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I'm a sax player from way back. Alto and baritone sax. Played orchestra concert, dance and jazz bands. Have not picked one up to play in many years. Guitars are another story. Learned, practiced, and tried for several years but just never seemed to get the hang of it. My large hands made it more difficult. Not impossible, but challenging. Maybe too challenging. -
I love this model, Denis. Great subject and a superb job of finishing it. Happy New Year!
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I have often said my subscription to his website is the best bang I get for my modeling dollar, bar none. Every plastic modeler should know and watch Flory. He really does know the right way to do things.
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Flory makes everything look so easy to do. His speed tells me he has done this so many times, he could do it with his eyes closed I think and it would still look great.
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Shopping on eBay: A Primer for Newbie Ship Modelers (Parts 1 and 2)
CDW replied to ccoyle's topic in Wood ship model kits
I've been buying and selling on Ebay for decades...but it's not what it used to be. Lots and lots of bad deals on Ebay these days. Having said that, if you know what you're doing and are patient, there are still incredibly good deals on Ebay at times. Not yard sale good deals, nor swap meet good deals, but far better than retail good deals. If you don't have patience, or have a lack knowledge of the subject objects you want, stay far, far away from Ebay. But literally, I have bought exclusive items that retail for a thousand dollars or more on Ebay for 1/10 of their retail cost. -
This is the Mr Color leveling thinner: Since my local hobby shops don't carry Mr. Color paints and products, I buy it online here. He has great prices and the turn around time to receive the products is lightning fast. https://spraygunner.com/
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That hull looks amazing Denis. Can't wait to see the rest of it built.
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Wefalck Is "lining" and pin striping the same thing? From the context of your input, I think it is the same thing but have never heard it called lining before now. Yes indeed, I have watched professional pin striping painters and it is fun to see them work their craft. Those guys have a very steady hand.
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I am sorry to be so late responding to your post, but I just found it. Please PM me with your address, and I will send you my copy of the book to read.
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I must commend all the contributors to this thread. It has helped me learn a lot I did not know about brushes, even though I have been using them for many years.
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Welcome MHo I too began building RC model aircraft many decades ago. Wow, so much has changed since those old times.
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Holy moly, that's a lot of holies. I agree with Canute. Wire bits with a slow electric hand drill will get the job done when a lot of holes are required. I rigged one up using a micro sized chuck and a hand held electric (rechargeable battery) screw driver.
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It's fun watching you guys tackle this ship with all the upgrade parts. To be honest, it looks rather intimidating at 1:350 scale. This could be a very long term build if I was the one doing it. The rigging for the torpedo nets looks particularly daunting.
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After 9-11-2001, the US saw the need to implement COOP (continuity of operations) and COG (continuity of government) plans across the entire united states. Every state and local government organization are required to have up to date and current COOP-COG plans in place and to have personnel who are trained and qualified to run (ICS) incident command system structure/systems. Part of the US government's overarching plans include an acronym "bible" which every local and state government must utilize to ensure we all speak the same language and can understand one another.
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And you've spent enough time in the military to be indoctrinated (should I say brainwashed?) into the use of acronyms. We had an acronym for almost everything, and that's no joke.
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Maybe it's too late for this now, but Amazon has reliable vendors who sell laptop replacement batteries for as little as $20. I presume there is some form of Amazon sales in the UK?
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On a whim, I bought a scroll saw from Harbor Freight one day and almost instantly regretted it. Before that, I had a Dremel scroll saw. Honestly I didn't like either saw and had a hard time staying on track with them. It's quite possible the problem was me, the operator. But I didn't find either saw very comfortable to work with and they left me with a desire to find a better saw one day when I can afford a good one (whatever that is). I've seen some builders on this forum do marvelous work with a hand saw. I never owned a good hand saw either. PS: The kits that came to mind when I said die crunched mahogany parts were the old Sterling ship model kits. Dumas had them as well.
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What's the thickness of the mahogany sheets? I recall a lot of splitting on the old die cut (die crunched) parts of models that had those. Seems like a very fine blade is needed to cut them without splintering. Maybe score them with an XActo knife or similar, first. Wonder if that would help?
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Where you run into problems is having enamel as a base coat. Enamel dries very slowly and takes a long time to gas out. Acrylics dry much faster. Even lacquer paints like Alclad use acrylic as a recommended base coat. Way back when, we used oil paints as our washes. We used turpenoid, an artificial turpentine, as a reducer for the oil paint wash. You can find turpenoid in the art supply stores fairly cheap in quart size cans. It's also known as a "spirit", and is clear like the substance Semore is using here. Turpenoid will not harm acrylics.
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Yes, that's the one. The kit came with the long bottle-nose as a way to update the kit to a GR3 (?) if one wished to do so. Sounds like you have some good memories of your Dad with model building.
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I must agree with you Nils. Every time I look at Denis' work and admire it, it gets even better the next time.! Looking really great, Denis.
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Oh, by the way, don't do a general search on Ebay for "uschi", particularly if your admiral or children are standing anywhere near plain view of your computer monitor. Been there, done that, and got the tee shirt.
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