Egilman
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Well, lets wait till I'm closer to the finish before we judge the work ok, I"m still not so sure... It's makes me very happy that you're enjoying it brother, helps the motivation a great deal.... Thank you.... -
Well worth the price Ken.... Mine arrived today..... I like the new bottles makes dropping a bit in a cup real easy..... I finished off the foc'sle furniture with it, applying a bit with a needle and setting the part into the glue... Works like a charm, enough grip to hold it in place with enough set time to allow correcting it's placement.... It's hold comes in about 5 minutes and full cure on 30, so be careful handling when newly placed parts are present... Getting ready to mount the main deck Bollards...... This glue, and the pickup tool, makes placing those tiny parts EASY PEASY...... I suspect the same with the PE.....
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I think it would appear patchy and blotchy and very dark green against the red anti-fouling paint.... Word I get from friends in the navy tell me that ALL ships get barnacles/slimed, even aluminium ones, you just never see them..... And the pesticides they use on Military Naval Vessels today pretty much eliminated them from being a typical issue for every dry docking.... All they do now is a casual inspection of the hull and the experts decide if they need a scraping and re-coating.... During WWII, scraping the hull was automatic on a ship being dry docked for longer than three days....
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First time in 400 years brother, 800 years since it's happened at night where people can actually see it.... (and unfortunately it is raining buckets right now, I can't see it)
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KI-43 Oscar by Javlin - FINISHED - Hasegawa - 1/32 - PLASTIC
Egilman replied to Javlin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I agree, I did that white winter luftwaffe camo once on a captured Gloster Gladiator, you know the rlm light grey with the dark grey/black squiggly lines all over it? Had to do it in one sitting, just something changes when you do it in two sessions, they never look the same...... or better put, they look the same but they just don't feel the same, others can tell the difference..... EG... Nice work... -
I don't know, from the condition of the ship in the pic there isn't much there to scrape, and weren't these things aluminium hulled? from what I heard barnacles don't like aluminium..... (neither does algae) Lower weight, less maintenance... (sounds like a beer commercial slogan doesn't it)
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Why, you already caught the cold, right along with the rest of us my friend..... Besides the guvernuer might send his goons if you go outside, then, give you a ticket for breathing fresh air..... {chuckle}
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It's actually each class has it's own design.... This one was tested on the HMS Argyle, then retro fitted to the Kent and another ship of the class.. (I forget which, and I have been unable to find if they were retrofitted to the other three ships of the class) I think they tested five different variations, the ones the fitted to the HMS Manchester were a different flatter style which only gave a 10% increase in fuel economy. the ones on the kent and her sisters gave a 13% increase..... But when your talking thousands of tons of fuel, it makes a pretty big difference...
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KI-43 Oscar by Javlin - FINISHED - Hasegawa - 1/32 - PLASTIC
Egilman replied to Javlin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice Work Kevin! You've got that mottled green technique down.... Perfect execution.... -
Gimme a few minutes, I have to go back to the replicator for another easy chair.... I'll be here.....
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Well can't stop them from maximizing their money, but it is the same kit, with mostly the same sprues..... I've been thinking about CV-1 for some time now... (but I wish that Trumpeter had put the PE in the kit rather than making it a cost+ upgrade) Her last mission as an AVP was carrying P-40's to Java, which would be a nice look for her....
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It's already out there brother.... https://www.amazon.com/Trumpeter-Navy-Aircraft-Carrier-Langley/dp/B07YSJYMW6 Trumpeter also has an update set... https://freetimehobbies.com/1-350-trumpeter-uss-langley-cv-1-upgrade-set/ As does Eduard... https://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/edu53254.htm The other part of my issue is getting approval from the war department, right around 200.00 just to get your foot in the door...
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Looks very tasty, but Like Lou, I don't know if I could handle her as an AVP... (seeing as she was the first aircraft carrier we lost in WWII)
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AH! The guild is getting stronger! Nice recovery my friend....
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A 14th century floaty thingy tied up to the quay? that would be the bees knees!!!! Beyond any doubt..... Hey maybe you could offer some tips on getting into 3D..... (now that resin printers are becoming affordable) That hull looks gorgeous!!!!
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Amen Brother... I knew you weren't dishing any disrespect, he is one of several that use their own time to actually physically search the Nara records and collect info, there are others like him as well who without the info their research offers and they freely give us the accurate history would be lost.... and us modelers would have to work twice as hard..... We all owe them a great deal of thanks....
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I wouldn't call him a student, he's one of the preeminent researchers and naval archivists, especially about the US Navy, he's forgotten more than I know about the US navy........ You have a historical question about the US Navy, he's one of the men to ask.... He usually hangs around the Ship Model forum.... but he does post in a lot of forums.... He's a good friend... And that is a VERY good shot of what fresh 5-N Navy blue & 5-O Ocean grey looks like up close.... Notice how close the color on the aircraft matches the paint on the ship?
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That first splash is exactly what I was talking about...., given the slosh pattern you have there should be another on the port side, just about the middle between the aft gun and sternpost and a bit smaller.... Your doing well, very well... looking good....
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Another suggestion, Mr Surfacer 500, works well in the filling with no sanding department.... Many of the online demonstrations are of actually filling wing root gaps....
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It's not supposed to be, according to the logs I've read say it's neutral, which way it balances depends on how heavy the paint is nose to tail, (or angle the props to taxi position) a half ounce in front of the mains should be enough for it to settle nose down in all situations.... But I've never built it, so I'm giving second hand information......
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That's pretty darn good for a Maly Modelarz kit!!! I remember a forum where they used to have contests to see who could build the nicest Maly kit... (straight from the kit, no mods) They were not known as the best of kits..... This is a fine accomplishment, well done
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Ok Craig, here's a few shots.... Choppy seas off Australia, It would be the subs operating area.... I think you nailed the coloration..... More.... Very foamy water with tiny ripples in the surface.... And last, what a wake looks like in such seas.... The water is still chaotic but there appears to be a foam filled trough in a wavy line astern..... It only extends about a ships length before the water churns it all up again.... Hope that helps... EG
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I like the way you built up the sea, it works for making water that seems to be churning with no real idea of a swell or direction of swell.... Water that is just slapping around for want of a better term... Indian Ocean, mid summer is the feel I get from it..... Subs rode low in the water, nature of the beast, as a result they had water constantly washing over the bow in a seaway but we have no swell direction so water will be spilling onto and splashing all over the main deck... You need more foamy white all along the hull and patches of it at a distance of a few meters away from the hull also, and a distinctive white wake..... The water "slapping around" would be hitting the sub or falling away in a random pattern, more like a heavy wave hitting a seawall and throwing up a big splash although much more subdued in this situation.... Same principle of the seawall splash, but much smaller and from different directions........ Been looking for an image or video of what I'm talking about but so far have struck out.... Not a real easy seaway to model..... Will continue to look my friend....
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Oh that's one thing I DO NOT MISS living in New England.... Shoveling snow, shovel it one day, wake up the next morning and it doesn't look like you did anything...... four feet of snow in a couple hours.... You can keep it my friend... Enjoy.... One other thing, BE SAFE..... Don't let the snowplows bury you.... (happened several times a season in CT)
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Sorry, I should have included it in the last... http://www.gatorsmask.com/gatorglueorder1.html Email him and he does respond soon.... (same day when I did) link to e-mail is on the page...
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