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As usual, I suppose I was not precise enough in my comment, favoring a general statement trying to cover a period of time in general. I based the statement on prior sold listings on eBay over the last few months. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1312&_nkw=Revell+USS+Kearsarge&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=16&_osacat=0&_odkw=Revell+USS+Kearsarge+1%2F96&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1 In the second part of my statement I was not referring to what was PRESENTLY available but what HAD been sold over the last few months. Again it was meant as a general statement without regard to condition or location. On a slightly closer inspection, and I do mean SLIGHTLY, it appears that there has been as many as eight kits sold in the last few months on eBay alone. While this does include two more modern kits, both in the UK it of course does not include the $1000, (+ $50 for shipping) kit available that as you say has not, and will probably not sell at that price. -
"Congratulations on getting back into your dungeon and onto your build Dave. I think I would have been a little upset if it only took the guy a few minutes with a meter to fix the elevator. It has been a long wait and way too many Jigsaw puzzles trying to get access to your full house. Happy Thanksgiving.
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For me it is more of an issue to keep my mind from wandering. Sometimes these days I almost consider it the most mobile part of my body. Happy Thanksgiving and mental peace to all of you anywhere.
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The $1050.00 listing is still there on eBay but it seems that they are commonly available even on eBay at $200 or less. The fantastic aftermarket sail set from Hismodel is available @ $70 though. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Revell-USS-Kearsarge-1-96-set-of-Standard-sails-for-mode-sewed-on-CNC-machine/224069164620?hash=item342b901e4c:g:X4MAAOSwnNVfq~Uc
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No reason not to go ahead and build your hull using templates like Tom is CDR. It is a time honored method used in almost all solid hull models of virtually any shape. No need for a lathe at all. Your hull is looking better every day Tom. What you may consider when it is time to lay out your hull details is to use the paper patterns you already have. For example lay the profile plan onto the top and secure it temporarily. take a sharp needle like device and follow the lines you want to transfer poking dots into the hull. Then remove the pattern and connect the dots. The curvature of the hull may require additional small adjustments but I think you will be happy with the results.
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Wouldn't using Polymer clay be a better choice? That way you can mold and carve it, but when finished it can be baked in the oven and made hard. Your progress on this build is looking fantastic Yves.
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And then up to the bedroom. I have plenty of that kind of practice. But then I may not have it down solid yet even in my old age. It seems that I get stuck with the cleanup all by myself while the child who was more than happy to help me make the mess is happily outside playing with whatever it was and not available. Of course my wife gives me that, "I didn't make the mess" look, so I know better than to go there for help!
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Thank you Jim Like the others I like your what I think are White Tailed Eagles. (I am not a bird expert) I suppose I should have realized that of course you paint other subjects than those with ships. As far as I'm personally concerned they are as interesting as your pictures with ships. I had to privately laugh a little at the fact that you do paintings and seascapes and ships but your play toys are tanks. Well I suppose they are sometimes called Landships. Years ago I was pretty heavy into RC ships yet I have almost never been on a large ship in person. I know that people use models to form a reference for paintings Per. I once loaned the gunboat USS Oahu model I made from plans I was able to get from the Smithsonian Collection years ago. He pretty much set it up on a table and took a number of pictures at different angles and then used them for his painting. Even using his method or yours I would probably just create something that could be better done by a five year old. I can and have done drafting work and consider myself reasonably adept. But when it comes to forcing perspective I stink at anything more complex than a set of straight railroad tracks going to the horizon. Art with me is just like music. I can enjoy works done by others but can only produce the same effect by using a radio, record/tape/CD/MP3 player, or other like device.
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Just a dumb question from a person who has no painting artistic talent at all Jim How do you get the detail and perspective for your ships? I know you do Corvettes a lot, do you have a Corvette model sitting in your studio that you can "pose" or do you work from photos or just do everything from a mental image? I suppose the same question would apply to all of the other ships you portray often in great detail and accuracy.
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Lookin good Tom Just as a dumb question as I am being too lazy to look up the length and do my own math. What is the length of the model?
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Speaking of the Dutch East Indies and who was involved. There was Noel Sharp who early on flew a Bruster Buffalo in RNZAF 488 squadron. he was credited with three kills and two damaged Japanese aircraft. His Buffalo was destroyed on the ground in South Sumatra and he switched to flying a Hurricane in the RAF 605 squadron. He was killed over Java in 20 February 1942, the same date as the Battle of Badung Straight. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1946. The RNZAF 488 squadron operated the Hurricane MK 2b in January and February of 1942. The RAF 605 Squadron operated MK 1, MK2a, and 2bs from August 1939 until March 1942. I am sure there are more Kiwi pilot stories out of this theater but to be honest it is not an area i have really researched.
