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CDW
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I'll bet you will like the new lift blocks you make more than the old ones. Hang in there, you are doing great with this build. -
Separate factories, but they do share drive train components. Two brothers own each factory. That's what Kia says, anyway.
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Is that Hyundai a NH car. How well did it hold up to the salt on the NH highways? Trouble I found with used cars in the north when I lived there, they were rust buckets for the most part.
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Wow, that's quite a process to launch a torpedo. Actually loading the torpedo into the launch tube: was that a process aided by machine? A torpedo must be quite heavy I imagine.
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I sure would love to see the contents of this kit. Could you post a picture it them, please?
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Whatever problems there are with the body to frame fit, the first picture of the body and frame together sure does look sweet. PS: wishing the admiral all the best for her tests.
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With your hard work and this detail set, this is the best looking 1:350 Fletcher I have seen to this date. The main reason I never started my Fletcher kit was due to a lack of detail items. With this set, one has all they need to do it justice. Is this the set you used/are using?: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Five-Star-1-350-FS350064-USS-Destroyer-Fletcher-for-Tamiya/253647720702?epid=16019614719&hash=item3b0e9510fe:g:hMYAAOSwJ7dbCG22
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Great minds think alike. I had a Walleye sandwich platter today. 😎
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Indeed it is. Denis is doing a number on this one. Amazing what can be done with spare parts and creativity.
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She looks great in primer, I like it a lot. Remarkable how large the ailerons are on this plane. She must have had a snappy roll rate I'll bet.
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If you try it in the future, just let the brass cool slowly after heating it. Once it cools, it will be much easier to bend and will more readily hold the shape it's bent to achieve.
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If the brass is first heated with a lit candle or something similar, it will soften it and make it much easier to shape/bend. Often, the brass as it comes stock without annealing is difficult to bend and wants to "spring" back to it's original shape.
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Excellent work. Looking forward to your next project.
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Torpedo tubes look like the real deal. Huge improvement over the stock, kit tubes. Do you anneal the brass before shaping it?
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Model Railway Cars by Canute - 1/87 - HO Scale Rolling Stock
CDW replied to Canute's topic in Completed non-ship models
Morning Ken Really enjoyed seeing your train car models. I'll bet it's a lot of fun working those trains with a modern control system like you described. My local train line is a car hauling affair...all the train cars are car haulers, nothing else. My wife and I enjoy seeing the graffiti that covers each car. Real works of art. We wondered how that art work is done. It seems as though the train shipping company must allow it as the work is so elaborate, it must take a while to complete each one. What's the story on that, any idea? -
No problem at all. The tops of the masts are Vellejo 71.074 Radome Tan, and the hull bottom is Vallejo 73.605 German Red Brown surface primer. Remember to glue in some blocks of wood inside the hull bottom before attaching your deck pieces. This will give you a secure way to screw your hull to whatever mount you decide to use. I found it was much better to secure the hull to the mount as soon as possible after the hull was painted. You'll be handling the model quite a lot as you build up all the pieces and this will make for safer handling.
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Really like the gull wing and classic lines of the biplanes from this era.
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Thanks for your kind comments, Kieron. The basic colors for my model were Vallejo 71.055 Black Gray Vallejo 71.119 White Gray
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Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale - PLASTIC
CDW replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Sweet! Now that looks like a true gasser...all the way down to the "white shoe polish" on the windows for A/G. 😎 -
Very sharp markings on those two locomotives.
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From Japan, there are a whole line of 1:50 scale steam locomotive kits. Beautiful models, I have been so tempted at times to start collecting and building these kits. So far, I have resisted the temptation, but your build here might tempt me again. Locomotives, particularly the steam powered ones, are so fascinating and cool looking.
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Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale - PLASTIC
CDW replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I was plenty interested, just too cautious once I thought it through. It is designed to fly indoors almost exclusively. If I remember correctly, wind speed can be no more than 5 mph outdoors or you run the risk of the wind overpowering the propulsion system, then you'll have a runaway blimp on your hands! OMG -
Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale - PLASTIC
CDW replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
A friend tried to give me his RC dirigible model...the darned thing was almost 30' long! For real. I told him I couldn't afford the helium it would take to fill it. He said, no problem, I have some tanks full of helium to give you as well. This thing was complete with all the RC equipment and everything. It was designed to fly advertisement inside of domed stadiums. I did some reading on the flying aspects of these ships and realized what a huge liability they would be to fly one. I turned down his free gift. I learned that the professionals who use these things have a helium recovery system used to remove and restore recover the helium after each use. Way too expensive for me to play with, not to mention what would happen if unexpected wind direction sailed this thing over my local international airport. I'd be sitting in a small room in Leavenworth Prison behind bars.
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