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  1. CDW
    Just a helpful video for my friends and fellow modelers. Yes, it means you might want to invest a little more in your hobby.
  2. CDW
    Thanks again for the likes and comments, much appreciated. I've been looking for a vendor who sells modular hobby tool organizers and finally found a very good one in Canada. www.tabletopgamer.com sells a line of organizer kits that they have designed and laser cut themselves. I found them on Etsy, but you can deal with them directly for a better price on their website. I ordered a brush and tool organizer with 2 drawers, another 2 drawer module, and a 4 drawer module. They are precision designed and perfectly laser cut. They fit together beautifully. With postage, all 3 modules cost around $70 with postage to USA from Canada. On the sides, bottoms, and tops of each module are 2 quarter inch holes for mounting magnets, then the units can be stacked on top of one another or side by side, held together by the magnets.
  3. CDW
    The downside to great paint is that the great stuff is generally on the smelly side. Acrylics are low/no odor, but you just can't beat a lacquer finish. Figuring out how to get it inside without smelling up the home is a challenge. My work area is on the far side of the house, so the Admiral doesn't have to deal with it.
  4. CDW
    The paint work you've done looks real smooth, OC. You got the hang of it very quickly. It's going to look great the way you've masked it.
  5. CDW
    Thanks for the comments gentlemen. It takes that lighter shade of blue to give enough contrast to the navy blue so it doesn't look black. I got sidetracked today with a different project. I'll post some photos tonight of the "other" project. I think you'll like it.
  6. CDW
    After the decals go down, will give a similar treatment over the decals to age/weather them a bit. Still need to work the panel lines a bit, too.
  7. CDW
    When we retired, one of my best friends (now deceased) went back to Vietnam and Thailand and stayed for over a month.
  8. CDW
    In psychological terms, it could be called the "old brain", one of three basic parts of our brain, this one being the most primitive. The old brain only concerns itself with three basic things...food, sex, and danger. It's in our DNA.
  9. CDW
    Here, I've highly reduced intermediate blue paint to apply to the navy blue to give the effect of sun bleached/salt stained panels and add some depth to the model. Intermediate blue mixed 1 part paint to 10 parts reducer, then misted lightly over various panels.
  10. CDW
    Every time I think about this it makes me laugh... My brother and I were visiting our nephew at the water plant where he worked one night when we observed a bunch of armadillos foraging on the plant grounds. My brother said he heard they were good to eat and suggested we catch some, take them home and cook them up. After chasing them around for a half hour or so, we finally managed to catch a couple of them. They appear to be slow moving, but if you try to catch one, they can run like rabbits. We bagged them in a croker sack, took them home and started to clean them. These darn things are so well armored, and their claws so sharp, we couldn't find a way to kill/clean them that seemed worth the effort. So we gave up and released them unharmed. It was comical as heck.
  11. CDW
    I like what you've done with the cockpit, Lou. You're doing great! The pilot figures look awesome, very detailed.
  12. CDW
    Beautifully done James. What are your thoughts on the Gaspatch turnbuckles, and what is the best way to anticipate the proper angle of the flying wires when attaching the turnbuckles to the wings? I assume there must be some "flex" available after they have been installed to get the precise alignment.
  13. CDW
    Got the wing roots masked, then the tops of the wings got painted. Photos shown are with masks attached, then masks removed.
  14. CDW
    The top tri color is US navy blue, a very dark blue. The reason the ball turret looks all dark is because of the painting masks in place. Once masking is removed, all you will see is a dark blue framework with clear panels.
  15. CDW
    Not hot water! That will foul them for sure. You'll need lacquer thinner to clean them. Tamiya spray cans are lacquer, solvent based paints.
  16. CDW
    Many years ago, DuPont sold spray cans of automotive lacquer paints for touch ups and general painting. The paint itself was excellent, but what I loved were the unique spray nozzles. They were so smooth and shot a perfect "fan" of paint. They were the only spray cans I ever found that were equipped with these nozzles. I often wonder why other manufacturers never used them. They were absolutely fantastic for control and a smooth spray pattern. I hate to say it, but I detest the spray nozzles on Tamiya rattle cans. Can't tell you how many times I have had issues with their nozzles. Perhaps it's because their paints have set on the shelves too long, as you said.
  17. CDW
    Next will mask the fuselage at the upper wing root, and then paint the tops of wings navy blue. This will complete the basic tri color camo scheme, but there are some details to paint and add before decals and weathering.
  18. CDW
    I don't mind trying something once, most of the time. When I was a kid, was visiting my cousin's home (a ranch/farm) and when I looked inside their refrigerator, saw a strange looking big jar of "meat". When I asked my cousin what it was, she answered, "mountain oysters". When I asked why, she answered, "don't you love my lasagna?, well, that's part of the secret recipe." Similar happened when I ate several helpings of some delicious meat at my grandmother's house, then I learned I had eaten several large helpings of cow tongue. 😄 So yeah, I've learned to try things, but I do have my limits. Can't handle raw earthworms or stuff like that. 😄
  19. CDW
    Not sure it would be the same as donkey, but I ate horse once. Didn't care for it too much, stringy and rather tough meat.
  20. CDW
    Look your color guide over very carefully. Use your kit parts to trace the appropriate masking scheme on plain paper, then you can transfer that to masking film. Look for self adhesive masking film such as this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZRTXXLS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 If you look at my model, the color changes follow the wing root where it meets the fuselage. On the lower wing, it's an off-white color. The fuselage immediately adjacent to the wing is intermediate blue. On the upper wing, it's navy blue (dark blue). the fuselage is intermediate blue where the wing touches the fuselage. This can be done with masking tape as I'm doing, but it would have been much easier if I had used the masking film approach.
  21. CDW
    yes
  22. CDW
    With the paint/thinner I'm using, about an hour and the masks can come off safely. However, because of the tri color scheme, I will add more masks before the masks you see here will come off. Probably later tonight or tomorrow. Paint used: Mr Color with Mr Color 400 leveling thinner
  23. CDW
    The tri-color US Navy scheme requires a lot of masking. Would be nice if there was a pre cut paint mask available. In hindsight, I could have cut my own paint masks much easier if I had done that before starting construction, using my kit parts as a pattern. Next time. Getting closer to the finish line now.
  24. CDW
    Great looking model, Mark. Thanks for sharing the build and your memories with us. Semper Fi
  25. CDW
    Regarding your air pressure, between 15 lbs to 25 lbs is generally where you'll want to be depending on the particular application, how much you've thinned the paint, and how fine a line/pattern you're trying to achieve. The more highly reduced, fine line requirements are low pressure applications (15 lbs).

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