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If you ever get a chance to lay your hands on one, buy the old Revell Bob Glidden Pro Stock Thunderbird kit. You will not be sorry, I promise you that. A beautiful, well fitting kit, and the decals are super nice. It's the red and white '88 Thunderbird. -
With our daughter and her husband visiting us now, and prior to that, the home remodeling project, I haven't done a lot with the Alby, but thought I should take some photos tonight of what I have done for posterity sake.
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Love this model, Denis. It's one of my favorite Revell kits. Fits together really well.
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Sopwith Camel F.1 - Model Airways - 1/16 Scale (3/4" = 1')
CDW replied to DocBlake's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
My oldest brother was co owner of a small airfield in a rural Florida area. They had two Citabrias that were fully aerobatic. Big brother took me for some great aerobatic flying sessions and gave me lots of stick time. Man, those were some fun days in the 60's and early 70's. But one of the most fun rides ever was in an aerobatic sail plane. Back in those days, it was relatively cheap to acquire a pilot's license and there were affordable aircraft to be had. Not so much today. -
I wonder if there are any of the major WW2 warship's ship boats still in existence. They had some nice looking boats.
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She's really coming along nicely, Denis. I like the dry brushing you did. Your bathroom ordeal reminds me of when we lived a short month or two in a rented house in the mountains of West Virginia and all we had was an outhouse. But hey, it had a natural gas heater inside it and was a double seater. A side-by-side model. 😕 Who in the heck sits on the outhouse throne with someone else at their side? Riddle me that. It sure ain't me. 😄
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Wow, that is amazing Danny. I would'a never thunk it (the cheap aftermarket ink). What a pleasant surprise. The Epson printer is what I have, too. Never would have dreamed it could print so well as that.
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The effort you put into the detail of the flight decks has paid off. Looks very convincing and busy as it would on a real carrier.
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Which model of home printer are you using Danny? Factory ink I presume?
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The color of the paper parts is outstanding. Are the parts printed on a home printer or in a print shop?
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Clear Coats in the Tropics
CDW replied to Richmond's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
The biggest concern I have is the relative humidity level where I am spray painting. Ideal level is 40 - 50%. High humidity will cause paint drying issues and causes clear coats to fog. Low humidity can also be a problem, but it's unlikely you're dealing with low humidity in a tropical environment. -
Oh wow, that tire. You are very fortunate not to have had a major mishap. Any idea what may have caused that tire to come apart like that? I know you must be concerned now about the other three tires. I love the way your model is progressing. It is beautiful.
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A wonderful model with such fine attention to detail. Very impressive.
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I like the cut out with a view of the torpedo bay detail. Far superior to the clear hull, by far. Very nice attention to details.
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Early 1983, so that's been 36 years ago. The little boy my mother is holding sitting next to me has four boys of his own now. The baby girl in my lap turns 37 this month. When our (then) baby girl was 15, our new baby girl was born (1997). What a surprise that was. Didn't see that one coming. 🙂
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What a beautiful ship. She should hold a place of honor in your home as I am certain your visitors are going to love it as much as I do seeing it here.
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They have been my joy.
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Those Kalmbach books peaked my interest so much back then, but I just didn't have the money at that time to finance the model rail road hobby. We had 5 little babies running around the house and climbing the curtains. It was all we could do to keep our household afloat. Extra space was a huge factor, too. There is a reason the model railroad hobby was always filled mostly with seniors, and money was probably the biggest reason why.
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Came out great! It's Friday, and Friday night is race night. Ready to race?
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After seizing the rigging wires. Will paint the rigging wires in a steel color. Just the landing gear and a little more, then the decals will be ready to go on.
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I just harvest my own by stripping the insulation off of salvaged wire from old appliances and computer components, speakers, and such. Most of what I'll find in the hardware stores locally is heavier gauge wire used for other purposes. I have spools of wire suitable for electric fences and for hanging pictures, but nothing smaller, like armature wire. It's just not a thing many people would use these days. Not many of us do-it-yourself handyman types around anymore.
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Looking somewhat like an unfinished bird's nest, the Albatros is ready for tying off the rigging on this old stringbag.
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Is that in New Hampshire, too? Our oldest daughter and her husband from New Hampshire will be visiting us in another week.
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When I was a young lad, my grandfather owned a cement warehouse. The warehouse sat next to a railroad spur track, where boxcar loads of bagged Florida Portland Cement would be rolled up along side the warehouse to be unloaded. Grandpa would pay me in the summer to help unload the bags of cement. During the rail trip, the pallets of cement (bags) would shift, and would have to be unloaded by hand. Those boxcars of cement were so hot inside, and so were the bags of cement. Each bag weighed 94 pounds, so handling the hot, heavy, bags of cement was no small task. Will never forget my grandpa's long-time foreman at the warehouse, named King Jenkins. The man was a mountain. He would tease me by saying, "When you's gets so tired you's can't pick up a bag, you's picks up two bags. When you's gets so tired you can't picks up two bags, you's picks up three bags"...all the while he was doing exactly what he said. He would pick up and carry three 94 pound bags at a time of hot Florida Portland Cement from the boxcar and walk it inside the warehouse carrying it like it was a sack of potatoes. 😵
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