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I've been following this thread and to be honest, I have no knowledge of Dutch practices but I find it interesting to say the least. It seems that there's a difference in "definition" which might be localized by shipyards/designers. Is size and number of guns? Or is it usage? For example, the USS Constellation of 1854 is formally a "sloop of war" yet it's also called a "frigate". Thus, the class of ship can be rather nebulous. The two authors you cite... did they know of each other? Live in the same time period or same location? It's possible that what one yard call a flute another called it a pina. Also, the question of size, history tells us that, again I'll reference frigates.... frigiates came in all sizes and the number of guns. Even today, the term is somewhat vague as to "what is a modern frigate"? Given this, I can understand why these two authors have differences. Are there any other contemporary works that might shed light on this?
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After reading response about the front mounted road wheel and thinking about it, I remembered something from days as a tech writer. What the designer and manuals intended is often ignored, repurposed, or modified by the lads in the field due to operational issues. This could very well be one of them. The factory and army contractors mounted it there for what they thought was good. Troops... just left there and really never used it. I do like this model. Very detailed and very busy.
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Since the spare wheel at the front has it's rubber "tire", I'd assume it was bolted down. Interesting place though to put the spare.
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Just catching up and following along, Dave. What you did for the anchors says you'll be fine bashing this kit into shape.
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I believe that POB kits get around this by selecting their false keel, keel pieces, bow, and stern thickness along with the planking wood thickness such that rabbet is ignored to keep it simple to produce the kit and also build it.
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Welcome to MSW, Farmer. You've received some excellent advise. One suggestion is to look through the logs and see who's from Down Under and what kits they're building. The import issue is an important one and they might have advise. Also do some research on hobby shops there. Some can and will order kits from manufacturers that they don't carry a stock for.
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Ah... logistics. Got it. Seems it was common practice in some places that when the ship came in for maintenance, they pulled the guns and put them on a ship ready to leave. As such, the numbers, sizes of guns seldom matched the design.
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Was it a weight issue much like what caused the Vasa to capsize?
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The drones have different weapons depending the make and model. Some can carry everything, others it's a matter of mission and weapon loadout. I'm not sure about loses. There's too much smoke and mirrors coming from both sides as propaganda to be sure what the real numbers are. There's lot of videos showing the drones doing their thing but there's some questions about when the vids were made, etc. A couple have been debunked as coming from a video game. I've heard that also about the A-10's along with better range and accuracy.
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
mtaylor replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Somedays it was great..,,, peaceful, relaxed and zipping along watching the scenery. Other days, not so much. Eitheir way was an adrenaline rush... both the good way and the "bad" way. -
Towards the end of his life von Richthofen was reportedly severely affected by castor oil such that sometimes he couldn't even make it out to his aircraft.
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Great build and the idea of things moving remotely is amazing. I agree that it's something they will treasure.
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That's good news on the surgery and the recovery from COVID. She's looking a proper ship to my eye with all the details being added. Thanks for the insights on how you arrive at shapes and sizes of all those tiny bits.
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
mtaylor replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Like Lou... fires lit, rpm's up, and big egg beater overhead was spinning. As for Ken's being in a hurry because they could... I believe it.. A kick in the seat and some G's from acceleration. It would get the blood flowing and a mental "woopiee" much like drag racers get when they launch. -
They have made excellent use of drones against tanks, trucks, etc. The drones have been a "game changer" as they say.
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That is one loaded and detailed model. I can't believe the detail and parts for this model. Excellent work.
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I believe that to be a true statement. Over in 'Nam, they'd put condoms on the muzzle and wrap a bit of clear wrap around the breech when a heavy trek was done. Those of us who were air wing... nah... we flew above the dust mostly.
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If that's the case, then everyone here is a masochist.
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They did have some issues with heavy dust conditions according two Wikipedia. Very few moving parts and a quick cleaning could fix it in short order. I wonder if they put some sort of cover over them on the tank? Or even took them inside? Seems if you need to use it, but have to clean it out first would be a serious problem.
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Just incredible and beautifully crafted. I'm happy she went to a museum and this model really needs to be seen and not locked away somewhere.
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I moved this to the "non-nautical" model area.
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Would a bit of Locktite work with the screws that were coming loose? I'm one not to trust lock washers or even just torquing them eitehr.
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