Hsae
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Mike, I forgot on what Website I found them, but they are from USS Tenacity. Maybe you have seen them already. The camouflage looks like from a Fletcher class destroyer.
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Wouldn’t it have been easier to include some align-pins in the hull sections vs. making the coupler? Great work so far! Hermann
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Thanks Mike. Are you still thinking about building a US Corvette? I found some good pictures.
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Slow progress. I got the portholes with the rigors (eyebrows) done. As well as the washport doors.
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Thank you for all the thumbs up! Tonight I prepared the galley for painting. I still have to do the wooden door (at least I believe they had one and not a steel door).
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I got Gator’s Grip for glueing phot etch today. I bought them first in 2014 (rear bottles) and surprisingly they didn’t work anymore. Lol The advantage is that you have time to align the parts or correct the position vs. CA glue. Plus you can easily clean up with water if necessary.
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I totally agree. I have some workboats & sailing boats in 1/25 and 1/48 and if you transport / handling / launch them, there always parts which break. Even though I built them robust. In my option fine details are only useful for models which a ideally under glass (dust is a big problem).
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Lou, I think is is still a good model. And for its time it was not bad at all. We are now all pampered with photo etch and 3D printing. IMHO it is a respectable model right out of the box, even today.
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After looking at the photos from my Hedgehog several times, I decided to build a new Hedgehog. Order went out to GLS this afternoon. Photos are pretty good to discover mistakes. What looks good from the distance, doesn’t look so good anymore closely. I am hoping I am avoiding the previous mistakes. We shall see …
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Yves, you have to cure and wash the resin parts, correct? If so, how long have the parts to cure? I am still learning about resin printing. Hermann
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One part I had to take out (black circle), it would fit with the hedgehogs. Maybe I interpreted the instructions wrong. Well, we have to live without it.
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Small update the hedgehog is almost done. Little bit cleanup and adjusting. Funny thing, looking at the photos, some parts are crooked. Maybe I can fix it … 🤔 … or build a complete new one and trying to avoid the mistakes I made.
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My basic photo etch tools: - LED magnifying head band (an absolutely must) I never used the LED’s though. The nice thing with one, you can change magnification - Etch Mate for bending - some good tweezers - sticky pen, comes in handy for positioning small parts - chisel (you can use a hobby knife with sharp blade too) - plexiglass ( black, leftover from a project) for cutting photo etch on it - fine sand paper to remove any “leftovers” on the parts - thin super glue - “regular” super glue - solder iron - flux - solder
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I had to add two portholes. Starboard & port side approx. 35 mm from the edge. I pre-drilled with a 1/8” drill bit and used after that a #27 (0.1440”) drill bit for the perfect whole size. As well I had to close one porthole at the port side (left) and three at the starboard side (right).
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Thank you for all the thumbs up and the comments! I was working on the scuttles. I made a little helper and it worked like a charm. Unfortunately I ran into a problem. The aft portholes are bigger than the other portholes. You are happy that the work goes as planned until you hit a problem. But for every problem there is an answer. So I guess I have to fill the portholes and drill them out to the appropriate size. Thankfully there are only eight. Btw, the photo etch parts are awesome! They even put even some gun sights next to the scuttles.
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Hands down, superb build! Well done Greg! What is next? Hermann
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I just got some mail … I finally got my scuttle set & the Hedgedog from a US vendor. I took about 4 weeks to get it. And I got a “test” shipment from NZ. It took about 3 weeks. They shipped it the same day I ordered it! The packing is excellent, and the parts are phenomenal! 👍👍👍
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Sorry for the delay. I didn’t have much time for modeling lately. I am also waiting for some reference material which I am hoping to get next week. Cross your fingers.
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So, the Snowberry has a welded hull, not a riveted hull? In some photos it appears that way, but tough to say. Hermann
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