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  1. Which two are you needing Denis?
  2. Hope this is what you are looking for. I have never seen the Japanese instructions but this is 21 pages of instructions in English PDF. Just download and use. https://www.thewebernets.com/sdm_downloads/yamato-ijn-1-200-nichimo-instruction-manual-english/
  3. Good luck finding the Encore Olympia. It was made by Squadron. Also as a limited edition model based on the Revell kit. Squadron went out of business and was purchased a year or two ago. I contacted the new owner trying to get the PE that he said was still around somewhere for my older Revell kit but he would need some time as he was just restarting up again., but he never followed up. Gold Medal Models makes a PE set as well as Toms models for the Revell kit. There are also wooden decks available and brass barrels. I agree, the Blue Jacket kit would have made a nice option. This is my 1/72 Olympia A little larger than any of them but it has presence! I wanted the Oregon as well but it was not to be.
  4. Certainly need to kill something! I suspect that even listening long enough to hear what was being talked about did some damage! 😝
  5. It's not as large being that it is 1/350 scale but it is an accurate model, possibly more accurate than the Revell kit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/402363546209?hash=item5daebc7a61:g:QHkAAOSwy2tfN~~H
  6. Good to see you are getting more build time Mike, this should turn out great. What new company did you end up getting the figures from?
  7. Had to be to hold all that engine! I agree with OC, possibly A&B but definitely not C.
  8. Nice you were able to make the ANZAC service. I was able to make the Veterans Day service at Arlington Cemetery a number of years ago and along with visiting the Vietnam wall was possibly the most emotional event I think I have ever attended. Very nice progress on the Sydney I think I would be lost at this point with all of the sub assemblies.
  9. Distance should not be a large issue if you are using a modern 2.4GH radio/receiver. You may still want to run capacitors between the motor brushes and from each brush to the motor case like Ian suggested. You can also run a ferrite core with each motor power wire wound around the core. With a matched radio/receiver I doubt you will have any trouble anyway but just in case. If you end up running brushless motors you will probably have even less possibility of radio interference. The new paired radios are really pretty immune to RF issues. Great build, this is going to be a real monster!
  10. It looks like you fall into the area of life I found myself in while in my late teens Dion. Trying to figure out which interest was most important, modeling, cars, or women. Couldn't afford all three back then! Not certain I can today. Still have Mothers Day and our 40th anniversary to pay for in the next few weeks!
  11. The very thought would make my wife load me down with Honey Do project's that would be certain to last me the rest of my life!
  12. I have the CMK interior set. It consists of the interior seats and bulkheads. I don't remember it including flaps but I suppose it is possible. It is typical resin with about the same quality of detail as much of the rest of the model. It may be a waste of time anyway as once the hull is buttoned up almost none of it can be seen. I also got the Eduard PE set but onlt for the engine detailing and some other stuff. The wheel well detail parts are completely wrong and look nothing like the real wells. I didn't know that the Pan Am decals were available, (Or they weren't at the time) but I am not certain I would have bought them anyway as I really like the military choices in colors.
  13. If any model deserved the upgrade it is this one! Too bad life get in the way sometimes and reality sets in. You might get away with it if it was fathers day next week instead of Mothers day!
  14. Those aren't mutts they are true classics! You may have more than I do these days. My stash still consists of the JRS-1 with interior resin detail set, the HU-16 Albatross, the Martin M-130 China Clipper along with the Boeing 314 Clipper,(In two scales) the Martin P6M Seamaster, (Also in two scales) and Grumman G-21 Goose. I kept meaning to get the Martin PBM Mariner, (That I did have as a kid) and Consolidated PBY Catalina, (That I also had at one time) as well as the Sikorsky S-42 Flying Clipper, but have never gotten around to it. What can I say, I always liked flying boats.
  15. Nice job Denis. Those temperamental decals made the model. Glad you were able to piece them together. They look flawless on my screen.
  16. I am beginning to suspect that you have an affection for mutt cars Mike! First the 2CV and now this Morgan. Got any others in the stash that we don't know about? Just like the 2CV I think you did an excellent job at building it even finding a unique way of dealing with the older decals. Congratulations.
  17. Not real certain anymore which corvette this is from my files, but if you look on both the starboard and port rear deck you can see two Lewis guns covered in canvas.
  18. Oh come on Chris, where is your masochistic streak? Great job on the baskets.
  19. Those baskets were filled with float nets Chris. the nets were designed to float free of the ship, (hopefully) if it was sunk giving survivors something to grab onto in the water.
  20. Do you have a Maker Space or something similar where you live Ken? They cost money but most do offer courses along with access to printers.
  21. Certainly a build to place in a prominent place and show proudly. I found it a pleasure to follow your effort and watch it develop Alan.
  22. That is quite a resume Hans! Welcome to MSW from the Pacific NW USA.
  23. "Trading With The Enemy" Charles Higham Sooner or later you will get to the part of the engine that converts money into noise.
  24. Made little difference. They could have run them inside the stack or in a second false stack but why bother. It would have just made things harder and more costly and would have had little advantage other than aesthetics as the stack is not armored/
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