ccoyle
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Well, I got a wheel (singular) shaped. Each main gear wheel consists of four laminated disks. After gluing one up, I drill a hole through the center and use my Dremel tool to sand it to approximately the correct shape. After soaking it in some thin CA, I lightly sand it smooth. Here's a before-and-after: Don't worry -- the gaping holes get covered by paper hubs.
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Haven't forgotten this build -- just experiencing a slight ebb in modeling mojo. Gonna try to get to the landing gear this weekend.
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The book Retribution by Max Hastings chronicles the last year of the Pacific war, including a significant chunk devoted to events in the CBI theater and an analysis of how they fit into the overall Allied plans for defeating Japan. I just finished re-reading it a few weeks ago.
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To borrow a quote from the Old Man in Das Boot, "Clever trick!"
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Looking very sharp!
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Congratulations, Rich, on completing your superb model!
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Why not just build it and call it a 19th-century dispatch boat?
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The AMX-13 project by RGL - Heller - 1/35
ccoyle replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
The AA version reminded me that I saw an M-42 Duster at Patriots Point last weekend. Sadly, like the other outdoor exhibits there, prolonged exposure to the elements has done a number on it.
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Welcome aboard!
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A lot of different skills on display in this build, all executed to great effect.
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1/40 -- whoa!
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All I will say about this kit is that the hoopla leading up to its release was all out of proportion to the quality of the kit itself.
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Nice!
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For anyone interested, this kit is designed by Darius Lipinski, the same gentleman who designed my recently completed USS England kit.
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Welcome aboard, Robert!
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Welcome aboard! In addition to the great options mentioned above, Model Expo offers a line of kits under the Midwest Products label. Having built two of them in the past, I can vouch that they are nearly foolproof beginner kits with very thorough instructions. You can see many finished examples by browsing the build logs here. Cheers!
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Nice work! One little suggestion I would make, though (and I don't know if you can implement it at this point), would be to improve upon the oars. The blades should be faired into the handles, and they should taper in thickness toward their tips. I point this out only because the un-faired oars stand out in an otherwise nicely done model. Cheers!
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Welcome aboard! That's a great-looking collection of models!
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I vote for white interior -- just seems like a more usual color for boats.
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Cowling is finished and the intake at the bottom (oil cooler intake, maybe?) and exhaust pipes have been added. A certain amount of guesswork went into the latter two constructions, as there were no close-up diagrams for either of them, and the instructions for this kit are ludicrously terse.
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