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It's nice that you are taking a slow methodical approach to building the Hood. Enjoy the journey. Very finely molded and machined parts are these kit's specialty, well written instructions not so much. Maybe sometimes not at all. I would consider gluing the tiny vents to a wooden popsicle stick using acrylic glue and then painting them. They can readily be removed after they are painted and dry to handle them.
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You have a well trained eye for this, Mike. Years of experience. Looks perfect in size/scale to my eye. Should have also mentioned, your choice of metal flake gold looks perfect for this era.
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Beautiful work on that deck planking Mike.
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The featured model is superb, Chris. The Italian biplane looks very very Italian, with all it's curves and sleek shape. Whether it's ships or aircraft, the Italians created some beautiful engineering.
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You know, I have seen these Sterling kits around for decades but never seen one built until now. Oh man, it's a lot of work from what I see you doing. You have my respect for tackling a project like this. I'll bet there were a'many of these kits bought and never started or finished. One of the things that kindled my interest in building scale models was when I was a very young lad, a friend of my dad gave me some large scale model warships he had built from wood. I could play with them without much danger of breaking anything.
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What a beauty she is!
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Tried it a few years ago and quit before I finished. I needed to purchase a more suitable slicer software as the free ones could not handle the complexity of the print. I experienced a number of setbacks that occurred after many hours of printing (sometimes overnight) and just before they finished, something would go wrong and spoil the whole part. By this time, no telling what condition my printer is in. Have it stored in a large plastic container in my garage. I was trying to print the massive model of the F-4U Corsair.
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From the 3D print model aircraft designers, today I received this offer for a free sample of lightweight filament suitable for 3D printed model aircraft. It looks promising as light weight is a huge factor model aircraft, as well as resistance to UV light/temperature/warping. FREE SAMPLE - PolyLight 1.0 - LW PLA – 3DLabPrint
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Are the session boxes purchased separately or are they subdivided that way in the whole kit? Quite nice the way it's broken up into sessions, reminds me of the way you worked on the 1:48 Corvette in modules. It makes a large project like this seem much more manageable. Beautiful ship, and huge!
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Mitsubishi A6M2b by CDW - Tamiya - 1:72 scale - Finished
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My daughter said she saw snow along the roadside when they drove from the Boston airport back home to Manchester on Monday morning. -
Yves Just found your build log of this magnificent ship. Will eagerly follow along with your progress.
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Mitsubishi A6M2b by CDW - Tamiya - 1:72 scale - Finished
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My kids bought me a massive steel safe. While the thing weighs hundreds of pounds, I am working on a dedicated space to place it. It's one of those things that will not be "moved around", so will need to be sure it gets placed where it will stay. Unfortunately, this has created another delay in getting back to my model kit builds. While I am happy to have the safe, it has presented an unexpected conundrum for the moment. -
Mitsubishi A6M2b by CDW - Tamiya - 1:72 scale - Finished
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There are some new (to me) companies into 1:72 scale aircraft now that will blow your mind. The level of detail is every bit as good or better than 1:48 scale. Some of these company names are: Arma Hobby, AMK, Clear Prop Models, Tan Model. Eduard and Tamiya have some fantastic well detailed model aircraft in 1:72 as well. In the future, will be building some kits from all these companies. -
Mitsubishi A6M2b by CDW - Tamiya - 1:72 scale - Finished
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Back from a glorious week of thanksgiving spent with all my family, just put our kids from New Hampshire on the plane headed for their home this morning at 5:00 AM. While I was away from modeling for a week, this new kit came in the mail. Flyhawk has made their first entry into model aircraft with the brand new release of the 1:72 scale SBD-3 Dauntless dive bomber. It’s a beautifully molded model in typical high quality Flyhawk fashion. Extremely well detailed, it includes a huge decal sheet and a set of canopy masks.
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Your Tiger Moth looks super-nice Chris! For somewhere around-about $20, there is this wing-jig available on Ebay. It gives you a way to align everything near to perfect when assembling the wings and tail surfaces.
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Maybe the reason the gear is made of brass is due to the heat applied at the extruder. Perhaps brass has a lower rate of expansion from heat. So glad to see you found the source of your malfunction. Next time I pull my machine out of storage, need to check my gear as well.
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It helps to keep a bottle of CA debonder handy to assist in removing delicate PE parts when you need to do that. Another reason to use Gator Grip acrylic glue for PE is because it debonds with water. Comes in really handy when mistakes need to be corrected.
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The I Love Kit version of the 1941 Hood used a wood deck application on the lower deck. I never checked to see if it was historically accurate or not. Besides the lower deck, you have the sides of the superstructure under there to paint. Maybe it won't be seen? It will be hard to paint with the upper deck in place.
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Glad to see you have started your Hood, looks great so far. Did you buy the deluxe kit with a wood deck? How do you intend to paint or use the wood deck application on the lower deck now that the upper deck is glued in place?
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Great looking seats! This boat is going to be a winner. Love the retro style.
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Gonna go silent for a week or so while family flies in tomorrow and stays with us through the Thanksgiving holidays. Hope everyone has a great week and will see you again soon.
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