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First Annual Berny Memorial Group Build

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Posted by Striker8241 on Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:22 PM

Sparrowhyperion

Ouch Russ...  I hate it when Windows completely pooches up..  I'm praying I don't ever have to do a reinstall here.  When we moved, I lost two of our Windows 7 disks and licenses.  So If i ever have to reinstall on my machine, or Marissa's, I will have to get another license.  I hate Mickeysloth...

Actually, it worked out pretty good Rich. The software said it would delete all data from the disk so I had already backed up everything I wanted to save, but when I completed the clean - voila! all my files and folders were still there. Only the applications and the Windows operating files were overwritten. Maybe it's something new but it worked out good for me. Last time I did a clean install, it really did erase everything on the disk and I had to reinstall everything.

 

 

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Posted by Striker8241 on Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:33 PM

Bockscar

So i cut 1/32/ off, and it yielded 1/16th. I used an XActoid knife. Chainsaw?

I will post pictures. Good news, i'll just use Putty, to fill the gap. I could show you, but you would want to buy a chain saw.

I fixed the wing thickness as well, tough, as it was previously CA bonded; I could show you, but you would want to buy a chain saw.

I fixed the ducts, I put a band around them: I could show you, but you would want to steal a chain saw.

I reinforced the wing roots: I could show you, but I hear people running to gas up chain saws.

Everytime I go to snip here, it goes snap there: wanna see?....lol......chainsaws?

hmmmm....it's fall......hmmmmm.....leaf mulcher.....hmmmm...wooooodchipper.......yessss........ooops

it's a mission......

 
Lol, Dom, you're cracked Big Smile. Let me get my chain saw and I'll fix your problem Devil

 

 

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:36 PM

jimbot58

Not much going on the last few weeks with the build. I was off work the previous week and had little time to build. It seems I hate sitting in the house, because it gives me too much time to think and find it necessary to find other things to do. I did paint a little on the A-7 here and there but seem to find it hard to get into it.

Part of my vacation week was spent dealing with Mom's car, one day trying to deal with battery and alternator issues and then another full day running around getting it transferred into my name! Going back and forth to the courthouse, emissions testing, insurance agents, banks and so on, it was a total of 9 stops before I was done. After it was over with, I was drained physically and emotionally.  I still have to deal with the house soon, and that will be a major pain.

I did manage a few day trips up the hill, and some in-town pleasure trips. It felt good to do so as I couldn't get away at all for for the last several years. So much freedom I gave up for all that, and even now it's hard to not feel guilt when I get away.

This week was also bad to try to get back to the work bench as I just got off a 6 day work week, most being 10 hour days and one was from 8 a.m to nearly 10 p.m. I sat down last night in a attempt to build but ended up falling asleep at the desk. I did do a little more painting before the sandman got me. Camo paint jobs are so tedious anyway.

Have to wait and see what this week holds for me. Maybe things will settle down down with the coming of fall, though I dread the upcoming Holidays.

Hi Jim,

Here is my take on the process of grieving for the loss of a parent.  Depending on what age you are when they pass, in most instances they are there for a great deal of your life.  So it is going to take a lot of time to get over their passing.  And you have to factor in the degree of closeness you had.

I know what you mean about the Holidays.  Christmas is the worst.  My Dad loved Christmas.  He was the central point in our family.  Now with him gone, Christmas is very empty and hollow.

Maybe you could check with your friends and stay with them over the Holidays.

Ken

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Posted by Sparrowhyperion on Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:36 PM

Yeh, that's the way it's supposed to work.  Most of the time it does, but occaisonally it becomes the reinstall from hell...

Striker8241

Sparrowhyperion

Ouch Russ...  I hate it when Windows completely pooches up..  I'm praying I don't ever have to do a reinstall here.  When we moved, I lost two of our Windows 7 disks and licenses.  So If i ever have to reinstall on my machine, or Marissa's, I will have to get another license.  I hate Mickeysloth...

Actually, it worked out pretty good Rich. The software said it would delete all data from the disk so I had already backed up everything I wanted to save, but when I completed the clean - voila! all my files and folders were still there. Only the applications and the Windows operating files were overwritten. Maybe it's something new but it worked out good for me. Last time I did a clean install, it really did erase everything on the disk and I had to reinstall everything.

