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wefalck got a reaction from mbp521 in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
There was also a 1953 franco-italian road-movie 'Le salaire de la peur' with Yves Montand and Peter van Eyck, where four guys were hired to drive two lorries with nitro-glycerin to be used to extinguish a burning oil-well into the South-American djungle ... one lorry makes it.
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wefalck got a reaction from mbp521 in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
Interesting, I hadn't heard of this technique. There used to be a guy called Red Adair, I think; who was a specialist for putting out such fires using controlled blasts, which may work on a similar principle.
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wefalck got a reaction from mbp521 in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
Did I mention, that I once tried to make gun-cotton? My father had a useful book, that told you everything about how to make explosives and how to test them ... perhaps I was lucky that it didn't work, because the cotton-wool I used was actually not cotton.
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wefalck got a reaction from Wintergreen in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
I can't work when my blood-sugar levels are down and I am hungry ... hands are shaky and I can't focus mentally ...
Nice shipwrighting btw.
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wefalck got a reaction from bruce d in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
Concerning the submachine gun that fired around the corner: it is a German MP40 and apparently this kind of barrel extension was actually experimented with for urban warfare during WW2. Today, with video-cameras, GPS etc. for aiming it might work ...
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wefalck got a reaction from Canute in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
Or, perhaps we are the intelligent ones that survived ... 😇
Considering the 'fully comprehensive insurance'-attitude of modern attitude, the future development of our gene-pool is quite worrying 🤔
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wefalck got a reaction from Keith Black in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
I can't work when my blood-sugar levels are down and I am hungry ... hands are shaky and I can't focus mentally ...
Nice shipwrighting btw.
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wefalck got a reaction from mtaylor in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
I can't work when my blood-sugar levels are down and I am hungry ... hands are shaky and I can't focus mentally ...
Nice shipwrighting btw.
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wefalck got a reaction from KeithAug in HMS MIMI 1915 by Ras Ambrioso - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Fast Motor Launch
I am not an expert on the Vickers, but I think your photographs shows a tripod-mount as 'heavy' machine-gun for land-use. There, the tactical situation is different in the sense, that when you combat attcking infantry, you only need small changes in elevation, as the enemy is approaching or for spraying enemy positions at greater distance, you don't want to change your elevation once you are sure that you hit those positions. Hence the elevation screw.
In naval combat situations, your own boat and that of an enemy are moving fast, hence you constantly have to adjust the elevation to keep the target under fire. I think naval light guns, including machine-guns had some sort of friction-brakes on the pivots and horizontal bearings. One sometimes sees little hand-levers with which these brakes can be adjusted or completely locked. These friction-bearings probaly are just split rings that can be pulled together with a screw that is operated by the hand-lever.
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wefalck got a reaction from Canute in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
Concerning the submachine gun that fired around the corner: it is a German MP40 and apparently this kind of barrel extension was actually experimented with for urban warfare during WW2. Today, with video-cameras, GPS etc. for aiming it might work ...
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wefalck got a reaction from thibaultron in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
Or, perhaps we are the intelligent ones that survived ... 😇
Considering the 'fully comprehensive insurance'-attitude of modern attitude, the future development of our gene-pool is quite worrying 🤔
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wefalck got a reaction from mtaylor in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
... and even, if he wasn't barefoot, leaning onto the ladder with the bare forearms isn't such a survival idea either 😲
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wefalck got a reaction from thibaultron in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
Concerning the submachine gun that fired around the corner: it is a German MP40 and apparently this kind of barrel extension was actually experimented with for urban warfare during WW2. Today, with video-cameras, GPS etc. for aiming it might work ...
