SkerryAmp
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Thank you sir!
Yeah - just a rough 3 years where life set it sights on us and just kept sucker punching - but (knock on wood, throw salt whatever it takes) looks like it is behind us, for now at least 😃
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Santa Maria by SkerryAmp - Artesania Latina - 1:65 - PoF
So next up we have the forward arch. Of course the plywood is not pre formed so it is very stiff and while it could be muscled into place I no longer apply brute force - so soaking, bending and strapping it is!
That part went surprisingly well, so once dried and formed I slapped on the veneer (I think in the future I am going to stay away from veneer - something about it is odd)
And then - after carefully trimming - we attach it to the forecastle and things are starting to move forward!
Next up! The forecastle deck!
Enjoy!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Oh, fear not you have certainly gained some experience - your work is awesome! One thing this little hiatus has given me is patience - a lot! So it is with a new look on life in general I re-approach the hobby! Let's see if it pays off.
I have added to the Santa Maria for now. The Harriet Lane and Willie are DOA. Time was not good to them at all and neither kit was in a state to recover from with any form of grace - very sad really. The Santa Maria is the most open to picking back up on once I cleaned it up a bit - had a spider living in the hold of all things! The mayflower is near done but I can't find the instructions or the parts I had for it, so will need to figure out what to do there and the mamoli will also be picked back up once I get the SM chugging along!
And of course I will follow along! 😃
Trying to get caught up on all the work and all the crafters I was following and the new ones is quite the challenge!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Thank you sir!
Yeah - just a rough 3 years where life set it sights on us and just kept sucker punching - but (knock on wood, throw salt whatever it takes) looks like it is behind us, for now at least 😃
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Geowolf in New danish member
Hmmm, something tells me you have done this modeling thing before
Nice work!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from WalrusGuy in US Brig Syren by WalrusGuy - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64 - Second wooden ship build
That is some fantastic craftsmanship - can't wait to see more!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Oh, fear not you have certainly gained some experience - your work is awesome! One thing this little hiatus has given me is patience - a lot! So it is with a new look on life in general I re-approach the hobby! Let's see if it pays off.
I have added to the Santa Maria for now. The Harriet Lane and Willie are DOA. Time was not good to them at all and neither kit was in a state to recover from with any form of grace - very sad really. The Santa Maria is the most open to picking back up on once I cleaned it up a bit - had a spider living in the hold of all things! The mayflower is near done but I can't find the instructions or the parts I had for it, so will need to figure out what to do there and the mamoli will also be picked back up once I get the SM chugging along!
And of course I will follow along! 😃
Trying to get caught up on all the work and all the crafters I was following and the new ones is quite the challenge!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Canute in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Thank you sir!
Yeah - just a rough 3 years where life set it sights on us and just kept sucker punching - but (knock on wood, throw salt whatever it takes) looks like it is behind us, for now at least 😃
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Canute in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Oh, fear not you have certainly gained some experience - your work is awesome! One thing this little hiatus has given me is patience - a lot! So it is with a new look on life in general I re-approach the hobby! Let's see if it pays off.
I have added to the Santa Maria for now. The Harriet Lane and Willie are DOA. Time was not good to them at all and neither kit was in a state to recover from with any form of grace - very sad really. The Santa Maria is the most open to picking back up on once I cleaned it up a bit - had a spider living in the hold of all things! The mayflower is near done but I can't find the instructions or the parts I had for it, so will need to figure out what to do there and the mamoli will also be picked back up once I get the SM chugging along!
And of course I will follow along! 😃
Trying to get caught up on all the work and all the crafters I was following and the new ones is quite the challenge!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from mtaylor in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Thank you sir!
Yeah - just a rough 3 years where life set it sights on us and just kept sucker punching - but (knock on wood, throw salt whatever it takes) looks like it is behind us, for now at least 😃
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Nirvana in New danish member
Hmmm, something tells me you have done this modeling thing before
Nice work!
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SkerryAmp reacted to popeye the sailor in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
well hello there stranger! it's so good to hear from you! yea.........just going back to my roots. I grew up with plastic models....built quite a few in my day. I took a period of time off to deal with life........back in the '90's I got the bug back. here is a picture of me building the U.S.S. United States.......
....so long ago ~sigh~ the wood model bug bit me in 2009....wish it would have bitten me sooner. I like to think I've gained some experience.....but there are folks here that show me that more prep is needed have you added to your active projects? I'll have to check! thanks for the kind word.......hope you follow along
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SkerryAmp reacted to Egilman in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Had to be something a might powerful to get you to leave like that...... It couldn't have been boredom..... {chuckle}
I'm relatively new here not even a year.... But more is better as they say... Welcome home.....
+1
It's always good to see old timers come back, (even if you don't know them) makes you feel even more like your not alone in the world.....
