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I didn't either till on a lark I went and searched for Sky Lookouts.... The set is mostly resin with PE for three of them the sky lookouts, the open pelorus which would be good for LST's or Destroyer Escorts approaching a beach drawing fire away from the LC's, and the Mk 57 gun director good for late war or Korean war AA guns... The closed Pelorus is good for almost any US warship from 32 or so on and the binnacle further back than that..... And it gives you enough spares to do several ships.... I'm very pleased with it... Unfortunately it is only available at Hobby Link Japan, (where I found it) The Veteran Models website show them as not in stock.... I was lucky in finding it.... -
McLaren M8B by CDW - Accurate Miniatures - 1:24 Scale
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It's a nice unit, but I though everyone knew about what low humidity does to paint.... Anyway, it should fit all the detail pieces for a ship model, that where it is really needed.... Nice find.... -
It just stands to reason, when you start talking about building something else, (M1A1 Abrams) Parts you are waiting patiently for, arrive faster...... It's majik I tell ya... Now to get my brain wrapped around this one again, I need to get it done in prep for the GB coming up, (chuckle, need to file that away for future reference)
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Just make sure they are fully dry before "wiggling" them..... Another thing to consider, one thin coat as a base color and dry brush the rest.... you will avoid most of the paint sticking issues that way.... There is a lot of consideration given to washes but the issues with washes stem from their ability to flow into all the nooks and crannies, a good thing with fixed static parts not good with parts that are supposed to be flexible.... In the end, the overall flat coat will stiffen the tracks anyway, but you don't need stiff when your mounting them....
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Well the kit decals for the 1st of the 22nd IR, an M1A2sep/Tusk II, Baghad 7/08 in desert sand.... Then a generic 68th AR in Iraq, undated, an M1A2sep/Tusk I in desert sand.... and finally a generic 1st of the 35th AR, an M1A1 Tusk in euro brown, green, dark grey camo, (with sand colored tusk panels). The instructions for the 2 different M1A2's are combined, (and printed in black) so you need to watch for the changes between the two versions... And the M1A1 instructions are in the back printed in green with different modifications needed to build the earlier version........ I"d be willing to do the M1A1 version, if you all can stand hand painted camo....
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Agreed, And maybe when he's ready, we could do a group build, My ..... is begging to be built..... It's been sitting on my shelf too long....
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I just hope the medium dries completely, it should, but I never trusted acrylics in an enclosed covered place to cure completely....
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There are several build reports of using peel and stick decks lifting up even before the model was finished.... The solution was 3M Permanent spray adhesive, a similar bond to contact cement, (will destroy the wood getting it off) without the nasty smell or melting plastic.... And from what I read, it goes down thin and right over the sometimes weak or incomplete coverage factory glue.... I would test on surfaces first though, this is one I've never done myself...
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Pretty close to spot on, Brother.... Links and outer surfaces dark grey with heavy washes of dirt with rubber colored pads, inside color would be washed out grey with black on the tyre running surfaces from rubber transfer...... Images courtesy of Tanknutdave of course and published on the website... http://fighting-vehicles.com/challenger-2-megatron/
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Yep, good workable tracks work like the real thing.... and that certainly is a typical roll of tank track.... Well done!
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Correction; That last pic is of DD-939, (ex Z 39) before she was turned over to France in 1947.... The US Navy used her to test her high speed machinery, the French used her for spare parts....
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Yeah that's the Hoche in 1952 (ex German z 25) A good reference of the type can be found in Seaforth Publishing - Shipcraft 25 - German Destroyers She had 8 sisters, only four survived the war, the Z-23 & Z-25 went to France... (Z-23 as a wreck salvaged by the french & Z-25 as the Hoche) One was seized by Norway and was turned over to the British, (Z-30, ws scrapped in '49 after being used as a target ship) and Z-29, Siezed by the British, she was given to the US Navy in '45, the Navy surveyed her in Boston and found her in poor mechanical state, so they sailed her back to Britain in an attempt to return her to the British, but they refused her, so she was scuttled in December '46 off Jutland.... The only thing we have documented comparable is the Z 29's photos from 1945 when she was turned over to the US Navy and underwent inspection in Boston Navy yard... It appears to me she was in pretty good shape paint wise, (last pic being the worst, taken shortly before she was rejected after trials) She spent the last years of the war confined to the baltic due to lack of crew issues so they really didn't see much action in the latter half of the war, same as Z-25.... She had the same fit as the Z-25, a modified Type 1936A....