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wefalck got a reaction from mtaylor in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
Or, perhaps we are the intelligent ones that survived ... 😇
Considering the 'fully comprehensive insurance'-attitude of modern attitude, the future development of our gene-pool is quite worrying 🤔
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wefalck got a reaction from thibaultron in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
... and even, if he wasn't barefoot, leaning onto the ladder with the bare forearms isn't such a survival idea either 😲
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wefalck got a reaction from Roger Pellett in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
There was also a 1953 franco-italian road-movie 'Le salaire de la peur' with Yves Montand and Peter van Eyck, where four guys were hired to drive two lorries with nitro-glycerin to be used to extinguish a burning oil-well into the South-American djungle ... one lorry makes it.
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wefalck got a reaction from Edwardkenway in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
... and even, if he wasn't barefoot, leaning onto the ladder with the bare forearms isn't such a survival idea either 😲
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wefalck got a reaction from bruce d in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
... and even, if he wasn't barefoot, leaning onto the ladder with the bare forearms isn't such a survival idea either 😲
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wefalck got a reaction from BLACK VIKING in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
... and even, if he wasn't barefoot, leaning onto the ladder with the bare forearms isn't such a survival idea either 😲
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wefalck got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS MIMI 1915 by Ras Ambrioso - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Fast Motor Launch
I am not an expert on the Vickers, but I think your photographs shows a tripod-mount as 'heavy' machine-gun for land-use. There, the tactical situation is different in the sense, that when you combat attcking infantry, you only need small changes in elevation, as the enemy is approaching or for spraying enemy positions at greater distance, you don't want to change your elevation once you are sure that you hit those positions. Hence the elevation screw.
In naval combat situations, your own boat and that of an enemy are moving fast, hence you constantly have to adjust the elevation to keep the target under fire. I think naval light guns, including machine-guns had some sort of friction-brakes on the pivots and horizontal bearings. One sometimes sees little hand-levers with which these brakes can be adjusted or completely locked. These friction-bearings probaly are just split rings that can be pulled together with a screw that is operated by the hand-lever.
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wefalck reacted to Ras Ambrioso in HMS MIMI 1915 by Ras Ambrioso - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Fast Motor Launch
Started the work on the Maxim and when I drew the schematic I was amazed at the number of microscopic parts I had to make. But, following the example of the masters in this forum, I started with the easy ones: the water cooled barrel and the body of the receiver.
Then came the first miniature challenge: the mainspring housing.
Today I worked on several mini-parts but, unfortunately, forgot to take pictures. I made the belt feed tray and the charging handle. I also worked on the swivel mount. In the plans I have, the gun seem to have a two way swivel: elevation and training. Without any restrain. But, in looking at real gun pictures the swivel was restrained in both directions with adjustments by the operator. This would keep the fields of fire constant and relieve the operator of fighting the recoil. So I am now trying the imitate the mounting shown in the picture below.
I figured that the operators would have not been any Rambo's firing a 30 caliber weapon hands free.
Thanks for watching and comments are appreciated.
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wefalck got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
Did I mention, that I once tried to make gun-cotton? My father had a useful book, that told you everything about how to make explosives and how to test them ... perhaps I was lucky that it didn't work, because the cotton-wool I used was actually not cotton.
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wefalck reacted to bruce d in All our problems are solved: post your dodgy solutions
More from Popular Mechanics Shop Notes.
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wefalck got a reaction from mtaylor in Soleil Royal by Hubac's Historian - Heller - An Extensive Modification and Partial Scratch-Build
Didn't pop in here for quite a while ... I am always impressed by your cutting/carving of styrene! How did you cut out and carve those corbels? Using a fret-saw?
On the use of asphalt solutions etc.: I appreciate that the antique effect on wooden models is quite nice, because it penetrates well, but in the case of plastic models I think there are other ways to achieve a similar effect.
I have used washes of very dilute burnt umber acrylics to good effect.
Other people use oil paints, brushed on and then wiped off, so that it only stays in depressions. If the base is matt acrylics, this also partially penetrates into the acrylics, leaving a similar effect as on wood. Personally, I not so fond of oils because of their long setting times (which on the other hand facilitates their working - as long as you keep the model in the dark, you can continue working).
In general, the fewer paint systems one mixes, the better ...
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