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  1. CDW
    Beautiful case Alan. I expected it to cost much more and am impressed with it.
  2. CDW
    Amen!
  3. CDW
    Epic reply Chris. Bravo! I truly believe some of these type criticisms are a result of some sort of psychological disorder and cannot be taken at face value. As you said, just be amused, not bewildered.
  4. CDW
    Amazing. I just learned how easy it is to translate Polish text to English text using my iPhone. Take a photo of the text then open it in the photo application. Hold your finger down on the text and a couple of special ‘begin and end’ icons will appear. Drag these icons to the portion of text where you want to begin and end the translation. Afterward, an option will appear to translate. It then translates the Polish text to English instantly. Not every word gets translated to an intelligible English word, but more than enough to get the meaning in context. I should have noted that the first thing I did was to go to the ‘translate’ app and selected Polish to English. I am learning a thing or two. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Remembering it will be another trick. 😀
  5. CDW
    Valuable information. Thanks Chris
  6. CDW
    So I gave the color printed parts two light coats of matt clear acrylic, only I used the airbrush and what I had on hand rather then find and buy a spray can. Seemed to work just fine as far as I can tell. Tomorrow, I intend on pasting the printed bulkhead, wing airfoil ribs, fuselage formers, and maybe a few other parts to some 1mm (or close to 1mm) card stock then cut them out when the glue is dry. Probably somewhere in those instructions they recommend what size card and which printed parts need to be glued to card to stiffen them up, but I can't find it. A lot of what I translate using online tools seems to come out as gibberish and otherwise not helpful information. It would have been nice if laser cut frames had been available for this kit then a lot of guess work would not be needed but maybe it will teach me some things in the long run by doing it myself.
  7. CDW
    Thanks Edward
  8. CDW
    Nice project Alan. Looking forward to this one. The Germans paved the way for the modern day, Marine Corps Osprey.
  9. CDW
    Any reason I should not use Vallejo or other matt clear acrylic through my airbrush?
  10. CDW
    On a different subject: do I recall you saying that you use a spray-can of clear acrylic over top of your printed parts before handling them?
  11. CDW
    Thanks to everyone who is following along...I can use the moral support. 😅
  12. CDW
    All I accomplished so far is to: a) separate the pages by removing the staple that held them together, and: b) scan the instructions then tried many times to convert them so as to translate I have wasted far too much time with very little success but once I got some success, I learned it was all a long climb for a short slide. The instructions seem to provide very little helpful information. Rather than waste any more time on this, I think I will plod ahead and see what I can do just by looking at the pictures. Doesn't look all that complicated.
  13. CDW
    It’s time to get my feet wet with card modeling. I’ve seen enough to believe a beautiful model can be built from card, but it’s going to take time, practice, and patience. I hope I have chosen a kit that will not be overly difficult for my first try but challenging enough to keep my interest. Hopefully my first try will not be relegated to the waste bin before I finish it. If you have any words of advice or criticism, please by all means pass them on. I’ll need all the help I can get.
  14. CDW
    CERN maybe opened a black hole at your place, Jack, and your steering wheel fell in it. 😎
  15. CDW
    Thanks EG
  16. CDW
    Thanks for all the nice comments. It was my pleasure to have all of your good company along the journey.
  17. CDW
    Lights are back in operation. How true is the old saying, “we don’t know what we got till it’s gone” In the middle of my work room is an old ceiling fan. I have three natural light 60 watt equivalent bulbs in it. Bright “natural” light. Above one of my work tables hangs a shop light with two natural light tubes.. My work table has a riser on top on the back side of the table. On top of the riser I placed a light blue fabric remnant I got from a discount scrap pile at the fabric store. Behind it I stand a piece of blue construction paper From the dollar store. I take my photos using my new iPhone 14 with a 48 MP camera. I’ve been snapping the photos from 3 or 4 feet away then cropping the photos in the edit function of the iPhone.
  18. CDW
    I’ve read where modelers use stretched sprue for rigging. Cheap and it attaches with ease. Getting consistent diameter stretched sprue would take some practice and patience. All plastic sprue is not created equal when it comes to heating and stretching it. Been there and done that with mixed results but have never tried to do enough of it for an entire model ship.
  19. CDW
    That is drop dead gorgeous. Beautiful model Chris. Halinski rocks.
  20. CDW
    Thanks Jack My cell phone still has a charge. 😀
  21. CDW
    I’m not ignoring you Jack, early this morning a transformer down the street blew up and we have been without power since then. The power company says it will be restored by the end of the day so I will take some photos when the power comes back up. I really don’t feel like starting the generator and touting all the extension cords unless I have to.
  22. CDW
    You really did something special with this Mike. A model to be admired and proudly displayed. Looks like the real thing.
  23. CDW
    For the time being I am a spectator looking forward to your model. With your attention to details I am sure it’s going to be spectacular
  24. CDW
    Great subject and glad you’re doing it. Cataract surgery was a breeze for me and wow, did it make things better. Hope you get even better results if that’s even possible.
  25. CDW
    Finished Final photos Thanks for following along, your likes, and your comments. See you again soon.

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