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  1. CDW
    Glad to see you aboard, Syd. Hope you get a lot of joy from the hobby.
  2. CDW
    Clare It looks like you use a rubber or vinyl cover on your scalpel handle. Where do you find those? I love my scalpel, but am not crazy about the all-metal handle and think something rubber to cover the metal is a great idea. I've just never seen them for sale.
  3. CDW
    That makes two of us. Bought one on Ebay for a discounted price. Now to find a detail set. Huge box, longer than the 1:200 Iowa box.
  4. CDW
    I need to take a trip to the art supply store to have a look at water color paints. Just having a hard time getting my mind wrapped around water color paints. All I can recall are the little sets of kid's water colors...and I am guessing there must be some adult variations on the water color paint theme. Right? Whatever it is, you seem to have mastered it to the degree necessary to do touch up paint that is darn near a perfect match for your printed parts. You are setting a high bar for anyone who tries to follow in your footsteps with this build.
  5. CDW
    Love the Scharnhorst. Will follow with enthusiasm. So wish the Hachette partwork series were for sale in the USA, but alas.
  6. CDW
    If someone just looked at the pictures of the completed assemblies without reading any of the text, would most likely not realize this model is made from paper/card stock. The way you are blending in those seams make it look as though you've been building this type of model for a long time. Beautiful workmanship.
  7. CDW
    Uh, ohh....photo bucket strikes again with it's 'third party hosting' message.
  8. CDW
    That looks super, Jesse! Very nice indeed.
  9. CDW
    Wow, that was some real overhaul right there. Glad you are back and hope you mend quickly. Don't over do anything and get plenty of rest. Regards CDW
  10. CDW
    +1 This. It's the quickest, cleanest way to add weight that I know of.
  11. CDW
    That's very nice detail. Just the right scale for a destroyer model.
  12. CDW
    Just now realized you are going into the hospital. Wishing you well and a speedy recovery.
  13. CDW
    Overall it looks superb. Those guns you just finished are great, too. The 25mm singles are particularly nice. But it's easy to recognize the potential eye strain they present when building. Have never seen a set in person, but the Fine Molds injection molded guns look quite nice from pictures I've seen. Not easy to find in this country, unless ordered directly from Japan through Ebay.
  14. CDW
    A tiny dab of clear epoxy will make a very nice lens.
  15. CDW
    Greg Curious if you have tried any of the Infini Models detail pieces yet. I just bought various IJN and US gun mounts and other accessories from them last week. They look real nice but haven't put any together yet. They are designed by Park, the same fellow who did the Pontos sets. I guess he left Pontos for greener pastures.
  16. CDW
    Clare When you check photo etch railing options, make sure to look at individual stanchions sets in your scale. (GPM makes a set) You use wire to complete the railings, but the individual stanchions will allow you to place them where you want/need each one rather than "wherever they fall".
  17. CDW
    Going to pull up a chair and follow along. Looks great so far, Clare. PS: My wife's mother is a Hess...from West Virginia. Grandfather was a coal miner.
  18. CDW
    I like it all, but the props look very convincing. Even better than some of the plastic kit props.
  19. CDW
    She's big, beautiful, and impressive. Outstanding effort and really appreciate the way you hung in there to "getter done". You've got something to be proud to display. Looking forward to your future builds.
  20. CDW
    Very educational for me. Great primer on card models.
  21. CDW
    It's amazing how quickly your lungs will restore after you quit smoking. A year after quitting, it will feel like you never smoked before. It's been over three years since I quit and am so happy I did. Just decided one day I had enough and made my mind up to do it. Never looked back. The benefits of non smoking outweigh any brief urge to light up. The major down side of quitting is weight gain. Be careful with that.
  22. CDW
    Truly outstanding!
  23. CDW
    It does seem sometimes as though this may be some form of modeler's purgatory.
  24. CDW
    Passing by my local hobby shop on other business, decided to stop by to see if anything new had come in. Looking in their locked glass display case, spotted this Pontos Detail set boxed up for sale by Tamiya. It seems that Pontos detail sets are labeled for sale by Tamiya for certain of their ships. This one is for the Prince of Wales. It normally sells for around $150. The hobby shop had this set marked down to $42.50 so I succumbed to the arm twisting and bought it. The set contains almost everything that was in my Duke of York set, only this one specifically includes the Prince of Wales items that make it different from the DoY. So I guess at some point I shall acquire a Tamiya Prince of Wales kit and do that one to go along with my DoY.
  25. CDW
    This is a beautiful Fokker. However, once you add up the cost of the individual parts for this 1/32 scale version, one could kick in just a little more $$ to buy and build this 88 inch wingspan museum scale piece and really fly it. http://www.proctor-enterprises.com/products/museum/dvii/dvii.htm

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