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John Allen got a reaction from popeye the sailor in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
After sitting on your buns and "I'll get to the Huey" for months you have now turned into a Whirling Dervish of kinetic energy and activity. I need to borrow some of that.
Coming along nicely its amazing what memories its dredged up for everybody.
John
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John Allen got a reaction from popeye the sailor in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
On a bus going to Maxwell Field for my induction physical. This was before the lottery system.
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John Allen got a reaction from popeye the sailor in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
Could be my memory, its sharp as a tack from the 50s to 60s there's a disconnect from the 70s to late 90s memories during that time come in flashbacks ( I'll try to remember a specific and go blank. Can be in a dead sleep a day later than whammy it comes back) present day to day hour to hour is a crap-shoot.
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John Allen got a reaction from Jack12477 in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
Could be my memory, its sharp as a tack from the 50s to 60s there's a disconnect from the 70s to late 90s memories during that time come in flashbacks ( I'll try to remember a specific and go blank. Can be in a dead sleep a day later than whammy it comes back) present day to day hour to hour is a crap-shoot.
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John Allen got a reaction from Jack12477 in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
On a bus going to Maxwell Field for my induction physical. This was before the lottery system.
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John Allen got a reaction from mtaylor in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
Could be my memory, its sharp as a tack from the 50s to 60s there's a disconnect from the 70s to late 90s memories during that time come in flashbacks ( I'll try to remember a specific and go blank. Can be in a dead sleep a day later than whammy it comes back) present day to day hour to hour is a crap-shoot.
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John Allen got a reaction from coxswain in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
Could be my memory, its sharp as a tack from the 50s to 60s there's a disconnect from the 70s to late 90s memories during that time come in flashbacks ( I'll try to remember a specific and go blank. Can be in a dead sleep a day later than whammy it comes back) present day to day hour to hour is a crap-shoot.
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John Allen got a reaction from mtaylor in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
On a bus going to Maxwell Field for my induction physical. This was before the lottery system.
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John Allen got a reaction from popeye the sailor in 'Jenny' Shrimp Boat by Fright - FINISHED - Lindberg - 1:60 - PLASTIC
Am impressed with what you created, bears no resemblance to a base plastic kit. Wonderful job keep on. I agree on the cheaper acrylics I purchased some real cheapies Wal-Mart 2 ozs they go on great and still look good after a long period of time. I did a half model sailboat and tried their enamels also cheap as dirt, could not believe how well it turned out, never any brush marks either one.
I know a lot of these folks poo poo these paints to each their own. Myself being in the empty pocket bracket of society enjoy a deal.
Keep posting doing a great job.
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John Allen got a reaction from Fright in 'Jenny' Shrimp Boat by Fright - FINISHED - Lindberg - 1:60 - PLASTIC
Am impressed with what you created, bears no resemblance to a base plastic kit. Wonderful job keep on. I agree on the cheaper acrylics I purchased some real cheapies Wal-Mart 2 ozs they go on great and still look good after a long period of time. I did a half model sailboat and tried their enamels also cheap as dirt, could not believe how well it turned out, never any brush marks either one.
I know a lot of these folks poo poo these paints to each their own. Myself being in the empty pocket bracket of society enjoy a deal.
Keep posting doing a great job.
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John Allen got a reaction from Canute in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
Could be my memory, its sharp as a tack from the 50s to 60s there's a disconnect from the 70s to late 90s memories during that time come in flashbacks ( I'll try to remember a specific and go blank. Can be in a dead sleep a day later than whammy it comes back) present day to day hour to hour is a crap-shoot.
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John Allen got a reaction from Canute in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
On a bus going to Maxwell Field for my induction physical. This was before the lottery system.
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John Allen reacted to lmagna in 'Jenny' Shrimp Boat by Fright - FINISHED - Lindberg - 1:60 - PLASTIC
Amazing work on what is normally a pretty plain Jane model Robert.
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John Allen reacted to KeithAug in Germania Nova 1911 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:36 - replica of schooner Germania 1908
Thank you for the comments Paul, Druxey, Richard and Pat. Also thanks for all the likes.
