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I can't see most of them also - just lots of picture code.
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- Ryland Craze and P.Raveneau
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Welcome to the club.
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- mtaylor and P.Raveneau
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Welcome aboard Jon.
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- Ryland Craze, JRGlasoe and mtaylor
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28 minutes ago, Egilman said:
This is a concept that many don't understand.... I'm dealing with some of this today with the race riots and beatings, burnings and bashings..... Like getting shot with a shotgun because of who I was walking down the street with, ducking a 2x4 swung from the back of a passing truck, being called a N*****-lover..... Drinking from a water fountain marked "Black Only" and getting the crap beat outta me for it....
Then being told a few months ago to go to the back of the crowd cause they wanted to put a black face on their march.........
I had a chance to talk with my father about it back before he passed, and he was proud of me and He brought up "seeing the elephant", something he just started talking about.... there was no explanation needed he seemed to know exactly what I needed to hear. That is when I saw him as more than just an obstinate old man, I think that is when he saw me as more than just a punk kid.... There was a respect and understanding afterwards that just wasn't there before... it didn't need to be said, it just was....
I wasn't in the Army, I didn't go to Vietnam, but what I seen and experienced here in the good old USA could of sure passed for it....
Mucho respect for those who served abroad, in the service and at home.....
It was one hell of a time.....
Recent events have brought a lot of those memories back.... I sure hope we don't have to go through it again....
Would love to see more on the Huey Lou, if you feel up to it....
Respect and understanding to you EG for talking about that, and also warm wishes to our brothers Lou, Mark and Ken and all the others who experience things No human should have to - one thing fot sure here we have a gentle understanding place of understanding and friendship. 🤜🤝🤛
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Nice clean workbench mate🙃👍
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- Edwardkenway, Egilman, Canute and 3 others
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Stunning work Kevin, those decks look loverly made all the more so by the tennon joints.
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- Edwardkenway, Kevin and EJ_L
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- mtaylor, Jack12477, marktiedens and 8 others
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52 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:
look'in good
Thank you Denis.
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2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:
looking really good OC........the interior looks awesome you're really tempting me to start the Osprey.......the interior is almost the same!
nicely done!
Go for it Denis - you know you will have an audience😉
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- Edwardkenway, mtaylor, Egilman and 2 others
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Having a re-think - if its the last frame causing the problem with it potentialy being too far back creating too sharp an angle, how about adding some more wood behind the last frame/but glued to it, this would enable you to sand a more gentle profile for the tuk, I think that would help a lot and take away such a sharp angle.
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3 hours ago, ronald305 said:
thanks OC
I do have the blocks that came with the iron but isn't the blocks a little wide for the bend I need to make, plus the iron head is also wide I have been using the narrow part of the iron and sometime a soldering iron shaft part and gently pushing down on the plank after they have been soaked for 12 hours over the hot part of the iron and have been using the block inverted to support the iron. I have ordered a steamer to help with the twist part of the bend but would like to solve the sharp bend problem first
Ronald
Does it look like this - you could use the half moon shape part to get a tighter turn, its what I used to use for some really tight turns.
Pic not mine.
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Are you using a "Bending Block" with your heat Iron for bending? it should have come with your Iron, it is such a useful tool for getting tight turns with the planks.
What I used to do with mine was to soak the plank you want to fix - say one on each corresponding side, then when I t feels wet enough with a bit of bend to it - pit it over the bend in the Bending Block and using the heat from the Iron push down gently in the curve of the block till the heat/steam gently pushes the plank down into the curve. The key heare is not to push too hard - Just go gentle and feel the bend , it takes a bit of getting used to but it does work - I have bent a near circle using the tighter of the bends in the Block.
Give it a try.
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2 minutes ago, marktiedens said:
Thanks O.C.. I think I would rather tie ratlines than rig guns.
Mark
I know, thats why I cheated on my Pearl build - tried but said to myself "nah too much hassle" but enjoyed the ratline -ish (tiny ish)
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That looks excellent Mark.
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Looking really good.
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- Canute, Egilman, popeye the sailor and 2 others
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- marktiedens, mtaylor, Canute and 5 others
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12 minutes ago, CDW said:
Please don't follow my example, Papa. I am a bad influence in the excess stash department.
You need to invest in Ten pairs of hands so you can "multi-multi-multi-multi task and build many"😁
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- Canute, lmagna, Edwardkenway and 2 others
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Afternoon all, I'm back - I decided to give my Chinook build a slight rest while I do somemore work here - I decided to have a go at building the chap who was in overall control over the Farm no less than - Major Georg von Baring, as he stayed "sted fast" with his army right through the battle for the farm.
Pic off the net showing him on his horse.
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Right then everyone, I'm going to put a little hold on this - Just when it was getting interesting, as I want to do somemore work on my Waterloo project - see you over there😉
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31 minutes ago, Canute said:
As your modeling skills grow, you get more comfortable with kit-bashing and scratchbuilding. Welcome to the Dark Side, mate.
Thanks Ken.
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- Canute, Egilman, popeye the sailor and 2 others
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1 hour ago, Canute said:
Lots of small details that make it come alive. Good job, OC.
Thanks Ken, yep the rear roof area in the kit is a bit "basic" you can get update sets that include that area - but just as good to fo it yourself.
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What Scriber is best for simulating deck planks in plastic?
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I think that wood (pontos simulted decks) or proper decking as we use in our wood kits can look simply superb, I have used both at different scales.
Scribing especially for planes can be really useful to open up panel lines that have been lost with sanding - or just plain missing.
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