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Mike, it would make a wonderful display, but it would be more like a one side shows one situation and the other side shows another.... Here's two shots of Wildcats on the deck of the USS Wasp off Africa....... Arming.... Usually done on the flight deck while they were working up for a mission..... And another shot off the same ship earlier, (still has the yellow ringed national insignias) showing gun accurization and testing.... Essentially, they never worked on the guns on the hangar deck and when they were on the hanger deck the wings were folded.... It was this way on all carriers during this period of time, arming guns, bombs and torpedoes was handled on the flight decks.... Way to dangerous to do it on the hanger deck..... And as you can see in the first pics where they are arming the machine guns, when lined up to be armed, they are on the flight deck with wings folded waiting their turn, wings are unfolded for arming, and once armed, they are spotted for flight operations.... This was always the preflight prep procedure throughout WWII..... I believe through today as well....
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Another classic, finished to work of art standard....... Impressive execution of an impressive model.... Very well done......
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You haven't missed it my friend, I try to share what I've investigated and leaned when preparing a build, and in this case, there is a lot of history to be shared.... They don't want to teach this history, my opinion is they don't want the young'uns knowing what our history actually is, what it means to be an american, it's easier to manipulate them that way.... The way I build my stuff is in essence (I hope) of giving the establishment social brainwashers the middle finger.... True stories that need to be told.... I'm very thankful for my brothers that share their experiences and stories.... The more we build, the more we teach.... The more the memories/wisdom lives on.....
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I originally thought she had some 20mm aboard as well until Rick Davis clued me into all four ships AA fit during the Doolittle raid...... They were in the process of installing 20mm's in the fleet in early '42 and they were in very short supply, BB's and CA's had priority over destroyers so they got the preponderance of them when they became available.... The destroyers got the .50's taken off the BB's & Cruisers, as many as they could fit given the weight handicap these ships functioned under..... Her "ultimate" fit as decided by the Bureau of Ships was 9 20mm's, but she didn't get them till after her post raid refit at Pearl.... the Meredith, Greyson and Monssen had a few but none had their full complement till after the raid at least... They all had a mixed bag of AA guns, 20mm's and .50's until late '42 when they started getting bofors twins at which point all the .50's were removed...... They were in constant flux on installed AA fit during their lifetimes so pinning them down to a specific timeline or point in their service life they could be very different.... The final armament fit of the Greyson during the war was 4 5"/38's, no torpedo tubes, a pair of quad bofors, a pair of twin bofors and 4 twin 20mm's, (known as the "kamikaze" update, during the raid she had 8 .50's and 4 20mm's)....... They were constantly being updated every time they hit a yard....
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The color would be chromate green I believe on the cylinder side, white on the carburetor/supercharger side..... The ring is an airdam which directed the airflow around the cylinder bank out the cowl flaps.... Made the airflow controllable and kept the carb from being overpressured or inducting hot air and vapor locking while helping to control engine temps.... Yes they are, and the panels would be dzus fastened to the frame, so they are easily removable for maintenance.... most slightly thin the cowl so the inner surface of the PE sits flush with the inner surface of the plastic cowl.... This should give a scale appearance, (and avoid fit problems) If your going to have the removed panels in the scene then you would need to thin their edges as well..... the insides of the cowl could be bare metal, white or chromate green depending on when it was built...... It's not technically accurate...... Standard MG maintenance procedures established that all MG work from replacing them to loading ammo was done with the wings unfolded and locked...... (not to say it couldn't be done with wings folded as I'm sure the inventiveness of the aircraft maintenance people was at a very high level, but it was not standard procedure) Beautiful work Mike, she is going to be a real beauty.....
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Delahaye 135 by CDW - FINISHED - Heller - 1:24 - PLASTIC
Egilman replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I love those old kits, they just look right and are very well done.... This is a beautiful example of a well done kit..... Sitting here peeking out from behind OC's shoulder...... (you knew I would be here Craig).... Nice work so far... -
It's quite fine usage for Europe, but not here in the US.... (it has a specific connotation this side of the pond) I think we decided given the setting to call it the Manor House, since he already has a Church, (the Lord's house in US english usage) and Cloister..... Whatever you call it, it's beautiful...... Good construction, Great modeling....
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Tis a right fine abode mi'lord!!! Nice Job!
