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On 1/30/2023 at 3:38 PM, KeithAug said:

 Take care not to heat up brass which has been joined using CA. The heating will break the bond.
Great job on the gun.

And the fumes are not good for you or other living things either.

1 hour ago, GrandpaPhil said:

I use max cure superglue from just about any hobby house.  My last couple batches were Bob Smith Industries off Amazon.  It works great for me.  It bonds metal to metal and metal to wood without a problem.  It takes a few minutes to set up, but once it dries, it doesn’t let loose.

It should be noted that many hobby shops and other places are labeled with the store.   Bob Smith does this if they request it but somewhere on the label might be www.bsii-inc.com and/or "Manufactured by BSI".

Welcome to MSW, Michael.   Have a look in this area:  General Ship Model Kit Discussions - NOT build logs

Ken, I don't dilute the vinegar.   

I too will tag along.

That last photo... just looks so real.   Wow.

15 hours ago, Rock_From_Korea said:

By the way, when a certain section is all done and no more glueing required, I usually apply varnish to finish that section. I suppose varnish would mitigate some of the negative impacts of olive oil?

It probably will as it will keep the air from reacting with the olive oil.  Though with varnish, I'm not sure you'd need the olive oil.   

Olive oil?  Like the cooking kit?   If ii is, I worry about pests going for it and also it turning rancid.  

It looks to me like they're too tall and and too thin (the kit ones).   Hopefully there's something in the after market that would work.   As for the foremost one.... It needs to go.  

As for the deckhouse... the photo shows one that seems flat and low.   You might be able to modify the existing one.

6 hours ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

  Some of the tanks had open hatches so a visitor could get inside (which I did).  There was also an indoor museum of all sorts of military items, but I don't know if anything seen decades ago has been maintained or is available for viewing these days.  One would have to check before attempting a visit.

I was there back in the 70's on a business trip.   It appears the museum is closed or about to close as it's being moved.  Here's the link:  https://www.ordmusfound.org/'  

Best wishes and prayers that all goes well on Tuesday.  

Looks great, Bob.    And a great job on overcoming so issues and setbacks.

Just a big "wow" from me at this point.   It's really impressive that the resin pats look like old wood.  

Sweet looking bird, Denis.

From here, I doubt the ratlines would be seen anyway. Looks darn good.    I hope the weather gives you a break.

I moved this to the proper era section.

Since this is going to be a log, I've moved it to the proper area here the Scratch Area.

Not always but usually both the upper and lower lids on the half lids  could be removed.  

If you're thinking of buying a mill, than you have your drill press but only for wood.   I wouldn't use it for metal. The other thing, I use it as a drill press so seldom  and space in my shop limited that's it's just not worth the cost.  A good alternative is to get one the stands/mounts for a Dremdl type tool Hsae showed.   Do not get one the cheapies that has plastic parts.  I was given one a long time ago it just sits under my work bench.   It the plastic parts just twist and bend and anything drilling is pretty much impossible. 

11 hours ago, bruce d said:

Re the corner-gun or whatever it was called: I thought it was used operationally and wasn't very successful. As I understood it, the barrel was rifled at the breech end. The bend was oversize to allow the round to move around and (wait for it) the bend was smooth-bore on the inside and semi-grooved on the outside of the bend before being fully rifled again for the last straight bit.

It must have been a joy to do quality control on that production line.

A bigger problem was firing and actually hitting what you wanted to shoot.   You're around the corner and can''t see the target.

Ah resistance was indeed futile.  Plans in the shop for a second scratch build and a kit will be on the way as soon as the weather clears in another part of the country.   I'm not complaining.   Isn't there a rule about having the most models wins at some point? I know I won't win, but that's ok.  LOL.  I just need to screw my head on right and get busy. 

I suspect that your conclusion about it "being left over after conversion" is probably right.  If you look at the way the gun is mounted, it's definitely not at a broadside angle angle the recoil would most likely push it back into the side of the mortar pit.

Could those extra two have been carried topside?   Or they might have ballast but those were usually damaged guns.

It's possible that they are re-doing the kit.  Seems the new owners are putting time and money into re-deisigns and upgrades.