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                        need help with wooden door weathering/bullet holes

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                        camo junkie
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 6:12 AM
                        hmmmm....that's the v.a. for you. you can argue your point but all they're going to do is run you through the tape until your exhausted and give up!!! my brother in law works for them and if he had any special connections i'd send them your way bud. one i can see but both has to be intollerable...hope modeling at least takes the mind off of it...even if it's temporary! get better or whatever ya have to do. hopefully things will work out one way or another. Wink [;)]
                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        Hans von Hammer
                        • Member since
                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:43 PM

                        what's the cause of yours hans...too much p.t. in the old days?

                        It's all connected to injuries stemming from a helicopter crash, followed by too many years of ruck marches and rough PLFs, yeah...  It took 20 years, but the circulation eventually got so bad that the ball on the end of each thigh died, then caved in... About 6 months apart.  Both ball-joints look like a coconut with top smashed in...

                        It took me 2 years of fighting with the VA to get it acknowleged as service-connected and even then I only got the right one covered... They aren't gonna do the left one since I can still put my weight on it, even though it hurts like hell to do so... Tri-Care will cover about 60% of the left replacement though...  That is, if it just gets resurfaced rather than replaced. 

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                        deafpanzer
                        • Member since
                          April 2009
                        • From: Carmel, IN
                        Posted by deafpanzer on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:09 PM
                        Oh man!  Hope you will have the surgery soon... two friends of mine underwent hip replacements surgeries and they are playing golf better than ever.  It is good to have you back... next time rent an apartment in the bunker instead of third floor. 

                        Andy

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                        dioramator
                        • Member since
                          November 2012
                        Posted by dioramator on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:40 PM

                         

                        I'm thinking of making a dio depicting the crater left by an atom bomb...

                        can you help me out with that one?

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                        *INDY
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
                        Posted by *INDY on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 9:29 PM
                        ~Man! 3rd floor! Crutch it! Stairs! PAIN!!!! OMG, the pain comes across in those words , though I know I have no idea. Take the pills Colonel ! We need to get you the surgeries. It's amazing how good the medicene has gotten, on these surgeries   My Bosses sister just got a hip replaced and they had her walking(albeit stiffly) the very next day !!  They will have you up and kick'in as*   fast Hans.

                        "Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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                        camo junkie
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 8:37 PM
                        hmmmm....doesnt sound like fun. i worked with a guy who just had his hip replaced...well, i guess since i've been out of work now for a year it's been about 18 months or so since he had it done. you'd never know by the end he was walking pretty darn good on that thing. what's the cause of yours hans...too much p.t. in the old days? Big Smile [:D]
                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        Hans von Hammer
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                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 5:05 PM

                        Lol... Couple of weeks, eh?  Heh... Maybe the drugs are better than I thought, lol... 

                        where ya been hans? sick? hurt?

                        Well, guess you could say hurt...  I need a couple hip-joints replaced and that's why the heavy pain meds.. I've had what amounts to two broken hips for a couple years now.. (That's why I'm in the chair)  My surgeries keep getting pushed back for one reason or another, twice due to illness, once because the surgeon died...  As of right now, it looks like another year in the chair before I can get into the VA and get fixed... The meds are a big help, but I still have a helluva time since I live on the third floor (with no elevator) so I gotta crutch it up & down... 

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                        *INDY
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
                        Posted by *INDY on Monday, November 2, 2009 7:49 AM

                        ~Hans ~ You are running within a diffferent time reference me thinks ~ What was just "a few days" for you has been a couple weeks!

                         Don't stay gone---ok?

                        Hope the pain is killed though. Hang tuff, Sir !

                        "Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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                        camo junkie
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                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Monday, November 2, 2009 7:28 AM
                        where ya been hans? sick? hurt?
                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        Hans von Hammer
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                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Monday, November 2, 2009 6:16 AM

                        ~Hey look--->Hans is back!   What's up Hans?

                        Never went away, just didn't have anything to say for a few days... Got a much "nicer" dosage of Percocet & Oxycontin from m' Doc.. Some would say that it may have had something to do wth my perceived "disapearance"...Whistling [:-^]

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                        camo junkie
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:26 PM
                        thanks mike...i got it! Big Smile [:D]
                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        EasyMike
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                          March 2008
                        • From: The Bluegrass State
                        Posted by EasyMike on Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:11 PM

                         camo junkie wrote:
                        ...any ideas anyone on the best way to replicate this is??...

                        Knife point; pin; awl.  Whatever.  A 1/35th scale bullet hole is not going to be very big.

                        Smile [:)]

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                        camo junkie
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:19 AM

                         detailfreak wrote:
                        SORRY for hijacking your thread.

                        it's ok...it was hijacked along time ago...Laugh [(-D] i didnt see it coming either. next thing i know i have some maniac waving guns in my face demanding a ransom and everything....Big Smile [:D]. no big deal guys...it is what it is! fermis, r.lee ermy just did a show (rerun...dont know) about black powder vs "normal powder"...seems like black powder is a hell of a lot more messier and less accurate...but as i said, i dont shoot them.

                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        detailfreak
                        • Member since
                          December 2006
                        • From: t.r.f. mn.
                        Posted by detailfreak on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:27 PM
                        Fermis,that is a nice buck,and its great to hear theres another smoke pole hunter lurking in this styrene and glue jungle.And my goodness how time flies.Its time to warm those woods up again.SORRY for hijacking your thread.

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                        fermis
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: hamburg michigan
                        Posted by fermis on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:15 PM
                         Yes sir, one shot, that's it!!! No backups. Yeah, it's a "cheater" black powder, In-line, shotgun primer, powder pellets, and conical slug. I've been looking for an "old school" flintlock, but my "career", or lack there of, won't allow for the expence.   BOOOOOO!!!   Plus, I do like knowing that when I squeeze the trigger, there WILL be a cloud and a slug down range.