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Kaiyuan Temple by RichieG - CAF Model - 1/75 - WOOD
Egilman replied to RichieG's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Wonderful work, the Diagonal cuts are for the bridge beams that support the corners of the platform/roof... Ingenious methods of construction from way back in the past... Upload them one at a time, then they are in the attachment section in order you put them in, only takes a few seconds longer and when they are uploaded as an attachment in the section, clicking on one individually will place it in the spot in the text section the cursor is sitting at.... In this way it is easy to comment each separate image if you want to.... -
Welcome, your work is an inspiration... I hope to have such skills someday..... Beautiful, simply beautiful.... EG
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Nice Job! Reminds me that there is a lot more to modeling than hull planks and photoetch..... Excellent subject and execution of it... Well done...
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Well, my GMM PE set arrived today.... Won't use them all cause most of it is for a late war Gleaves, but I'm sure they will come in handy at some point..... Paints, Paint/tool racks and PE tools are on the way, should be here by the end of next week.... Almost ready to go back to work....
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One of the reasons I did the research on them is it looks so darn small in the pictures.... but when I got to see what others doing 1/350 ships use it's predominantly the bug or a sheet of glass and a pair of blades... now I have inadvertently cut PE parts using two blades for the folding especially the more recent fold edge relieved etch.... so this time I'm going to use a tool... I can see where the larger ones would be useful on armor models, they have parts like fenders that really do need the length.... but there isn't anything on a 1/350 ship that long.... Ice Yachts, Sailing on ice skates.... I'm down for that action when you start building...
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I thought about getting one of those, but so far my microsaw does the job and hasn't really failed me yet.... Maybe someday.... Thanks...
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Airforce 1 does a 1/48 diecast of Pudgy IV But I believe they are the only one, I do know of a few modelers that have scratch built in aluminium sheet at around 1/32nd scale but usually metal is 1/72nd or smaller....
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It's actually 12 .50 cals brother, 6 each mounted Port & Starboard..... I figured with 25 in the kit, it will give me enough to handle all my .50 cal needs in April '42 and leave enough left over to do my '41 Arizona.... The Kraken Hobbies '41 MG conversion came in today, it gives me the 6 tubs you see in the pic in place of turret #3 and the tubs for the pilot house roof.... My first 3D printed parts.... They even come with .50 cal ready lockers, the printing is crisp and clean with no issues as far as smoothness or filing/sanding to worry about...... five stars if you ask me... I took a look at MM's destroyer turrets, very nice as well, but this is one place where Dragon did an excellent job especially on the canvas topped partial turret. (turret #3 in the pic above) also, turret #4 is a double knuckle turret, which Dragon actually molded perfectly.... I couldn't justify the expense..... (but I did see their conversion for the USS Vincennes superstructure for the Trumpeter San Francisco kit, that is now on my list as well as their USS Arizona parts, I will be doing business with them in the future) Thanks for the suggestion to take a look.... Well that about wraps it up for now, my GMM etch set showed up in my USPS informed delivery e-mail, but didn't show up in my mailbox today..... (although the political junk mail did, I do believe the government's mail priorities are a little bit different than mine) the post office says it could show up in a couple of days... Hmnnn, first time, (after almost a year of having it) informed delivery said it was coming today and it didn't show up.... Anyway, thanks guys for following and the comments and ideas, it really appreciated... EG
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Hi Jack, yeah that was on the schedule for acquisition, except The Small Shop is out of stock.... but I located the bug (smaller bending tool) on evilbay and grabbed it.... the same seller had a Brass Assist as well so I grabbed them both..... in researching I found that most ships builders use the bug for 1/350 work... I found a couple of modelers that have the Five Speed, the large 8" version and the Bug, with the two larger versions spending most of the time on the shelf but the little Bug version, (2" version) stays on their workbench and is used constantly.... So I went with experience and bought the little one...
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Thanks Ken, Still looking for one, going to be doing some workspace configuration here in a few days and I'm looking for a good suspension light to mount to my build table, for when the admiral gives the green light.... Stepping up the game as far as tools and equipment go...... Expensive...... (according to the war department) {chuckle}
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A very impressive first ship build...... And the deck looks fantastic...... One thing to note, most of these ships when in service, especially the larger ones, even more especially the flagships, were very very well maintained....... I like her looks, first cruise, ready for her first availability...... (availability = yard overhaul) Minor paint issues with a fairly bright newish deck...... A seldom modeled condition..... Well done.... EG
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That's an RAF bird at an airshow, open to the public..... They always get up on their housecleaning in that situation...... Gotta keep up appearances you know....
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Coming right along brother, looking good....
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Beautiful and rare I believe only 41 of them were sold in the US.... The last running Alco built UP Challenger was retired in 2010 and there are only two left in existence out of 140+ built.... Monster machinery......
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