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SkerryAmp reacted to Edwardkenway in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
You and me both!!! As a kid I'd stand and drool over the wooden model of Victory in my local model shop, but it took me over forty years to take the leap and actually get and make a wood kit🤔😜 I'm now in deep with scratch builds on the go and in the tool buying rabbit hole 😂😂
+2 ditto
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SkerryAmp reacted to popeye the sailor in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
me......I'd look at 'em and think I could never build one it took a co worker to lay one in my lap to get me going. I haven't heard from him since he left Wally....an older gent, I hope he is well.
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SkerryAmp reacted to Egilman in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Been there, done that! It's an ongoing process of life on this rock and I'm also dealing with some of it now.... (but this too shall pass)
But I'm taking the time I would be hacking plastic to plan the future of my build yard... And a massive future project is in the offing. Along similar lines of scale to a 3/8th scale POF Santissimo or Victory. Scale in the terms of size, time & complexity but not a ship. Well I guess it could be called a ship so to speak....
Anyway good to see you posting again my friend....
EG
Cant wait to see your build log.... (we mustn't hijack Dennis's Kannonvogel build)
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Egilman in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Thank you sir!
Yeah - just a rough 3 years where life set it sights on us and just kept sucker punching - but (knock on wood, throw salt whatever it takes) looks like it is behind us, for now at least 😃
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from mtaylor in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
Oh, fear not you have certainly gained some experience - your work is awesome! One thing this little hiatus has given me is patience - a lot! So it is with a new look on life in general I re-approach the hobby! Let's see if it pays off.
I have added to the Santa Maria for now. The Harriet Lane and Willie are DOA. Time was not good to them at all and neither kit was in a state to recover from with any form of grace - very sad really. The Santa Maria is the most open to picking back up on once I cleaned it up a bit - had a spider living in the hold of all things! The mayflower is near done but I can't find the instructions or the parts I had for it, so will need to figure out what to do there and the mamoli will also be picked back up once I get the SM chugging along!
And of course I will follow along! 😃
Trying to get caught up on all the work and all the crafters I was following and the new ones is quite the challenge!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Jack12477 in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
POPEYE!
So, I come back after 3 years and see you have decided to dominate not just the seas, but the land and air as well! Damn my friend - busy busy busy!
I have so enjoyed going through your work - I grew up in the plastic world, worked in a hobby story around here even - Eric Fuch's, managed the one in Nashua and Burlington for several years. That is where the bug hit - loved the plastic world and it just brings me such joy to see work being done there. Sometimes makes me sad that modelling overall has diminished in popularity but love that people like yourself and others on this site are keeping it alive!
Love it!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
POPEYE!
So, I come back after 3 years and see you have decided to dominate not just the seas, but the land and air as well! Damn my friend - busy busy busy!
I have so enjoyed going through your work - I grew up in the plastic world, worked in a hobby story around here even - Eric Fuch's, managed the one in Nashua and Burlington for several years. That is where the bug hit - loved the plastic world and it just brings me such joy to see work being done there. Sometimes makes me sad that modelling overall has diminished in popularity but love that people like yourself and others on this site are keeping it alive!
Love it!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Egilman in Santa Maria by SkerryAmp - Artesania Latina - 1:65 - PoF
So next up we have the forward arch. Of course the plywood is not pre formed so it is very stiff and while it could be muscled into place I no longer apply brute force - so soaking, bending and strapping it is!
That part went surprisingly well, so once dried and formed I slapped on the veneer (I think in the future I am going to stay away from veneer - something about it is odd)
And then - after carefully trimming - we attach it to the forecastle and things are starting to move forward!
Next up! The forecastle deck!
Enjoy!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Altduck in Santa Maria by SkerryAmp - Artesania Latina - 1:65 - PoF
So next up we have the forward arch. Of course the plywood is not pre formed so it is very stiff and while it could be muscled into place I no longer apply brute force - so soaking, bending and strapping it is!
That part went surprisingly well, so once dried and formed I slapped on the veneer (I think in the future I am going to stay away from veneer - something about it is odd)
And then - after carefully trimming - we attach it to the forecastle and things are starting to move forward!
Next up! The forecastle deck!
Enjoy!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Louie da fly in Santa Maria by SkerryAmp - Artesania Latina - 1:65 - PoF
Thanks Louie - appreciate the kind words. That is my ultimate goal, make this better than I would have back then and then continue that momentum forward! So far so good - I think
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Canute in Junkers Ju 87G-2 Stuka 'Kanonenvogel' by popeye the sailor - Fujimi - 1:72 scale
POPEYE!
So, I come back after 3 years and see you have decided to dominate not just the seas, but the land and air as well! Damn my friend - busy busy busy!
I have so enjoyed going through your work - I grew up in the plastic world, worked in a hobby story around here even - Eric Fuch's, managed the one in Nashua and Burlington for several years. That is where the bug hit - loved the plastic world and it just brings me such joy to see work being done there. Sometimes makes me sad that modelling overall has diminished in popularity but love that people like yourself and others on this site are keeping it alive!
Love it!
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SkerryAmp got a reaction from Nirvana in Coureur by cafmodel - 1/48
WOW - This is an amazing piece of work - the interior details are absolutely wonderful, I can't tell you how much I admire the skill for a ship such as this. Just fantastic.
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