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                        Lurker no more

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                        Krusty
                        • Member since
                          January 2016
                        • From: KS
                        Lurker no more
                        Posted by Krusty on Monday, January 11, 2016 12:48 AM

                        Hi everybody!  I've been an off and on scale modeler and forum lurker for the past eight years or so.  I thought it would be about time for me to sign up and actually participate.

                        Like a lot of you guys, I started modeling as a kid, but of course life got in the way. Sometime in my mid 20's the bug hit me again.  I've been building off and on again since.  

                        I pretty much stick with aircraft, any era, though I have built a tank or two.  Currently I'm finishing up the Academy 1:72 P-51b, but I've hit a snag with the decals.  Got half of them on and noticed how terrible they are.  Thick and having a heck of a time getting them to conform, even with micro sol. I'm in the process of removing the ones I've applied and am awaiting some aftermarket ones in the mail.

                        Next up is the 1:72 Eduard L-39c Albatros.  I've got a resin cockpit ordered and will be my first time installing a resin pit and vac formed canopy.  Should be an adventure.  I'll be doing it in Armenian markings.

                        Anyway, I hope to start participating in this wonderfull forum.  May join a GB or two and show off my builds.

                        Thanks!

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                        hogfanfs
                        • Member since
                          May 2013
                        • From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho
                        Posted by hogfanfs on Monday, January 11, 2016 8:37 AM

                        Welcome to the forums! Beer Welcome Sign

                         Bruce

                         

                         On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                                                1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

                         

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                        modelcrazy
                        • Member since
                          July 2014
                        Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, January 11, 2016 10:56 AM

                        Welcome! Yes, Academy decals are some of the worst.

                        Steve

                        Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

                         

                         

                        http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

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                        checkmateking02
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: AandF in the Badger State
                        Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, January 11, 2016 12:20 PM

                        Welcome to the Forum! I've built a number of Academy planes over the years, and it's best to go after-market with the decals. They always seem to be thick and uncooperative.

                         

                         

                         

                         

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Monday, January 11, 2016 12:20 PM

                        Welcome aboard. And yep, Academy make nice kits but awful decals.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        fox
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        • From: Narvon, Pa.
                        Posted by fox on Monday, January 11, 2016 1:48 PM

                        Welcome to the Forums Krusty!  Glad to have you aboard!

                        You said the Albatros wll have your first resin cockpit.  Just in case you didn't know, make sure to wear a particle mask when cutting, filing, or sanding the resin as it is very bad for the lungs.

                        Looking forward to seeing pics of your builds.

                        Jim  Captain 

                         Main WIP: 

                           On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

                        I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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                        BrandonK
                        • Member since
                          June 2014
                        Posted by BrandonK on Monday, January 11, 2016 3:58 PM

                        Ditto

                        BK

                        On the bench:

                        A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

                        2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed   

                                                 14 / 5 / 2  

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Monday, January 11, 2016 4:08 PM

                        fox

                        Welcome to the Forums Krusty!  Glad to have you aboard!

                        You said the Albatros wll have your first resin cockpit.  Just in case you didn't know, make sure to wear a particle mask when cutting, filing, or sanding the resin as it is very bad for the lungs.

                        Looking forward to seeing pics of your builds.

                        Jim  Captain 

                         

                        And be sure to do plenty of test fitting. A lot of resin pits need the kit fuselage thinning to make them fit.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        Krusty
                        • Member since
                          January 2016
                        • From: KS
                        Posted by Krusty on Monday, January 11, 2016 10:41 PM

                        Thanks for the welcome everybody!

                        checkmateking02

                        Welcome to the Forum! I've built a number of Academy planes over the years, and it's best to go after-market with the decals. They always seem to be thick and uncooperative.

                         

                        So I learned.. Bang Head

                        I'd built the same kit a few years ago and didn't remember the decals being so bad.  I guess my standards have changed.

                         

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                        Krusty
                        • Member since
                          January 2016
                        • From: KS
                        Posted by Krusty on Monday, January 11, 2016 10:48 PM

                        Bish

                         

                         
                        fox

                        Welcome to the Forums Krusty!  Glad to have you aboard!

                        You said the Albatros wll have your first resin cockpit.  Just in case you didn't know, make sure to wear a particle mask when cutting, filing, or sanding the resin as it is very bad for the lungs.

                        Looking forward to seeing pics of your builds.

                        Jim  Captain 

                         

                         

                         

                         

                        And be sure to do plenty of test fitting. A lot of resin pits need the kit fuselage thinning to make them fit.

                         

                         Thanks!  Already did a preliminary test fit and will definitely need to thin the fuselage a bit.  I'm off work the next few days so I hope to get some work done on it.

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