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That's actually the current scientific thought on how they stood rather than the "erect" stance, (tail dragging the ground) they used to put them in..... The way they do it in the museum is to built a steel skeleton out of tube and bar stock and install the bones along the bars, one must remember they are petrified bone, with the weight of stone..... It has to be a pretty strongly engineered framework to hold that much tonnage of stone bones..... The one in your pic OC is in a walking stance, Most in museums are erected this way now and yes they walked on their toes, the long tail served to balance the weight of the head and neck..... If I had pulled the trigger on it I would have planned a stiff wire skeleton to mount the bones onto just the same way the museums do it in actual practice.... Then you could pose it anyway you like and it wouldn't be too delicate..... Another interesting project.... At 3 foot long it will be impressive....

Hey we have a timber framer in the fold.... {chuckle} Nice work, the interior shot looks real.... Beautiful job.....

Actually it's the engine crank/rods combinations you have backwards.... Longer rods in a given displacement gives more torque, shorter rods give more RPM.... More torque, equals quicker takeoff... More RPM equals greater sustained speed.... The art of it is in combining the two in a happy balance.... We used to stroke 350's with 400 rods and an overbore to get 383 strokers.... Ran them in street modifieds... Those were the days....

I think it looks the part of a SCW tank very very well.... Yes in constant usage the tracks would basically be bare steel on the contact surfaces, but this wasn't a tank in constant usage, it had long periods of sitting out in the semi humid spanish countryside environment... in essence everything not painted would have surface rust over it in a very short time, so I little shiny where the rust was knocked off would fit it perfectly... A little rust around the lower parts would also fit as I'm sure they didn't exactly receive the maintenance they would have when in the French army... I think you understood the subject well and interpreted it appropriately.... Looks very very good.. Well done...

Yeah, they were giant spikes, 3-5" long.... for ripping and tearing......

I checked Micro Mark as well and almost dropped the hammer on it myself....

Yep that's one theory being promulgated today, one of many... But back then it was the industrial era and more efficiency meant bigger yields and more profits.... Not saying either point of view is correct, but quantity over quality is always more profitable.... (and very subjective)

Andy, it seems labor intensive until you remember what they were replacing.... A man with a horse and a single cutting plow.... That rig could do in 5 minutes what it would take a standard plow 30-60 minutes.... The Nuffield and Fordson tractors are showing why they were a revolution in farming, with a dual blade plow, (and the Fordson three point floating hitch) they could do in 5 minutes what the Fowler rig took 10, without the setup, and do it with only one man instead of a minimum of 6....

I use the same technique for scale feather edging brother... Except I use long thin strings of modeling clay or blue tack, (think spaghetti like) to hold the masks above the surface... It's a simple solution for tight feather edging and makes the spraying easier.... Nice work....

I was suspecting that my friend.... Water Closets weren't being installed in the form we know them until around 1850, in fact, if they did have inside facilities it was most likely a simple non-running water clay pipe to a cesspool somewhere behind the house... or in the case of the French countryside, a clay laid pipe to a french drain buried somewhere on the property not far from the house. Cesspools were still in use commonly in France until after 1900.... The first common available running water flushable toilet, "water closet" as we know it was in England around the 1840's.... And the first public building code requirement for them was in London in the 1910's.... So there is a very high probability of there not being inside sanitary facilities present in 1814.... (especially in the French countryside) Flushable toilets, although in use for over a thousand years were not well know and very, very rare until the early 1900's... That's why the question marks brother....

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They are called popsicle sticks here in the USA.... Them and various sized skewers are the scratch builders friend and cost next to nothing.... Well done brother...

My pleasure Alan, I did the research for mine several years ago.... Tank #1, 2nd Platoon, C Company, 427th Tank Battalion, 1st Tank Brigade, AEF, 1918 Meuse-Argonne Campaign... 1/35th scale, yours being in 1/72nd scale is much more impressive....

Alan, For the French/American WWI versions the colors in real life were bright and vivid, very colorful.... Patton commented on it in his reports when he received them.... The Flyhawk illustrations are close to spot on in presentation.... The others I'm not sure about as they don't hold the interest for me as the American tanks do.... One more thing, they were not allowed to stay dirty neither the French nor the American ones Renault gave specific instructions that keeping them clean would just about double their mechanical lifespan so they were kept washed and clean when not actually in battle....

I though he was going to pick up a Hase myself.... much easier to come by, but pricier was well...

There isn't much out there in Luftwaffe in those odd scales... one thing I would suggest is 1/48th scale would be 2x 1/96th scale, the trick would be to find the right set of markings for the smaller aircraft... It can be done..... but it's not easy.... 1/2 sized 1/48th scale decals would be very close to the scale your seeking. If the full sized marking was 4 feet, you look for the 2 foot marking.... I know that seems strange but yes the Luftwaffe had regulations for all standard markings in standard sizes usually in 6" increments, just like the USAAF....

Antique tractors is a big deal here in the USA.... Not publicized much I know, but it is for those who appreciate them.... Gorgeous model, wonderous skill on display.... Very, Very well done!!!

I think you will be much happier with the result going in that direction brother...

