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  14. hexnut
    I always love your hyper-detail updates. I am making the same face as all those deadeyes! 😮
  15. wtimlen

    Hello Hexnut,

    Thank for following along, hopefully I can offer some tips to you and others following. Please keep in mind I am still learning the basics.

     

    Your kindness is well appreciated,

    Bill t.

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  20. hexnut
    Joseph Conrad and the Otago, Allen Villiers and the Joseph Conrad?
  21. hexnut
    Very nice work. vaddoc! Are you using Rhino? First of all, I understand the pushback from the "ship's curves and paper" fans, but at the same time, I think part of the frustration some experience is that CAD offers a LOT more precision, and old boats simply were not that precise. Go down to the drydock on a nice, salt-spray-blowing November day in Bristol, crawl around a large hull taking measurements, dodging teams of workers doing sheathing and caulk, go back to the office and calculate the offsets by candlelight--Or during the initial build, lay out the stations with splines, ducks and
  22. hexnut
    I do love my set of mid-60's Camco's (The predecessor to DW) --The Slingerland kit looks wonderful--I hope you have another set for gigs... 🙂
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  24. hexnut
    Cool! Is that a Heller P3 next to it?
  25. hexnut
    Tariff increases.
  26. hexnut
    They had rubber pads on the tracks... Graf Z looks amazing!
  27. hexnut
    I fully endorse the Iwata/ Paasche combo, I bought mine for an illustration job in 1987, and they are still going strong...
  28. hexnut
    What a magnificent beast! Love the details! I remember making a little 1/72 plastic one years back in Hungarian air show display livery...
  29. hexnut
    I tape a cut length of plastic straw to the nozzle to decant into the airbrush...
  30. hexnut
    Tamiya also makes a pearl clear (TS-65) that is pretty nice--helps even out coverage... https://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-85065-TS-65-Pearl-Clear/dp/B0006SG21C
  31. hexnut
    Great work! I've also had good luck with Vallejo paints, both w/ brush and airbrush. They go on thin enough to keep detail and permit layered glazes, but also cover well enough so that too many coats aren't needed... https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/producto/hobby/sets/war-games-en/french-infantry-napoleonic-wars-en/
  32. hexnut
    Epoxy for structural patches, but good ol' Bondo automotive filler works great for cosmetic fill/surface coating, with Nitrostan/Red Lead as a final skim coat. Additionally, cabinet scrapers and box cutter blades work well over PLA for knocking down the FDM print lines...

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