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mtaylor reacted to Egilman in Lotus type 78 by gsdpic - Tamiya - 1/12th scale - PLASTIC
And that make it accurate to history.... Even if it isn't how it is remembered....
And shows us that things that were very popular in the past might not be so popular in the future... Such are the vagaries of history when its created by human beings...
I distinctly remember when the swastika of Nazi Germany was very highly admired around the world, now it is universally held as evil incarnate... (with good reason)
Humans being a self-aware social species, tends to whitewash there bad history by removing it from the books... But thankfully, (unfortunately maybe) that doesn't change the truths of history...
Tobacco money helped build one of the best and most beautiful race cars that was ever built....
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mtaylor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, right I am calling this guy done, still more to do.
OC.
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mtaylor reacted to ccoyle in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
So, while I'm sitting here killing some time, allow me to share one of the Great Criminal Enterprises in the world of card modeling. Shown below is a screen capture of my shopping cart from an actual publisher/vendor in Poland, who shall go nameless.
Pay special attention to the shipping charge. How many models do you think are in my shopping cart?
Two.
Yes, that is the shipping cost to get two kits (plus frames, wheels, and canopies) shipped from Poland. Which is a shame, because I'm really quite interested in these two particular models (a Swedish J-20, i.e. Reggiane 2000, and a North American Harvard IIB). But I'm not $72.24 interested. Sadly, these two kits are not available at the sites I usually buy from.
Card models -- it pays to shop.
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mtaylor reacted to ccoyle in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
This came up in my Facebook memories today. It's a Yak-3 built from an Orlik kit. It's one of the very first kits I built with laser-cut formers. A friend of mine back in California has this model.
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mtaylor reacted to ccoyle in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
. . . then you still have to wait for it to arrive from Poland. 😉 I already have the new parts cut out.
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mtaylor reacted to druxey in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
But, if the second set is the correct thickness....
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mtaylor reacted to ccoyle in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
Yes, this is how I had to build all my models back in the days before I discovered laser-cut parts! Happily, pulpboard is far gentler on #11 blades than chipboard (shudder). I was fortunate to have such a large surplus piece of it on hand.
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mtaylor reacted to Egilman in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
Old school, and I'm sure it will come out fine,... I'm also sure you've done it before... {chuckle} You knew the solution right away....
Just a little more work... I have faith in you...
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mtaylor reacted to realworkingsailor in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
Fair enough! I guess it would be a matter of replacing one headache with another!
Andy
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mtaylor reacted to ccoyle in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
You could, if A.) you were willing to pay for a new set, B.) the replacement set were also the wrong thickness, and C.) you were willing to wait two weeks or so for the new set to arrive. No, thanks!
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mtaylor reacted to realworkingsailor in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
If the laser parts are only half thickness, could you order a second set of them and laminate them together (with the laser parts you have) to create the desired 1mm thickness?
Andy
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mtaylor reacted to ccoyle in Salmson 2 A.2 by ccoyle - WAK - 1/33 - CARD - in markings of aircraft flown by Capt. Arthur J. Coyle, 1st Squadron, US Air Service, Autumn 1918
Bit of a hiccup on the Salmson. The sheet of laser-cut parts for the wings was cut from the wrong thickness of card -- only 0.5 mm instead of 1.0 mm. I suspect the sheet containing the fuselage bulkheads was likewise cut from the wrong thickness, but thickness was less critical for those parts. Anyways, I assembled one wing frame, hoping I could make the thinner parts work, but the resulting structure is very flimsy. So, I made the painful decision to ditch the laser-cut parts and use the printed kit parts after laminating them to some leftover 1.0 mm pulpboard. This means I will now need to cut out 28 parts for the wing frames. Also, because the frame pieces are so narrow in the vertical dimension, cutting out the notches where the parts intersect greatly weakens the pulpboard at that point, so I need to stiffen all of the cut-out parts with thin CA. Depending on how motivated I am, this task may take a few days.
