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Posted by Tal Afar Dave on Monday, October 31, 2011 7:23 PM

Stick, good save on the patrol boat!

Lewbud, excellent Bearcat!  Can't believe all those small decals.......well executed!BeerYesCool

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Posted by dostacos on Monday, October 31, 2011 10:03 PM

well chili is not hard to make, do we need to send you dry spice care package?

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, October 31, 2011 11:12 PM

bondoman

Just my two bits. That life ring looks like a big ole target. if I were the Chief, I'd have painted it gray from the can in the locker or at least hung a piece of tarp over it.

 

Maybe the idea was to draw fire, I dont know... But the real boats did not hide 'em...

 

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Posted by lewbud on Monday, October 31, 2011 11:21 PM

Taco, you lost me on that one.

Thanks Stik and Dave.  I'm pretty sure a Bearcat will make an appearance in Round II.  Here she is at Buddy's Used Aircraft Lot.  I really should get the make ready guys to clean the a/c and the lot up.  I've always read that the Bearcat was a tiny fighter.  I'm guessin that was in comparison to other ship based fighters, cuz next to the Mustang, Spit, 109 and Hurricane; she's pretty freakin huge.  The a/c and the Kubel are 1/72, the tank thingy in the back is 1/144 if memory serves, the Redstone is the old Revell box scale kit, the A-wing is 1/48, and the Energia is 1/288.

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, October 31, 2011 11:29 PM

Well the Bearcat is small compared to other aircraft that used the same powerplant: F4U, F6F, and P-47. The Bearcat used the same design philosophy as the FW-190- build the smallest strong airframe possible around the most powerful radial engine available. But she fits right in with those more"petite" and sleek inline engined fighters.

and yes Lew, you better get your airfield personnel to clean up that flight line... lots of FOD damage just waiting to happen in those dusty conditions...Whistling

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 9:41 PM

Well here are pics of the "save" on the decal mishap... with before and after

and the stern after a wash of Burnt Umber

and a couple views of the boat overall

I just need to clean up the wash, apply flat coat, do some last detail painting and add the windows.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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Posted by vetteman42 on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 10:31 PM

Future is great stuff Stik have had that fogging happen to me and fmore future cleaned it right up.

Eats for finished pics

Randy So many to build.......So little time

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Posted by kbuzz01 on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 10:44 PM

Looks great, Stik!  You are a magician!  Toast

Ken

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Posted by 40.mm on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 12:40 AM

Fantastic recovery, will have to keep that in my book of tricks if it ever happens to me. That is on outstanding build !

 

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 1:44 AM

I wish that I could claim credit for coming up with the solution, but the credit goes to Forum member Gregbale in this thread from a couple weeks ago...

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I am sure glad somebody else (Jake my friendWink) had a similar problem first.

 

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Posted by Tal Afar Dave on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 5:44 AM

Nice save, Stick! You da man!!!  That's a pretty cool looking kit!!  Thank God for Future!! Wink 

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Posted by dostacos on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 1:09 PM

that is simple, every one that flew out under full load should RETURN with empty racks Wink

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Posted by dostacos on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 4:33 PM

I gotsa know how do you use the Tabasco sauce in modeling?Propeller

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Posted by dostacos on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7:54 PM

rule #1 in retract gear, when ever possible LOOK OUT THE FREAKING WINDOW and make sure the wheels are down!

we learned this from one of my dads flying partners, he landed a P210 on Catalina Island with the wheels UP. all he had to do is look down his shoulder and SEE the wheels. Even after he was removed from the group "hacksaw harry" came out and cut the locks on the tie downs and took the plane for a flight at least he did not belly land it again

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Posted by dostacos on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 10:44 PM

It can make great molds though. 20 minute casting plaster can be had at the big box hardware stores [40 pounds or so] for about the same price as from craft stores. durite fresh removes large amounts of material, then when it is really old fold over something like a wet sponge and it will remove the minor spots, followed up by a wet cloth diaper {also GREAT inside the durite} to rub smooth, If you remove too much just add a wash of the plaster {you can add some color to the added stuff to help you see what you have added and take away.}

the mold is best let to dry out then paint it with something to seal the plaster ambroid cement the OLD school wood model glue thinned to a nice paint consistency then after that is dry, you can slap baby powder or corn starch

Used this method for 30 + years making artificial legs and braces....

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Posted by CallSignOWL on Thursday, November 3, 2011 7:22 AM

dostacos: who or what are you referencing with your posts?! They seem so random!

