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  1. Egilman
    Excellent Greg, it's gonna be another outstanding paint job....
  2. Egilman
    Actually brother, the underside grey tells the tale compared to the pics I find... I'll stay with the bluish grey, under direct light the contrasts are good.... It will look the real deal, under the new light, the green looks a bit dark maybe half a shade... but it won't matter when on the aircraft... the green will come thru... I think you have it nailed my friend...
  3. Egilman
    I'm here... wouldn't miss it...
  4. Egilman
    Agreed, but one thing I've learned over the years of doing camo research, the more color shots you get from different sources all showing the same thing, usually means your close to spot on.... I've pulled up about 100 such wartime color photos and haven't seen one in that dark shade yet.... (a quarter shade off on many of them yes, but they all show that bluish tint) But it's your airplane, and you know how I feel, build it as you envision it my friend, I'm sure it will be fabulous....
  5. Egilman
    The Green is good brother, but they painted for contrast, the Dark Grey is just a tad too dark, the lighter one looks to me to be the ticket, I always thought that RAF Sea Grey had a touch of blue in it... (and gives the proper contrast) Wartime color shots... Museum color shot showing the same coloration..
  6. Egilman
    Nice shots Brother! You are aware that in the second pic the Tractor in the middle of the pic is a 6 cylinder Holt 150hp 20 ton? as is the one on it's right... The one on it's left is a 75hp 15 ton.... Beautiful comparison shot.... Excellent research....
  7. Egilman
    Check this manual out Greg, It has all the different bodies they put on the FWD 3 ton truck after they turned them into mobile repair trucks.... Handbook of artillery including mobile, antiaircraft, trench and automotive matériel 1925.pdf
  8. Egilman
    Yeah a few years back we came to the conclusion that this is the direction the Am market is taking... we are seeing more and more direct 3D printed aftermarket today... (and some full 3D printed kits) The current main business model is still molding and casting after the 3D print master is made, for faster reproduction... But with the investment in machines, 3D printing will wind up as faster still with no need to replace masters or molds... higher initial investment, but less production costs in the long run... We all predicted it a few years back, and we are beginning to actually see it now...
  9. Egilman
    Yep, the one that had it's own power source, never went down even in the worst of storms.... Today, as soon as the internet goes down, so does standard phone service... And they call it progress... Right! progress on the money making stuff.... Five steps back in quality of life...
  10. Egilman
    That makes four of us, Admiral has one for on the road emergencies but other than that it never gets turned on.... Sometimes I wonder how the human race survived for ten thousand years on this rock without cell service or internet... {chuckle}
  11. Egilman
    They weren't the only ones, but yes one of the few.... And all British/American aircraft by mid '43 were equipped with radar, IFF as well....
  12. Egilman
    Oh Yes! they not only had maintenance personnel with the artillery units, they set up field repair depots... Many think that practice started with the 3rd Army's Louisiana Maneuvers in 1940, but it didn't, the blueprint was created in 1917, in place by 1918, and worked so well that it was adopted as permanent standard doctrine for division sized units on up... The US Army went completely modern in 1918.... Mechanics were cheaper than livestock.... As a matter of fact it was the technology transfer from the British and French during WWI that enabled our WWII artillery to be as effective as it became... And another little known fact, it was Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty and Franklin Roosevelt as the assistant secretary of the Navy in charge of procurement during WWI , that enabled most of it to happen....
  13. Egilman
    {chuckle} resistance is futile.....
  14. Egilman
    Thanks Greg... That is the FWD Model "B" 3 ton Artillery repair truck according to the manuals I have... A US Artillery battery, (4 guns) would have one of those in their train along with an artillery repair trailer.... Resicast produces a lot of the WWI British heavy artillery pieces that were turned over to the AEF.... (Mk I & II 9.2in howitzer, (no transport wagons though) the Mk VII 8In Gun -w- Limber, the QF 60 pounder 6" Gun, the Mk I-IV 6 in howitzer, the 4.7 & 4.5 in guns, the artillery wagon several different limber and caisson sets...) Pretty pricey, but they are the only source for these WWI artillery weapons/equipments....
  15. Egilman
    Well brother, another micro masterpiece.... Well done, Very well done... (in my best Darth Vader voice) "Your skills are complete, You are POWERFUL.... YOU are the MASTER"
  16. Egilman
    Well, when they were shipped to the British starting in 1915, they had them, most made it to France with them, and some were even captured with them... 1915 test track... 1918 BEF France... Pulling an 8" Howitzer 1918 France sitting idle.. 1917 German captured... They may not have used them when the photos were taken, but most of them had the rods and awning supports.... and if they had been in service for any length of time the awnings seldom rolled up smooth on the rods, usually it was easier to fold them rather than roll them, that is why they look flat in most pics or have that scalloped edge when folded......
  17. Egilman
    They were actually awnings used during rain to shed water off the crew who usually stood or sat on the running boards when operating...
  18. Egilman
    OK, My allotment of stupid question for the day... {chuckle} What type of wire is what I probably should have asked...
  19. Egilman
    Oh yes, the stuff that seemed to push your blades around to everywhere you didn't want to cut..... They look mighty nice in their civilian colors, (green & black with red letters) shame it has to be a military paint job.... What are you going to use for wire? there's only room for one wire bundle, between the wire loom tube and the magneto, the actual spark plug connection is molded in the plastic.... (that tube running down the right side of the engine that curls up to the heads)
  20. Egilman
    {chuckle} ...... Been there done that... It always pays to keep the pre requirements completed... (well worth the process if I might say) I'm always down for carrier aircraft.... And the Buc's a big one....
  21. Egilman
    Well, historically, you could do a wooden tugboat hull in the process of being rebuilt... Say about 1934-35 or so, post an old worn out name plank titled "Wallowa" leaning up against the office and a new one named "Arthur Foss" leaning right next to it.... She's the oldest wooden tugboat in the world.... Time period would be the time she was rebuilt in Tacoma, (main deck up, they also did some hull work) after starring in the MGM production of "Tugboat Annie"..... Check her out, She has a rich history being one of only two boats from the Alaska Gold rush still afloat, A movie star, She was involved in the construction of all three of the great west coast bridges, (Golden Gate, Tacoma Narrows & the Lake Washington floating bridge) she was the last ship out of Wake Island before the Japanese took it.... A very rich history.... Would add to the nautica here for sure... Sorry bout that, the historian comes out in me from time to time.... Anything you do Grant would be wonderful....
  22. Egilman
    NAH!!! One of the players for sure, but it takes all of them to make it shine..... You doing a Foss boat brother or a generic?
  23. Egilman
    Yep, and eventually Holt became the Caterpillar Corporation.... And, in 1914, they were the first to provide the military with a steerable tracked tractor, the two and a half, five and ten ton artillery tractors.... The five ton was especially useful pulling everything up to 155mm... This greatly eased the pressure on the Holts which then were used exclusively for the heavy artillery and vehicle recovery.... Commander models does the five ton in resin.... Nothing advances technology and engineering faster than warfare.... (what does that say about mankind, {chuckle})
  24. Egilman
    1903 Technology, clutched and braked differential steering for tracked units hadn't been adopted when Holt was designing their tractors.....
  25. Egilman
    A kinda soft styrene they have been using recently... I have the same thing here, not only is the mating edge uneven it is rounded instead of having a sharp corner.... To a modeler it is a minor issue, we know how to fix it, but it becomes a frustration when they fail to handle the basics of good mold making.... I hear ya Greg....

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