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CDW

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  1. CDW
    Trumpeter does a nice job of boxing the delicate parts with protective foam wrap to prevent damage in transit. Nice touch. the fuselage halves fit together very well and it appears that very little or no putty will be needed to clean up the join lines once it’s all glued together.
  2. CDW
    Determined to do this one out of box, the cockpit is rather spartan. However at 1:72 scale, not a whole lot will be seen once it’s finished anyway. I picked out the side panel and control panel details in black, white, blue, and red. Then finished it off with a grime wash. The kit provides side panel and main panel decals but I decided to do mine with a brush instead of the decals. Builders choice. Next, it’s on to the wheel wells, speed brake internals, and intakes.
  3. CDW
    One of my favorite battleships of WW2, the lines of it are remarkable. You've done an outstanding job of capturing a realistic battle worn look.
  4. CDW
    Thanks Lou
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    Mr. Color has a huge line of colors, hundreds. It would be nice if I knew how to mix my own for the various shades, but I take the more expensive (and lazy) way out by buying the individual shades I want. My vendor charges 2.50 per bottle. Postage varies with quantity, but I just bought 15 bottles where shipping was 9.95. I could have bought as many bottles as I wanted, and it still would have been 9.95, max. scalehobbyist dot com
  6. CDW
    They are just as volatile as they ever were as far as I can tell, but the thinner I use has a retarder built in that allows the paint to level out before it completely dries, and that leaves a beautiful level finish. You need a paint booth with an exhaust fan as well as a respirator. Since you've used Floquil, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
  7. CDW
    Thanks Chris
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    Not much is worse than building a nice model then getting a bad paint job on top of it. My success ratio is much higher with lacquer. This trend goes all the way back to my days of painting 1 :1 cars and trucks. I have always got better, consistent results with lacquer.
  9. CDW
    I thought I had them in my personal stock, but realized I needed to order the correct Mr. Color finishing paints to match the camo scheme. With that order behind me (and waiting for the products) my journey will begin with the cockpit as usual and then some detail work on the wheel wells and intake trunks. Hopefully by then, my paints will have arrived. When you take out the copious munition trees, the parts count for this model is no huge. At least half or more of the 300+ part count is for ordnance! And much of that ordnance will not be used in this build but will go in the spares box. One of the things I ordered ahead of time is a pre-cut paint mask for this model from a shop in Australia. It's in hand so once the paints arrive, I can go to town. Standby, will soon be posting some photos of the cockpit pieces, albeit small and basic. I am very partial to the Mr Color line of lacquer finishing paints. For me they just go down so much easier, are more consistent, and well behaved in the way they lay down on the model then level out without obliterating detail. I do have all the correct colors in Mig Ammo acrylics, but don't have the confidence I can do an equal job laying them down the way I want for this model. I need more practice with acrylic paints and each brand seems to have their own peculiar need for a correct amount of thinner to reduce them to an appropriate level for airbrushing.
  10. CDW
    Welcome aboard gentlemen!
  11. CDW
    Thank you gents. This was a fun little build.
  12. CDW
    Very happy to see how well the Rub n Buff turned out for you on this model. The Sabre is such a gorgeous airplane, and your model really does it justice.
  13. CDW
    Welcome! Su-33 is about the same dimensions as the F-15, yes, a large airframe. It’s nice they include most everything to give a good out-of-box experience. 1:72 scale aircraft kits are much better detailed now than they were not too many years ago. Hasegawa always drove the modeler to buy weapons sets.
  14. CDW
    Not sure I understand the question, but I will use the base, yes.
  15. CDW
    Welcome aboard gents! A preview of the parts trees and color call out sheets. Trumpeter provides every munition in the Russian arsenal in every aircraft kit. The huge piece of plastic at the end is a carrier deck and blast shield. Nice touch.
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    Next up is:
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    Final photos ”Let’s go to work!”
  18. CDW
    Sitting next to a German staff car in the same scale gives an impression of the size of the D7, a big machine, close to 40 tons gross weight.
  19. CDW
    Thanks Javlin Will add some more weathering, detail painting, winch cable, headlight lenses, then call this one done.
  20. CDW
    Wish I was there to see that show!
  21. CDW
    Observe the hand crank on top of the engine cover. The crank is connected to a vertical shaft that makes a 90 degree turn toward an object on the side of the engine. The hand crank is used to start the engine vis a vis a “pony motor”. The object on the side of the engine is the pony motor. When the pony motor is started using the hand crank, this auxiliary motor actually is the starter for the Diesel engine. Not an electric start. As a matter of fact, one of the first things we are taught when working on a gas pipeline is to quickly throw a rag over top of the air breather in the event we ever strike and rupture a live gas pipeline. Unless choked for air, a Diesel engine will rev up uncontrollably once it starts breathing in natural gas.
  22. CDW
    Anatomy of a rusty exhaust stack
  23. CDW
    Thanks for the comments. Every Cat dozer I ever worked around had a hinged flap on top of the exhaust stack to keep rain and debris out. The kit did not include one, but it’s easy enough to scratch one from scrap styrene and photo etch tree material.
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    Engine grime wash

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