Egilman
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Yeah, for the english navy that is a surprise, (at least to me) Still haven't seen a US ship looking that rust-buckety..... Close to overhaul I suppose.... No obvious rust patches or flaking paint in this view, some heavily faded, chalked paint along the extra wide boot topping and very apparent rust streaks..... (although your leading set of pics do show some smaller rust patches) Should be right up your alley brother, in fact a challenge not to overdo the effect I would think.... I'm sure you can do it, your rust streaking technique is right up there with the best of them.... Would love to see it done right..... Would be a work of art..... -
They came from the factory in overall light grey....
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Yesirree brother, Scalemates is the best modelers resource out there, but even with that being said, they don't have everything. and as far as old models there are some that aren't even listed on the web, anywhere.... Two years ago I went into my local hobby shop with one such kit, an original Idea toy company turtle ship, the rubber band powered one.... along with a few of their motorized tanks.... Untouched in mint boxes.... The owner of the store took them in trade and gave me run of the store choosing any five models he had in the shop, I went home with over 1,000.00 worth of models that day.... When I went back the next day, the turtle ship and two of the motorized tanks were long gone, (probably in his personal stash) and he had a huge smile on his face...... Was more than happy to make the exchange.... There is some very very rare stuff out there that never sees the likes of auction sites or old model kits....
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Good point brother, if you ARE actually looking to buy, sold listings on e-bay is the best place to start, it is where I would start..... that way you have the general value of the kit in question. It appears to me as the kit is worth somewhere between 200 and 250 retail not counting shipping... (if you can locate a retailer that has one) and it absolute proof why that other one for a grand is still sitting there, it simply isn't worth a thousand dollars... So if you find a listing for the original 1961 kit below 200.00 shipped as a BIN, (for an untouched kit) you have a good deal given current market conditions... I would not pay more than 80.00 for the Revell Germany re-issue in untouched condition.... That is how I approached buying rare model kits back in the day, it's been over a decade since I've had my fingers in the market, but it doesn't appear that much has changed outside of there being fewer rare kits nowadays compared to back then.... Do your research first.... Thanks Lou....
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The model # is H-391 the 1200 is the pressing number, smaller is earlier.... The oldest one I've ever seen offered for sale was H-391:264 The second number has nothing to do with the model itself but the production schedule it was pressed under...
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Unfortunately brother there are only two Revell H391's on American Ebay according to Picclick, (Ebay indexer) the 1,050.00 (including shipping which has been available at that price since September) and the one for 174.00 (shipped) that is 2/3rds built and obviously been sitting on someone's shelf for an untold number of years... (based upon the dust and dirt all over the already assembled hull, a massive cleaning job before you could ever hope to finish it and the seller, who isn't the original owner, doesn't know if it is complete) All the other auctions for Kearsarge are for accessories for that 1/96 kit or for the 1/700th LHD.... Revell Germany's #05603 (2004 reissue) has been out of stock since 2013..... It's a very popular model and it seems like there are none of them available at this time.... It's a real gem if you can find one..... Either the original or the reissue
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Yeah, I've got the Connie in mine as well along with the Heller Victory, someday I'll get around to building it again..... That particular Kearsarge kit today sells for well over 1,000 dollars if you can find one in mint condition... There's a guy that has a beat up one from his stash on evilbay CA right now and he got a 1,200C price on it It's the only one available for sale.... And actually Revell re-released the Kearsarge kit a few years back..... The kit being offered is a builder grade kit not a collector grade.... so one needs to be careful with the old stuff.... It's one of the reasons I got out of kit collecting, there are several that are worth it but most of the old classics have been re-released over the last decade or so and aren't really worth that much anymore..... The last one I bought was a Heller La Reale De France mint in a perfect box..... and three months later Heller re-releases it.... It's like any other investment in old items, The internet and online auctions has really hurt the kit collectors valuations hard and has almost extinguished the market for them..... (although there are still a few rare gems out there if you can find one)
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It's a second run Revell kit from the '60's of the old Adams molds of the late '50's.... in their day they were the top of the plastic modeling world.... The 1/96th Connie is from the same class and company.... (and I would say that the molds have held up well seeing as they are in their third iteration)
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I've got the other side of it, I'm in the middle of building something and, (usually when I'm not there) she will "clean the workspace" meaning she puts all the tools/materials away, sweeps up everything and wipes down the workbench.... She has never gotten that I"m not finished and she doubled the work now that I have to drag everything back out.... (not to mention the lost time re-doing work that she tossed cause it looked like trash to her trained eye)..... But she would beam golden rays about how spiffy the workspace was.... She once asked why I stopped building, and I very carefully explained that it's very depressing to have to redo half the work cause she "cleaned it up"........ She eventually learned to leave the workbench alone when she figured out how much cheaper it was to not have to replace things she threw away........ Nowadays, I have my own space, (with a closable door) and she understands to just close the door on it if I'm working on something although she still voices her desire to clean up the space.... Of course my space is all the way on the other side of the house, a part that she doesn't go into very often, (relatively speaking) so she doesn't have to look at it... {chuckle}
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Excellent subjects my friend.... That is also a period of WWII that is seldom modeled.... Can't forget the USS Langley brother, she was the first aircraft carrier in the US Navy, and the first one lost to the Japanese in WWII... (although she had been converted to a seaplane carrier/tender by the time she was assigned to the asiatic squadron).....
