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  1. mtaylor
    Welcome to MSW, psk125. I'd rather address you by name than login name. I hope you'll start a build log for the Numa. I don't think we've seen a log for her yet.
  2. mtaylor
    Karel, Welcome to MSW.
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    Right, beware the egg beaters, both the big one on top that the little at the back. We did do drops of recon troops from 1000-2000 feet up. That wouldn't be bad. It would be bad bailing out of one falling out of the sky. They did for about a year, issue all fliers in the -53's parachutes. No one ever wore them, just tossed them in the fuselage and returned them to the paraloft we we got back. They had elaborate plans on how we were supposed to do this which, if one thought about it, the pilot might as well just try to land it. The method was to pull the nose up and those that could (the crew, any passengers were up the proverbial creek) went out the back. Then the pilot would roll the bird slightly and the co-pilot would go out his window. Then the pilot would roll it so his side was down and exit his window. And then were was issue that the pilots couldn't wear chutes in the seats or get out the windows with them on. Just a few minor details.....
  4. mtaylor
    That's terrible news, Chris. If your luck is like mine, they'll turn up just about the time you're finished with the new version.
  5. mtaylor
    Just beautiful work, Paul. I love those 'tween decks shots. I admit, you surprised me a bit with the photo above having the cannon hanging in the air.
  6. mtaylor
    Don't worry. Once you're hooked and into scratch building there's lots of power tools besides a lathe. Like small table saw, scroll saw, mill, and possibly a band saw and a laser cutter. We're all toolholics here. Don't ask how I know this.
  7. mtaylor
    Isn't the first rule of aviation "Don't bail out of a perfectly good airplane"? If it's flying... it's a good airplane. The second rule (the one I learned) "don't bail out of a helicopter)".
  8. mtaylor
    Welcome to MSW, Ernie. You're going to research just a lathe?
  9. mtaylor
    If you'll go here, https://modelshipworld.com/topic/17023-quick-find-indexes-to-build-logs-for-kits/, and click on the index to kits you'll get a PDF download. Inside that file is a list of all the kits. Scroll down and you'll find every log. The reason I say that is many builders sadly, only look at their own logs or maybe one or two other topics.
  10. mtaylor
    If you'd be interested in scratch building one, there's the Triton project here at MSW. I'd beware of any of those. There's a Triton offering which is pirated from the MSW plans, thus, if manufacturer is on the ban list... no go on a build log.
  11. mtaylor
    Looking great, OC.
  12. mtaylor
    Thanks for the explanation, Yves. Time for me to go do some reading.
  13. mtaylor
    That model is like a fine wine and has aged well.
  14. mtaylor
    Ah.. exploding bits. Nice work on race car. You captured a moment it time. It's best to see them from the outside than from the inside. From inside usually requires a change of underwear. I'll decline to answer how I know.
  15. mtaylor
    According to Wikipedia, the gospel of all things... the Japanese called it "two planes, one pilot" .
  16. mtaylor
    Lou, to quote a famous saying: "It can't hurt".
  17. mtaylor
    Welcome to MSW. I hope you'll start a build log on your projects. As for the wood, you'll probably have to buy sheet stock from a hobby shop and cut it yourself.
  18. mtaylor
    Gluing flat to flat in that small area is going to be iffy, Steven. Maybe fix then in position and band it with something thin?
  19. mtaylor
    As a former tech writer in a previous live, you're quite right Jaager. Yes, I did manual indexing of manuals. Computers were a blessing. As for today, I'm not sure is MS Word (or whatever the heck they're calling these days) has that functionality as I don't use a word processor anymore. I get along fine with the basic tools in Winders such as Notepad and Wordpad and Works. I should add that Word Perfect was wonderful, far superior to any MicroSloth product. Then MS got their revenge. They did a new version of Word and didn't release all the tech info so Word Perfect would be compatible even though MS made sure Word was compatible.
  20. mtaylor
    Give in, give in Denis to the dark side of the force.
  21. mtaylor
    That's true. So many battles, so little time to read them all.
  22. mtaylor
    Amazing build and a great video. Thanks for showing it to us, Jan. The camo design seems to have an effect as sometimes (to my eyes) it's going backwards. I know it's not though.
  23. mtaylor
    Hmm... were they having global warming event back then?
  24. mtaylor
    The only downside to a bandsaw is that it won't do inside cuts. For some, that's not a problem, for others, it might be.
  25. mtaylor
    Will this help? It was put into the Articles area some years ago but it's not David White's. Look at the second article: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-plans-and-research.php

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