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I agree with you on the Walrus. That one looks especially nice. I agree, the catapult makes the perfect display stand I wonder if they would have had the landing gear attached like that when operating from a ship with a catapult though? I believe they disconnect at the hub and swing up into the lower wing for storage when operating from water. I am not certain but I don't think they could be folded or lowered while in flight. But come to think of it they would have to be lowered when the wings are folded as they would not fit into their "Proper" folded location until the wings are open and locked! I have several flying BOATS, and even a couple of air SHIPS. I kind of like the unusual also I guess. If you blame me as "Inspiration" then at least let me heal up a little more so I can hobble a little faster or give me a BIG advance warning so I can get as much of a head start as possible. Right now she could probably make it all of the way from your coast to mine before I could get from my living room to the back yard!
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Sorry I haven't been able to keep up with the daily progress of your builds like I did in the beginning Mike. But it is hard to keep up when you have the attention span of a two year old like I have had of late. They both came out FANTASTIC. Truly works to be proud of! Hope you work out the display aspects as it would be a shame to have to hide them away somewhere, Almost makes me want to build my Sikorsky JRS-1 No................. better not even try! 😞 I need to finish up stuff that was started way too long ago! Congratulations on not one, but two fine builds.
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I have always been a B-17 guy but the B-24 was considered the faster of the two planes. In most other ways they were similar and the people who used them seemed to prefer them over the B-17 in most ways. I have the Osprey in my collection as well Denis. I have always liked them in spite of their early reputation and problems. We have a few around here and one thing is certain, you know it when one flies over................. They are LOUD.
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This coming Friday It's a shame that you will have to find a replacement kit just because of that simple part. I looked on Evilbay for you and found people selling parts for this kit but not the part you were needing! Why couldn't you have lost a wing or something? By the same token it really is a fairly simple piece and should be fairly easy to make from plastic you may have around, or cast, using the other cowling flap piece as a mold master.
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1930 BENTLEY 4.5 LITRE by MadDogMcQ - AIRFIX 1:12th Scale
lmagna replied to MadDogMcQ's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Congratulations on getting the car, (and the bedroom) done. I wish you could come over here a do a few of my "Honey Does" as well. Have you picked out a place to display this racing marvel? -
Beautiful build Mario Wouldn't you be able to use the rigging plans for the Model Expo Sultana? I think they sell the plans for something like $10. Just a thought.
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That should work out OK. I have noticed that with some of the new paints these days that in doing touch-up or small details it is virtually impossible to tell the hand painted places from the sprayed areas. I suspect that the silver you have been using will act like that. Keep your coffee intake down before the big event though.
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It is possible you are right and the weight you chose for the nose will be enough. Easy enough to tell. You already have enough of the model assembled to kind of do a dry fit. Add the weight and balance the plane on a pencil moving it forward or back as needed until it wants to rest nose down. That should show you if you want more weight or not. I was just sugesting the forward area of the nacelles as it is usually a fairly large empty place on models with radial engines like this. I think that on frame 16 of the plans they show using the crew ladder and aft entry door, (parts 56 and 62) being used as a prop to hold the tail up.
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I too built this one as a kid, even though I think mine was possibly 1/72. It did not look as big in my memory as yours looks. It did have opening crew hatches at all three positions though! When I read the history on it in the instructions I had to go out and read everything I could about the plane. This was long before the day of internet research and I spent a lot of time in the library.
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Yes I have heard that he misses some things even though all of the plans I have gotten from him seem meticulously detailed. But I am no authority on most of them as the only ship of the group I am referring to that I have personally researched in great detail is the Houston and there is very little available on her in the 1941/2 configuration/color. I would love to get a 1/350 HMAS Perth as a companion build, but that is even harder than getting the Houston, it would have to be scratch built!
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Great work Mike. They are really turning out nicely, and are showing the results of all the extra effort. Looking forward to more.
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It looks like there is going to be more Micro Master in this build than there will be Trumpeter! Are those Profile Morskie plans? I have his plans for the Exeter and almost all of the ABDA ships of 1941, and along with the books he has, are very nice.
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You are doing what looks like a fantastic job from where I'm sitting Chris. if you are interested in competing your 1/600 set here are a couple of possibilities, one is pretty expensive, (aren't they almost always!) and the other would need a bunch of retro reworking with brake fluid or something to strip the paint and try and start over. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Airfix-SS-Canberra-1-600-scale-model-ship-kit-05201-Sealed-box/124307291105?hash=item1cf14abbe1:g:Zz8AAOSwBNRfP8gQ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Airfix-600-scale-free-enterprise-11-series-2-f201s-nearly-built/133513376340?hash=item1f16047254:g:8OAAAOSw6JlfVf9a
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Welcome from Just a little bit north in Everett.
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BUYING A "PAINT SET"
lmagna replied to MadDogMcQ's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
I agree with the others, buy the colors/brands you will need for the model at hand. Consider it as part of the cost of the model, just as glue, tape and cleaning agents will be. Eventually as the others have said, you will have your own paint store at hand with almost all standard colors you can imagine and many you never gave thought to when you started! -
Nice work Denis. Congratulations on getting your procedure done at last. Don't get well too soon, then you will have to go back to work! It may be too late but if you are going to have the gear down, you may want to put some extra weight in the forward parts of the engine nacelles in front of the wheels. These guys have a tendency to be tail draggers and you may need a lot of help in the front to keep it down.
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My mistake. I just automatically thought he painted them.
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Thank you for your reply on the drying buildings. Extending the village at a latter date by adding new structures and roads would not be out of place either. Most villages grow over time and become towns and even sometimes cities and the original boundaries are overrun with little regard to the original town plan if there ever was any.
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I think you are at least partly right, your turrets are much more complex than the US 8" turrets on the Treaty Cruisers. I also took another look at mine under a magnifying glass and also compared them to the Model Monkey set I also have. The details jump out at at you and there is little question they are the most detailed turrets available on the market. If there are others that are better I don't know who makes them. It does show me how precise your painting is though. In the case of these turrets it would be VERY EASY to cover the finer detail with layers of paint that are just a little too thick. Even your stripes are laid on so thin that they show no extra thickness over the gray of the turret.
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I agree with Yves. It takes some nerve to take an already perfect model and decide to "revise it" to make it "better"?
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Nice work FreekS. It is possibly too late to aid you in your propeller/nozzle alignment but what I used to do back in my RC days was to cut two disks that were the same size as the inside of the nozzle and mount them on the prop shaft instead of the propeller. that would hold the nozzle aligned while I mounted it in place. When finished just remove the disks and place the prop and everything always worked perfectly.
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Nice to see you posting your paintings again Jim. I know it has not really been all that long, but when I see a new one it always brings a little enjoyment to my day so I miss them when when they don't show up regularly.
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So if I understand it, the upper level is just a platform over each doorway and each item is no deeper than the upper floor. At first I thought that they were more like silos where the items would be stacked all of the way down to the lower floor behind the closed doorways. Possibly OK for something light like the hay. But the apples and such would be apple sauce at the bottom of that stack! Possibly the potatoes as well. What was the space behind the doors used for?
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Those Micro Master turrets really pop with the finish you applied Greg. Looking at them now I think they are much more detailed than the turrets they supplied me for the Houston. Mine are still good, better than the Model Monkey turrets, but not as detailed as yours. I hope they keep up the good work and stay in business even though my pocketbook may not be so happy!
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