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Beautiful and detailed. I really don't know how you do stuff that tiny but it's pure artistry.

Is it just me, but looking at the wakes, is the ship going in reverse? The other pics looked right but these two have me scratching my head.

Beautiful work. Like the others, I am impressed by your work bench. That is a marvelous tool.

We had the same problem on hot days. I've seen some videos of -53's in the middle east and they do that same running take off on hot days. The engine power wasn't the problem, it was the rotors. Just hard to get lift with them in thin hot air. As they add engines to choppers, they've made the rotor blades "bigger" and in the case of the -53, when they added the 3rd engine, the also added a blade along with the "bigger" size. Yeah.. it's a blur... to "Nam was San Fran to Hawaii, then to Okinawa. Coming back is the blur... I think we even might have had a bigger plane. The stewardesses said flying the military was voluntary.. they got extra pay and they had (as I recall) a better class of passenger. We were better mannered and deeply appreciated them.

The label says "brass, copper, or bronze". Personally I've not tried it on copper or bronze. Maybe some others have.

When Google went on their mad scanning spree, usually the only PDF's you could get in a search was their's. Currently, I've had to dig down 3 or 4 pages or more in a search to find certain PDF's as the first pages are not what I wanted.

Same here, but body is way beyond factory warranty. Some days I feel as frisky as a pup and then in a matter of hours, I'm the oldest guy in the world.

Nice pic of the Freedom Bird, Lou. Yeah, that flight seemed long. If I recall, we went to Okinawa, re-fueled (had to leave the plane but couldn't go to the bar as there was none at the field. Then Hawaii, again to refuel and stock up on booze and food. Landed in LA and then a bus to Camp Pendleton. Three days later, I was on my way home.... The interior is shaping up very well. I always wondered about Huey's. Just seemed like after two gunners, two guns, ammo, there wouldn't be room for anything else.

Ah... being a short time.... "so short, I can dangle my legs off a dime".... and the ever popular: "Tell some one who gives a F.....,, I'm outa' here." I think everyone was blurry on the way home, Ken. Seems like the was a party everynight in the Sargent's Club in 'Nam with someone going home.

Excellent disclaimer. OC: Nice looking work. I hope I can do half as good when I grow up.

Hi Dan, Sent you a link to the build log. What you say about the brain is true. Memories that I thought were gone have, for the most part, come back. Short term memory still seems to be in the trash, but getting better.

I hear you. I went to the funeral of a friend from my squadron back in the 80's. They held at the VA cemetery and that with taps and bagpipers..... I know for certain I wouldn't do well.

Rats... pity that as it would have made the tightening and adjustment so much easier.

I hear you on the fleetness and uselessness of our efforts. I've been told, for example, the runway we used at our base is now part of a major north/south highway. There's not much there to see from back then although some of the grunts have gone out to certain battlefields. I've avoided going to the Wall like the plague. Not sure I could handle it. Some things are too powerful emotionally and that's one of them.

Hmm... just curious, Kevin. Regarding the tensioning... do the turnbuckles actually work?

Will this ever actually see water or is it a static display. That's an impressive amount of work to get everything working and lit up.

That was a fast build and it came out looking great. Were you working 24/7 on it or were you able to sleep and eat?

I'm just following along and watching another masterpiece....

I did some Googling in depth... gray is the water from the sinks, etc. Yes, used to flush the toilets and some cleaning. Black water is the water and waste from the toilets. I wasn't aware that the subs used sea water for cleaning but then it makes sense as sea water was/is used on surface ships.

Very true, Lou. When the locals food came, it was hot both in flavor and temperature and we were damn glad of it. Hmm.. might have been rat instead of chicken... who knows? It was lots of spices, a sauce, lots of rice and bits of meat. We didn't insult them by dragging out a spoon, some guys used chopsticks and the others of us used our fingers and everyone smiled, both us and the villagers. There was cross cultural stuff though. One village I remember had spoons for their "honored guests" who brought medicine, tobacco for the adults and candy for the children. Lovely people most of them. I've often thought of going back for a tour/vacation/sentimental journey. but never found the time or money.

