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Egilman
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My pleasure.... And the dark blue? I would say the HR pic tells the tale there as well rather than that grainy newsprint scan.... Yes there were two cooling panels on the cowling you can easily see the one on the top but there was one on the bottom as well and yes they were polished aluminum.... The 561 didn't race that year in fact I can't find any reference to it ever racing... (it didn't pass inspection but I don't know why) The 461 did that year and won it's class.... -
All I can do brother is give you the pics I have... I would say dull aluminum or light grey... My choice would be dull aluminum.... The 461 was dull aluminum and it was built for the same race, same year... (I think that tells the tale)
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Egilman replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
This is an interesting pic, an artillery section, a single gun of a battery, probably the first section given that the White TCL command car is leading it... Behind that is a Mack AC probably five ton battery supply truck, behind that is a Jeffery/Nash ammo truck, Behind that is a 5 ton tractor pulling either a 4.7 inch gun or a French 75 on it's caisson/limber, behind that is either a Standard B or an FWD repair truck with it's platforms and awnings open.... Hard to tell what the remaining train is, but this is typical of the size of a single gun train probably in 1920 or so judging from the five color camo pattern taken at either Fort Sill or Fort Dix.... A full battery would have four to six such sections... Here your looking at a dozen vehicles to support a single gun.... When on the road a full battery train would stretch out for two miles and this is for a light artillery battery, a heavy artillery battery would have twice as many vehicles.... -
Looks like a gorgeous kit...
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Unfortunately, they don't do a Vixen in 1/32 unless you like vacuform kits... But Revell/Matchbox did a Sea Venom in 1/32nd scale which is essentially the same airframe... Don't know if there is a conversion set though... They would be purty all on the same deck...
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Almost 5 feet long? It's going to be spectacular.... (nice on the mantle as well) -
No, I never tried to recurve the underwater stern, too much work and not enough references... when I do mine I will probably not redo the bow or torpedo blisters either... I haven't decided on a representation on plinths or waterline yet and most people would not recognize the errors on the underwater portion of the hull, so it's not high on the priority list for me... Lots to add to it though, are you going to do the incinerator that was on the boatdeck? the 1.1 gun platforms on the superstructure? or the stairwell from the 01 level, main superstructure to the boatdeck as well? Lots of stuff to detail up this kit if one wants to do the research and work involved... WE should cut this off here as I don't want to muck up Rob's build thread... EG
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Amen brother... You build to your own vision, as do we all, (well most of us) It's going to be sitting on your shelf which is as it should be.... And yes, it is about the journey isn't it... Sometimes we need the path less taken to expand our horizons, otherwise how do we grow in the hobby... Challenging oneself? I wouldn't have it any other way my friend.... Again well done...
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Nice job on a kinda difficult build.... I've built the 1/429th scale revell arizona four times, each I guess was better than the previous... the last with GMM pe which I don't think came out very well... but it's gone now... I have both the Banner Arizona and the Eduard special edition and a bunch of extras for it... You did a beautiful job on her given the level you wanted to attain... nice work... Just one little note... Yes all the research many of us have done leads up to a blue Arizona, we don't have the smoking gun that proves she was blue but a ton of evidence that gives a strong probability that she was... In April of 1941, the Arizona was painted in Ms 1 which was 5D dark grey with 5L light grey tops the dark grey was almost black in color but quickly faded into a very chalky grey color... In November of '41, third week to be exact she was repainted in 5S sea blue retaining her 5L tops... on December 7th she had been to sea for 5 days arriving back at Pearl the evening of the 5th before the attack so the paint was fresh, brand new... There wouldn't be any rust or weathering apparent on her... I'm going to do a build of her soon.... Thank you for striking the muse for her again... She is one of my favorite ships of all time.... You did a beautiful job on her, one to be proud of...
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I'm down for this one.....
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Absolutely! That works... Thank you.. -
Yep, but the cameras are relatively inexpensive.... (the Pentax 110 can be had for under 40.00 for the camera alone, a complete setup with lenses and filters in a custom case for under 300.00)
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It's a simple barge derrick, for unloading small breakbulk barge cargo... The hook is a single line pull, so it's capacity is only the strength of a single line no mechanical advantage... they would hook it to the load and take up tension then tie that line off... The lifting is done with the jib (boom when mounted ashore) itself, that is where they installed the single pully double pull line, it actually lifts the load off the barge deck, that is where the 2-1 mechanical advantage is located in this setup... The two tag lines hanging from the outer end of the boom is how they swiveled the cargo lifted from the barge to the deck.... Very simple setup and they could easily install braces to the top of the pole if they needed more capacity/stability... The mechanical joint between the boom and pole only functioned as a simple hinge, the strapping of the hinge sides to the boom was to prevent any twist of the boom in relation to the pin so the pin acted as the handle to twist the pole giving a lot of mechanical advantage to the tag line operation... The short length of the pin reduced the shearing forces inherent in such an operation.... Simple and easy to repair with materials on hand... Very efficient in it's day...
