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  1. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Gary! And yes, I bowed to the pressure you put on me with your "Smoke, eh?" comment a while back. So I blame you for the additional gray hairs that effort gave me! 😃
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    I just boarded, ready for the adventure. Let er rip, Peter!!
  3. Glen McGuire
    Oh you will love this even more, Keith. You've also reminded me of one of my son's favorite computer games back around the same time. It was called . . . wait for it . . . He had to guide a group of waddling penguins successfully through a maze of obstacles and past a zookeeper, leading them to safety. Here's a screenshot from one of the game maps. I may have to reorder that game!
  4. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, berhard! I hope you start your SIB soon and I hope you will treat us to a build log for it. Please let me know when you do!
  5. Glen McGuire
    Huge thank you to everyone for all the kind comments. Pat, (@BANYAN) says I earned a tot with this one. I wish I could buy a tot and share it with each of you for all your help and adding so much fun to the process! Thank you SOOOO much for noticing that, Ian! That was one of the trickiest things I've tried to do. I had to glue a fine paint brush into the end of a dowel rod just to reach that far into the bottle. The I had to bend the metal ferrule of the brush a couple of times to get the right angle to be able to reach behind the wheels. Then I had to have my steadiest hands ever not to swipe paint on the wheels or bottle. Then I celebrated with several tots! Thank you, Paul. And you are right, she loves how it all turned out. I am very happy to see that you promoted Gnomer from Private to Private First Class! He has definitely earned it! Thanks, Grant. At some point I'll put my new bi-lingual skills to use and visit your place or maybe Norfolk Island! Thank you for that comment, Roel. I've got an artist friend that tries to help me see beyond the straight lines and right angles that I normally see the world with. I'm working on it. @Keith Black - Club Penguin!! LOL! I haven't thought of that in ages!! My son used to be a Club Penguin member when he was 10 years old. Maybe this penguin thing has been in my subconscious all along!!
  6. Glen McGuire
    The piping work amazes me every time I look at it. The only difference between the pictures of your model and pictures of the real thing is that the real thing is a bit grungy. Incredible job, Roel!
  7. Glen McGuire
    Hey Robert, I was just forwarded your post a little while ago. Not sure if you are still looking for help on this, but I am also in Austin and I would be interested in taking a look. I don't know if you can bring the model to Austin or not, but I also visit the Dallas area fairly often (my dad lives in Coppell) so I could possibly go up there and see it. Let me know where you are at on this.
  8. Glen McGuire
    Another SIB adventure comes to a close here on MSW. I put the finishing touches on the Banshee II project last night and it’s ready for the shelf. I want to give a personal thanks to everyone that took part in this journey. @Keith Black, @Knocklouder, @BANYAN, @Javelin, @Ian_Grant, @Canute, @gjdale, @FriedClams, @Landlubber Mike, @KeithAug, @GrandpaPhil, @Thukydides, @PvG Aussie, @gsdpic, @JacquesCousteau, @Paul Le Wol, @ccoyle, @Harvey Golden, @mtaylor, @CDR_Ret, @John Fox III, @Roger Pellett, @berhard, @Rick310, @Desertanimal, @Ryland Craze, @rookie, @rwiederrich, @Dave boatswain, @cotrecerf, @Charter33, @Snug Harbor Johnny, @Dan Poirier, @Charles Roseberry, @JEFFRAV, @downeaster. Whether you popped in every now and then or managed to endure each step along the way, I am very appreciative of your support, comments, and suggestions. You make everything I try to do so much better and I can never say thank you enough. Also, because of y’all, this was the most interesting and entertaining build log I can remember. Along the way, you gave me a number of great recommendations which helped tremendously – ship plans/drawings from Grandpa Phil, Bare Metal foil and painting tips from Landlubber Mike, Funnel schematics from Pat (Banyan), and corrections to my cowlings from Rob (rwiederrich). Y’all also provided fascinating discussions on a variety of subjects like fire ants, Venetian and Czech beads, Philly cheesesteaks, stropping 2mm deadeyes, and Norfolk Island just to name a few. Furthermore, I was so very fortunate to receive free language lessons where I learned what an egg nishner is and how to talk some strine, as well as Keith Black adding a couple more B words to my cow's forbidden vocabulary. And finally, there’s Knocklouder who kept me laughing the whole time with his comments like the one about “whack a mole”. Bob, you are one of a kind! On to the final reveal. Here's the original concept drawing and how the completed project turned out.
  9. Glen McGuire
    Amen to that, Gary! With those blocks, old pieces of railroad track, and duct tape, I can pretty much do anything!!
  10. Glen McGuire
    Indeed it has, Keith!
  11. Glen McGuire
    "Twigged the shape"?? WTH does that mean? I thought y'all talked normal up there, but I guess I gotta go get me a book on how to speak Canadian as well as 'strine! 😃
  12. Glen McGuire
    You just had to go there, didn't you Pat!!
