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  1. GrandpaPhil
    The decals are on and I’m waiting for the Max Hold CA that will hold the HF antenna to dry so I can attach it to the mast. Following my experience with my last round of plastic models, I sealed the model immediately following adding the decals to prevent them from curling up. I used the technique of putting thinned down glue on thread for the long-wire antenna, as is typically done with card models. I would have just used an eyebolt like in times past, but there’s not enough material to drill into on the rudder, so I kind of made my own EZ-line.
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    Welcome!
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    OC, Thank you very much! Much appreciated! Those helped me quite a lot and answered a couple of questions that I had! The Shangri-La is fully painted and assembled now and just awaiting decals, final highlighting and final sealing:
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    Glen, That’s incredible! I sincerely believe that is one of the absolute best SIB displays that I have ever seen! I can’t wait to see what you make next!
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    It’s now olive drab and gray: And the prop hub is painted: I am going to glue the prop hub on and then let the model sit overnight.
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    It’s mostly assembled now: Yes, that is a wooden antenna, lol. Time to paint! I’ll start with my usual priming with thinned down black paint and move on to the olive drab for the plane itself. I need to paint the propellor hub assembly and nose red. I figured I’d attach it after painting the plane itself the olive drab.
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    Incredible work!
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    Welcome!
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    Welcome!
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    The interior is painted and assembled: The fuselage is now glued together: The fuselage for this one was warped out of the box. The fuselage halves were banana shaped like the Spad I just built. I used force to reshape them prior to gluing.
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    I haven’t built the Mamoli Black Prince, but I built another Mamoli kit (the Endeavor) several years ago. It was pretty nice. The Black Prince looks like it is modeled after a standard privateer with a Baltimore Clipper rig.
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    Here’s my rendition of Captain Gentile in 1/48 scale: I still need to paint the whites of his eyes and his pupils. 1/48 is too small for me to worry about irises. That’s just outside of my resolution. He’s leaning up against Oryol’s conning tower.
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    Ken, Welcome! The first round of subassemblies are assembled and ready to paint!
  14. GrandpaPhil
    I am building “Shangri-La”, a P-51B Mustang flown by Captain Don Gentile as part of the 336th FS of the 4th FG in March of 1944, using a set of War Birds by Kits-World decals! The kit: The decals: This will be a fun build!
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    Eberhardt, It’s a character from one of Disney Pixar’s movies “Tow Mater”. It’s a play on words of the term Tow Motor which refers to a fork lift.
  16. GrandpaPhil
    Very nicely done!
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    I also run my rigging line through beeswax prior to use, and then put superglue on the last 1/8” - 1/4” of the rigging line. I then bevel the end of the line into a point to facilitate threading through blocks and deadeyes. Sometimes it is helpful to clear the holes on the outside of the deadeye or block with the tip of a scalpel and/or I run a microdrill through it from both directions.
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    Also, never forget that a kit can make a wonderful baseline to build from. When I build from a kit, I always have the expectation that I will be doing some scratch building to make it exactly what I want. Occre’s Endurance has been on my wishlist since it came out after reading about Shackleton’s trip and amazing survival.
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    Steve, Thank you very much! I learned a lot during that build! I have built and attached the first bow platform! The second funnel will get glued down after I install the middle platforms. Working on the second layer of deck houses, to include the conning tower: This model has been a learning curve, but I am thoroughly enjoying the challenge!
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    Jeff, Baltimore is looking good! Yes, Legos make excellent jigs and temporary stands to hold the model steady! Don’t be afraid to use paint, or even filler (sometimes I use the max hold CA as filler, especially with paper). The clear coat will blend a lot of the coloration together.
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    Keith, Thank you very much! I have the aft stack glued down now, but the forward one doesn’t get glued down until the middle platforms are glued in place. Alan, Thank you very much! Welcome! I accidentally discovered that I quite enjoy working with card during my first card ship and enjoyed it enough that I have finished four of them now! I quite enjoyed building them. Only one of those is a kit, but I learned a lot from each of them. The Prince de Neufchatel is still my favorite finished build. This build is one of the kits that I bought after finishing the Solferino. This scale is small, but the level of detail exceeds anything that I have seen out of a plastic kit and you can get lasercut sheets, wood decks and photo-etch upgrade parts if you wish. I like making everything, that is my greatest happy in this hobby. I will also say that none of my builds from the Prince de Neufchatel on would have likely happened if I had not found and joined this forum. I am working the forward set of platforms to include the bridge and the conning tower. There’s a LOT involved in these and I’m learning on the fly about how everything goes together.
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    Very cool and very nicely done!
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    Welcome!
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    Looking forward to this one!
  25. GrandpaPhil
    The stacks are made and just sitting in place at the moment. Once they dry, I’ll edge paint them and install the aft one. There’s a fair amount of scratch built detail on the forward stack, including the extra vents and associated piping. I bled all over one of the vents when my knife slipped during carving, but I guess that makes this a real ship model, lol.

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