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  1. Papa
    I started studying the ME 109 plans and found that the color call-outs are all on a single page showing each part to be painted and the color. I’ve never seen this before.
  2. Papa
    Many pieces of cardboard and sheet wood. What finally worked was using multiple pieces pushed in to fit. Something like those contour finding tools with all the fine sliding pins, only much cruder. Even then the final piece needed lots of fiddling to get right
  3. Papa
    I’ve been building models for close to 70 years now. I must have been 8 when I started with some wooden airplane kit. Perhaps Strombecker. Not sure when I did my first plastic one. The quality of plastic kits has improved fantastically over the years. The prices seem relatively higher to me now, than as a kid. I recall buying kits for maybe 89 cents to a bit over $1. But a 1959 dollar is only worth about$10 today. And many kits are 3 to 4 times that. Some are even in the hundreds of dollars. Are there any young people making models or are we all old!
  4. Papa
    Test fitting the galley.
  5. Papa
    I will have to try modeling clay.
  6. Papa
    I have been holding on to this kit for at least 25 years and I think It’s about time to start it. I am also busy with the deck structures on the Charles W Morgan, so it will probably be slow going. Now if I can just not lose any parts during construction. 😁
  7. Papa
    Well, it’s sort of finished. I lost the top turret. I can’t seem to learn from past mistakes. I will assemble and paint some part and leave it on my workbench to install later. It’s soon forgotten and then lost in a clean-up or something. I have done this so many times. Anyway, I found the identical kit on eBay and will have a replacement in a week or so. I also messed up some decals. The star on each side (Not sure of the correct term) had white stripes attached that went on both sides of the gun windows and up over the top. They just kept curling up on themselves until they were ruined. I will try again when I get the replacement. I also need to make a base for at. It is tail heavy and I needed a small dab of glue to keep the nose down for a photo. Can’t seem to get lead fishing sinkers and nothing else is small enough or heavy enough to hold the nose down. I have the same trouble with the B-24.
  8. Papa
    Looks great.
  9. Papa
    Progress photos
  10. Papa
    I always have several models on standby 😁. Right now I am painting a 1/144 scale B-25, and shaping the hull of an old “yellow box” Gjoa from Model Shipways. I am waiting on some scribed sheets from Model Expo to make the hurricane house etc. at the stern on the Morgan.
  11. Papa
    I agree with you. Doing them off ship will probably lead to more problems than on ship. I was hoping there was an easier way than what I’ve done in the past. Wishful thinking I guess. When I get to rigging my Charles W Morgan I will just stick with the old fashioned way. 2000 clove hitches or not.
  12. Papa
    I seem to remember some folks thought it worked pretty well. It seems to be quite different from loom-a-line
  13. Papa
    Has anyone used ModelExpo's ratline jig, MS7200CB. It is on sale today. I thought i saw a review here some time ago but the search function is coming up empty. Ron Gove
  14. Papa
    I like this scale. A couple of steps and you have an aircraft.
  15. Papa
    Since I am waiting for some wood form ModelExpo I thought I’d try this old kit that’s been in my stash for some 20 years I think. Not much detail and only 2 sprues plus a clear parts sprue. Should be a quick build.
  16. Papa
    Deck house in place and painted. now I have to wait for a shipment of scribed wood sheets before constructing the various houses in the stern. Hmmm a bit out of focus. Will have to pay closer attention
  17. Papa
    Gluing the roof on the deck house
  18. Papa
    Thank you!
  19. Papa
    Thanks John. the deck house is next
  20. Papa
    Finished the skylight.
  21. Papa
    Attempting the skylight. This is not easy. Test fitting the 2 sides
  22. Papa
    I usually take the decal out of the water with fine tip tweezers. If it’s still on the backing i slide it off onto it’s appropriate location. Then move it as necessary with a soft paint brush. If the decal has come off the backing I still tweezer it out, gently, and put it where it belongs. Things don’t always go as planned. Some of the tiny decals get stuck to my finger or seem to become invisible. Ron Gove
  23. Papa
    I noticed that if the decal soaked long enough it did float off the backing. I failed to take advantage of that until the very end. it is contrary to the usual instructions about sliding the decal off, but I agree that it makes more sense and less likely to tear. Although several of the B24 decals just cracked into two or more pieces without being touched. “let the decal float free” is my new mantra.
  24. Papa
    She’s finished and as I expected the decals gave me a lot of trouble. All of the larger decals split into 2 to 3 pieces before releasing from the backing. Also, the dragon decal came in several pieces that, once under the wing, didn’t match the cover art or the instructions. So a bit of license was taken here. All in all I think it’s not too bad. The left cockpit window went flying across the workshop and I have yet to find it. It initially fell into the cockpit and behind the seats. When I shook it out it went off to the lost world of bits and pieces to join its friends.
  25. Papa
    The bird must be huge at 1/48

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