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kielers

Member since
February 2003
From: Northeast Bavaria, Burglengenfeld, Germany

Posted by kielers on Saturday, February 10, 2018 1:42 PM

I built the George H.W. Bush TBF from AM a few years ago and it was a very nice kit.

"To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." -- Winston Churchill

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tempestjohnny

Member since
November 2003
From: Naples, FL

Posted by tempestjohnny on Saturday, February 10, 2018 7:17 AM

fermis

I can see already, there's gonna be some greatness going into this one!

Don Stauffer

While I have not built AM's SBD, I have it in my stash, and have built others from them. I found them great kits, especially considering their age.

I believe their SBD is their 2nd best...after the TBF, which is great...too bad the instructions don't offer much help!

Good to know since I have 2 TBF and 4 SBD in the stash

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fermis

Member since
January 2009
From: hamburg michigan

Posted by fermis on Thursday, February 8, 2018 11:36 PM

I can see already, there's gonna be some greatness going into this one! Toast

Don Stauffer

While I have not built AM's SBD, I have it in my stash, and have built others from them. I found them great kits, especially considering their age.

I believe their SBD is their 2nd best...after the TBF, which is great...too bad the instructions don't offer much help!

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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Thursday, February 8, 2018 3:53 PM

God to be able to see your pics, some nice detail going into this.

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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kielers

Member since
February 2003
From: Northeast Bavaria, Burglengenfeld, Germany

Posted by kielers on Thursday, February 8, 2018 2:06 PM

Thanks, I appreciate the assistance, from all of you.

"To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." -- Winston Churchill

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Don Stauffer

Member since
November 2009
From: Twin Cities of Minnesota

Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, February 8, 2018 6:53 AM

While I have not built AM's SBD, I have it in my stash, and have built others from them. I found them great kits, especially considering their age.

I now use postimage and love it. Even if PB went back to free, I find PI easier to use and it uploads a lot faster than PB.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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1943Mike

Member since
December 2010
From: Salem, Oregon

Posted by 1943Mike on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 10:41 PM

Like Johnny said, check out several image hosting sites. Johnny's correct, any of them are probably better than Photobucket. I use mostly Flickr but I've tried and like Postimage too. There are several more that are free and sooo much better than Photo#$%&*t.

Mike

"Le temps est un grand maître, mais malheureusement, il tue tous ses élèves."

Hector Berlioz

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Johnny1000

Member since
July 2016
From: NYC

Posted by Johnny1000 on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 1:19 PM

I have access to a server so I just use that, but a lot of people are using Flickr, postimg, imgur, and others. I can't comment on any of them, but they can't possibly be as awful as photobucket (even before the photobuckalypse).

Go to a thread, click on an image, and see where that takes you. If the hosting service seems okay, sign up.

-J

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kielers

Member since
February 2003
From: Northeast Bavaria, Burglengenfeld, Germany

Posted by kielers on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 10:00 AM

Thanks Johnny. I'll fix the photo hosting thing. Which hosting site do you use? Any recommendations?

"To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." -- Winston Churchill

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kielers

Member since
February 2003
From: Northeast Bavaria, Burglengenfeld, Germany

Posted by kielers on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 9:53 AM

Sorry to disappoint. This sucks. What do you guys use to post photos now?

See what happens when I'm away for so long?

"To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." -- Winston Churchill

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tempestjohnny

Member since
November 2003
From: Naples, FL

Posted by tempestjohnny on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 5:33 AM

Can't wait to see this. But.....if you have the free account on photobucket you can't post pics on forums anymore

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Johnny1000

Member since
July 2016
From: NYC

Posted by Johnny1000 on Monday, February 5, 2018 5:11 PM

Hey kielers

Super stoked to see your SBD (I have a soft spot for that plane) but your images have been smothered by Photobucket ransom notes. Maybe try another hosting service?

-J

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kielers

Member since
February 2003
From: Northeast Bavaria, Burglengenfeld, Germany

Accurate Miniatures SBD 5 - WIP - Another Small Update - 30 March 18

Posted by kielers on Monday, February 5, 2018 3:54 PM

All,

I've been a member of this forum for some time but haven't posted anything for too long. Mostly because of my Job, the Reserves and kids, and a couple other things.

But I started this project a while ago and wanted to start posting some photos of my progress. This is Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SBD 5 Dauntless.

I like to detail and super-detail so this is turning into a long build. I'm using an Eduards BIG ED set, True Details seat, a Waldron SBD interior detail set and some other detail sets, including a Vector Resin engine. And a lot of scratch building.

I removed most of the interior molded on ribbing and framinga dn replaced with strips of metal (from tee candle holders).

The security locker in the rear cockpit is made from a piece of resin. I cut apart the interior side panel moldings and scratchbuilt or used AM parts for most of them.

I didn't like the look of the kit molded control sticks so I made a better set from styrene and brass rod.

I have a lot more done then this and will post some more tomorrow.

I took some advice and created an account on postimage. It's much better than Photobucket.

"To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." -- Winston Churchill

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Accurate Miniatures SBD 5 - WIP - Another Small Update - 30 March 18