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Egilman
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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... -
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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Yeah, without wrinkling, denting or splitting them...... The one I tried, a B-47, was in a sheet that had to be cut away before you could join the part halves, you cut almost to the outline , (it's hard sometimes to know where the outline is) and use liquid glue to joint them, sanding down the slight ridge that remained.... At least that is how my instructions said to do it.... I could never get the halves to match properly..... so I eventually binned it.... Not an easy medium to work in... But my friends that have succeeded say that like anything else, once you get the hang of it, it's simple and quick....
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Well gifts in the mail today.... The Infini models .50's and the depthcharge racks arrived today...... And, they are absolutely gorgeous, (and tiny, tiny tiny, tiny) going to have to get me one of them magnifier lights to work with them.... What did I get myself into......
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WOW, how in the heck did I miss this one!!!! Fantastic work Yves, a real museum piece... Congratulations on a job well and truly done!!!!
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As well as could be expected, she is still the "Admiral" with a capital "A" And I thank the great maker every day for her......
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Oh she's recovered, a little worse for wear but still her old self..... Thank you for asking my friend.... And you already know my policy on tying threads in knots.... If it gets too tight I'll let ya know.... other than that, carry on....
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Oh my god... Take it easy brother, definitely don't lift anything do as little as possible.... My wife spent 25 days in ICU cause of a hernia surgery that went bad... serious enough to the point the doctor only gave her a 50/50 chance of surviving..... 5 days in a drug induced coma on a ventilator...... Please please take care of yourself my friend.... I will be praying for your sound recovery... not something to screw around with....
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Building is simply coming up with solutions to the issues that the engineers could not foresee..... Model building is doing it in miniature....
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It's a variable pitch roof, what your looking at is the result of how they did things back then... In those days, they just covered it using the materials in common practice.... In today's world you would have hips and valleys and all kinds of engineering sign offs required... That roof could last 500 years, the engineered roof would probably last 100 years if they were lucky..... Newer is not always better....
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Was this directed at me Brother? I see no connection between the Gleaves class USS Monssen DD-436 and the Burke class USS Momson DDG-92...?? (the latter named after Vice Admiral Charles B. "Swede" Momsen) Maybe I'm missing the reference..... I apologise if I am....
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