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I prefer your painting as well and see it as the ideal setting for this model!

Watching someone like him do what he is doing MAKES me feel old and achy! He is lucky he does not live in Washington. Most of our trails here do not allow wheeled devices of ANY KIND. I know what the law meant. They were trying to stop off road vehicles from tearing up the trails, but the wording was done in their normally sloppy manner and anything with wheels is illegal! There are a very few handicap trails but as far as I know they are day hike trails and none of them allow camping. Biking would possibly be an option as it is not as much strain on the feet, plus it supplies a frame to carry the weight of a pack, but I have no idea where I would go. I have seen bikers on a number of our highways doing cross country biking but that always frightened me as a way to get smacked by idiots in passing cars at 60+ miles an hour!

Somewhat the same here. I used to be more active and was able to get out hiking relatively often. sometimes as long as a week at a time. But last year I broke my ankle pretty badly and things changed pretty quickly. Now almost a year later I am coming to the realization that those days may be over. You don't see to many hikers walking with a cane on the trail! My wife is like yours and has had multiple crafts over the years. She has done painting, crafts of one type or another, crocheting, knitting, and for the last few years needle felting. It seems like she gets to the professional level each time, sells a few items and then has to move on to a new challenge. My modeling on the other hand could be classified as rank amateur at best.

I suspect the crew of the real ship said much the same thing when out in the Baltic or North Sea on occasion. Looking forward to what you are able to do with her.

Sounds like you have a keeper. But then it could always be like mine. After almost 40 years, and now that I'm retired and underfoot all of the time, she wants me to find something to do besides just bugging her! (Actually that is sometimes my favorite indoor sport these days. 😈)

I'm jealous Bob G. I would be lucky if my wife bought me a paint brush for Christmas. But then I doubt she would know what airbrush would work well for modeling anyway.......... On second thought I suppose that would apply to me as well. That is why I am using a $30 airbrush for the first time on my currant build, afraid to spend big money on a system that is beyond my ability to properly use.

Welcome to the REAL dark side Edward. In many ways the Dauntless was already out dated by 1941 but like the P-40, the British Swordfish and some others, did things that no one would have expected and stayed right in the middle of forming history until the end.

Great look Denis. Are you going to paint the superchargers another color, or leave them yellow?

Adding the wood will not only make the kit more aesthetically pleasing, but will be more accurate as well.

I still preferred Oscar The Grouch

Some planes have what you are thinking of Denis. They are very noticeable on aircraft like the SBD Dauntlas and Helldiver and look much like the landing flaps of conventional aircraft. Aircraft like the JU-87 Stuka also had divebreaks but they were not so obvious. Some planes like the P-38J and the F-86 had brakes in locations where one would not even look for them. At any rate the air breaks as a rule deploy in a manner that interrupts airflow without normally affecting lift from the wing. This was normally used to slow the natural dive rate of the aircraft so that it did not exceed the abilities of the aircraft or in some cases the pilot. Flaps on the other hand are usually deployed from the trailing edge of the inboard portion of the wing and only in a downward angle that increases the airfoil or curved shape of the wing and therefore increasing the wings ability to lift at slower speeds even though they also do create some extra drag as well. Their primary use is to assist lift, allowing slower speeds, heavier loads, shorter runways, and more stability when taking off, landing or any overly slow operation. An example is the C-130 when they are dropping a skid load using a drogue chute. They make a slow pass using flaps as very low altitude, and at the right time deploy the cargo with a drogue chute and climb out again without landing. No problem with having the flaps glued on your build as you said you are going to display it as on the ground. The flaps on the B-17 were brought back into alignment with the wing after they landed. On some planes the flaps will sag back down when they have been sitting parked. I do not believe this is the case with the B-17. I think I really like the color combination on this plane. It is turning out nicely.

It looks like it is going to be an interesting build. Are you going to build it as Polish or as the German A 59? It appears from your pictures that you have documentation for either.

Thanks for the details Yves. I had not seen the story about the move or the fire. You are probably right on the use of aluminum to secure the planks originally. Almost all modern minesweepers use aluminum extensively in their construction, even using aluminum engines in some cases. It will be interesting what they use in the restoration as a magnetic signature is no longer an issue.