  13. Glen McGuire
    Thank you @Knocklouder, @Ian_Grant, @Keith Black, @FriedClams, @Thukydides, @Bryan Woods, @Javelin for the comments on the water effects. It's definitely a challenge for me and one that I'm trying to improve on with each effort. Now for some planking! Except it's waaaaay easier than the planking that all you real ship model builders face. This is just completing the wharf with deck planks. I had already colored and weathered them earlier, so now it was just a matter affixing them to the pilings and support beams. As a reminder, here's the wharf idea I'm trying to suggest with the base. The painting depicts the Galveston, Texas waterfront of the mid 1800's. Here's some pics showing the stages of my planking efforts. Next, I added a layer of veneer on the front panel of the base using poached plank strips from my USS Constellation kit.
  14. Glen McGuire
    I agree with Cathead, that it would look better with a little color variation besides shades of brown, especially for algae. If you remember on my Roman Quinquereme build, @BANYAN suggested I add a scum line to my wall. I made a gradient of dark green, gray, and black extending upwards from the edge of the water, which looked like this. It might not be as subtle as you need, but maybe something in the middle would work.
  15. Glen McGuire
    Around here, anything built before 1950 is considered old world and pretty much qualifies as a historic landmark.
  16. Glen McGuire
    Nice teaser! Are you doing a build log for it?
  17. Glen McGuire
    I've got popcorn for me and cubes for mini-Dimples! We are ready for the show!! Git er Done!!!
  18. Glen McGuire
    Just found this new build log. I'm on board! Looking good so far!!
  19. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Gary and Thukydides. I appreciate y'all saying that. Knowing when to stop is the thing I struggle with the most. I add a little bit, back off and look, add a bit more, back off and look, etc... And then I force myself to stop before I really want to.
  20. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Ian. I dab it on with a stiff-bristled paint brush that's about 1cm in width (the stiffer the bristles, the better it seems to work). I'll dab it sideways (parallel with the rows of pilings) to create ripples and some small rolling waves. With the thicker Water Waves product, it does not take much shaping beyond the dabbing to get some nice light ripple/wave action. If I do want to create some larger waves, I'll use a small plastic spatula. A popsicle stick would work just as well. If I get some areas that look too smooth or glassy, I'll take a small brush and rough it up a bit with some light dibbing. The Woodland Scenics products work really well.
  21. Glen McGuire
    Dang Olympics have been distracting me from finishing this build. I can't seem to pull myself away from the TV even if it's the most obscure sport. A couple of hours watching mixed doubles ping pong? Are you kidding me? Summoning great will power, I finally managed to stop my binge-watching and get some work done on the water. With the pilings in place, the next step was adding some texture to the water. I started by applying a layer of Woodland Scenics Water Ripples to the smooth base of epoxy resin. The product is clear and goes on with some nice ripples/small waves. While drying, however, it settles itself down and smooths out much of the original texture. In this case, a little too much for what I wanted. So for the next step, I did two things. The water was just a little bit too clear and too blue (we are talking about the Galveston Bay, right?). So I thinned out a very light gray wash and spread it over the surface. Then I added a different Woodland Scenics product called Water Waves, which is thicker and holds its shape much better than the Ripples product. In the pic below, you can see on the right side how much the Ripples product settled and smoothed itself out. You can also see the slight clouding effects of the light gray wash. On the left side, you can see where I began applying the Water Waves product. Here's the whole thing after application of the Water Waves product. As a final touch, I added light brushes of white to some of the wave crests to give the water just a bit of action. Next step is adding the deck planks for the wharf. The finish line is in sight!
  22. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Roel. For the front row of pilings, I drilled holes into the epoxy resin and into the base at the same depth as the holes on the back 2 rows. That was really a nerve wracking experience as I was petrified of making a mistake with the drill and royally screwing up the whole base with all the hours of work it had eaten up. But I managed to get clean holes drilled with uniform depths and good alignment. Yes, I drilled the holes for a tight fit. To affix the pilings, I used a very thin layer of CA glue (instead of epoxy) on the sides and a more liberal amount at the bottom. I think I only had 1 where I used a bit too much glue and it oozed out the top of the hole. But it was an easy cleanup. Here's a couple of closeups that show the difference in how the sets of pilings look. The first pic focuses on the front row where I poured the epoxy resin first, drilled holes after it cured, then inserted the pilings. The second pic focuses on the back rows where I put the pilings into the base and then poured the epoxy resin epoxy around the pilings. The back rows show the significant resin creep-up that I wanted to avoid on the front row. The next step is to add ripples and mild waves to the entire base of water. That might hide the creep-up, but I was not sure so didn't want to take the chance on the front row.
  23. Glen McGuire
    That's a great solution! Gonna have to add that one to my bag of tricks.
  24. Glen McGuire
    She's a real beauty, Bob. Well done!!!
  25. Glen McGuire
    Looks great! I think PGP deserves a promotion to PFCGP after all his great work on this project!!

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