Yep the same as Pacer's Formula 560, It's a vinyl acetate polymer... dries clear and almost invisible.... Pacer Formula 560 Pacer ZAP RC 560 Hobby Lobby carries Formula 560.. Pacer also puts out the ZAP line of superglues.... Great stuff.... Gator's Grip is similar stuff... Works the same way...

Dennis, check this out... B-24D to H Conversion For the Hasegawa kit According to Scalemates it was produced by Blackbird in 1/72nd scale in 2019... No sources listed though, I imagine it is so niche that it didn't sell well..... (the average person could not tell the difference between an "H" and a "J" anyway) They do have a scalemates member looking to sell his though, if he still has it, me personally I would think it is easier to backdate a "J" than update a "D"... (just my opinion) Update: Blackbirds website Cheaper in price, if you can get it out of eastern Europe... And there is always Squadron

He might have flown a TF-51 post war, But his assigned duty was in P-80's where he helped setup the first USAF air demonstration team...... He then was assigned to England flying Gloster Meteors as a squadron commander, after that, on his return to the USAF he was assigned to fly F-86A's as a squadron commander..... he then went to Germany and Flew F-86D's as a wing commander, after a period of desk duty, he was again sent to England where he flew TF-101 Voodoo's as a wing commander.... A several year period at pentagon duty followed when he was finally assigned to the 8th Tactical Fighter wing flying F-4C's Some of the aircraft he flew didn't carry the Scat markings as visable as on his combat aircraft.... I posted a pic of Scat VII flying next to a B-17 during the war, (photographed from the B-17) in fact all three P-51D pics show all his WWII wartime aircraft have the same markings, L2-star-W Aircraft unit markings for fighter aircraft followed the pilot in the USAAC, even when they changed assigned planes, even when they changed types.... A little more detail about the Scat VII TF-51, Scat VII as flown by Robin during the war was a standard P-51D, in 1991, it was converted into a two seat TF-51D and used for demonstration flights... It crashed in Feb 2003 killing the owner/pilot who was alone in the plane..... It was rebuilt 2006-7 and currently flies in Belgium doing demonstration flights.... Here is the history of 44-72922, Scat VII

Yes he was, thanks... I have several other pics of aircraft in the markings of the unit when he commanded them, and one where he placed second in the 1949 Bendix air races flying a P-80.... He commanded a British squadron of Gloster Meteors in England, an F-86A squadron in California, an F-86D Wing in Germany, and a TF-101C Voodoo Wing in England Trained to deliver nuclear weapons. He also commanded the Airforce Academy and was director of Tactical fighter training at the pentagon... All this other stuff was at the time that the bomber crowd was in control of the Air Force... The reason he was given command of the 8th fighter wing in Vietnam was to get him away from the bomber generals in the pentagon who weren't too happy with his advocacy of ACM training for all fighter units.... What he did in Vietnam proved him right and the bomber generals wrong........ He was a great fighter pilot and an even greater leader....

He named his aircraft "Scat" after his room mate in the academy whose eyesight prevented him from continuing through flight school.... there were 27 different Scat's the The first fighter was the P-38J Lightning and his last was the F-4C Phantom II which is now on display in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force — in between these aircraft he flew the P-51 Mustang, P/F-80 Shooting Star, F-86 Sabre, Gloster Meteor (as an exchange officer with the RAF) and the R/F-101 Voodoo..... Olds flew 3 different Lightnings... Scat I-III (according to Olds autobiography) He became an ace in these aircraft.... Scat I - III would look like this... Scat IV - There is some question as to what type of aircraft it was, Olds stated that it was a P-51, But according to AF records Olds shot down an aircraft in a P-38 AFTER Scat III was lost and before he was assigned another aircraft.... Authoritative sources claim both aircraft as Scat IV and there is little absolute proving which was which... (Personally I would go with Robin on this one, if he says Scat IV was a P-51, then as far as I'm concerned it's enough proof for me) Scat IV - VII - P-51D He scored 7 victories in the P-51 becoming one of the few pilots to become an ace in both types) Scat's V-VII all carried the same unit and aircraft markings the only differences being the name and the victory markings.... He didn't serve in combat again until the Vietnam war.... Where he flew an F-4C Phantom known as Scat XXVII.... (he obtained 4 "official" victories in the F-4 Phantom) Colonel Olds gun camera films from Vietnam show that he easily could have had at least five more victories if he wanted them, but he had been informed that if he reached triple ace status he would have been removed from command and brought home as a propaganda asset to valuable to lose..... So he let the wingmen shoot them down.... Olds flew two different Phantoms in Vietnam.... 63-7680 and 64-0829... Scoring two victories in each.... The last aircraft he flew 64-0829 now resides in the National Museum of the US Airforce.... He is an Airforce Legend..... Kieth Ferris's painting of Olds coming over the top to stay inside the turn of a Mig 21 during the first Operation Bolo run....

Wow, There is such a plethora of interesting kits and this is right at the top of the list..... Fire engine red with wagon wheels..... I'm here, with great interest....

Yep the early wooden front idler wheel.... Later they were made of welded steel.... An interesting way they did the tracks.... I had the priviledge of doing individual track links with individual rollers on mine.... (RPM 1/35th scale) Nice crisp detail for a 1/72nd scale model.... Tempted, but I do like my 1/35th scale....