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Big gaps alright, use some plastic strips to fill most of the gaps.
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It’s not finished yet but I always try to have the line forward of the bow and above the gunnels. I use post it notes, as they come in lots of sizes and are thick enough that the paint won’t soak through but still soft.
When an very five opeque overspray 20% colour/ 80% thinner it will give it more depth. That’s tomorrow’s job, as there was rugby watch this afternoon plus beer to be had.
- BANYAN, CaptainSteve, Piet and 11 others
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It’s near impossible to find any contemporary photos, there is a website dedicated to the restoration of a Fletcher class destroyer where the hull is covered in barnacles and almost rusted through but it would be sitting fallow for years and years. The oilcanning would (I expect) get worse as the years and pounding into big waves over and over.
- Old Collingwood, Canute, Piet and 1 other
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Pat, XF9 (hull red) and XF50 (blue) at a 1/2 ratio (That’s the Tamiya instructions) I need to lighten and highlight yet as there are non slip walkways.
Cog, I’ve done oilcanning on a lot of my builds, in particular the USS Spruance but I’ll break it down when I do it next.
- popeye the sailor, Canute, mtaylor and 5 others
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Don’t own one, but would love to get one but geez they’re expensive
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I could probably make this piece 5 times to get it perfect but that’s not going to happen. When painted it will be less noticeable.
I only ever ever use a cigarette lighter to burn CA off PE.
- Old Collingwood, Piet, Canute and 4 others
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That would have made that process at lot easier!!!!
- popeye the sailor, src, CDW and 4 others
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Um, don’t know what that is, I just bent them around a drill bitt. They are about the size of a thumbnail so any further details added just would get lost in glue.
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1 hour ago, Canute said:
Whatever it takes to get the part shaped and glued.
Greg, what is the flat round doohickey laying on the surface plate in post #54? Looks like a scraper/shaper tool?
The little brass circle? It’s just an off cut
- Canute, Piet, Old Collingwood and 2 others
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That bit is provided too!
- Canute, Piet, popeye the sailor and 3 others
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Ah ha! Cog’s back!
Nearly every PE instructions I have seen have some type of beni g instructions not the finished product that just mentions the part numbers.
For instance, the rear end of the torpedo types require rolling then wrapping around a drill bit to even come close to being right, and I’m yet to see any instructions for that.
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I’d hate to think what would happen if this was someone’s first PE set! It’s quite hard.
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USS Fletcher by RGL - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC
in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day
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I’m just looking forward to your interpretation of Seydlitz!