I think you will be glad in the long run that you replaced the old wood Denis. Clone away!

As a side note Big Bird, (Caroll Spinney) died at 83. It appears that Spinney has played Big bird since 1969. He also did Oscar the Grouch, (Who I liked a lot better than Big Bird)

The nails would look great but just a note. The Calypso was originally built as a minesweeper and used as little metal as possible. Hence the wooden hull and superstructure. If you look closely at her sister ship Wild Goose in the picture you can also see that there is no riveting visible on the hull planking. I do not know for certain but there is a possibility that these hulls went back to the old days and were held together with treenails not metal fastenings. Possibly someone following this build will know for certain. Either way the build is looking great.

I wonder if Hilton survived 500 lashes?

You might be a little off on your dates Denis. By 1808 the only state still allowing the IMPORTATION of slaves was South Carolina. In 1808 even S. Carolina outlawed the international importation of African slaves and the IMPORTATION became illegal. But the PRACTICE of slavery continued to be legal in the southern states as a form of business until the close of the Civil War. This is what allowed the years of slave smuggling. Once the potential slaves were landed, it was somewhat hard to determine where they had come from. Records were not all that complete even if people in the south had been all that interested. Slaves continued to be sold and resold as an everyday occurrence. What is even more interesting in many cases is the involvement of other nationalities in the American slave trade. Even though slaving was already illegal in most of Europe, much of the transporting of slaves from Africa was conducted by English, Dutch, Portuguese, and several other privateers from a number of other nations. Many of the ships would pretend to be whaling ships. Almost all of the slave trade from Africa came over on European ships and deposited in the Caribbean Islands by these European owned ships and from there transported to the US on American flagged vessels. In some cases it was even a state of war between slavers. It was not unknown for a English slaver to attack a Dutch slaver and make off with it's slaves or even the whole vessel to sell as it's own. Of course the same happened the other way around as well. It was a big sea and who was out there to stop them and who would report the theft of their illegal slave cargo? This kind of stuff went on almost 70 years until slavery was finally abolished. The subject as it really happened is not really told in schools these days. Americans are blamed for leaving a "Trail of bodies across the Atlantic" and the concept is so accepted that the US Government has even offered an official apology to black people. No mention seems to be made about the illegal involvement of other countries, the ownership in the US of black or other races by free black people. Slaves held by Native Americans, and other little known or at least talked about matters of the time. Not to say that slavery was a good thing or even necessary as some in the south claimed. All I am saying is that the story is far more complex than many may have been told over the years.

Many times back in my RC days. Works fine.

One thing to remember was that slavers were for the most part an occupation not a design and came in all shapes and sizes.

I think the way Ziggy was using the term was "Who is next up to the batter's box?" or what is the next project? Are you sure putting flesh and blood crew on board is a good idea OC? It might bring some life on board! Nice work

Just what I need, another kit! You are right, they are only about 25 miles door-to-door. I could have gotten there in just over two hours in this mornings traffic according to the new on TV! 😝 I am SO glad I no longer need to commute! I could get there in about 30 minutes right now. It would be pretty common for any ship involved in illegal commerce to be fast and armed. Many slave traders were both. Fast to avoid capture and to get the product to port alive if possible. Dead slaves did not sell well at the destination but it was still common to loose all too many in each voyage. Guns were not so important, but they were not the only ships involved in illegal commerce and as we all know there is little honor among thieves. Nice looking lines on the picture of the kit from what I can see. Looks very similar to the Schooner Flyer listed on the Steingraeber, (Spell that three times fast!) site. I would think that as you are basically starting with the normal "Box-O-Sticks" you can do pretty much anything you want with your build and still be "right". I'll be watching though.

That should keep you off of the streets and out of trouble for a while Denis. Nice find.

That's pretty neat Patrick So it is a Russian version of nose art after all. I think crews have done similar messages on the side of bombs. Still do for that matter.

Glad life is returning for you and looking forward to seeing more of you again. Sorry for your double loss so close together.