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CDW got a reaction from mtaylor in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Happy Thanksgiving everybody. No matter if this is a holiday from the USA, no matter where we are from, we all have things to be thankful for. I am thankful for all the fine folks at MSW and this wonderful forum for this super hobby of ours.
My daughter dressed Topaz in a turkey suit today. Gobble-gobble.
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CDW got a reaction from thibaultron in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Happy Thanksgiving everybody. No matter if this is a holiday from the USA, no matter where we are from, we all have things to be thankful for. I am thankful for all the fine folks at MSW and this wonderful forum for this super hobby of ours.
My daughter dressed Topaz in a turkey suit today. Gobble-gobble.
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CDW got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Sea Harrier FRS1 by AJohnson - FINISHED - Airfix - 1:72
It pains me but it seems the "new normal" for newly released 1:48 modern fighter planes are right around the $100 mark. Sometimes more, sometimes a little less. Unless there is a drastic change of some sort, I don't expect this upward cost trend to get any better. Makes me wonder if we all might one day be building card models just so we can afford the model building hobby. I have recently paid as much as $150 for a newly released SU-27 kit. For me, this trend is unsustainable.
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CDW got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Sea Harrier FRS1 by AJohnson - FINISHED - Airfix - 1:72
Beautiful build on your Buc! My old air force buddy tells me a tale about him flying at Red Flag in his F-16 while he watched a Buccaneer race past almost on the deck supersonic. They were by all accounts a very impressive aircraft. Mine was also done in Desert Storm markings, although I gave it away long ago and have no photos of it to share. Wish I did, but in those days I did not have a digital camera and developing film was such a hassle I neglected to take photos of many many models I wish I had photos of now.
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CDW got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Sea Harrier FRS1 by AJohnson - FINISHED - Airfix - 1:72
Have any of you in the UK had a look at the newly released 1:48 Airfix Buccaneer yet? Their old one was challenging and I want to see the new one. Several of us did a group build challenge on the old one in the 90’s. It was a lot of fun.
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CDW got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Sea Harrier FRS1 by AJohnson - FINISHED - Airfix - 1:72
The photo etch set made a vast improvement on your Harrier. Looks great. I admire your persistence. Going to make a very nice little model when you’re done with it.
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CDW got a reaction from FriedClams in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Check out this fish my grandson caught yesterday. Fishing with his rod and reel using dough balls for bait. A carp. Catch and release of course.
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CDW got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Happy Thanksgiving everybody. No matter if this is a holiday from the USA, no matter where we are from, we all have things to be thankful for. I am thankful for all the fine folks at MSW and this wonderful forum for this super hobby of ours.
My daughter dressed Topaz in a turkey suit today. Gobble-gobble.
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CDW got a reaction from BLACK VIKING in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Happy Thanksgiving everybody. No matter if this is a holiday from the USA, no matter where we are from, we all have things to be thankful for. I am thankful for all the fine folks at MSW and this wonderful forum for this super hobby of ours.
My daughter dressed Topaz in a turkey suit today. Gobble-gobble.
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CDW reacted to Old Collingwood in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Same to and yours Craig.
OC.
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CDW got a reaction from Egilman in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Happy Thanksgiving everybody. No matter if this is a holiday from the USA, no matter where we are from, we all have things to be thankful for. I am thankful for all the fine folks at MSW and this wonderful forum for this super hobby of ours.
My daughter dressed Topaz in a turkey suit today. Gobble-gobble.
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CDW reacted to Dave_E in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Back at you CD! Thank you! 👍😀
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CDW got a reaction from Canute in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Happy Thanksgiving everybody. No matter if this is a holiday from the USA, no matter where we are from, we all have things to be thankful for. I am thankful for all the fine folks at MSW and this wonderful forum for this super hobby of ours.
My daughter dressed Topaz in a turkey suit today. Gobble-gobble.
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CDW reacted to popeye the sailor in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
super job so far CW...........and a huge congratz on the homefront!
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CDW got a reaction from FriedClams in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
And also the new pup came home this week. Daughter is thrilled.
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CDW got a reaction from thibaultron in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Check out this fish my grandson caught yesterday. Fishing with his rod and reel using dough balls for bait. A carp. Catch and release of course.
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CDW got a reaction from AJohnson in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Check out this fish my grandson caught yesterday. Fishing with his rod and reel using dough balls for bait. A carp. Catch and release of course.
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CDW got a reaction from FriedClams in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Mostly it’s just personal preference between plated vs painted bright metal. Every place where plated parts are removed from the plastic sprue tree leaves marks that need to be matched with touch up paint. Near impossible to match. Often there are imperfections under the plating that needs attention by filling sanding or general imperfections in the plating itself. There are very good paint options nowadays that give a very good representation of polished metal and I find this finish more consistent once applied.
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CDW got a reaction from thibaultron in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
And also the new pup came home this week. Daughter is thrilled.
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CDW got a reaction from thibaultron in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Moving along slowly. Quite a lot of fit, filling, and finish issues to take care of on this vintage kit. Chassis is going together while there are details to finish on the drivetrain and engine.
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CDW got a reaction from popeye the sailor in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Oh, and please let me also mention that between some academic scholarships, grants, and her working part time jobs, all her education costs have been paid in full. She owes nothing, nada, zilch. I am really proud of the way she put her nose to the grindstone and did it all without a ridiculous accumulation of debt. For reasons I don't fully understand, some of her classmates through high school who were equally good students with consistent high grades, honors societies, and so forth, have graduated under a mountain of debt.
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CDW got a reaction from FriedClams in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
My baby girl graduated with her bachelors degree this morning in New Hampshire. Wife and big sisters are up there with her while I babysit our dog, Snowball, here at home in sunny Florida.
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CDW got a reaction from popeye the sailor in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Looking at the three engine compartment photos, the 1st is somewhat different than the other 2. I think that possibly the first photo is of a different year model, maybe? The first photo seems more original as the other two photos appear to be maybe, restored? For sure the second two photos are of a cleaner engine compartment, but I think maybe the first one is more original. Any thoughts?
My kit does not have what looks in the first photo to be some type of coolant reservoir just behind the radiator and in front of the cylinder heads.
Been off on other tangents of late and haven't done a whole lot of work on the model. Will have some update photos, hopefully in the next few days. The age of this kit and the engineering of it bring back memories as I work on it. Reminiscent in some ways of the old JoHan classic car kits but a much larger, 1:16 scale. A little crude by today's standards. More attention required to prepping the parts before assembly as well as filling minor gaps and other little flaws here and there. This Rolls Royce has a very distinct and unusual chassis and suspension setup. You'll see it when I get there.🙂
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CDW got a reaction from FriedClams in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
Painted the heads with Tamiya semi gloss black, then masked them off and painted the block with Mr Metal Color iron. After spraying it on, gave the iron a little buff with a soft cotton rag. I think this is more convincing than the AK paste.
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CDW got a reaction from popeye the sailor in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale
The yellowish tint on the parts tree is the clear paint under the chrome that has not been removed yet. In another hour or so, I will scrub the parts a bit with a toothbrush and rinse them off. They will be bare plastic then.
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