Well, the helicopter is done and on the shelf and memories found and remembered. So back to Belle Poule. The shop has been cleaned up, she's on the bench and tools are prepped. Then I had one of those moments... "what the hell was I thinking?" as I looked over the balsa filler. I thought about dumping it and starting over and doing it "properly", but then I'd still have a lot of sanding to do. So.. I'll carry on from where I am. Sidenote.... funny thing about strokes. Not ha-ha but weird maybe is right word. Right after it happened, my mind was shot. But it seems like things I thought were lost (like how to do a POB) but they've come back. Not completely but reminds of a computer backup. So memory gets trashed and then can be restored by back up tapes. It's the only way I can explain it. Hopefully, pictures in a few days of the port side I'm going to finish shaping.

Chinese? Google Translate will do it. 它將使用中文。("It will work".)

We had some "custom" work done on a few things. One CC had a "target" painted on his bullet bouncer because he figured the VC would aim for it and miss the target. Some painted names and art on their helmets, some didn't. The crews were basically all on a first name basis until you stepped off the bird, then it was military decorum. I saw the helmet/boots and "short" back then. One could even buy t-shirts with it on them.

I think it depends on what fittings you're looking for.

The Trafalgar Chronicles # 4 Peter Hore -Editor Seaforth Publishing, 2019 Softbound: $20.00 – 239 pages – Non-Fiction Order: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/ and also various book sellers This is the fourth in series of The Trafalgar Chronicles from the The 1805 Club and is themed on the people of Nelson’s time, his friends and his contemporaries, the battles they fought, as well as the technical and scientific changes taking place at the time. The 24 chapters are well referenced with footnotes supporting each chapter. This volume also contains 7 pages of color plates. Through out maps, drawings, and artwork along with a few plans where warranted. CONTENTS : President’s Foreword – Admiral Sir Jonathon Band Editor’s Foreword – Peter Hore The Decaturs, the Lehmans, and the Privateers – John Lehman The Summer Before Trafalgar: The Journal of Benjamin Sillman – Susan K. Smith Nelson was an Irishman – Das Grant Sin Bo’suns in Nelson’s Ships – Lynda Sebbage The Role of Women in London’s Sailortown in the 18th Century – Kenneth Cozens & Derek Morris North America’s Seafaring Cities – Harold E. “Pete” Stark Loyalist Mariners during the American Revolution – Tom Allen Admiral George Augustus Westphal – Tom S. Iampietro Admiral Philip Wetphal – T. Jeremy Waters Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Perry Wallis – Jeremy B. Utt Lieutenant Richard Bulkeley – Jack R. Satterfield Admiral Sir Manley Dixon, KCB – Andy Zellers Frederick Rear-Admiral Thomas Tudor Tucker – Andrew a Zellers Frederick Captain William Gordon Rutherfor, CB – Anna Kiefer Rear-Admiral John Peyton: A Personal and Professional Re-Appraisal – Barry Jolly The Beach of the English Dead: Remembering Captain Conway Shipley – Rui Ribolhos Filipe Russian on the Tagus – Mark West Bringing Up Franklin’s Baby: A Short Account of the Advent of the Balloon and It’s Adaption to Naval Warfar – Anthony Cross The Carronade: A Revolution in Naval Warfare – Anthony Bruce The Battle of St. George’s Cay, 10 September 1798 – Michael Harris Captain John Perkins – Douglas Hamilton Contributor’s Biographies Color Plates Notes REVIEW When I first received this book and then read the two forewords, I was worried it was going to be a bit stuffy, perhaps pompous even. Not so. Overall, I found the book fascinating and, for the most part, very readable. The articles give a powerful insight into some well-known persons and some not so well known as well as several battles and other events that may not be well known to many readers. There is so much in this book that I am putting it on my bookshelf with my other books to re-read it again.