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  1. CDW
    I know who you are talking about, but I have not seen the video. I will look for it. Yes, these decals are supposed to look just like painted on graphics.
  2. CDW
    My big brother brought back LOTS of stuff he had bought there in Nam. I've got ivory and gold Buddha necklaces, ruby and gold necklaces, tiger tooth and gold necklaces, solid gold rings, etc, etc. He bought it real cheap back then. I never once heard him mention MPC's, so I wonder if he came along before that practice?
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    The detail looks super nice Javlin. And that canopy looks huge! In 1:32, I guess it IS rather large. I've been eyeballing that 1:32 HK B-24, but wow, that thing would take up a lot of space. You were right in something you said earlier, detailing is almost mandatory in a model of this scale as everything is so much more visible. On a side note, you mentioned HGW seatbelts and it provoked a question I have about HGW wet decals...have you ever used them before? I have a few sets and I came close to using a set on my F-15E ordnance until I read their instructions. These wet decals are applied in a way that's different than any other wet decals I've ever used before. Evidently (as far as I understand the instructions), the decal is first soaked in water (normal), then placed on the model (normal), then after the decal sets for a while, some type of clear film is carefully removed from the top of the decal (abnormal). It almost sounds like a dry transfer decal except water is used. It was enough to change my mind about using them on my ordnance and decided to wait until I heard from somebody who has actually used them before.
  4. CDW
    That looks very authentic OC. Glad your mojo is back. Carry on mate.
  5. CDW
    I dipped the clear parts last night. They came out much better, more clear than what they were before the treatment. I guess the lack of clarity came from imperfection on the outside.
  6. CDW
    In this case, it's not a matter of not liking Future, it's that the clear plastic is not clear, it's foggy from the inside out. Future can't fix that, but I guess it can't hurt to try and see what happens. What I have said before is that I've had mixed results spraying Future through an airbrush to use as a clear coat on a painted model.
  7. CDW
    No, they do not identify the various parts. Certainly, those are dive brakes under the wings but I'm not sure if those are slats on the leading edge. Maybe, but not sure. The only slightly disappointing aspect of this kit are the clear parts. They are not crystal clear, rather a little foggy. Acceptable but not as high quality as the rest of the kit.
  8. CDW
    Hey OC, I am really looking forward to the painting stage with this kit.
  9. CDW
    Looks like a CH-53 office to me. 🙂 Great start, Mark. I always find my photos are a buzz kill because photos have a way of showing little details I don't see with the naked eye. A good way to "proof" your work. I like the story, did the guys know it was a nudist camp ahead of time? We once had to do a job at a nudist camp here in Florida, and I gotta tell you, most of the folk at the camp were people I would never ever want to see in the nude again. Almost gave me nightmares for weeks afterward.
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  11. CDW
    This is a progress update going through step one through step twenty three. The photos don't look like much except a couple of wings until you go back to my first post to examine steps 1 - 23 and see the detail that goes inside the wings. A remarkable amount of detail which can be seen to some extent but a lot of it is buried. One engine nacelle is closed while the other will be open to expose the detailed engine, oil tank, and piping. The wheel wells have great detail right out of the box. You'll notice my landing gear has not yet been installed and won't be installed until the aircraft has been painted. This is without a doubt one of the best detailed and well fitting kits I have built. The model would lend itself well to a diorama where a crew was performing maintenance. I won't do one with this kit, but will consider doing another as a diorama.
  12. CDW
    I guess I got lucky, mine did not require any weight in the nose. Thanks for the kind comments.
  13. CDW
    There was a contractor superintendent I worked with in the 70's who was a WW2 B-17 tail gunner. Amazingly, the old gentleman survived two missions where his B-17 was shot down and he managed to bail out. As you may know, this was no small feat for a tail gunner as he had to crawl through a very small space to enter or exit his gunner's position. Many tail gunners were lost who were never able to escape that position once an airplane began going down. His first time, he parachuted over France where he was rescued by French resistance. The second time, he was captured by the Germans and spent the remainder of the war in a POW camp.
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    I think he is occupied doing snow cleanup in the winter. He said one time he was an equipment operator for a local government agency.
  16. CDW
    That's the difference between writing about it and spilling blood to achieve it.
  17. CDW
    Dave I know that had to be a harrowing experience, but it is funny as heck reading about it after the fact and realizing you made it okay without a bad outcome. 😁
  18. CDW
    Self explanatory
  19. CDW
    In 1969, I visited Washington DC with a group of other teens from the Boys Club in Tampa. It was a memorable trip with lots of cool things to see along the way, in DC, as well as on the way back. A low-light of that trip was the disgusting behavior of anti-war protesters in DC. They even threw crap at our Boys Club bus. While it wasn't until later that I served in the USMC, it permanently tainted my view of war protests. It left me feeling they were protesting more than the war. Why the hell would these people attack a Boys Club bus with teenagers on board?
  20. CDW
    I've noticed with some Tamiya flat colors, they turn out extremely flat...too flat. They need some gloss clear mixed in as a binder to bring some gloss to it.
  21. CDW
    No alcohol was required to get over it. The seller and I agreed on a 50% discount. That took the sting off the damage received. He actually got a bargain because the kit would be very hard to re sell had I returned it for a full refund. That's why you always want to send packages insured to recoup potential damage, though this is the first time in many hundreds, probably well over a thousand, online purchases I have made. Maybe I've been lucky?
  22. CDW
    If I had to guess, they unloaded the cargo hold of a plane while it was raining and the package was placed in a partial puddle, then other boxes stacked on top of it. I wondered why the package was delayed in arrival and then I found out. They destroyed the package.
  23. CDW
    You betcha, and there are even more to do. To acquire a set of decals equal to the ones that came in my kit (and subsequently were ruined by heat), I had to buy another kit. Well guess what, the kit arrived to me today, damaged...and water damaged at that! I might be able to salvage the decals, but I'm not certain of it. As a consolation, the post office took the blame so the seller's insurance should cover it. He already provided a partial refund that he and I agreed upon. This was a Ebay item.
  24. CDW
    No, these are from two different sheets/sets. One set provides the tail codes and insignia's, another set provides all the minute data decals. Two different makers entirely.
  25. CDW
    Yep, 335th Fighter Squadron, Chiefs. This particular aircraft carried the avatar "F.D.N.Y. - Let's Roll" and all F-15E aircraft of the squadron carried the "9-11-2001 Never Forget" moniker. No information on the pilot or weapons officer. The decal sheet gave the option for a number of different aircraft from the squadron.

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