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Welcome to MSW, Levmiller. I go along with the others. However, here's a few suggestions. 1) Look at the other builds for this model. You'll get info on what's a problem and what's not. 2) Open a build log of your own as it's good way to have other sets of eyes on your progress and to get help.
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what is the best hand plank crimper
mtaylor replied to ronald305's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I've had a hand crimper and tossed it as it damaged the wood too much. For heating, I have two old curling irons, one is 1/2" dia. and the other is 1-1/4" dia. They don't get hot enough to burn the wood. -
Great looking, birds, Mike. Love how they came out. Lou, I hope you get feeling better and can get to your models.
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Very well done, Patrick. This is probably the first time I've ever seen one of the kits and you're work has been a pleasant surprise.
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WWII Aircraft by Javlin - PLASTIC - The Unfinished to Finish
mtaylor replied to Javlin's topic in Completed non-ship models
Your display looks great, Kevin. Is there an admission price to visit your museum? -
Fairing the bulkhead
mtaylor replied to Worldway's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Emory boards here also among other ones made of wood. I use the flexible type sold by beauty supply shops. As for the ones made of wood.. generally a piece of scrap tweaked to the size and shape needed and then sandpaper glued to it. -
Hi SeaDoc, Welcome to MSW. I would suggest that you go to the kit build area and you'll see an index of all logs.... https://modelshipworld.com/forum/130-build-logs-for-ship-model-kits-by-era-launch-date/ Also, if you scroll down a bit, you'll see indexes by era. Go to the appropriate era for your models and you can search for logs from there. The best way to clamp is one of long debate as everyone basically has figure out which way works for them and for their particular model. There is a section for "tools" but it's not specific on the application to a particular ship, so the best way is look at the logs and see what others have done. Also, open a log of your own so that others can follow along help out when needed.
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Hi Mark, welcome to MSW. I'll just second the motion of the others about a build log. It really is the best way to go.
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That's excellent news, Alan. Even better about what happened the first time you went into the shop.
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I think it's your choice. At the size you're building and dimensions of the blocks, both will look good but ever so slightly different as much of the detail will be lost by the rope going through them. The other thing is the stropping will hide some of the detail also. I do like the look of the last picture you posted. Best thing might to strop one of each type, them run some line through them and see how each looks.
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Greetings! Long time lurker coming out of the bushes!
mtaylor replied to EKE's topic in New member Introductions
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Dornier Do-217K-1 by Papa - FINISHED - Revell - 1/72 - PLASTIC
mtaylor replied to Papa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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I don't recall having "night vision" available to us in Vietnam. Possible there was.
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Beautiful work, Eberhard. Even pointed out, I'm not seeing the errors. As for uploading... if something happens like a server move, all your photos will disappear so there's one good reason to upload them. Over the years, more than few logs had be deleted as the owner and the photo storage site went away.
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I've found that a very light sanding with fine sand paper helps. I don't try to remove all the "black" but just the surface rough bits. And I don't use CA on wood if I can help it.
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Looks perfect from here. Can still hear those engines roar as it flies over the house as a kid.
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That plate looks like a field upgrade, Joe. Very similar to what we did for the gunners in the CH-53's. On the window side it was riveted to the fuselage, on the door side, it riveted to the gun mount. As a field upgrade there probably isn't any "official" drawings. Probably just some sketches done by the metal shop so they could make what they needed and also replacements.
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Wow, the wood work makes the house visually an attention grabber.
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Larry, could your post the images using the .jpg format? The HEIC format is one that only Apple uses. We Window users can't see the photos. Thanks.
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I can see where every gamer you game with will be jealous. Lovely work.
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Wolf, you've done a wonderful realization of this this model. Beautiful.
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New member from Johnstone, Nr Paisley, Scotland
mtaylor replied to Marshall54's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome to MSW. I suggest you have a look at this topic before starting Supply as it has some great advise. -
Russ, I thought the plastic was an advantage as they're crisper than most metal parts and also the reworking to get them to fit the curves. A little hot water goes a long way to improve the fit. I used cherry wood (very thin) over the kit planking and it came out quite well.
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Looking forward to this Chris. A rather rare warbird to say the least. As far the decade you mentioned, war is a great stimulus of technology. If WWII hadn't happened, the jets probably wouldn't have appeared in numbers until late '50's. Or possibly later even.
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