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I should have included the US SR-71 in that group of fascinating aircraft. A couple of decades ago, visited an air museum at Warner Robbins, Georgia. Outside in the weather (taking a beating by the weather by the way) was an SR-71 on display. HUGE aircraft, all black. So sad to see an historic aircraft like that sitting out in the weather, not under hangar. It still amazes me an aircraft that fast, that could fly that high, was designed and built close to 60 years ago! It's no wonder people claim to see strange things, unidentified things, in the sky. No telling what is out there in the sky we don't know about. photo courtesy of Airman Magazine
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Am fascinated by the TSR2, the Canadian Arrow, and the US XB-70. Iconic experimental aircraft from an era gone by.
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It's the foothills of the lesser known Great Coral Range of mountains Florida 😵 It's like looking at an iceberg...you only see 10% of it. Rather certain I am the best stocked hobby shop within a very large radius of the greater Tampa area. Here are a few more teaser photos and then some specific items I'll share with you. First the teasers: Here are some specifics: This is my miniature Gibson Les Paul and Marshall Amp telephone. A fully functioning telephone that also plays a large selectable variety of Rock and Roll ring tones. I love that thing. Then we have what very well could be my next model building project. The very cool and lesser known British experimental fighter aircraft, the TSR-2. It should be an awesome model when finished. Lots of extras for that one. Very big at 1:48 scale: As a teen, this was one of my favorite cars I never owned. Will build this soon. 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint. You don't see these kits every day. A 1:35 scale German WW2 locomotive I started and need to finish. The colorful US Navy jet trainer aircraft in 1:32 scale, the Buckeye. Will also do this one soon: Last but not least is the most likely project to follow this Arado build. Lanoe Hawker's DH.2 WW1 fighter aircraft. So many models and so little time...
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Just teasing you...😎
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Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale
CDW replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
High compression ratios require high octane fuel. No way around that except to lower compression ratio as far as I know. -
Looking forward to your progress on this model, Mark. Have fun!
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Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale
CDW replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I'll bet there is someone out there who will print custom decals for a fee. Once a long time ago, thought about buying an Alps printer as well, but decided I would never use it enough to make it pay for itself. Don't know of any other desk top printer that will print white, but you just can't get around the fact you need white under the color. -
Denis Yes, those parts are the exhaust system. Because of the awkward balance created by the one folded wing, this model must be glued to the stand. The instructions called for 50 grams of weight to be added to the inside, forward part of the main float. I chose not to do that, and may end up needing to add weight to the bottom of the stand so the whole thing won't tip over once everything is in place. Will need at least another day to finish this thing up.
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Morning activities began with the engine, cowling, and inspection panels. The model leaves a number of options for the builder to pose the aircraft in a maintenance configuration. Maybe in a future build of this aircraft I will do that. In this instance, I did not do the level of detail I would prefer to leave the maintenance panels open. All of them have been glued in the closed position.
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I believe there is already a resin one available in 1/32. But to answer your question, no. I won't be throwing one together. On the other hand, if one day I decide to build a second Arado, maybe a catapult would be considered. But it would be resin, not scratch built.
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No photos tonight, but I have 95% + of the painting finished now. Will begin assembling the painted parts tomorrow and begin the decal work. Some small amount of rigging needs to be done, then the canopy masked, painted, and assembled. Initially I hoped for a 2 week completion of this model, but it looks like I will finish in just a couple more days. It all depends on how much time I spend on the display stand. The kit provides a rudimentary but decent stand. Will decide whether or not to add a custom touch to improve it a little. This model will not display well without a stand as one wing is folded, one extended, and of course it rests on uneven pontoons in the first place.
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Thanks Denis
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Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale
CDW replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I remember this license plate site, or one like it, from many years ago. How the heck did you find it? Nice find. I had forgotten all about it until now. I used to be part of 'Model Car List', an email model car forum of sorts. The thing shrunk away members over the years until there's hardly nothing left. Model car hobby was huge at one time. -
Yes...I thought I had run out of the Xtreme Metal primer. Turns out I had only misplaced it. Tamiya as a primer worked just fine. Just like it works fine with Alclad as well.
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Moving right along...began doing the airframe paint work today. The kit color call-out indicates light olive as the airframe color. I chose to use the Mr Hobby Acrysion line of paint for this one. With this paint, it is important to use their thinners for best results. It's more unforgiving that Tamiya paints which can adapt to several different reducers. With Acrysion, only their cleaner and Mr Hobby 400 leveling thinner will do a proper job of reducing the paint and cleanup afterward. Water, or even alcohol won't touch this paint for cleanup. it's listed as an acrylic, but it seems to me it has more the qualities of a lacquer paint rather than a water based acrylic. Water based it is not. That I can tell you for sure. I pre shaded before putting on the main coat/s of paint. The Acrysion paints work you a little harder than Tamiya or some of the other acrylics out there while you're laying down the paint. It also takes longer to dry. But it dries to a beautifully smooth semi gloss finish. That I believe is due to the self leveling qualities of the reducer. Causes it to dry slower and smooth itself out. Here are some photos of the preshaded paint.
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If the truth was known, the Revell kit was probably molded for them by Trumpeter in the first place as Revell kits sure as heck are not made in Germany or the USA. Modelers would be surprised by how many manufactured kits are actually made by the same factory. I know of at least 4 or 5 companies who label kits as their own but are made by Trumpeter. That's just the way it is. A friend of mine goes to China and has the factory make electronic RC aircraft components for him that he labels as his own and sells in the USA. These components are the same thing that's sold by other well known brands, made at the same factory assembly line. Happens all the time every day.
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I don't know what it is, but it's something unique to the Missouri. I just looked through my 1:200 Pontos Iowa update set and it does not have it.
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These days, when your government can take your photograph and use your image for whatever purpose they may deem necessary (facial recognition), all without your permission, we have problems much larger than model submarines. Having said that, I sure hope to see someone start a build log on this impressive plastic monstrosity. Huge project! By the way, that RC sub site is quite impressive as well.
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Okay, now I know what you mean. However, I was looking at your finished model and thinking how the rigging for your torpedo net booms might be very similar to what would have been found on the Mikasa I was working on. I temporarily stopped construction when it came to the torpedo net boom rigging because I had no idea how the booms were rigged. The Pontos set for my Mikasa did not come with a drilling template.
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I'll have to go back and re-read though this thread. I am unaware of a template that holds the net. My Pontos set did not come with anything like that, nor gave any indication of how it might be done. In any case, yours came out great.
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The entire model is an outstanding piece of work, but the way you figured out that torpedo net rigging then modeled it is most impressive. It's quite a maze of rope, cables, and pulleys. What kind of Jedi mind tricks did you use to keep the net held in place while you lined it up and rigged it to the booms? That's clearly an alignment nightmare to overcome.
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