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mtaylor reacted to Egilman in M1A1 ABRAMS by mikegr - Revell - 1:72 - PLASTIC
Well the same way they make race cars go fast is the way they make tanks go fast... HP to Weight ratio... You can get anything to fly with a liberal application of horsepower....
Well the future of aircraft carriers is good as long as there isn't solar powered remote control aircraft.... (survivability is the issue, but you have to have the carrier to support the pilots) Tanks have reached a plateau in development, like cars, they are beginning to look all alike, and the anti-tank weapons have improved so much, (at least ours have) that armor is junk on the battlefield as soon as they are spotted... But then again wars of conquest are passe' as well...
Large scale wars ala WWII will result in total world destruction...
But the contents of museums like this are impressive none the less... Man's ingenuity for destruction knows no bounds...
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mtaylor reacted to mikegr in M1A1 ABRAMS by mikegr - Revell - 1:72 - PLASTIC
Before model introduction I will post some pics of my visit at the Panorama museum in Cairo. Cairo isn't all about Pyramids, it has many sightseeings within the city center like the Saladin Castle which also has a big mosque, a police museum and other modern fighting machines like aircrafts, howitzers and tanks.
And from the Castle of Saladin
What is impressive is how these metal beasts are made. Makes you wonder how these super heavy vehicles can develop decent speeds. What makes me wonder though is what is the great force required them to blow them in pieces like we have seen in the documentary films. Especially in the modern warfare days, the challenge of survival among new threats like guided missiles and UAVs is definitely rough. However seems like there is some future left for these battle machines. We can imagine a fleet without carries but we cannot imagine a modern army without tanks.
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mtaylor reacted to mikegr in M1A1 ABRAMS by mikegr - Revell - 1:72 - PLASTIC
While I feel tired and bored to build a plane model I'm excited to build a simple tank diorama in the humble but still efficiently detailed and space saving, 1:72 scale. The reason I picked this model is to avoid camouflage patterns. A single colored vehicle in the dessert scene. Let's see how invisible I can make it.
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mtaylor reacted to bcochran in Adding to a finished build log
I want to continue with a build log that was marked "finished" last year. It was my Lindberg Chris Craft Constellation log. I never finished getting the R/C equipment working and I am going to do that now. I would like to add to that log or start a new one It's been a while since I was here and I forgot how to strat a build log.
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mtaylor reacted to James H in Adding to a finished build log
If you edit the first post, you can remove the 'finished' from the title.
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mtaylor got a reaction from FriedClams in USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865
I'm with Snug Harbor Johnny on this. Even the missed deadeye hole won't be noticed except by you and those of us following your log.
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mtaylor got a reaction from thibaultron in British Pathe film: Model Boat Building, 1956.
And not quite big enough to get into and sail it.
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mtaylor got a reaction from Jack12477 in British Pathe film: Model Boat Building, 1956.
And not quite big enough to get into and sail it.
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mtaylor got a reaction from mugje in British Pathe film: Model Boat Building, 1956.
And not quite big enough to get into and sail it.
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mtaylor got a reaction from Jim Lad in British Pathe film: Model Boat Building, 1956.
And not quite big enough to get into and sail it.
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mtaylor reacted to ccoyle in Hercules by Kevin - FINISHED - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat
She looks fantastic, Kevin!
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mtaylor reacted to SiriusVoyager in Hercules by Kevin - FINISHED - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat
That is a very nice looking tug!
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mtaylor reacted to drobinson02199 in Bismarck by drobinson02199 - Amati - Scale 1:200
So now all those detail pieces are painted and mounted. Pictures below are five of the area around the large superstructure stern turret, and five of the area around the bow turret. There are two more large turrets aft and fore of these respectively, yet to be built.
The little winders are finished with thread to represent rope. On the sides you will also see paravanes. I was not aware that large ships like the Bismarck had paravanes to do their own minesweeping, but apparently so.
Regards,
David
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