Egilman

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}

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).....

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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Wow! That thing is a rust bucket isn't it..... Standards have fallen a long way.....

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)

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...

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....

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)

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}

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....

You can always tell her it's cheaper than video games as well and teaches history to boot........

I'm in, grabbing the middle easy chair before anyone else does....

Perfect technique, looks like the real thing...... Very Very nice..... Well done!!!

That's a ton of work my friend..... Coming out beautiful.....

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....

Sounds a lot like brick and mortar to mee.... {chuckle} What you do in modifying the parts into what you want and designing your own fits and looks is way beyond just building a kit, you really have mastered the medium.... You sir must have had a medieval stonemason in your family tree.... Outstanding work.....

Keep on pluggin it my friend, you haven't missed yet....

Ahhhhh, another closet member of the MSW Masons Guild steps into the sunlight!!!! Way to go brother! we will model this planet yet!!!!

Hey, if I was doing it it would look like a wrinkly noodle by now.... don't sell yourself short.... Looks wonderful from here......

And here the same reviewer's comments on the prewar update set for the Gleaves class destroyers with 12 .50 cal machine guns from Steel Navy: http://www.steelnavy.net/KrakenKearnyConversion350FBustelo.html The USS Kearny DD432 was a sister to the Gwin DD433.... Link to Krakken Hobbies page...https://krakenhobbies.com/shop/ols/products/1350-uss-kearny-dd-432-1041-conversion-set

NAY!! I say, makes perfect sense, and is logical as well...

That's a very nice set as well as the one I have... there are actually two updates for DesDiv 22, the prewar (late '41) to post midway update when they had mostly .50 cal machine guns and minimal 20mm's and the post midway update where they received their designated complement of 9 20mm's... (the Gwin during this period had no 20mm's) That's a very nice review but it is for the post midway update.... since I'm building her during the Doolittle Tokyo raid timeframe I need the 12 .50's configuration for the Gwin.... You see the aft deck house roof here which shows the 6 tub configuration. and that bit on the side is the two tubs that need to be added to the pilothouse roof..... Not all of the four destroyers got the same modification in fact they were each different. If I was going to do the Monssen for example I would have to take the part above and remove the two middle tubs and replace them with larger tubs for 20mm's cause the Monssen had 4 20mm's and 6 .50 cal's during the raid.... The four ships had different AA fits during this period... The reviewed parts definitely set up the AA fit during their Guadalcanal service though The Greyson remained in that fit during the war until mid '45 when she received the "Kamikaze" upgrade to 40mm's But what he says about the Kraken parts quality is right on the money.... Excellent parts that directly replace kit parts... Still need to check references for the time period your modeling as the differences are very readily noticeable..... I would provide a link to their site but I can't seem to connect to it right now.... Very nice parts....

That's what we do research for.... check your reference pictures for the boat details.... Overall the ship looks very very real.... Well done...