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Just catching up here. Your work is truly marvelous! I am learning a great deal here, and admire your initiative and ingenuity. For example, the trennels on the deck look much more authentic than I’ve seen using other techniques. If I may offer a humble suggestion, a small drop of medium to high visosity CA applied with a toothpick then painted could be used to seal the gap in those links. In any case, I will be following your work with interest! Cheers, Tom
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Just saw your build and I am very impressed! Usually the macro is not a friend, especially in this scale, but the eye just gets drawn in to the detail and authentic look. Well done! Cheers, Tom
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Great progress! Cheers, Tom
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Yves, I find it to be pretty useful: as a durable clear coat for adding decals, as a barrier for enamel weathering washes, to protect and enhance the clarity of transparent parts, to simulate clear glass in instrument panels, and most recently as an adhesive and sealant. Plus it can be thinned with ammonia. Haven’t tried it on floors yet! Cheers, Tom
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Yves, absolutely, and you are very kind! I use an Optivisor, a Xuron photoetch cutter or rounded X-Acto blade, a Smallshop photoetch bending tool, and several different tweezers. For adhesive I use gap-filling superglue, low viscosity superglue, and Future acrylic floor polish. I actually prefer to use the last whenever possible because it is more forgiving for positioning and removal. Otherwise, it's a mindset for the Pontos set: approaching each piece as a separate kit! Hope this helps, Tom
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Great to watch your progress! Cheers, Tom
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Thank you Yves! There is more converting and scratchbuilding than had I expected from the Snowberry release. I’ve made a little more progress than the latest photos, so I’ll have to post an update soon. Cheers, Tom
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Thanks! Yes, I agree it would be a relatively popular release. Similarly, I’d like to see their 1/350 HMS Abercrombie and HMS Roberts in 1/200 scale. Maybe someday... Cheers, Tom
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Thank you! Yes I love it here. I worked at the U of A for 19 years, then a budget cut meant I had to leave. The fate of many educators here! Cheers, Tom
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Bob, that should be a good time to visit; last April had temps in the low to mid 80’s, so here’s hoping the same for this year! Mount Lemmon is a shrine of sorts for us roadies: longest continuous hillclimb in the state, especially if you climb to the observatory. The road is in good condition as well, with a wide shoulder for the climb. The grade is between 6 and 10 percent. Hope you have a tailwind both ways! Cheers, Tom
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Yves, thank you so much! I agree about the painting...if the Rodney did not have such a great camo scheme I would certainly hesitate. In the meantime, I have to take photos of what lies underneath! Thanks for your support. Cheers, Tom
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Chris, that must have been an epic build! Mine has been calling out to me recently, but I promised myself I would complete my current build first. However, I do have her in a spot where I can see her every day to remind me! Thanks for your encouragement. Cheers, Tom
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Thank you very much! I have several more installments to bring her up to date. Cheers, Tom
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Thank you! I'm using an Optivisor, two viscosities of cyanoacrylite, acrylic floor polish, bending tools, several tweezers, muttering, and some patience! They would remove the aircraft from the turret and stow it; even so, I imagine the blast would be a maintenance concern. Cheers, Tom
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Thanks! It's an epic build, one of the biggest I've undertaken. Cheers, Tom
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Here's a more recent update. To build the Rodney with the Admiralty camouflage dating 1942 and beyond, the Pontos set is essential, since it incorporates all of the changes made to the ship. For example, around this time she had 17 20mm Oerlikon cannon, but the kit only provides 13, as well as the quad 0.50 machine guns which were deleted. There were also changes made to the bridge structure, and more pom-pom directors fitted. While the Pontos set is expensive, I figured that since this is going to be my one large battleship build, I might as well go for it. Hope you like her so far! Cheers, Tom
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Here is my in progress build of the 1/200 Supermarine Walrus by Trumpeter, with some help from Pontos...and yes there is a battleship attached! Cheers, Tom
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This is a very long term build, with me working on the kit about once every few (or many) months. Here's a more recent update: --the 4" gun shield is 3-d printed --the gun tub and splinter shields are entirely photoetch --the breakwater is styrene, using the kit parts as a template --the anchor winch is 3-d printed --the Oerlikon tubs are photoetch --the Pom-pom is 3-d printed --the gun tub is from the kit, thinned with a Dremel tool --the skylights and rear hatchway are photoetch Cheers, Tom
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