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                        *INDY
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
                        Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:02 PM
                        Wow, buddy ...nice buck! One shot-one kill huh? I guess you carry a pistol back-up, right?(not that I think you might even slightly miss)Dead [xx(]   That piece does'nt look like I had imagined at all, but then , it DOES look like a hunting rifle. High-tech blackpowder huh? Maybe trade it in for the 'ole Brown-Bess????Big Smile [:D]

                        "Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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                        fermis
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: hamburg michigan
                        Posted by fermis on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:48 PM

                         No, not a kit, I do believe they have them in kit form though. Mine is right off the shelf, ready to go. Not a spectacular piece, but for $200, you really can't beat it. It has the sinthetic stock(black plastic), I prefer a hunting gun to have a wood stock, much prettier. Maybe one of these years I'll do some carving and make my own.

                         Here's a pic of it, along with last years "BIG BOY"

                        011-1.jpg picture by fermisb

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                        *INDY
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
                        Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:50 PM
                        Yeah, I recognized "CVA" from  my late-childhood. Ages 11 -12 I built two of thier cool bowie knife kits. One was a classic, big heavy straight "Texas-Toothpick" style, the other was more of a "mini-scimitar"-bowie-style.They came with a block of wood, a couple blocks of brass, a roughed-out blade with a threaded end with a brass lug on its end. Was up to you to shape it, and sharpen it, and polish it. CVA makes blackpowder rifle & musket kits too. Hey Fermis...is that .50 a kit gun?

                        "Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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                        camo junkie
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:35 PM
                        oh see, even i wasnt aware of the black powder...not an expert on guns...unless it fires more than 3 rounds bursts!!! Big Smile [:D] in which case...thanks to uncle sam's training...im an "expert"!! Wink [;)]
                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        *INDY
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
                        Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:04 PM
                         fermis wrote:

                         INDY- CVA Optima- muzzleloader!

                         

                        Big

                        F'n

                        Hammer!!!!!!!!!

                        Blackpowder ! NICE. You are a patriot!!

                        I knew you meant  Big F'n Hammer.. but I thought CJ was askin : how does that really help at 1/35 scale? Just smash the build to bits and walk away????Whistling [:-^]

                        That's 1 answer I reckon

                        "Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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                        camo junkie
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:17 PM
                        gotcha! Wink [;)]
                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        fermis
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: hamburg michigan
                        Posted by fermis on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:32 AM

                         INDY- CVA Optima- muzzleloader!

                         

                        Big

                        F'n

                        Hammer!!!!!!!!!

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                        camo junkie
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:57 AM
                         fermis wrote:

                         I think I got an idea for ya.

                          Build it up, all nice like. Get yourself a B.F.H. and smack that sucker a few times. I think you might just get what yer lookin for!!!

                        uhhh...bfh???

                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        *INDY
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Ventura (at the beach) in California
                        Posted by *INDY on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:12 AM

                         deafpanzer wrote:
                        LMAO!!!!  There's NO question this is the BEST TOOT I have ever seen... thanks Fermis! Make a Toast [#toast] [quote]

                        Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]Sign - Ditto [#ditto]Ditto That

                        ~Fermis ~ What .50 are you workin with there?

                        ~Hey look--->Hans is back!   What's up Hans?

                        "Well...you gunna pull them pistols, or just whistle Dixie?"

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                        fermis
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: hamburg michigan
                        Posted by fermis on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:38 PM

                         Boba Fett wrote:
                        LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!1 EPIC!!!! Ok, now Fermis, what does a panzerfaust do to the side of a house... Whistling [:-^] Got an 88mm? Trying to do a dio with a hole in a building... Great post!!!

                         I think I got an idea for ya.

                          Build it up, all nice like. Get yourself a B.F.H. and smack that sucker a few times. I think you might just get what yer lookin for!!!

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                        Schnobs
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: Everett, WA
                        Posted by Schnobs on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:25 PM

                         Boba Fett wrote:
                        LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!1 EPIC!!!! Ok, now Fermis, what does a panzerfaust do to the side of a house... Whistling [:-^] Got an 88mm? Trying to do a dio with a hole in a building... Great post!!!

                         

                        LMFAO!!!!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

                        "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer
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                        fermis
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: hamburg michigan
                        Posted by fermis on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:16 PM
                         camo junkie wrote:

                        fermis, grenade launcher...bahhh, that's petty, if your going to do it then  do it with 6000 rounds per minute....ya know...do it with style!!!! (gatling gun...for all the sleepy people out there). Big Smile [:D]

                         Couldn't afford to shoot it!

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                        camo junkie
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:44 PM

                        thanks hans...i suppose i dont mind making more doors...but not if i can help it!! Whistling [:-^] will try it though.

                        fermis, grenade launcher...bahhh, that's petty, if your going to do it then  do it with 6000 rounds per minute....ya know...do it with style!!!! (gatling gun...for all the sleepy people out there). Big Smile [:D]

                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        fermis
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: hamburg michigan
                        Posted by fermis on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:34 PM

                         Boba Fett wrote:
                        LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!1 EPIC!!!! Ok, now Fermis, what does a panzerfaust do to the side of a house... Whistling [:-^] Got an 88mm? Trying to do a dio with a hole in a building... Great post!!!

                         Ya know, I've been asking for a grenade launcher and flame thrower for Christmas since I was a kid. It still is yet to happen, so I guess you're on your own for that one.

                         I wish, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY wish I could help.....sorry

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