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  1. Gotcha. There was a hobby boat show at the old Museum of Science and Tech once upon a time that I was thinking about, but I guess not. All good, and hopefully she turns out well after the refit! NS
  2. That's some cool history there - in 1977 I was 4 years old. I wonder if I ever saw that ship in person when I lived in Ottawa...I recall being involved with the RC Boat group that met at the Canoe Club in the 89-91 time-frame as a kid.
  3. I've got her shifted to the garage next to the dehumidifier for a few weeks to dry out. Once she's dry, I'll worry about repairs. For now, she's clean(ish) and drying(ish) and I'll see if any more cracks show up that need repair. NS
  4. BZ! This is a beautiful build! Your work with the photo-etch is fascinating to me. That stuff honestly scares me! The crew is only 5mm tall...wow....well done! NS
  5. So, something I noted is that the last time I was futzing about with the flight deck paint a couple of years ago, I had a problem with paint bubbling...and I had to strip it (I used a belt sander on the plywood that time.) I recall that I used the same type of paint both times. So. This time around, I'm going to try a different brand. We'll see how it goes.
  6. So, the model has been recovered from the pond, and there was a bit of water inside. I cannot see an obvious ingress point, so I'm going to end up having to do a bunch of touchup and resealing before the spring. There is a lot of duck poop....it's a pond model!
  7. OK, so it turns out that apparently regular oven cleaner is a good (fairly) non-toxic way to strip paint. Here's how the first two panels look stripped, and re-primed.
  8. Same exact brand of paint. I didn't let it dry long enough between coats. 😞 In other news, I packed everything into the Naval Museum of Halifax today for our monthly Ship Modellers Guild meeting.
  9. And. The verdict is - I'm an idiot. I rushed the paint job in adding the gray, and didn't wait long enough between coats. The tape stuck to the deck and left behind glue all the way along the green, and the gray paint bubbled in multiple spots. I'm going to have to strip and re-do. Damn damn and triple damn. I'm mad at myself tonight.
  10. Alrighty! After many steps back, we are now moving forward! Here's the flight deck with a layer of nice fresh green paint applied. I'm going to mask it next and do the gray landing strip, and the various yellow safety lines. Then I'll glue it onto the hull. Getting there!!
  11. And here we go - this is the interior access hatches all cut out. Now I'm clearing some access space under the island to allow the wiring harness and smoke stack to get up, and then I'll be working on the deck crane.
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