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                        F-14D Carrier Launch Diorama - COMPLETE 2/27/14

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                        DeafAviator
                        • Member since
                          September 2013
                        Posted by DeafAviator on Friday, February 28, 2014 10:52 PM

                        Thanks a lot for the very kind compliments guys! I truly appreciate it!

                        I dont get the Kenny Loggins thing though... ?

                        Allan, I actually really want to keep it haha but he's coming out in April for my son's birthday and is expecting to take this home with him.

                        Todd Barker - Colorado Springs, CO

                        Current Projects:

                        • 1/48 Beechcraft Bonanza - N51HM (Commission)
                        • 1/48 B-25 Mitchell - Back Burner/Scheme TBD
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                        Fly-n-hi
                        • Member since
                          December 2006
                        • From: Phoenix, AZ
                        Posted by Fly-n-hi on Friday, February 28, 2014 11:27 PM

                        Awesome work!

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                        Devil Dawg
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
                        Posted by Devil Dawg on Sunday, March 2, 2014 9:09 PM

                        WOW!!!

                        Devil Dawg

                        On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

                        Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

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                        Gamera
                        • Member since
                          November 2009
                        • From: SW Virginia
                        Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 9:37 AM

                        That's just WOW! Just a fantastic all around effort- love everything about her!!! HeartSmile

                        "I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

                         

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                        Jim Barton
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        Posted by Jim Barton on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 2:44 PM

                        DeafAviator

                        Thanks a lot for the very kind compliments guys! I truly appreciate it!

                        I dont get the Kenny Loggins thing though... ?

                        Allan, I actually really want to keep it haha but he's coming out in April for my son's birthday and is expecting to take this home with him.

                        Kenny Loggins was the fellow who sang "Danger Zone", the theme from Top Gun, in 1986. Probably the best song he ever did. 

                        Another big hit from the film was "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin, a synth-pop group from that same time-period.

                        Beautiful job on that diorama, by the way!Yes

                        "Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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                        navy07
                        • Member since
                          February 2006
                        Posted by navy07 on Thursday, July 9, 2015 3:26 PM

                        I posted awhile ago that I couldn't find  this  newer post but I did and like the others, I say wow. I hope mine can get close to yours.  Can you please give me a little more info on the holdback bar?  Congrats on a great build.  lenny

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                        BrandonK
                        • Member since
                          June 2014
                        Posted by BrandonK on Thursday, July 9, 2015 4:00 PM

                        Dude, that is Friggin' Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

                        On the bench:

                        A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

                        2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed   

                                                 14 / 5 / 2  

                                                      Tongue Tied

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                        Jay Jay
                        • Member since
                          August 2013
                        Posted by Jay Jay on Friday, July 10, 2015 9:54 AM

                        I think you're being a bit too humble,  that looks like a show winner to me.   Beeyoootiful job !

                         

                         

                         

                         

                         

                         I'm finally retired. Now time I got, money I don't.

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                        Mustang8376
                        • Member since
                          April 2010
                        • From: Atlanta, GA
                        Posted by Mustang8376 on Friday, July 10, 2015 10:36 AM

                        WOW!

                        Current build: 1/48 Monogram A-1H & AMT Jedi Starfighter.

                         

                        Completed:  1/48 Monogram/Revell P-61B, 1/32 Hasegawa F6F-5, 1/48 Hasegawa F-16C, 1/48 Revell Mig-21PFM, 1/48 Revell/Monogram AH-64A, Revell/Monogram 1/48 F-14D, AMT 1/420 USS Defiant, AMT 1/650(?) USS Enterprise, 1/72 Bandai VF-1J, AMT 1/537 USS Reliant, Academy 1/35 M1-A1 Abrams, Academy 1/48 F-86F30, Linbergh's USS Gato 

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                        DeafAviator
                        • Member since
                          September 2013
                        Posted by DeafAviator on Monday, July 13, 2015 11:47 AM

                        Holdback bar was a really simple thing, actually - metal rod inserted into styrene tube. No idea what sizes they are though - they looked about the right size so I just went for it haha. Cut to approximately the correct size and voila!

                        I know that's probably not the best information you were hoping for but I hope it helps somewhat!

                        I would just go to the hobby store and find the approximate correct size rod, and find a tube that it tightly inserts into, and you have what you need. If you want to model the actual holdback connections and stuff, you're on your own there! I just snipped it to size and glued it in place.

                        Todd Barker - Colorado Springs, CO

                        Current Projects:

                        • 1/48 Beechcraft Bonanza - N51HM (Commission)
                        • 1/48 B-25 Mitchell - Back Burner/Scheme TBD
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                        DeafAviator
                        • Member since
                          September 2013
                        Posted by DeafAviator on Monday, July 13, 2015 11:52 AM

                        Oh and I forgot - the base of the holdback bar is just a couple of triangle snippets of styrene. For this build, the holdback is glued to the aircraft for when the aircraft is taken off the base.

                        Todd Barker - Colorado Springs, CO

                        Current Projects:

                        • 1/48 Beechcraft Bonanza - N51HM (Commission)
                        • 1/48 B-25 Mitchell - Back Burner/Scheme TBD
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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          March 2015
                        • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
                        Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:22 PM

                        This is one of the most awe inspiring builds I've ever seen!  WOW, WOW, and WOW!

                        Toshi

                        On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

                         

                        Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

                         

                         

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