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  1. cog
    the "Superfine" version Polly ... could you leave your droppings somewhere else ... please?
  2. cog
    Sorry Dick, cannot dislike, as I am not educated in this field of expertise, so I'll refrain from your kind request.
  3. cog
    You're stretching it ... polly
  4. cog
    thanks mate, means a lot coming from you
  5. cog
    It sounds like the Scrum method in software development ... as Mark said, a beautful philosophy, and a perfect way to work on the different parts of the build. Remco has a signature much a like: "Treat each part as if it is a model on its own, you will finish more models in a day than others do in a lifetime."
  6. cog
    I mind, Lou "Rig that thing" as I wrote before. I have EZ line too, but that was to coarse to my liking, to overwheling. This has the same properties, but is inifinitely thinner ... got it from a shop in the UK, not flea bay
  7. cog
    I bashed it, the iluminated bath tub that is. if you look at the different pictures over the years, you'll see changes. I did what I liked
  8. cog
    Do we really want to know ... That's to be seen ... Riggin', ragin', rantin' ... but in the end I got sometin' clearing off some loose ends and ready for the railing
  9. cog
    Build log?
  10. cog
    the decals look rather fitting for the type of boat.
  11. cog
    Maybe start on the Titanic, instead of writing about it ... now you've seen how it works by following RGL's builds. Did you see his logs on the Japanese armada? Nice relaxing passtime after a hard days work ... something to look forward too Nah, you would get bored real soon ... Greg beat me to it, but he has, as I do, a lot of those portlets from Yamato, your paper punch idea is nice, but maybe only for over sized portholes, brass rod would make it very expensive You have set yourself quite some prepping, mate .. drill out portholes, making the deck flush ... I'll stick to rigging for the time being ...
  12. cog
    Thanks Denis, praise from the master of creativity! Yes, the subs should go into a diorama, I'm pondering on th water, since I'm not really willing to spend $65 on water, if it flows freely from the tap Funnels turned out good. Did you paint the insides black? It's easier when not yet "capped", but even with that beamed grating, you could still manage, be it somewhat difficult. I can't see anything wrong with your railing on that small rectangle, it's a small model so after the davits and the ship's boats are installed, you will hardly see the structure ... with PE, it's actually the more you do it, the easier it becomes, althoug sometimes you want to chuck it out of the window, especially when you have had a lot of jumping bling ... Lou, I know you wanted to, thanks for letting me concentrate. I just did half of the funnels' rigging in 2.5 hours, 5 more lines to go ... gawd, it looks like I'll be spending the rest of my life on rigging this ship!!!
  13. cog
    Lou, I'm tying the rigging of the funnels with "Rig that thing" I can't use distractions ... maybe just wring polly's neck Thanks for the likes, RGL, CDW thanks for the praise, don't exaggerate though
  14. cog
    Today's progress ladders to focsle and: Kit bashing both "poles" for the ensign, copied from a picture ... remains to paint them
  15. cog
    Depends on the client mate ... I did some "research" (testing my poor abilities) on a set of 2 Japanese subs (1/700), so I can extend my poor prowes on my next build (RN H class destroyer) since I'm waiting on parts from Ukraine. For those interested first image is a macro, the other one the way we would normally see it, if not blinded by whatever state of mind, a thank you to a few forum members for helping me out by giving some constructive feedback
  16. cog
    Contact sports ... Hmmm, cannot say I did, I've done some Kyokushinkai, Aiki Jitsu, been goaly at hockey. But that's probably all a squealer like me can handle ... How about you , you must have been a tough nut to crack ... darn, I did play footy .. at a table, at least those players aren't over paid
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    Greg you have to come up with something better than footy, if there is one passtime I abhor, it is that, I don't even find it to be a sport: a bunch of over paid whimps they are, led by a corrupt set of money minded $%^&, so you are right in what you wrote about footy You may enlighten me (preferably by PM) on "Yanks had a significant impact on us keeping English as our first language in the 1940’s" Polly ... SYF or should I write SYB and sit still
  18. cog
    Don't give him more credit than that he's worth, Lou. You are crossing the bounderies ... back to your perch laddy He is still puttin' me down, and rubbin' it in, nbow he's coming up on the Yanks ... how can you expect me to do another joint build !?
  19. cog
    Despite their business like "Grundlichkeit" Germans were quite artistic ...
  20. cog
    Some brass PE does exactly the same You've got one shot to bend it, and after that you have multiple pieces ...
  21. cog
    Eduard is rubbish for ships. Not for their own airplane kits Never tried Tom's as it didn't deliver what I needed I have a Fly Hawk set for Musashi, not bad but could be better, Pontos' set was better, so I used both of them, as my kit was from the old tool, and the Pontos set was sold as old tool, but only covered the new one Alliance Model Works is expensive, mainly due to shipping. If I need it I truy to buy from ebay. North Star has some nice general PE And there is Atlantic Models which has some sets for Royal Navy models in different scales, which I liked working with
  22. cog
    All things considered, sailor-man, nicely done. Those railings really bite you in the hiney when you don't pay attention, or let your concentration wander ... I found the PE in this kit very fragile compared to e.g Pontos PE
  23. cog
    since it's plastic RGL doesn't need to worry ...
  24. cog
    Anything in AOTS, you seem to have a stash of those. Interesting build, as per your usual ...
  25. cog
    In dry dock armament is often removed - turrets probably not - certainly amunition

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