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Diver

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About Diver

  • Birthday 11/10/1952

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    Kingston Ontario
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    History, Watches , Cars, anything mechanical.Born

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  1.    Diver reacted to a post in a topic: San Francisco cable car by kgstakes - FINISHED - OcCre
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  8. Diver
    When I arrived in Halifax in 1970 as a brand new Ordinary seaman the Bonny was still tied up in the dockyard, all though she was De-Commisioned. I was doing a Explosive Demolition course out at Portugese cove the day she was towed out on her way to the razor blade factory. It was a sunny but sad day. I think this would have been spring of 71, or maybe 72.
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  21. Diver
    Put my new airbrush and paint booth to the test. A lot of trial and error to get the correct paint mixture and air pressure to spray an acceptable coat. I tested on some scrap before moving to the car body. I am happy with the results. I will let the primer cure for a day and then on to the colour coats.
  22. Diver
    To improve my skills in dealing with small painted parts I purchased this kit from Echelon hobbies in Brighton Ontario. This will be used as a learning curve before Continuing with my 1/12 scale Alfa. The colours used may not be accurate but they are what I have. At this stage I am not ready to attempt spark plug wires but that will come later. The kit is a 1/25 from Moebius models.
  23. Diver started following Lotus 49C by DocRob - FINISHED - Ebbro- 1/20 - Plastic
  24. Diver
    Worlds finest navy, Must have been the RCN.. LOL
  25. Diver
    I believe that Douglas Bader was flying a Bulldog when he crashed and lost his legs.
  26. Diver
    Thats great news. It is so easy for a country to lose its history due to lack of funding. We can not always rely on private funding and donations.
  27. Diver
    I have the luxury of using the second bedroom in our Condo.
  28. Diver
    Steps 5, 6, and 7 complete. I now will wait for my airbrush set up before going any further. I will start on the engine but will only do main pieces and hand paint smaller items like hoses, distributor etc. This kit is all produced and have not run into any problems , yet. I do require my back kit magnifier for the tiny nuts and bolts.
  29. Diver
    Thanks for pointing this out. I have disassembled the front suspension and scraped the mould lines. I have started on the rear springs and scraping was much easier before assembly. Once the rear suspension is installed the build comes to a halt as I wait for my airbrush set up. Will be picking that up in Ottawa in early September.
  30. Diver
    I was initially going to paint different colours on the suspension but I have not yet received my airbrush system. I am going to paint the model as per photos in the build manual. Front friction dampeners added.
  31. Diver
    I have started on this build, my first car in over 50 years. It will be a slow build as I am still waiting for my airbrush set up. There will be a learning curve and lots of practice before putting paint to the model. Step 1 and 2 complete
  32. Diver
    I am going to call this build Finished. The small boats ended up in the garbage, new ones will be ordered from AL. I started this build with great enthusiasm but that was lost when I ran into problems with some of the materials, and lack of drawings. The videos are a great help but drawings would be better in my opinion. No mast lights are provided with the kit so I used plastic thumb tacks. This build gave me great frustration at times and complete joy at others
  33. Diver
    Just about finished. Only the mast and fenders to complete. The small boats ended up in the garbage so I will order a new set from AL. All the parts for the boats are on one small sheet so it should not be a problem. I have lots of material for planking.
  34. Diver
    I am just finishing the up dated Sanson from AL. Has not been the most enjoyable build. I will follow along on your version.
  35. Diver
    Making some slow progress. I will finish everything but the small boats. More on that later

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