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Like most of the ships lost in trying to save the Dutch East Indies the loss of the Langley was totally unnecessary. If not for confusing orders and stupid delays she would have probably gotten in and delivered her P-40s and been out of harms way in plenty of time. There is even a small chance, (VERY SMALL) that the P-40s could have been made ready in time to make a small effect on the Japanese advance. The wrong man was put in charge of the DEI theater and almost all of the assets in the theater suffered because of it. Unfortunately for modeling purposes, the half deck hybrid nature of the Langley at this point in her life does not really appeal to me aesthetically.
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Looks like you have been doing some homework LT. Hopefully you will be able to narrow down the actual plane/pilot of choice without too much more strain. It can be pretty easy to get sucked into the endless chasm of research and loose track of why you are doing the research in the first place. As an example, I was brushing up on my history surrounding the USS Houston in the opening months of WWII. I already knew much of the story from books I read many years ago. But I was able to locate a number of books that were not available years ago and bought them all! Now I am not only still reading Houston stuff as I find it, but have branched out into books relating to the Marblehead, HMAS Perth, and USS John D. Ford, one of the few ships to survive the Java Sea battles of 1941-42. I am now finding that I would like to build all three ships! NOT what I intended when I started the research. Looking forward to your build though and what you come up with.
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Enzo Ferrari by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya 1:24 Scale
lmagna replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice to know I was right for once about something I knew nothing about. Doesn't happen all that often anymore. At least that is what my wife says to me. Didn't think of looking it up on Wikipedia. -
Enzo Ferrari by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya 1:24 Scale
lmagna replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
There is so much racing technology incorporated in this car that I wonder if the shifting is done with paddles or buttons on the actual steering wheel like on many F1 cars these days. just a thought as I don't know anything about any modern day Ferrari. Great work on the overall car so far Craig it is going to be really striking with the yellow body. -
To true but I think in earlier times or models they were not present. But like all choppers the downwash while hovering close to the ground can be pretty significant, especially in a bird as big as a CH and all kinds of stuff can be kicked up and thrown into the engines. I think almost all helicopters have some kind of intake protection these days. We had engine filters on the Hueys that resembled something from a vacuum cleaner.
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Nice work on the screens OC. I find it interesting that the MFG made nice screens for the intakes but just behind them are two more screens that have just molded detail. Maybe it won't be so noticeable after painting. You do a pretty good job of that on your builds.
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Congratulations Cap'n Hope you have somewhere to put it where years from now you will be able to point and say "That was my first."
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Aren't they pretty much the same? We could call the latter a "Yellow" submarine. (OK I'll go quietly back to my rafter)
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Too bad you don't have a wood lathe. Chuck it up and twenty minutes later, FINISHED HULL! I am certain that your way will work just fine Tom.
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Enzo Ferrari by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya 1:24 Scale
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HOW DARE THEM, putting the decal sheet in THAT bag. No normal person would have expected it to have been THERE! -
Obviously just like us door gunner types, just a bunch of heathens not suitable for more refined company.
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I suspect that Ken is right. In many countries Frigates have been opted as the vessel of choice for the pirate patrols that are part of a joint effort of a number of countries. Such duties seem to require considerable time on station monitoring and checking traffic on a daily basis.
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Looks like you were able to find the pictures you were most looking for Greg. Evidence of the amount of rust streaks that can be seen running down the hull especially in the bow area. I find it interesting in a couple of pictures rust can be seen on the superstructure as well. Not as much by any means, but still there. My favorite picture is the one where we are looking straight down and the water looks painted. It shows how wrong many of us have been when making the water surrounding a moving ship. There is very little "White water" away from the hull aside from the wake. It also looks like you have a ton of stuff to put onto this little guy.
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Yes, but the best in my opinion is the ping pong ball gun we still have around here somewhere. They really move out but still won't brake the windows. No I can't. I have been taken in as a guest a number of times and on some nights "rowdy" was nowhere near descriptive enough. My wife has raised three sons and two grandsons to date for a total of just over 50 years of uninterrupted boys. (She has always wanted a girl but with her luck she would have been a Tom Boy) Our only two girls are our grand daughters who live two rather large US states away. There is not much "Boy" stuff my wife has not experienced, and once in a great while, participated in. If your O club was as small as ours was then your CO must have been one tough dude to take a potato point blank in the chest and still be able to chase you guys around the club. I bet I know who had to buy a few rounds that night!
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