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ICM 1/48 Spitfire MkIX Scrapped.
CapnMac82 replied to Old Collingwood's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Hmm, "US Air Force Fighter"? Am I remembering wrong, or were the only AAF Spit the photo recon birds? That box seems to think it's a Mk VIII, doesn't the IX have clipped wings? Or, am I remembering that wrong, too? Remembering things wrong has become all too commonplace. Sigh. -
I certainly have. Although that loose structured cable outlet cover annoys my architectural reflexes (along with my electrician reflexes). 🙂
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Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
CapnMac82 replied to lmagna's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
There are days when I suspect they pantograph 1/72 masters and ignore the problem of how sacling things up tends to magnify missing detail rather than minimize it. But, that might be my jaded 2¢ on the topic. Or, perhaps a flashback to the day I was building a Revell 1/96 Constitution and peering in through the gunports (musing on the eternal "gunport" question) and realizing what was bothering me most was that the sides were about 0.015 thick and not the 1/8 - 3/16" they ought to be in scale.. Which also brought to mind the two foot tall foc's'l deck of the Revell Cutty Sark. Or, perhaps it was just a serving of less-good mushrooms. -
Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
CapnMac82 replied to lmagna's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Heard it from a buddy of mine, a USMC helo IP -
I did not need a Beatle's earworm . . .
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Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
CapnMac82 replied to lmagna's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Yeah, "Cab ride" video have become pretty common, especially for the big clu layouts. What was more fascinating was the idea that the controller (or the iPad if you are using that interface) would display, in real-time the view out of the cab. It would make operations just a bit different. And would really involve the yard and road conductors. It's an interesting idea, if nothing else.
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Was just this morning talking to a bro of mine who is very into high-tech model railroading. He has been getting refurb GoPro off of eBay and fitting the camera element in locomotive cabs. Turns out much of the bulk on those cameras is about the battery and power supply. DCC trains are already on 12 volt poser, so that's a simpler start. He's convinced that GoPro or Polaroid will ad da broadcasting element to their product line in the very near future. Which means the model railroaders might be able to drive the train from the view from the cab. Ok, extend that thought--imagine if a person had a camera inside a model like Yve's, the display o nthe wall could very well have that internal view, and the rather odd sensation of being seen peering into the cockpit, too. These sorts of thing boggle my mind more than a bit.
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Ah, a 2 Wire trap; the LSO is probably going to ark that down for being a bit off centerline, and for the one-wheel landing. USN has a long-standing tradition of having an LSO (Landing Signals Officer) not only guide the ac but grade each and every landing. And, those grades are posted outside of the Ready Rooms (and wracking up enough UnSat landings can get you grounded--in peacetime you can be cashiered). "Ideal" landing is a 3 wire, on glide slope on centerline, straight and level. For those vessels powered by Bunker #2 or Navy Distillate #2, the stack gasses create a turbulent updraft behind the ship, and just at the edge of the glide slope (across it on angle-deck carriers). There's a reason that carrier pilots have greater stress on landing & takeoff than in actual combat.
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Even today, DisbO badge of office is a side arm. And the POs assigned to him also go about armed. Which does have some modern use, as there are ports where you can't go and draw 1100 tons of Distillate #2 on an IOU. Sometimes you need a couple deck apes to come haul bullion specie down to the fuel dock or harbormaster. Alsthough that, too is passing into history.
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Specs on the 53 are impressive. Then, go check the "seven blade" (Echo) specs, almost a whole 'nuther bird. IIRC gross take off weight is like 54K # While waiting on a SpaceA flight, the USAF guys decided I needed to see one of their Spectres as it had 40mm Bofors installed. And, that was cool, as they were ex-USN from the data plates. The 105 howitzer fascinated me more at the time. Particularly the part where they only have the one airman to serve the thing. MSC brings back memories, on one ship I was bunked in with the DisbO (Disbursing Officer). Among the other valuables he had signed for was a ridiculous quantity of scrip (especially since every one was paid on a GECU debit card). For being a fancy bank teller, he sure spent a lot of time coming in and going out with a side arm and a couple of armed PO--it was probably not time to coincide with my precious rack time, it only seemed that way. Life itsownself.
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Having seen 6' Nick Moran's (aka The Chieftain) in-depth walk around on this vehicle, that must be a teeny model. So, all the more respect for the quality of the paint job & weathering.
