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Welcome aboard, Rob!
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What?? 'NMM' was a perfectly serviceable acronym. Now I have to unlearn that one and memorize a different one. 😜- 488 replies
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Hi, Gizmo! I had a look at your uncle's models and posted a comment there. Thanks for sharing!
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Welcome, Dennis! I'm not an RC guy, so I can't help you on that front, but hopefully some of the guys who dabble in that niche will come forward to answer your questions. Cheers!
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Welcome aboard! My dad did the same, but for B-47s in the USAF. I commend you for getting back to your project after a 37-year layoff -- have fun completing it!
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Remember the not-very-realistic propeller hub in this kit? Here's what the one in the Card Army F4F kit looks like: Of course, the Wildcat in the photo is being built by a real modeler, not me. The Card Army kit is like a six on a difficulty scale of one to five.
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Quick update -- wings and stabilizers attached to fuselage. I'm still impressed by the aircraft's sheer size. The model is a bit over 11 in. in length and has an almost 16 in. wingspan. I couldn't clear away enough clutter off my workbench to make room for this shot, so I had to move the 'Cat to a different table.
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Condolences to all of your family, Mario, and congratulations on completion of your fine model.
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Indeed -- but perhaps just a little out of place alongside all that shiny teak and brass! 😉
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I believe this is the first one we have ever had featured in a build log here, so I'm sure many of us are curious to see how this turns out. No pressure, though! 😉
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Welcome, Nathan! That's an impressive display case. You'll find that we have many members who enjoy working on a variety of subjects in different kinds of media.
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Actually, I postponed making a decision until after taking another crack at the canopy, and so far It's coming together.
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I may have hit upon a possible solution to the issues I'm having with this kit. Stay tuned . . .
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Thanks for the photos, gentlemen, but I already knew that the blade clamp portion of the hub was not a good likeness of the real thing. It's just one of several features of the kit that do not match up well with the original. It's kind of annoying, actually -- if I wasn'tbuilding this kit for a friend, it might have already wound up in the pile of Misfit Models. But I will muddle along. BTW, more faithful card renditions of these blade assemblies w/o spinners do exist in other kits, but they are also substantially more complex, as you might imagine. BTW #2: Doc, your photos make me sad -- because they reinforce how bad the air intake portion of the cowl on this kit is. 😜
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Well, I live in the Deep South, and since I moved here I have yet to catch any catfish, whether by noodling or any other method. 😉
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So, I promised a shot of the finished propeller, so here it is. Yay. My joy upon completing this task was cut short once I started work on the canopy. The vacu-formed canopy has proved to be roughly 20% too large for the frames. 🙄 Are the frames too small, or the canopy too large? Yet more puzzles to solve for this kit. 😑
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Found my answers already: logo in front (which I expected, but needed to confirm), and propeller rotates counterclockwise when viewed from front. Also discovered that the hub assembly is not a good likeness of the real thing. 😑
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Deepest shipwreck yet found - Destroyer Sammy B Roberts
ccoyle replied to AJohnson's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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Okay, so no finished propeller yet, but I am slowly making progress on it. What I have learned so far is that this NOT a kit I would recommend for non-Polish speakers. Like I said earlier, there appears to be two different ways to build the propeller hub, and no hint is given in the diagrams about why or whether to use one over the other. The ring that holds the three blades is designed like nothing I have ever seen in a kit before, and this one part alone has been somewhat of a nightmare to build. I also discovered that some of the rolled paper parts are included in the 1 mm laser-cut frames set (?!?),which means that no one bothered to separate the printed structural elements into those that would normally require lamination (e.g. actual frames) versus those that don't (e.g. parts to be rolled). This partially explains why I seem to have more than the usual number of parts left over. One more ambiguity that must be dealt with (and the one that explains why I am even at my computer at this moment) is how the propeller blades should be attached to the hub. Of all the diagrams and illustrations in the kit, not a single one provides a clear indication of whether the propeller should rotate clockwise or counterclockwise, and whether the Hamilton Standard logo goes on the front of the blade or rear. So, I'm off to search photos. Thanks, GPM. 🙄
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New to modeling - wish I found this site earlier
ccoyle replied to flutlo6180's topic in New member Introductions
I have to agree that your first effort is not at all shabby -- you have made a very good start!
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