Egilman

Hi all.... Just dropping by to say hi, and show you my current project..... A race car of some repute.... Progress is slow, I'm working from images snagged from the net as there are no detailed drawings available.... A semi bottom view.... The car only ran one race season and one race and it's driver, (who was also it's designer & lead engineer) won, placed or showed in almost every major race it ran in, (over 100 races) it won the first major race it was entered in and the last... The Driver was named the first International Driving Champion..... Just something to keep my head in modeling while I try to get over some serious real life issues.... I've been told I should probably do a log... Easy to do with this one as it is all one part at a time... What do you all think?

As I said brother it's an eye of the beholder term.... to some they are all seaplanes, to others flying boats.... but there is an engineering genesis to both terms... (there usually is) The JRS I would categorize as a flying boat, the Kingfisher I would categorize as a seaplane.... (and yes there are many documented occasions where a kingfisher landed in a sea state 4 condition, pretty typical on the open ocean) The Catalina I would classify as a seaplane when actually it was amphibious, could land on either, (and has a sea state 6 landing to it's credit) the Martin Mariner was a seaplane, The Consolidated Coronado, a B-24 redesigned to land on water.... The JRS was the last of a long line of flying boats whos design history stems from putting wings and a tail on a boat hull.... By the '30's the differences became moot... The Kingfisher was an airplane first with water landing floats added to it... Normally, the Kingfisher would land in the lee of the ship it was stationed on to give it the smoothest water possible, but there were several open ocean landings documented.... Today in engineering terms they are all seaplanes like you say, very few flying boats left in the world....

Now that is a tedious masking job!!!!

No matter how hard they try, they just can't turn a potato into a race car...

These were built well into the Seaplane era, but were considered flying boats by most... The difference was in the eye of the beholder type thing... The closest technical delineation I can find is a Flying Boat was one that was not designed to land on the open ocean, where a Seaplane was.... The Navy had a lot of both types.... Especially in the yellow wing era... The JRS-1 was one of the last Flying Boats.... They were mainly used as station craft, (base to base transports where they had a relatively smooth place to land like a bay) and as early warning patrol craft, no active combat role... Seaplanes could land on the open ocean.... You know I'm down for this one brother, I love a well done yellow wing....

A lot of the mid 70's GM products were brushed or polished sheet aluminum alloys.... Sometimes they shined like chrome off the assembly line, but they didn't stay that way for long....

Never got that far with mine....

It was, but once I explained the lyrics, (to an 11 year veteran of two wars) where he could understand them, he agreed with them....

Oh, I distinctly remember words of very similar intent when I was young.... Along with words to the effect that he was going to have to get the speakers repaired now....

For me, it Black Sabbath, Paranoid or Pink Floyd, The Wall... Right now RFM is the go to for armor models....

Absolutely! "A Higher Call" is a great read.... Unlike a lot of books written lately, (especially about vietnam) It does not lose it's perspective on what transpired.... There are several books that should be on everyone's reading list, especially where it comes to WWII... The first of which should be John Toland's "The Rising Sun" for the pacific side of the war, Eisenhower's books over the european side... Covers the American sides of the war very well both high level and individual.... Another one I'm very fond of is Anton Myrer's "Once an Eagle" on the fiction side..... I would say any book from the CoS's recommended reading list would be good... (they change it every year) There are several more, but the stuff coming out today, are mostly third hand accounts of others reminisces and are not as incisive or thoughtful of the realities... The history, when told with understanding and empathy for the participants is absolutely fascinating from all sides...

This unfortunately is very true, the books and documentaries are written from the perspective of the writer and his or her personal biases... For example, Watching "Victory at Sea" one could get the ideal that the Americans won the war all by themselves.... But on the other hand watching "The World at War" one could get the same ideal about the British... Both are two of the greatest documentaries ever written and have won well deserved awards even if their coverage was very limited... In doing period dioramas studying the history is one of the most enjoyable parts for me, we delve into the details in a way that we seldom do in general... Perspective is everything, getting the context of what is happening is paramount... Overlord was the largest most complicated invasion/battle from the allied perspective of the entire war... Yes it was led by the Americans and on the first day, "D" day itself they took the brunt of the battle... But then the battle changed to a running series of smaller battles as the bridgehead was widened over the next few weeks, there was fierce fighting on every front... There are many, many amazing stories to be told... Stories that shouldn't be muddied by nationalities... No one took the battle worse or had a harder time than the Germans, is a bit of perspective we all need to keep in mind when doing these kind of forays into history.... Yes, they were the enemy, and no matter the casualty rates, many many untold numbers of German positions were completely wiped out.... No one survived to tell the tale.... Please keep that perspective in mind when reviewing the history.... The victors always paint a glorious picture over the realities of the situation, never forget that... We model the realities, so what was sacrificed is never forgotten....

Look like your on the way to a grand finish.... Well Done! That is a large intricate landscape to start with....

He's not the only one... $57,000 dollars was donated in Chris P. Bacon's name after the piglet died from smoke inhalation from a barn fire... The money was sent to Cornell University... No joke.... Purpose Farm

Make sure it's the high density stuff, (I prefer the blue) the lower density stuff (pink & white) is too fragile....

F.W. Woolworths for me... (with a stop at the fountain for an ice cream soda)

A dirty nasty business....

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...

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...

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)

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....

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...

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}

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 ....

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...