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Question: Are you planning for some sort of interior partition (say, of card) to prevent it being see-through? In looking at other pile lighthouses, some of those photos seem to be very see-through; others less-so. Architectural fashion of the day was to enclose every room, "open concept' would be years later. Could go either way and not really affect the build at all. And naturally, the build is the thing.
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In the early days, too, that Cyclic was a big honking beast, too--just the right height to clout you in the ankle or the side of the knee. There was a time, a very brief time, where Doctrine said a/c Commander sat to left so that the Co could focus on the driving. Brownshoes never grokked that, so, it faded away, just like yesterday's crayons.. Early days of fixed wing, the throttle was on the left, so, that's where OIC sits.
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Don't forget to double check the AE-35 unit before installing it. [:)]
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Because that means he does not have to climb over the cyclic to the left of the seat.
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Such a gorgeous build, and that paint job is superb. Does make me miss the old Air Superiority scheme with light & dark gray (if not the painting of all the soft edges :) ) Although that does bring up an issue when you get to the Tomcat. Of whether to go with one of the original production paint schemes, or to go with the LoViz (also known in the fleet as "easter egg" as the precat paint never color matched, ever). Outstanding build--just needs some scruffians in ABU to pre-flight it.
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May have been French practice. British practice was the minimum number of guns mounted. That is, if I'm remembering rightly.
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Yeah, those are big birds. Mind, that Tomcat will be bigger still. The more fair comparison a/c would be an Su-27 (also a big bird). Luckily, these a/c are not often seen with "drooped" surfaces, which makes for a simpler build. About the only thing seen drooped are the intakes, but, that's not consistent. One of the better am items to get for Eagles are the FOD inserts for intakes and exhausts--they are a prominent part of the experience of seeing them on the ground. You are best placed to decide on RBF flags (heavy duty foil--the restaurant supply house stuff, not grocery store--is your friend if you select the decals rather than PE. These are more fun with a weapons load, even though they are most often parked with nothing but tanks on the stores points.
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It was common, during that time, to "classify" ships by a certain number of guns. Which was not necessarily the number of guns fitted. The classic British "36" typically carried 42 to 44 cannon; typically 20 or 21 per side and either 2 or 4 bow and stern "chasers." (Or, just two more per side, through ports made by the Carpenter's Mate.) In much the same way the American 44s often had 48 guns aboard. Carronades were not generally counted as they were point-blank range weapons. I remember reading--far away and long long ago, a supposition that the British "under-counted" the guns to appease a parsimonious Parliament, that they were not "wasting" tax money on 'superfluous' cannons. I'm not sure how accurate that would be; naval vessels were built "green" in those days, and were rebuilt on a pretty frequent basis, so the Exchequer was constantly building ships.
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When they made the sequel, one of the big issues was that A, Kubrick had all the studio models destroyed (so they'd not show back up in cheap scifi)., and B, Kubrick only ever intended to use the ship[ in some long, specific shots. Which is why the thing is long and linear and repetitive, yet has little detail. It was a narrative placemarker, not an actual part of the narrative. Especially as it was the internal nature of the ship, the ship as a character, that was the production intent. So, for 2010, they actually rebuilt Discovery from scratch.
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Locomotives are marvelous things. There are engineering considerations in almost all the moving parts. So, things like bearings, bushings, journals, and the like have to either be durable and replaceable, or require considerable lubrication. Preferably while not stopping, or without needing oil sumps on every single thing, too. The solution was to install an oil tank and either pressurize the lines with steam, or to use steam to power a pump to keep the oil moving to all the appropriate parts. It was middling common on US steam locomotives in the 40s & 50s. Especially the big "western" locomotives.
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The yellow, along with being true to the movie, is such a nice change from the reflexive use of ion blue all too common in h'wood of late. (Even if the physics of using a reactor to accelerate water as reaction mass suggest the result would be a neon magenta color high in the violet end of the visible spectrum--which would be a modeling nightmare.)
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So, not quite as long as a 1/48 U-Boot--if a similar sort of linearity. 😀
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Keeping a boat's spars less than the boat's LOA is why so many were rigged with lug sails and various fors of gunter/dutch gaffs. Thas, as so many of those rigs featured sails with "club" spars to extend their height.
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