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  1. king derelict
    Thank you Dave. I drove myself crazy today trying to put the red stripes on the crash truck.😆 The two jets are two of the flight test fleet from NAS Patuxent River,MD and they seem a shade darker than the regular USMC grey. I'll have to look at the photos from the USS America LHA6 deployment which had a mix of flight test and fleet aircraft on board. It may all be my eyesight. Alan
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    I hoping the aircraft will land on later this week. I find the aircraft and vehicles difficult to make convincing. Alan
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    It's rather fun thinking outside the online hobby supply catalogues and looking around the house instead. Alan
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    Not to mention putting ourselves in harms way for our hobby. Think of the cholesterol. Alan
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    That plastic engine is disappointing. The front end is rather nasty. It's going to be a bit of a carve up to install the struts. I'm confident that you will find an elegant solution Alan
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    A great project. Looking very good Alan
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    I spent quite a bit of time today cleaning up the details on the ship. Chasing around the PE painting over the little gleams of brass from handling damage. And then going around it again as the light catches new areas. I painted and added washes to the fork trucks, tugs, fire trucks and the crane. They still need a bit of detail and some cleaning up but I placed them just to see if they were somewhat acceptable. The SAR helo with folded rotors is also parked in its probable final spot. I painted the F-35Bs - the shortest spray session versus cleaning the air brush but they look good and some detail is getting added. I added some black wash to the hull to bring out some of the detail and then a rust wash where the phoptos show it. I think I need a bit more work to darken it in a few places. The Vallejo rust wash is very light. I'll try to finish the F-35s tomorrow and think about a seascape. Thanks for looking in Alan
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    Thank you Greg. Its pushed my abilities but I like how its coming out. In 1/350 I think you could create a gem. The netting would be much nicer and the aircraft would be less clunky although I do like the 1/700 F-35Bs Alan
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    Thanks Mike. Its been a fun kit and its generally accurate too. The Eduard PE was great to work with and really make the model hugely better. Alan
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    Thanks Egilman. It was a great experiment - and of course the chocolate didn't go to waste. Alan
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    Thank you OC. I remembered your warning(?) about food creeping in. I think thats a good thing. I'm still thrilled with my hoard hauled back from the UK. Twiglets at last and even Marmite peanuts. Big Peat Whiskey and a belated Christmas pudding - and all the chocolate of course. Alan
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    Its looking really nice now as the detail builds up. Great work. Maybe needs just a little chocolate. Alan
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    The hanger details are superb Alan
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    Down in the detail today. Touching up the paint on the PE (and trying not to knock anything off). I added the yellow PE ordinance disposal chutes. The kit is wrong relative to the 2013 configuration but the photos sorted it out. The booms were added too. I just need to finish the 50 cals and that's the ship done apart from weathering. I then need to work up the vehicles and the aircraft. I'm leaning more towards a seascape to display it and its own case. Thanks for looking in. Have a great weekend everyone Alan
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    Thank you Ziggy. I hope you won't be too disappointed to see only two F-35Bs (those were the test birds in 2013) . I will have the SAR helos and a V-22 on deck too though. Alan
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    The research into appropriate foils for the vision blocks continued. I found I could buy 600 foil squares in six colours from Amazon for $12 or I could buy a grossly over priced box of Quality Street for $8. This left me with the dilemma of what to do with 594 squares of coloured foil or what to do with the chocolate. It arrived yesterday and my raw material stock was complete Its sort of like @Egilman metal finish research but without all his expertise and skill but with more calories The foil was a bit delicate to handle but I managed to place it into all teh vision block apertures and fixed it with PVA glue. Once this had set I gave it a coat of clear gloss to complete setting it in place and stiffen it. The hatch covers and turrets are just dry fitted to see how it looks Not as nice as @Old Collingwood but I think they are better than paint or dyes The deck was glued onto the lower hull and the warp mentioned earlier resulted in a poor fit at the rear bulkhead. I was able to pull it together with a bit of CA and a clamp but it will stull need a bit of filling. Thats all the bits together; now its time to add detail Thanks for looking in and have a great weekend alan
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    Thanks Denis Thats a good point. I plan a fair amount of dust and sand around the road wheels and that will obscure the faults with the tyres. Alan
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    Fantastic Yves. I had just been thinking that a submarine would make an excellent subject for the 3D printer. I am ecited to see you launch one. Now I feel lazy and think its about time to return to HMS Campanula Alan
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    Catching up on your development of a bare metal finish since I've been away. Your work looks very good. The methodology looks repeatable and controllable which is very encouraging. The F104 is going to be spectacular. I'm very grateful for the tutorials; I'm keen to get my Vampire out on teh table. Great Work Alan
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    Apart from the metallic foil research being conducted in the candy aisle I built up the tracks today. Flyhawk made quite a nice way to create them The inner road wheels and the return idlers go onto the axles and the rear inner sprocket half is installed The inner half of the track is added and keys into the sprocket. The outer road wheels are put on Then the outer half of the tracks and the outer half of the sprocket And the lower hull is ready for the deck Very restful stuff after the PE on the Wasp Thanks for looking in Alan
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    That PE gun mount is very nice OC Great work Alan
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    Thanks OC. Wispa bars come in purple foil and i brought several back along with teh Crunchie bars and Twirls. I wish I had thought about this earlier and brought some Quality Street chocolates back; they have a great set of coloured foils. Alan
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    Thanks Denis I now need to look at a suitable load for the bustle alan
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    Thank you OC Its another Flyhawk gem Alan
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    The jet lag is easing from the UK trip and I came back to this build after fraying my nerves with the Wasps netting PE. I painted the metal parts of the road wheels. Flyhawk provide a nice brass mask to mask the thin rubber rims. It fits over the rim of the wheel and is quite effective. Thirty two wheels painted Generally they came out quite well although some touch up is necessary. Looking at @Old Collingwood beautiful vision blocks made me vey dissatisfied with my trials will dyes and tints in gloss varnish. I'm looking at other ideas now This is my current inspiration Obviously I discarded the chocolate bar because I wanted the wrapper. I'm thinking the coloured foil might work if I can find suitable colours. I can then colour each aperture differently Now I need to do research at the grocery store Thanks for looking in Alan

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