I am continuing working on the foredeck specifically I am moving on to the foremost deckhouse and the anchor winches on either side of it. I am able to get basic sizing data for the deckhouse from the small plans downloaded from the web. I also have good photographic information:-
With this information I was able to create sketch plans.
I don't have any detail of the inside of the hatch so I am modelling it with the hatch doors closed. I am building the mahogany panelling on a solid oak core. The core was shaped on the mill.
Planks were cut and glued in place at the deck level.
Then individual panels and frames were cut to clad each side.
The panel definition isn't good in this shot - it is actually much better in the flesh and even better when painted with poly on a test piece that I made. The next post will show this.
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John Allen reacted to paulsutcliffe in Germania Nova 1911 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:36 - replica of schooner Germania 1908
Lovely work as usual Keith, the deck looks awesome
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John Allen reacted to KeithAug in Germania Nova 1911 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:36 - replica of schooner Germania 1908
Thank you Richard
The weekend was quite productive and I seemed to make reasonable progress that I will cover in a couple of posts.
It started with a bit of a Arggggh!!!! moment while looking at the next photo.
This position is looking forward towards the bow and I had completely missed the 2 valves indicated. So the weekend stated with a valve making diversion.
That done I mounted the 3 shock absorbers for the main and foremast booms. The one on the stern rail was most tricky with the danger that i would drill through to the underside of the stern. I used card and a wooden template to get the position correct and drilled carefully. All went well.
The other 2 were more straightforward.
I also made good progress on the foremost deck house. I will post the details over then next couple of days.
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John Allen reacted to mtaylor in La Belle Poule 1765 by mtaylor - Scale 1:64 - POB - French Frigate from ANCRE plans
Thank you, Pat and Druxey.
If the weather is half as nice as they predict, I'm taking her out on the balcony to sand. Working inside requires vacuums, and serious cleanup. BTW, the plastic was fun and good for me but wooden tall ships is where my heart is.
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John Allen reacted to archjofo in SMS WESPE 1876 by wefalck – 1/160 scale - Armored Gunboat of the Imperial German Navy - as first commissioned
An admirable job.
Especially remarkable is the scale in which this level of detail has been executed.
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John Allen reacted to KeithAug in SMS WESPE 1876 by wefalck – 1/160 scale - Armored Gunboat of the Imperial German Navy - as first commissioned
Very interesting Eberhard, I particularly liked the simplicity of the human powered rotation and elevation gear below deck. Do you know how many crew were needed to man the gun?
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John Allen reacted to lmagna in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
I found a couple of pictures from the trip I described above. They were probably not that good to begin with, (Picture taking is not my forte) and are not getting any better with age but they are all I have. The first picture from the air is the best out of trying half a dozen times to get it to focus right. Normally my wife's camera does a little better than that.
He still had to haul his own bags though.
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John Allen got a reaction from mtaylor in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
After sitting on your buns and "I'll get to the Huey" for months you have now turned into a Whirling Dervish of kinetic energy and activity. I need to borrow some of that.
Coming along nicely its amazing what memories its dredged up for everybody.
John
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John Allen got a reaction from CDW in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
After sitting on your buns and "I'll get to the Huey" for months you have now turned into a Whirling Dervish of kinetic energy and activity. I need to borrow some of that.
Coming along nicely its amazing what memories its dredged up for everybody.
John
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John Allen got a reaction from Canute in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
After sitting on your buns and "I'll get to the Huey" for months you have now turned into a Whirling Dervish of kinetic energy and activity. I need to borrow some of that.
Coming along nicely its amazing what memories its dredged up for everybody.
John
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John Allen got a reaction from Old Collingwood in 1/35 UH-1H Huey By lmagna
Lou,
After sitting on your buns and "I'll get to the Huey" for months you have now turned into a Whirling Dervish of kinetic energy and activity. I need to borrow some of that.
Coming along nicely its amazing what memories its dredged up for everybody.
John
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