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In the '90's, there was an edition of a 60's Chevy Nova by AMT that had an even more detailed small block chevy engine included. The kit came with an engine stand to display it outside of the car. -
Love those old Pontiacs. My oldest brother bought a brand new Catalina in '62. My mother bought a new one in '67. She let me use hers often, and with that 389, it was a real mover. Just a big 2 bbl carb on hers, but it had plenty of kick.
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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
At the time when my forefathers settled in Florida, there were basically just two ways to get here from the north. You either came in by sea (Atlantic Ocean) through a navigable water way like the St. Johns River, or you came in by horseback or wagon around the west side of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. -
These pirates look pretty cool. Correct scale, too. https://www.toysoldiersdepot.com/store.php/thedustyloft/pd8245992/mars_figures_1_72_zombie_skeleton_pirates_48_?gclid=CjwKCAjw4LfkBRBDEiwAc2DSlHICX0qaQYSJxt_cUkYN_N11iTrvDv1OL6YvIaphRvGBiepRPmcEQhoCO-cQAvD_BwE
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Ratlines look fantastic! If I were a sculptor, would sculpt some skeleton pirates to pose as climbing the ratlines....holding daggers with their teeth. 🙂
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Harbor Freight Hardwood Workbench Kit Bash
CDW replied to thibaultron's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Ahhhh...that makes sense! Mystery solved. -
Harbor Freight Hardwood Workbench Kit Bash
CDW replied to thibaultron's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
What's the purpose of those 4 vertical pegs that are provided for the bench top? I didn't throw mine out, but never figured out why I needed them. -
Phantom Henry J Gasser by jct - FINISHED - 1/24 scale - PLASTIC
CDW replied to jct's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
My 3rd great grandfather came to the area now known as Ocala as one of the earliest settlers in the 1840's. He built the first courthouse there for Marion County. The Ocala Star Banner conferred with one of my cousins and then published a big write up about it in their paper. I have many many cousins in that area of Florida. The couple pictured in the article are my 2nd great grandparents.
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Thanks OC. It's always a pleasure to have you looking in and your encouragement.
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Thank you very much for your comments, Tom. There is such a wealth of good information and how-to's out there today on the net that didn't exist some years ago, it makes the hobby more achievable than it once was. In addition, there are much better paints, glues, and putty than once existed. Scratch that itch and get a plastic kit to try out for yourself. I highly recommend a Tamiya kit of your choice as a beginning place to re enter the hobby or as a first try. The engineering and fit of Tamiya kits are superb. Some of the others require more persuasion to fit.
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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
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Thanks again for the kind words, Denis. The truss rigging takes some fiddling to do, but it's worth it in the end.
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Thanks for the kind words, Richmond.
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What about this one, Jan?
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I agree with you on loading that torpedo in rough seas. But I was hoping you will do the diorama underwater with the periscopes and snorkel up. Mine is going to be in rough seas. 😎
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I am seriously considering this as my next project. Except I want to do an ocean scene/diorama and this will be my first foray into 'open water modeling'. I've watched plenty of videos on it, so maybe it's time to take that plunge. The Revell kit seems pretty good. At 1:144 scale, it's not too big (like the 1:72 model), but big enough to see some detail. I've got the Griffon Models update set for it: It has quite a few photo etch sheets and a nice aluminum torpedo for a reloading scene at sea as per the box top.
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Thanks OC. I'm ready to move on to something else.
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Some rigging, a few more decals, and this one is done. Will probably enter this model in the box stock category as nothing can be added except decals and this is completely stock from the box (with the exception of aftermarket swastika).
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Some big "fish". Compare these to the effective range of the Japanese long lance torpedo, 22,000 meters and a maximum range of over 40,000 meters.
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Never tried it, so can't say for sure. With Christmas lights, the color of the glass seems to work just fine, so don't have reason to think it would be any different.
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Despite the ancient tooling, you are turning this into a very nice model, Denis. I commend you for the effort. I am wondering about the history of this model. Did it start out as MPC, or was it AMT. or something else before this issue? Seems I remember it maybe being an Entex kit at one time way back, but I could be wrong.
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In this particular kit, the only thing provided is the 'white circle' where the swastika goes down on the painted red band. Normally, they provide nothing to replace the swastika. Some companies who sell their products in Germany have gotten around the law by providing decal pieces that when placed in the proper orientation will represent a swastika but on their own are just odd shapes. Revell Germany won't even do that.
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