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The funnels will get a lot more detail before they are done. Just seeing how they fit/look before it's too late to make changes if needed.
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Where is the best place to get good quality ships flags?
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If you buy Price Albert rolling papers, you don't get those same strange looks as you do with Zig Zag papers. 🙂🤐 -
The stern appears much more voluptuous with the deck hardware in place.
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OC Is that Gator Grip glue you are using, in the bottle with a green and white label? If so, that is a great glue for photo etch railings. Excess glue can easily be brushed away with a damp (with water) paint brush, then wick away the water/glue with a dry brush. Makes the join invisible. And it's strong, too. I probably use the thin set version more than the thick (green label) but I think you can thin the thick glue with distilled water, so it makes having both thick and thin bottles redundant.
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Whatever issue there may be with the strips, your model's hull looks superb. Beautiful work.
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Had the itch to buy this model for quite a while now. Will follow your build with great interest.
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Onward and upward. More deck details to come, then funnels, masts, and rigging.
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Thanks for the nice comments, Ken and OC. It's a big difference going from 1:350 to 1:200 scale, in as much as the details that can be added without nearly as much difficulty (for me) as 1:350 scale. I have no idea how the modelers who do 1:700 scale can pack so much detail into such small models. I have seen some incredible work from those 1:700 scale modelers. By comparison, 1:200 scale is much easier IMHO.
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Manageable lengths is a process done by many good modelers. One long length is very problematic as it often does not fit the contours of the deck. Make your cuts at a post, then allow the rails to slightly overlap each successive length. I have done this many times before and it works very well.
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Thanks for the kind comments gentlemen. Much appreciated. I liked her with teeth, but she now looks totally mean with her fangs in place.
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Wait until you find out there are military officers who know all kinds of obscure facts like, how many farm tractors are in Kaplica Czaszek, Poland? (or pick any city in eastern europe) and any facts pertaining to office space, hardened facilities, fuel storage, equipment, manufacturing capability, so forth and so on. It's all part of logistics and pre planning in case of war and the potential necessary military occupation of any given city of strategic importance. It's both mind blowing and scary at the same time that there is that degree of intelligence data in the hands of very capable people.
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Nice job! Takes some real dedication to do that many gun ports. Yikes! Mine have not even begun. 🤨
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We had one little executive airport on the harbor where we all took our girlfriends in high school to watch the submarine races. It was nice, peaceful, and never a problem (that I knew of). Police would come by and check to make sure everybody was okay.
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Back before there were problems with terror and all that it involves, security at airports was very minimal as I am sure most of us know. There were some remote roads where commercial aircraft made their final approaches and takeoffs, just feet away from the main perimeter fence surrounding the airport. As teens, we thought it was a lot of fun to put on our sound deadening headsets, lay in the back of our pickup trucks directly under the flight paths, feet away from the fences. The aircraft passing over would literally be less than 100 feet above us. It was quite a "rush" as we used to say. 😁😂🤐 One couldn't even get close to places like that anymore without serious consequences, but back then, it was common.
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Great plane spotting photos, OC. That "rainbow contrail" looks phenomenal. What altitude do you estimate the planes in the photos? From my front porch, you get a beautiful view of planes making takeoffs and landing approaches to Tampa International Airport. Not so close the sound is annoying. In fact, when my doors are shut, I cannot hear them at all from inside my home. I would guess the planes are not much more than 1,000 - 1,500 feet above sea level on approaches and landings. Mostly, it's landing approaches from the north to south, but they will come in from a number of different approaches. But it almost always seems takeoffs are to the north or to the west. Some south, but not a lot. Considering potential destinations, I suppose that's to be expected. I used to get a great view of F-4 Phantoms when those were stationed at MacDill Airforce Base, then F-16's later on. Now, refueling tankers are about all you'll see flying from there.
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It's debatable whether it's a good idea, but I believe the reason clear plastic is used on the planes is to allow you to mask the paint job so you end up with clear canopies. This way, they don't have to go through the added expense of making separate molds for clear canopies.
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Everything looks great, Greg. What are you using to simulate the tarps on the boats? Looks very realistic.
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Getting close to wrapping up the small details on the bow. Of course, the anchors, chains, and booms remain to be done as well. Breakwaters have been added fore and aft in preparation for the main guns and turrets. Slowly but surely.
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