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It really is a reliable gun. When the barrel hit a point (and this was at night) the gun went into runaway from the rounds cooking off. We twisted the belt, stopped the firing and ejected the barrel. It wasn't in the best shape the next morning.
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Hi Kelpie. Welcome to MSW. Post some photos of her and tell us what you know about the ship and hopefully someone will have an answer.
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I'm raising a toast (coffee as this point in time) in salute. The keel is laid.
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ancre La Jacinthe 1823 by guraus - Scale 1:48
mtaylor replied to guraus's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
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Welcome to MSW, George.
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Funny about the .50's... we had to remove the cosmoline and all our air cooling shrouds black as were the guns. Aerial .50's we had, but the ones I saw the ground pounders use on their vehicles with the shorter shrouds were all black also. If the barrels burned off the black, they had to be replaced as it obviously got too hot and thus distorted. I did that one time on guard duty (all night) and the barrel was glowing when I changed it out.
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Kenneth, open a build log for her. It's great way to get help. There is also an index of kit builds in the Kit area which also might help.
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Welcome to MSW. Here's a link to the index for kit builds. It might help find what your looking for. https://modelshipworld.com/topic/17023-quick-find-indexes-to-build-logs-for-kits/ Give some thought to opening a log as it is a great way to get help.
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Here: http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en.html And I'm removing your email from your post. It's not save as this site gets crawled a lot by Google and other others and you really don't want the spam that will result.
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Welcome to MSW, Les. Have look at the other Mantua Victory logs and see what they do. There is an index for kit models (to speed up your search) here: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/17023-quick-find-indexes-to-build-logs-for-kits/ And yes, some kit makers really do go somewhat obscure in the kit design and instructions.
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That had to be scary flight. Especially coming to and finding the plane "gliding" at 40,000 feet.
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What is a jewel iron and what does it look like?
mtaylor replied to Roger Fyre's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Bruce's definition also agrees with Falconer's (http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0743.html). JEWEL-BLOCKS, a name given to two small blocks, which are suspended at the extremity of the main and fore-top-sail-yards, by means of an eye-bolt, driven from without into the middle of the yard-arm, parallel to it's axis. The use of these blocks is to retain the upper-part of the top-mast studding-sails beyond the skirts of the top-sails, so that each of those sails may have it's full force of action, which would be diminished by the incroachment of the other over its surface. The haliards, by which those studding-sails are hoisted, are accordingly passed through the jewel-blocks; whence, communicating with a block on the top-mast-head, they lead downwards to the top or decks, where they may be conveniently hoisted. -
So many questions... guns? no guns? Masts or engine power? If masts, how many? What era? Help us out... so many models, so little time.
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Ah, nothing like a well-armed gunship... it means victory. To sort of paraphrase. I'm in. I've not seen this kit but will follow along.
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Aston Martin DB5 by Fnick - Revell 1:32 (Finished)
mtaylor replied to fnick's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Will you add the machine guns? Great for clearing out traffic jams. -
Looking good, OC. I take it the hatch over the engine isn't removable?
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Bilge Rat is job, not name.
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Welcome to MSW. I hope someone can help with the instructions.
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Well, there's several manufacturers in the poll that are no longer in business. Yet you can still buy the kits and people are still doing logs for them. The poll is basically a thumbnail. If you see a manufacturer who has a kit you're interested in, then view some logs for details.
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Beautiful in every way. That should end up in an art museum just for the carvings alone.
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Candice, Have you tried Googling for it? I would hope there's someplace near you that could ship it.
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It seems to be a matter of choice. The advantage to working from top down and bottom up is being able to fit drop plank or stealers easier.
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Sweet!!!!!
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Welcome to MSW, HakeZou. Just remember, it's not a race but a hobby so enjoy the process.
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