GrandpaPhil
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All damage (that I’ve found) is now repaired! Game on!
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Sitting idle for as long as she has, and moving twice, has not done the Victory any favors. I had to secure the crown on the figurehead again. It was hanging by a thread. The gun tackles on the port side bow chaser and the carronades were both loose. I used Tichy HO scale eyebolts, which look really nice, but are plastic, the first time around. Those are what broke. I replaced them with ones I made from steel wire.
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no, it’s not weird at all that you’re enjoying this build. This is an excellent build!
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The Victory is now back on my work bench for the first time in a year and a half!
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Panchito is done! I believe it turned out well! The stand is only temporary. A buddy of mine is making a nicer stand out of walnut. Here are the final photos: Thank you all for the comments, the likes, and just for stopping by!
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Thank you all for the comments, the likes and just for stopping by! All decals are remade and installed. Most touch ups and detailing is complete. The pitot tube has been remade. It is a straight pin. It still needs painted. All that remains is to paint the pitot tube, finalize the highlights and seal the model.
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Very nicely done!
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Anyone out there working on a card model?
GrandpaPhil replied to gagliano1770's topic in Card and Paper Models
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Looking good!
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Congratulations! Well done!
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Looking good!
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Thank you very much, Denis!
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Congratulations! Well done!
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Thank you, I’m glad I could motivate! Ephialtes is looking good!
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Thank you very much, Mike!
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Thank you very much, OC!
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Thank you all for the comments and the likes! Denis, I just painted really carefully. Painting the canopies on WWII bombers is the hardest part for me. My apologies to all for the lapse in updates! Life has been really busy and I have had time to steal a few minutes here and there to work on my model, but not to update the build log too. The model only lacks a few more decals, one of which I need to remake. The decals were really old on this model and one of the USAF logos did not survive installation so I’ll make another one the next time I work on the model. I made the nose art from a picture of the Delaware Aviation Museum’s flying replica and got the tail number of the original from their website. I cropped one of their photos and resized it in Word. I need to install the tail number that I also printed off. I still need to finish the props and install them. The last step will be final detailing. I broke the pitot tube off, so I need to make another one out of wire, but that will be one of the last steps.
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