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
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Yes. these trucks are what would later be called COE's Cab Over Engine... By 1914 they had already figured out how to attach a clutch to a flywheel... It was actually during this period that the controls for trucks, (clutch, brake & gas pedals, shift patterns and steering type and location) were standardized... All trucks had the same cab layout from 1915 on didn't matter who built it... -
US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
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Transmission/Transfer Case... Back in those days the engine/clutch was one package, Transmission was another and differential was the last... 4 wheel drive created the Transmission/Transfer case to power the front axle.... It was in the mid '20's when trucks went to an engine/clutch/transmission package and split off the transfer case.... -
Under the heavy yellow light, it appears a very very dark grey.. But take a look at the bottom two pics, the vertical stabilizer under the background soft white light, appears the more correct bluish grey... In shadow it appears very dark... Hard to tell what is going on here, but yes, the type of light makes a huge difference...
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Resicast has a huge reputation, I'll be very interested in your opinion of their work.... -
Yep, but for this bird you need that super smooth finish cause that is the way they were in real life.... It was worth the work believe me, the effort is showing...
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
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Jan, that is very close, it's when he does the OD one is when the tale will be told.... I hope he finds an appropriate backdrop for the image.... This is artistry on so many levels it is stupendous... (if he's willing that is) {chuckle} -
Military aircraft don't need a type certificate to be operated by the military, they are trusted to know what is safe and what isn't.... And the go/no-go maintenance protocols are tough... But when placed in civilian hands, there are no such requirements... So the civilian authorities require that you get a type certificate which requires the same level, (or more for some aircraft) of maintenance inspections the military requires.... (it also requires the same level of repair facilities the military requires here in the US) A good example of this is the S-64 Skycrane, the type certificate is issued to Erickson Air-Crane, and when they acquired the rights to manufacture them from Sikorsky in 1992, they bought all the tooling as well... In the US, you not only have to have the type certificate, for the FAA, you need the aircraft engineering certification from the NTSB as well... (and the aircraft needs to be brought up to current standards & equipment for commercial service, collector pieces, like an all original P-51, have special historical warbird exemptions as long as all the maint. bases are covered) Extremely expensive....
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Especially since there aren't that many complete aircraft of the type left in existence... When the British government disposed of these aircraft, they went with a caveat... You have to get a type certificate if you want to make one fly again... The reason? The airframes were stress damaged beyond all recovery... It's why you read about a lot of cockpits being preserved, but very few complete aircraft... I've read about a gent in South Africa that's trying to get one flying again (or dreaming of such) As far as the British government is concerned, a flying Bucc, (with an original airframe) is an aircraft accident/crash waiting to happen.... They really really used those aircraft to the fullest extent possible.... The aircraft above I presume is US based cause that looks a lot like the Nevada desert mountains in the background and sponsored by Shell Oil as well... (very deep pocket) It's nice seeing one actually fly.... (If the British government had it's way, none would ever fly again)
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Geese, I'm going to have to up my game when I return to the bench.... Simple plastic hacking ain't gonna cut it anymore.... Beautiful work Brother... Beautiful work...
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I'm of two minds with panel highlighting as well, it should be very subtle to non-evident on dark aircraft and super shiny aircraft, on light colored aircraft you should be able to see it but it still should be very subtle... At standoff distance you never see it on real aircraft and as shipman said, up close, you only notice it when your eyes are drawn to it.... It's one of those artsy aspects to our hobby, it's there but can anyone say it's really "there".... And I hope everyone understands what I mean here... Perception dictates the application.... It looks good on some models, looks toyish on others... It's up to the modelers decision/preference on what he or she is depicting....
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Egilman replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
Egilman replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Unfortunately I can't find Captain Nightshift on You Tube... I did find a Martin Kovac who uses the handle Night Shift.... And it reveals his layering technique, kinda... Will do more research though... Thanks..
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