, the V108. Looks good if you finish it, and little time, money, and effort lost if you booger it. Good luck!
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Welcome! If you are aiming for the bar set by dubz (Dirk), then you are aiming very high indeed! If you have questions specific to the Krick kit, then may I suggest posting them in the General Ship Model Kit Discussions forum? Be sure to put 'Krick Alert' in the title -- I'm sure that will catch Dirk's eye.
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They probably don't make any corrections until they do a reprint. IF they a do a reprint. I think at Halinski, for example, they print one edition, and when it's gone, it's gone.
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New Member from Sunny Southern California.
ccoyle replied to ruben_dominguez's topic in New member Introductions
Hi, Reuben. You should try to make it over to one of the meetings of the Ship Modelers Association in Fullerton. You'll find them very welcoming and helpful. Tell them Chris sent you! -
It would take me longer to create the spreadsheet than to just hunt down the parts when I need them.
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Scharnhorst by CDW - Halinski - 1:200 - Card Model
ccoyle replied to CDW's topic in Card and Paper Models
Wow! We have had some ambitious card projects started around here recently. I wish you well on this one and look forward to seeing it come together. Cheers! -
I see you have the finished model in the gallery. You did a very fine job of weathering it.
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EZ Line -- that's the stuff I was thinking of. Gonna have to remember that. Post-It note on my forehead or something.
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