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Posted by the real red baron on Thursday, November 3, 2011 2:14 PM

CallSignOWL

dostacos: who or what are you referencing with your posts?! They seem so random!

Ditto Hmm

 

 

 

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, November 3, 2011 4:30 PM

and now back to our Familia thread... yesterday I cleaned up the Burnt Umber wash...

Next step, flat coat. But tomorrow is out for that with a rain storm and high humidity due in...Storm

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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Posted by p38jl on Thursday, November 3, 2011 11:09 PM

a small update on the F-15... drop tank, and landing gear..[Photobucket:550:0]

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Posted by Tal Afar Dave on Friday, November 4, 2011 5:21 AM

Hey P38; looking good......what a crazy, nightmare taping job prior to painting that must have been!!

And DosTacos........you okay there?  I keep tryin' to follow you bro', and keep getting lost.  As for Tabasco sauce in modeling, if anyone knows how it can be used, it would be the great Don Hammerini........just don't mention 'salt chipping!'

Later gang!

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, November 4, 2011 11:51 AM

The Senator in question is a character played by John Belushi.  His character is the wild man of the fraternity who graduates college (eventually) and becomes a US Senator. 

He's also responsible for one of the best lines in the film, when Delta is faced with Revocation of Charter by the Dean.  Everyone is all bummed out, and Bluto tries to give them a pep talk.. "Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? NO!"

Ok.. I think I got the first page right again.. Check it though, and lemme know if I got it or I screwed the pooch, gang...

 

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, November 4, 2011 11:57 AM

As for Tabasco sauce in modeling, if anyone knows how it can be used, it would be the great Don Hammerini........just don't mention 'salt chipping!'

Stumped me with that one... 

But frankly, I dunno what the hell Taco's talking about anyway...

 

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Posted by the Baron on Friday, November 4, 2011 11:59 AM

dostacos

I gotsa know how do you use the Tabasco sauce in modeling?Propeller

Stripping paint!  Wink

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Posted by the Baron on Friday, November 4, 2011 12:01 PM

CallSignOWL

dostacos: who or what are you referencing with your posts?! They seem so random!

Didn't somebody ask, in an earlier post in the thread, about casting some replacement parts?  That's what I thought of.  Though, that may be from another thread or even forum entirely.

The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

 

 

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Posted by troublemaker66 on Friday, November 4, 2011 12:47 PM

Hans von Hammer

As for Tabasco sauce in modeling, if anyone knows how it can be used, it would be the great Don Hammerini........just don't mention 'salt chipping!'

Stumped me with that one... 

But frankly, I dunno what the hell Taco's talking about anyway...

 

....nor does anyone else around here ....Big Smile

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Posted by CallSignOWL on Friday, November 4, 2011 1:01 PM

the Baron

 

 CallSignOWL:

 

dostacos: who or what are you referencing with your posts?! They seem so random!

 

 

Didn't somebody ask, in an earlier post in the thread, about casting some replacement parts?  That's what I thought of.  Though, that may be from another thread or even forum entirely.

 

Yeah, thats what I thought at first, but then a whole sting of random stuff popped up!

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Posted by p38jl on Friday, November 4, 2011 2:09 PM

thanks TalAfar..! its not as hard as it looks...

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, November 4, 2011 2:52 PM

P38, that Eagle is looking really wild in that dazzle scheme! Is that something for real or you dreamed it up off some inspiration?

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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Posted by p38jl on Friday, November 4, 2011 3:15 PM

stikpusher

P38, that Eagle is looking really wild in that dazzle scheme! Is that something for real or you dreamed it up off some inspiration?

  Hi Stik,, I'm building this for the Wild Wings GB,, the theme is to build something in a scheme that its not ever seen in . The F-15 is done in this Dazzle camo that a Merlin Engined P-51 was done in back in WW2 ,,, if you google dazzle camo, Images, scroll down you'll see it.. I'll try to post pics of the P-51 later.. Smile

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Posted by dostacos on Friday, November 4, 2011 4:31 PM

oops I meant to include the other threads, the chili one is from a non US member who says he could not get chili where he was, so I offered to ship the spices...

then someone was complaining about striping all the bombs, so I said the come back with empty racks...

then several pictures with tabasco sauce on the work bench, just wondering....

then on a wildcat it was mentioned that it had windows in the floor to see the gear

and the last was talking about using plaster to make parts {using the plaster as the part}

that's what I get for grinding through 107 pages of comments, next time I will make sure the quote is included....Bang HeadCensoredDead let the record reflect I ALMOST did it again PropellerBang Head

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