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  • Birthday 04/22/1943

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    Ashburn, Virginia
  • Interests
    Modeling of all types. Mainly ships, but also
    plastic aircraft.

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  9. Papa
    Ayer’s Chairs is going to be a furniture or cabinet maker whose name I haven’t decided. Like the flop house, it is intended for my micro layout. I plan to add more details once it is in place.
  10.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Carstens’ Flop House by Papa - FINISHED - Campbell Scale Models - HO Scale - PLASTIC
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  12. Papa
    The "river that flows both ways" is the Hudson I assume?
  13. Papa
    Flop houses were common near railroad terminals to provide a cheap place for the train crews to rest over night
  14. Papa
    Thank you to all for the nice comments. I really enjoyed this build!
  15. Papa
    Campbell has been out of business for quite a few years but many of their kits are available on eBay. I am in the planning stages to build a micro layout in HO scale. By convention a “micro layout “ should be no larger than 4 square feet but have a reasonable operating purpose. This is my first structure for the layout, though not my first Campbell kit. I repurposed the building to be a small market with the owners living above. I left off a lot of the gingerbread and added a small loading bay on the rear left. As I was typing I realized that I hadn’t installed the vent pipe on the roof.
  16. Papa
    Thanks. No interest yet. Would like the kits to go to someone who would build them. Money is not an issue.
  17. Papa
    Some more items: see photos Yellow Box “Flying Fish”. I bought this on eBay a number of years ago and never started it. It appears to be complete but I can’t guarantee that. There are some pencil marks on the hull so a previous owner must have started it. I see this kit on eBay asking $180-$299. The box is heavy and I expect shipping to be $30+. Someone want to make an offer? started Long Boat. I made a mess of the hull when staining so I will let it go for the price to mail it Hobby Zone building slip. This is too bulky to ship. $20 if someone wants to pick it up. I live in Ashburn Va, DC suburb.
  18. Papa
    It is mainly ships that I am fed up with. I am planning on returning to a long lost love of model trains.
  19. Papa
    I have no more room to display any more ship models and my last 2 builds were no longer enjoyable. So I am done with ship models and am going to clear out my small stash. First up is Model Shipways Katy of Norfolk with the paints included. I do not remember what I paid for it but based on prices I see on-line I think $100 plus shipping ($10 -$20 I think) is a fair price. Or make me an offer. If interested send a message. thanks for reading. I have a number of books that may be of interest and a yellow box Flying Fish kit that I will post soon. Ron Gove
  20. Papa
    Thank you. It is very fragile. Joints were popping until the very end.
  21. Papa
    I ended up hanging it in the garage. A simple wall hook I had held it out far enough to suspend it from the front of the nacelle.
  22. Papa
    Finished mostly. It is a big model and I don’t know where I can put it. I had to take it into the garage to finish. Hanging from the ceiling is not an option, admiral’s orders.
  23. Papa
    Thanks. This photo also shows the wing covered closer to the nacelle than the illustration in the instructions. I will have to add more tissue. I do think there are more engine supports in the photo than the kit provides. Watch this space for the finished photo of my bis. Coming soon!
  24. Papa
    Working on the engine. I question whether the real 14 Bis could have supported the Antoinette engine with the flimsy bracket arrangement modeled in the kit. Mine couldn’t support the model engine for sure. I had to glue the kit engine to the firewall and put in the brackets after the glue had dried. Also, using the plan’s placement for engine mounts I found that the drive shaft would not line up with the propeller. It took a lot of fiddling to get everything lined up and I think the engine is still a tad crooked.
  25. Papa
    I have covered the fuselage and canard. I also started on the wings.

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