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  10. gsdpic
    The ZHL kit is listed as double plank on bulkhead so not the same. Note that ZHL is also on the list of "banned" manufacturers.
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  20. gsdpic
    Glad to see you back at the workbench. Hope life is getting closer to normal for you and all those in your area.
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    Excellent progress and I can see why you chose that particular picture as the basis for your carving, that is a good pose. I'll be interested to see how the carving goes. I've dabbled in a little bit of wood carving over the last year, carving a couple of dogs and a penguin.
  24. gsdpic
    Welcome. The typical response to a beginner is to point to the three kit beginner set from Model Shipways. The Dory referenced above is one of them. As for Chris Craft (or other mahogany speed boats), the main kit supplier is Dumas. They have two lines....one simpler, very small scale line of boats that are about a foot long and are generally less than 100 bucks. Then they also have the same boats in larger scale, much more complex and much more expensive kits that are intended for RC though can be built as static models. I built their large triple cockpit barrel back many years ago as a static model. Bluejacket (MSW sponsor) also has a couple of mahogany speed boat kits, as does Mack products/Legend boats, though without the Chris Craft name, though the latter sells some of the Dumas Chris Craft kits also. Many of the mahogany speed boat kits are intended for RC operation so you might find more info and build logs and such on forums intended for RC boats. For these types of boats, the finishing (stain, paint, varnish) is much more important than for typical ship models, so it would be helpful if you have some experience in that area as well. At least you don't have to deal with any rigging.
  25. gsdpic
    Wow this looks like a cool but formidable project. Definitely on the "temptation list". Do you know if this is a kit version of the Ancre monograph for Le Requin? I wonder if that monograph would be of help in building the kit. In the past I've wished that I had the talent and dedication to scratch build from that monograph, but maybe this kit would be doable.
  26. gsdpic
    Good references....I also have a 1/24 250 GTO in the stash. Haynes has a series of those "owners workshop manuals" that are more documentation of historic vehicles rather than their traditional repair manuals. I bought one for the Ferrari 512 S/M race car when I built one of those. And they do not just cover cars....I bought one for the Sopwith Camel when I was working on the A/L Sopwith Camel.
  27. gsdpic
    Wait, I thought over in @DocRob's shelby cobra log you said that you bought the MFH 1960 Corvette. I'll follow along either way. I am most tempted by the Eagle Gurney Weslake F1 car and I see that spotmodel claims to have a couple in stock. I keep telling myself I prefer plastic or wood over metal. But I've been on a break from building anything last couple months...maybe pulling the trigger on that would get me inspired again.
  28. gsdpic
    I think your approach is sound though it might have been better still to paint the hull and the rail before installing the rail. Even if the installation messes up the paint in places, it should be just a small touch up job to fix it.
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    Glad to see good reports from you, Craig. I cannot imagine the damage closer to where it made land fall. My only hurricane experience was with Fran back in the mid 90s. I was in Raleigh, NC, which is well inland, but Fran was just decreasing from category 1 to tropical storm when it got to Raleigh. There were so many pine trees down, it took months and months for them all to be cleaned up.
  30. gsdpic
    The yellow paint looks great and I applaud your patience. I would struggle to wait half that long.
  31. gsdpic
    Or relays or solenoids....the possibilities are endless. Years ago, with much help from the web, I built a small controller using an arduino that dripped water with precise timing, and then took pictures of the colliding water drops. I programmed it to automatically take picture after picture while varying the timing slightly, then I could sift through and look for the best results. If anyone is intrigued by that, see here: https://pbase.com/gsdpic/waterdrops&page=all Another thought I had but have not attempted: Especially for a large scale car, it might be possible to use servos to open and close doors or the hood. One could have the car safely in a case, with a few buttons on the base to remotely open the door or hood. I have one of the 1/12th scale porsche race cars in my stash, perhaps I could try it on that.
  32. gsdpic
    @Dad4204 wow, that's a good question. Sorry, but I did not document it and do not remember. I suspect it was a mixture of several Tamiya paints, maybe some XF-60 Dark Yellow with some X-8 Lemon Yellow and possible white or XF-55 Deck Tan to lighten it up a bit.
  33. gsdpic
    I think your sprayed on carbon fiber effect looks good and will look even better with a nice gloss coat. It is a little hard to tell the scale from the picture but I assume the little diamonds are pretty small. Certainly spraying it is likely to be much easier than decals, especially if there are no pre-cut decals available. It is interesting in the picture of the full size car that the carbon fiber on the main chassis pieces around the engine look quite different from the two carbon fiber pieces in the lower left and lower right corners of the picture. I wonder if the chassis CF is real and the other two pieces are more decorative instead of real carbon fiber.
  34. gsdpic
    Looking good. But yes, that is one of the disadvantages of building models of newer supercars.....the engine is mostly hidden and the underside will just be one big, mostly flat panel hiding most of the suspension, in addition to hiding the engine.
  35. gsdpic
    If you click on the "articles database" tab at the top and scroll down a bit, you will also see several articles about planking that may help.

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