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I was kinda taken aback when I was told that, I mean what's the difference, Right? Anyways a few things to notice about those pics and is consistent with all Warships with awnings... They are at anchor or tied up to a dock, (most usually at anchor in the bay) ie. when nothing of importance navy wise was going on.... They were only put up at certain times, like religious services on Sunday, (most ships at Pearl, out in the bay, on the day, had all of the awnings up) Visitors days, open houses and the like, they would take upwards of a half a day to erect and half a day to take down and secure.... ie, they weren't something that were installed all the time, and never when under way...... Nice to know that installing awnings on a model warship in a waterbase display, although interesting, requires it to be in calm water in port....
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Awnings, I did a bit more research.... you can find pics of awnings on Battleships all the way up to December 7th 1941, then they disappear until after August of 1945 when they majically reappear........ {chuckle} Even such, they are few and far between when looking for images of them even prewar.... and then to narrow the search down to British ships? (the US Navy used a different system of hanging awnings than their RN counterparts) Here is what I've found.... HMS Hood 1938 in a colorized pic.... HMS Repulse, in 1937.... (probably Singapore) note the awnings hanging over the sides of the ship over the water... And the only QE class ship I could find... The HMS Barham after her rebuild sometime in '37...... That should give ya an idea of what they looked like... Now in asking around I was told that there isn't too many pics of battleships with awnings out there cause people wanted to see pics of guns, lotsa big guns.... They didn't take to big guns in skirts, is the way it was put to me.... It was also pointed out that most photographers were independent and made their living on purchased pics so they would know what their clientele wanted... and it wasn't battleships in bedsheets.... So there isn't a lot out there in relation to battleships with awnings, in fact there really isn't much out there in relation to any warship, any nation showing it under awnings.... That's the long and the short of it...
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GMM gives you a PE tool for bending theirs etched right into the fret..... makes it easy.... But I will second the dull #2 blade for forming them technique, once you get the hang of it it's the fastest method of all.....
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I don't know as much about the British Navy as I do the US Navy, so I was guessing as well.... I'm having a hard time finding pics of a British warship with awnings up during the war, that's the basis of my speculation.... Yes the US Navy went on a crash program of stripping all flammables off their ships shortly after the first few battles around Guadalcanal.... Another thing that was common to British ships of the period was flying bridges rather than enclosed bridges, (bridges open to the air) The US Navy also used flying bridges during WWI, went to enclosed bridges during the tween war period and went back to flying bridges during WW II, (for better aerial sight/firing lines) especially on their smaller ships, then after the war, went back to enclosed bridges.... Comfort is not needed, better firing lines are during wartime... {chuckle}
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McLaren M8B by CDW - Accurate Miniatures - 1:24 Scale
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Ah..... I keep forgetting... https://www.skywaymodel.com/# Gentleman named Emil... Great guy.... -
McLaren M8B by CDW - Accurate Miniatures - 1:24 Scale
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I have a friend like that today, he runs the only model shop in the entire Puget Sound area of Washington.... The last one, so far he's survived covid...... -
HMS Warspite in Grand Harbor, Malta, August 1943..... Probably just what it looked like in early '43... note the lack of awnings.... The British Navy had awnings but seldom used them during wartime.... Update: After studying that pic, I believe you can see 3 to 4 open doors on the port side, the corresponding doors would be open on the starboard side to promote ventilation while sitting still in harbor and not under orders or alert conditions.....
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Lou is right on the money here, it depends.... cold bad weather they would be closed, hot calm weather they would be open for ventilation, they were all steel, one big giant oven.... On any alert condition, all watertight/hatches doors would be closed, at battle stations, all would be closed and dogged.... Most of the time when in action they would be closed. Given the camo pattern she is wearing, (late war) it depends on where you intend to depict her? The Indian ocean in '42, the Med in '43, The north seas fleet in '44 on..... Naval ships spend a lot of time doing nothing, even in a state of war, especially in that period... The Indian ocean is hot, so is the Med, so anytime she wasn't under orders they would more than likely be open, on the converse, the North Seas (and parts further north) are of course cold, stormy, gloomy and rainy, more than likely be closed... Pick the period you want to depict her in, either under action or not and go from there.....
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It's a relief etched into the brass to make folding easier, they usually go to the inside, if they are intended as detail the instructions will tell you which way to fold it... But then when they don't tell you, generally it goes inside....
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1955 Chrysler 300 by CDW - Moebius - 1:25 Scale - PLASTIC
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I thought mark was in charge of the popcorn? Well since I'm the last man in I suppose I could run down the the dollar store and pick up some extra buttery..... About 50 bags should suffice? -
He does move fast, lots of skill being shown, and the experience.... Man, some day I'll get there.... But right now, figuring out the PE is like climbing Mt Everest....
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1955 Chrysler 300 by CDW - Moebius - 1:25 Scale - PLASTIC
Egilman replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
WoW! Where did I miss this? Sorry bout being late to the party, the world is slowing me down a bit right now.... I'm in.... (thinkin' on hoisting my self up to the rafters)
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