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  1. mtaylor
    Thanks. I'm learning something new every time I log in.
  2. mtaylor
    I'm suspicious of that 2nd picture. I didn't realize this was to be a war wagon.
  3. mtaylor
    I think that's my problem. Sometime back, followed a couple links to Civil War battles and then Civil War sea and river battles which led to nation Wars sea battles and land battles. Now I kind of hooked on the Warfare History Network. I think I need to go into a detox center and break the habit. Or not.
  4. mtaylor
    I don't think there's enough popcorn in universe for that stash.
  5. mtaylor
    Full stop right after "ability". This isn't a race, a beauty contest, or a concours d elegance. It's just a hobby. The only person to be satisfied is the builder. You're doing great. Hang in there.
  6. mtaylor
    Chain drive and no brakes. Iron men with nerves of steel back then obviously.
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  8. mtaylor
    Depending on what wood you need, do some Googling. There's lots of places still open online and will ship.
  9. mtaylor
    Beautiful work.
  10. mtaylor
    Your picture is not showing since it's on a Google drive and needs a login. Can you post it here?
  11. mtaylor
    This beast was also a chain drive?
  12. mtaylor
    I suspect the biggest problem with the Spitfire against the Zero was armament. The Spit had only a few .30 cal. machine guns. The Zero had to cannon and several larger caliber MG's. I'm only "suspecting" this as I'm not full in on the details of the adversaries at the time.
  13. mtaylor
    Here's a link to a bunch of P-40 articles: https://nationalinterest.org/search/node/P-40 I've been doing a lot of reading when waiting for glue to dry or other things to happen at that site. They do have articles on the others that we've been talking about also and a pretty good search function.
  14. mtaylor
    Interesting sub kit. You might ask about it here: https://modelshipworld.com/forum/24-wood-ship-model-kits/
  15. mtaylor
    Part of the problem and it seem endemic in WWII was that the American pilots going in had little to no combat experience against either the -109 or the Zero. When the early aces started high and diving through the formations with the -40 and then taught it to the new pilots, it worked for them. Later as the -40 evolved and the pilots became more skilled, they learned new tricks and we better able to use the -40's attributes.
  16. mtaylor
    Humidity maybe?
  17. mtaylor
    Valid questions for which I have no answer. I'm trying to look ahead (really murky that far ahead) and have made some notes to myself such as matching the drawings and possibly even laser cutting the planks. But I have long way to go before then. This week I'm finally gluing planks to the gundeck and setting up for the ports build.
  18. mtaylor
    184 holes... all with the same bit? That would be a record. Call the Guinness Book of World Records.
  19. mtaylor
    Not liking that OC. Other than somehow removing the paint and starting over and finding decals I have no idea how to fix this disaster.
  20. mtaylor
    Dave, Do change your screenname. MSW gets trawled by bots daily and the last thing you'll need is to get spam, malicious emails, etc. from miscreants who use the trawled information.
  21. mtaylor
    Looking like it's seen a few miles. Maybe not, some of the French and Italian cars rusted just by someone looking at them.
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  23. mtaylor
    That's one of things I'm sorting out at this time. I'm arguing with myself as roughly 75-90% of the gundeck will not be visible. So I'm arguing about how much detail to have. The upper/main deck certainly will be tapered and curved to the best of my abilities. The problem that bothering me is that at 1:64, the ends of the planks at the bow and stern become really narrow. I hope to start laying deck planks this week and then start the framing for the gun ports.
  24. mtaylor
    I'd suggest asking this in the research area, Shipman.
  25. mtaylor
    Beautiful work and a such a tiny scale, Pat. Impressive.

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