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Enzo Ferrari by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya 1:24 Scale
Egilman replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
The F-1 Gearbox has been around since '89, and the 150 msec shift time is a ten year old specification, they are even faster today using dual shift to keep the power on completely throughout the shift, testing has showed that it is worth .3 seconds a lap faster time..... They are 8 speeds not counting reverse and are being built in carbon fibre or CF backed metal..... How they go about getting to constant power output through a shift are closely held race team secrets.... (double clutches would be the obvious choice to do this but are banned in F1) Technology marches on.... How many out there realize that most passenger cars today feature 7 speed automatic transmissions? Most Semi Trucks use 8 speed allison automatics? To get a manual shift truck today from a manufacturer you have to request it, it's special order.... One more example where racing advances the engineering of our everyday car... Here, everything you could could want to know about the current state of F-1 Transmissions..... -
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Oh what a reminder.... 10-11 years old, spring loaded shotguns firing ping-pong balls for christmas, my brother and I.... bunch of little paper targets came with them... but never even got assembled... We would have shooting battles all over the house much to mothers trepidation.... but she tolerated it.... they didn't hit hard enough to break anything, but could reach across a 25'room with some fair accuracy.... Until one day she was turning a corner into the direct line of fire..... She would never tell who was the cuplrit, but the ping pong ball that hit her in the backside did it for the spring-loaded shotguns... within two days they disappeared while we were at school, we were smart enough then not to ask..... She would always get a chuckle out of us retelling that story 40 years later... (she even giggled herself at the retelling even though it wasn't very funny to her at the time)
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Roadhouse at one end, the Cloister at the other, with the Manor House in between.... Reflections of the world in that time... Just perfect...... Well done...
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Yeah, you don't have to wait for it to dry before you rough shape it is the first advantage then the hydrocal finish is a light skim coat over already formed hills... There is a lot of things you can do modeling wise with insulation foam panels, a very versatile product.... I never got into DCC much, I always thought of it as an imagination limiter..... but a money maker for the manufacturers...... Making things easier is always of more value in this society....
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Yep that's the old old standby, before medical plaster cloth became widely available.... Works just as well... Today it is wide gauge gauze with hydrocal, leaving the medical supplies alone.... I've still got my HO, and all the supplies to build another layout, just have to find the time which is a very scarce commodity these days.... (have some classic steam engines and coach car sets (electric) from 40-50 years ago that haven't even been out of their box yet)
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I'm sure he does, probably one of those long rulers as well, but I don't know how well practiced he is in using one.... {chuckle}
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Used to do that on this side of the pond as well, but today the old standby is plaster gauze & chicken wire, much much faster and workable.... No way to mess it up....
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You can always tell her it's cheaper than video games as well and teaches history to boot........
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I'm in, grabbing the middle easy chair before anyone else does....
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WWII Aircraft by Javlin - PLASTIC - The Unfinished to Finish
Egilman replied to Javlin's topic in Completed non-ship models
Perfect technique, looks like the real thing...... Very Very nice..... Well done!!! -
Enzo Ferrari by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya 1:24 Scale
Egilman replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
That's a ton of work my friend..... Coming out beautiful..... -
WWII Aircraft by Javlin - PLASTIC - The Unfinished to Finish
Egilman replied to Javlin's topic in Completed non-ship models
That is a beautiful mottled camo job Kevin, may I hazard to ask, Airbrush or Sponge brush? -
Yep, Erickson aircrane owns the type cert now and has the m'fger rights for them as well, and before they could fly them or make parts for them, they had to bring them up to FAA standards and get approval... (the military doesn't need FAA type approval for their aircraft, only civilian aircraft do) They aren't the same CH-54 Tarhe's the Army flew anymore.... Entirely upgraded different aircraft....
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