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  1. Welcome back, Albert. Your laboratory looks great.
  2. Congratulations, Dave. Life and all that does get in the way doesn't it? Lovely model.
  3. Richard, check places like Home Depot and Lowe's for finer sanding disks. Or check the web.
  4. I hadn't heard that one either, but it's probably true.
  5. I'm not going to like that post. I hope the scratch build works out.
  6. I always wished they'd made lathe duplicators for other lathes besides the Sherline. <sigh>
  7. Thanks for correcting me. I wasn't aware that the Belle Poule of 1834 had them. I've come across no signs of them in French frigates prior to that time using ANCRE as a major source.
  8. The new guns came in and I like these alot. Excellent price and service. Pretty detailed but assembly required. At the top is the link chute for ejecting the links down into the bag we had under the guns. The brass ejected out the bottom of the gun and went into the same back. I'll make an ammo can to hang on the left side of the gun. Later versions had a much larger ammo box sitting on the floor with a system link the fighters in WWII had on the wing guns: metal chute that actually little rollers it in. It even has cover that opened up for loading the ammo belts so they can be open or closed. Now to go sort out the mounting.
  9. Well... had a -53 named "Shudderin' ShiXXer", with an outhouse that had rotor blades for art. I never figured it out why they vibrated so much. The vibration didn't start until the rotor was spinning so I'm thinking that many choppers either the blades were perfectly tracked or the blades were "mismatched". They were supposed to be pretty close in weight. But, it might have been something else....
  10. Depending on who made the disk... DVD's can be quite good or really bad. Average lifetime is supposedly 10+ years.
  11. No, on English and American ships they would have been stored in the netting. It gets them out of the way below deck and also provides some protection for the crew in battle. The French didn't use hammocks. I'm not sure about the Spanish.
  12. Hmm... a submarine is just a presunk ship. Right? Denis, get a couple of memory sticks.... label one "main" and one "back up". Then load the stuff on both so that if one dies you'll still have it. I got burned last year. HDD died, and corrupted my backup drive (not all of it but enough to irritate me). I'm now running two back up drives. One stays plugged in and the other gets the back up run on it twice a week. Paranoid I am.
  13. You mean they let you out, Denis? You get to see daylight!!! And don't confuse Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, etc. with Blind Melon Chitlin. (And no... I'm not going to post the video.... I like my job).
  14. Looking good Jack. Neat and tidy like a Rolls should be.
  15. Nice recovery, Lou. Duck tape. We used a lot of it also. But then, a helicopter is just bunch of loose parts flying in formation. I do understand the problem you're having. The catch here is did the parts designer actually use the same model you're building? There's other questions but it might just be quality control. The parts I got (the guns) appear to be 3D printed and a least one sprue was removed before it set.
  16. Welcome to MSW, Toddler. I think we've all made at least one of these beasts...
  17. Well, here, if you open a log and then get sidetracked, the log stays put. When you come back to add something to it, you can. As for Pete's website.. it's gone. http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/172734.aspx
  18. Welcome to MSW, Larry. The others gave a good starting point. As you delve deeper into ship modeling you'll want to add to your tool chest. The key is buy what you need as you need it, otherwise you'll end up with a tool box full of tools you'll never use. In the articles database, there's a topic on materials and tools. Therer's also an excellent article on tools NOT to buy. http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-materials-and-tools.php
  19. Hi Vesinhisi. Welcome to MSW. I too would love to see the progress on your model. Please do open a build log.
  20. Sorry to hear about the problems, Lou. Looks like you can fix it, though. I've come to the conclusion that many of the after market add-ons for aircraft just aren't worth it. The ones from 1001Models seem to be crap. Love the video, Denis. Not sure what type of chopper that is though. Not a CH-34 as the one in he movie is jet turbine. The 34 was a recip and made by Sikorsky. See photo attached. Ah... adding this... a quick google for "helicopter in full metal jacket" says this: "The helicopters used were Wessex 60s, a civilian version of the Wessex HC. 2 and used as troop transports by the RAF."
  21. Just fantastic, Danny. I still surprised at the amount of detail in these models.
  22. We are bashers indeed. Seems I always add or change something the models I build. I'm still cleaning up fuselage. Hope to have photos in a day or two. I thought I'd share this one.... It was played by the crew of the airliner (TWA I think) on the way back from 'Nam. Just before we set down in the States. I still listen to it to relieve stress.... It was also the closing song in the movie "Good Morning, Vietnam".
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