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  1. CDW
    The IMAI Winston Churchill is 1:75 scale. I saw an IMAI Cutty Sark on Ebay today, the asking price is $427.50 plus postage from Japan. Looks like a super beautiful kit.
  2. CDW
    Awesome kit! I have the IMAI version of the Winston Churchill. I believe it's now produced by Woody Joe as the look very similar/identical maybe.
  3. CDW
    You will likely give me inspiration to finish my Essex once you start this one. I have looked at my poor neglected Essex many times and thought I should finish her. Maybe now's the time.
  4. CDW
    My older brother was my war hero when I grew up. Here, he was doing a tour in Korea, 1963. As you can see, he was always the ladies man and found himself a sweetheart in Korea. When he returned, the Army formed the 1st Cavalry Air Mobile and he was sent directly to Vietnam in 1965/66. It was hell and that's putting it mildly. Search and destroy was no joke.
  5. CDW
    Talking to my friends who served in all three wars, WW2, Korea, and Vietnam, consensus was Korea was the worst from an infantry man's perspective. Conditions were atrocious, extreme in every way and the combat was hell.
  6. CDW
    Ever ride motorcycles? Love bugs are hideous when riding a motorcycle. 😃
  7. CDW
    When I was a young man, I had the pleasure to be close friends with a couple of men who flew/crewed bombers in WW2. One was a tail gunner on B-17's in Europe. He was shot down twice, the first time being rescued by French and returned to service, the second time wound up in a German POW camp for the remainder of the war. The other fellow was our pastor who piloted a B-24, aslo in Europe. Very interesting men.
  8. CDW
    I do believe you got hit with a swarm of love bugs, not lady bugs. At least that's what it looks like to me. Either way, thank god and the preacher they didn't swarm your boat and only danced on your test piece. 😄 I don't blame you brother, that would have made me cuss, too.
  9. CDW
    They can do this because they have crushed any viable competition. Yes, I know there are other operating system possibilities out there, but the masses are not computer engineers.
  10. CDW
    Congratulations JCT. This model came out so beautiful indeed.
  11. CDW
    Outstanding work, one of the best I've ever seen. Hope to see more of your work in the future.
  12. CDW
    There are some issues (again) with Microsoft automatic patch updates. It's a real pain in the rear. Seems like this happens all the time with Microsoft updates no matter what version.
  13. CDW
    My son in law says they built one of these LCS ships in New Hampshire as well.
  14. CDW
    I replied to your query via email. Thanks CDW
  15. CDW
    The bridge windows are kit supplied individual decal pieces with a clear coat on top.
  16. CDW
    Sharp! Do you plan to run it when you're finished or just sell it? That interior color was popular for that type of boat from what I have seen in photos. I wonder if there were other color options and what those might have been. I am betting I will see some of these old Chris Craft boats when we move to New Hampshire. Boating on those big lakes up in the mountains is very a very popular activity.
  17. CDW
    Denis PM me with your mailing address. I will send you some photo etch rigging loops appropriate for your ship scale. They are out of stock right now from the manufacturer in the Czech Republic, but I have more than I need. These are what you need for that rigging to terminate.
  18. CDW
    I've been paring down the inventory in anticipation of a move to the north country in the not-too-distant future. It's not practical trying to take too many things with us when we move.
  19. CDW
    I sold it...gone but not forgotten. 😎
  20. CDW
    And it's moving so slowly...very unsettling for east coasters.
  21. CDW
    It always leaves me feeling a little "empty" hoping these storms will miss me and go somewhere else, knowing full well wherever it goes (sans playing out in the ocean) will cause poor souls misery. But alas, it now looks like we will be spared a direct hit in Florida. I've lived to see the devastation these things leave behind in my lifetime, and it gets a little more intense each year as population density increases.
  22. CDW
    Hey Mike You got your hatches all buttoned up and ready for this cyclone? Traffic and shoppers are nutz around here in Tampa right now. I am thinking this storm is eventually going to go up the east coast, maybe off shore. That's the European Model and in my experience, it's been a better model in the past years.
  23. CDW
    Hey that lambskin will make a nice addition to your model. Will look sharp for that era of boat.
  24. CDW
    Mike, that motor looks the size of a washing machine motor. Almost 10,000 RPM...she will get up and go! 🙂
  25. CDW
    All I know is, it's easier to prevent warping than to correct warping. Storing it on a flat surface with a flat weight on top has kept it flat for me. Without it, it warps.

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