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  1. Egilman
    Make sure it's the high density stuff, (I prefer the blue) the lower density stuff (pink & white) is too fragile....
  2. Egilman
    F.W. Woolworths for me... (with a stop at the fountain for an ice cream soda)
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    A dirty nasty business....
  4. Egilman
    May I suggest Gators Grip Thin? it is what it was designed to do.... Dries completely clear, ultra thin and they won't fall off...
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    Probably similar to an Exocet and the USS Cole.... It's why we have the most powerful big huge armored floating museums in the world...
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    And all those guns are bore sighted, optical ranging and gun laying was in it's infancy at that time.... Hit probability on the open ocean was down in the sub ten percent range... 12% hit ratio was considered magnificent gunnery skills.... It's why battle range was only a third of effective range, which was a third of maximum range... At Manila Bay Admiral Dewey's little fleet fired over 17,000 rounds scoring 850 hits of all types.... It wasn't much better when Jutland came around....Effective range was like 10-12k yards... Naval Gunnery was still an art form... Compare that to 30 years later..... (10-12k yards was considered point blank range on optics, then the discussion of radar control starts)
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    I would suggest streaked/blotchy green/grey for the grass and tan for the dirt/rocky pathways.... (green-grey would probably be even better) Like the rocks, you don't want uniform.... If the mediums come out a bit stark, you can always tone them down, but you can't brighten them up if they are muted... Here is where the water based acrylics shine in application... (cause you can use a simple spray bottle for application) The rocky cliff faces look spot on.... This is going to be spectacular....
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    Looks great so far!!! Jack's got it right... the most common way, and from the layouts I've seen the best way.... It's the way I would do it Brother if I was that ambitious...
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    Don't remind me, I have Steel Navy in my background... Sometimes it's best to leave and never go back... Good for you... There will always be those to think expert so well they miss the real deal.... They will never realize that if you have to open your mouth to prove your an expert, you aren't... We have them in the history world also.... (unfortunately) Don't ever sweat them brother, just come here for the reality... {chuckle}
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    Yep 560-15's, the original corvettte tire, it's surprising that they got the tread pattern right.... FIRESTONE Deluxe Champion Bias Ply 560-15 Different versions had different tread patterns... That is the all weather pattern.... They came in both whitewall and blackwall.... Whitewalls could be ordered from 1" thick to 5" thick ring ....
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    Always willing to help, If your looking for a correctly detailed Fruehauf trailer in car scale, any of the AMT kits will provide that if your looking for a standard 40 foot trailer.... the AMT Coca-Cola trailer, the Watkins trailer they sold it in a lot of different liveries... And it has a detailed interior as well, you may have to add a few things to make it more authentic but it's doable.... Best place to start...
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    They produced some righteous engines back in the day.... For example take the 427 out of the 4k lbs sedan, put it in a 2200 lb roadster.... Wait, a guy named Shelby did exactly that didn't he.... A six-pack then an eight-pack, Dual Quads, crossover manifolds.... The Wildcat, the Rocket, the Lightning.... They had some great names as well...
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    Your on the right track brother that's the way it's done.... On the weather front, we just went thru a massive wind and rain storm, still dealing with the residuals from it, in three or four days it will reach you guys.... Stay safe everyone....
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    Hey you aren't the only one, been a year and a half for me.... I will say this, the family here has helped a great deal in keeping level in life, despite it's tendency to insert itself at the most inopportune times... {chuckle} And you are a big part of that family.... Hang in there brother it will get better....
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    Yep, if you were wise enough to order it with the 455ci big block....
  16. Egilman
    Woolen seat mats and covers.... Fabric covered interior panels combined with the early rubber floors.... A very unique smell... Polyester resins (plastics) began to be used in quantities in the late 60's becoming the go to for everything about car interiors from the early '70's on.. From carpets to headliners and everything in between.... It was a unique smell as well... And suspected of being carcinogenic as well.....
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    Yep that's a wonderful technique to get a scale featheredge paint job.... I know it doesn't look like it, It looks like you would see it from 50 feet away, but that's the way they look in real life... get up close, (8 to 10 ft away in scale = 480 feet in real life) and you don't see the soft transitions... (about 4" in scale = 16' away in real life) Scale is the ticket here, I see no hard edges which is what it's supposed to look like... Nice work....
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    Amen Brother... As Mahatma Ghandi believed, if someone will only communicate with violence, one must communicate in kind, as the important thing is to communicate, for without communication we cannot claim to be sentient beings... All people must communicate, we must learn that war/violence is the absolute last resort for communication...
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    The best work never is my friend... Anyone can slap together a model, you build artwork...
  20. Egilman
    Beautiful Job Brother.... Being a navalized Pup, those rope loops, although no doubt used to pull and push the aircraft around, were actually the tiedown system.... These aircraft had a takeoff speed of like 40kts or so... (30kt winds over the bow is not uncommon on the open oceans)
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    I think we all had one of those at one time or another, mine was a '78 Dodge Monaco... the only thing faster to empty than the gas tank was my wallet.... Gorgeous 442... Ahh... the age of real muscle.....
  22. Egilman
    Looks real my friend... Merry Christmas Brother!!!
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    They weren't "razor" sharp, it was like a 1/32nd or 1/16th inch leading edge radius... (think dull axe edge) But if you weren't paying attention to what you were doing, bumping into one with even a little bit of pressure could easily give you a nasty slice... They had hard plastic half inch caps for the flightline and two inch foam caps for when non-flight personnel were around... Accidents did happen....
  24. Egilman
    Merry Christmas Brother... And a happy New Year!!!!...
  25. Egilman
    Yeah I remember it, think that refracted rainbow sheen of oil floating on water, for those that don't know what it is...

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