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love the looks of her out in the light.......they always look better in their natural habitat great progress and the sails look very nice........I remember my first time on a sewing machine. as the admiral says......I'm still learning
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all that talk was rattling the gents at the wharf......literally ! Chester and the boys have taken up weapons and ready to head out.........now I have to break the news to them ship's look'in awesome OC.........almost at the finish line
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very nice progress Kevin, since I last looked in. the structure is coming out great......railings, funnel and all look really good the gallows fore of the winch.....shouldn't the pulleys at the deck be to the rear, towards the winch? they would be more functional that way and might be problematic in rigging them.
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congratz Greg on another awesome model.........the weathering, and paint is especially effective! planes look awesome in spite of the small snaf-fu with the emblems...although I think a better example would have been the German emblem. museum quality my friend.........very very well done!
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wow! guess we know now who slept during class..... gotta think though....if the plane was shop up or crippled, that barrier probably save quite a few lives.
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you've done well in recreating the deck beams if you have my log on word press, then you've got all the info you should need......I put quite a bit into her yes.....this particular hull style was use in {I think} three of Billings kits...the Cux 87, the Mary Ann, and the Norden {which is in another scale}. I found another use for this hull style as well...the M&M Fun Ship {it's in the gallery} I kept the part sheet and traced out the hull parts...the rest I did from scratch. if this was not laser cut......then you've got an old kit. early Billings kits were not laser cut, and the fittings were sold separately.......the Nordkap {my first wood build} wasn't laser cut...though to be around 40 or so years old. I recently got another old Nordkap kit, which I am building the Progress, a model that was produced around the same time as the Nordkap. I've seen older Cux and Mary Ann kits out there......I've wanted to get 'em, but the admiral says I have too many kits already {by who's standards?}. I'm not sure if you need to cut the deck platform in half........can't recall if I did it, or even if the kit came that way. the deck beams do have a slight camber to them, but it's not an aggressive curvature. it'a good point Matrim....what can be done is to weight down or fasten the center to prevent it. if it does occur, a plane can bring the rise down sufficiently. I've split 'em a few times...or they came that way........once the rise is removed and planked over, you'd never know the difference I remember your Danmark build.......turned out a very nice ship, you did I see it needs restoration. hope it's nothing serious. your stern posts and truss beams look good too. the frame look very good. no filler came with the kit........you won't need them. the stern bulwark cap can be tricky.......hopefully the guy didn't cut it out he did a sow's ear on the beams!
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amazing detail Greg........the contrast between the supplied and PE guns is astounding! the Island is a model in itself! really nice progress........very well detailed
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holy cow! it's a good thing I poked into the forum to catch up.........you'd be done and I would have missed all the fun! she's looking great my friend ........your rigging looks awesome! looking forward to seeing her completed.........the closer you are here........the closer you are to the Mosquito
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thanks Ken.......I owe it to this book. the original author Geoffrey J. Thomas, passed away towards the tail end of the research. Barry Ketley picked up where he left off and had it published. there is also quite a bit of info about Adolf Hitler, so this book would also be a good source of info for any history buffs out there. it does make it harder to discern color with the bulk of the pictures I've seen in black n white, but I've seen enough faded finishes { cars and such}, that it isn't hard to imagine. I think that's what drew me to the plane......all of the exterior detail. thankfully, it will make up for the lack of interior detail....because this kit doesn't have it. so I will try to add as much of the exterior detail I can into the model. when I get more into the Memphis bell kit.......you will see the difference
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