 

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Posted by Striker8241 on Sunday, September 16, 2012 2:57 PM

Hi, Guys,

The scribing is coming along - sort of (I spend more time repairing mistakes than scribing...). Below is a shot of the nose area. There is supposed to be a small antenna cover for the APX-26 IFF transponder just forward of the main hatch but the kit only represents this with a small blister of plastic. I ground it out and added a piece of shaped sprue. The area around the cover appears to be depressed slightly so that's the way I modelled it.

Also on top, the escape hatch for the EWO was outlined by two panel lines that looked more like the lines provided to indicate the walkway areas. I removed the inner line since the outer line is about the same size as the other hatches.

Also, the outline of the Doppler hight-finder radar antenna cover was left off. It should be between the bomb bay and the forward wheel wells, as shown below.

Cheers,

Russ

 

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Posted by kbuzz01 on Sunday, September 16, 2012 4:01 PM

Looks good to me,  Russ!  YesYes

Kbuzz (the other Ken)

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Sunday, September 16, 2012 5:51 PM

Looks good.

I need to get me a scribing tool.

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Posted by Striker8241 on Sunday, September 16, 2012 6:14 PM

Thanks Ken, Mikey! Mikey, I got my scriber from Micro-Mark (www.micromark.com). I actually bought two scribers - one a Carbide Scriber has a very sharp round point; the other is a Panel Scriber and has a chisel point. The round-point scriber is good for making the initial scribe and the chisel-point scriber widens and cleans out the line. I'm just getting used to both of them so the jury is still out on how best to use them.

 

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Sunday, September 16, 2012 6:25 PM

Hmm, ill have to look into it.

This is what i currently use. Its like using a chainsaw to make kindling.

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Sunday, September 16, 2012 6:50 PM

Striker8241

Hi, Guys,

The scribing is coming along - sort of (I spend more time repairing mistakes than scribing...). Below is a shot of the nose area. There is supposed to be a small antenna cover for the APX-26 IFF transponder just forward of the main hatch but the kit only represents this with a small blister of plastic. I ground it out and added a piece of shaped sprue. The area around the cover appears to be depressed slightly so that's the way I modelled it.

Also on top, the escape hatch for the EWO was outlined by two panel lines that looked more like the lines provided to indicate the walkway areas. I removed the inner line since the outer line is about the same size as the other hatches.

Also, the outline of the Doppler hight-finder radar antenna cover was left off. It should be between the bomb bay and the forward wheel wells, as shown below.

Cheers,

Russ

Great detail work Russ!  I will have to say this will be the most authentic B-52D I have ever seen built other than the real thing!

Ken

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Posted by Striker8241 on Sunday, September 16, 2012 7:16 PM

Thanks, Ken!  Very kind thought, bud; however, there are others out there that make my effort look cheap Smile - like this model of "Cajun Fear" at http://hsfeatures.com/b52had_1.htm. Even though it's an H model, it rocks!

Russ

 

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Posted by Sparrowhyperion on Sunday, September 16, 2012 8:11 PM

Okay folks...  It's taken longer than I thought, but I think it came out pretty good.  The Badge is finally done..  There are two versions.  One is 400x400 and the other is the full sized 1024x1024 image.  I didn't know which one people would like best.  Some folks like to reduce themselves.  So here they are.

This is the full size version...

Here is the small version. 

I tried to find a small image of some Phantoms in the missing man formation, but I couldn't so the F15s will have to do.  Let me know what you think.

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Posted by Bockscar on Sunday, September 16, 2012 8:32 PM

Rich:

That's really fantastic. You've got all the elements in there.

There's no way to snap in a little

F-4 instead of the F-15's? That is to say, just use the same graphic

for all four planes, they are so small no one will know it was not

an original photo of a Missing Man formation.  

Seeing as how they grace the modern version of the Air-Force logo,

F-15's are fine with me.

Great work!Yes

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Posted by Bockscar on Sunday, September 16, 2012 8:42 PM

Yeah guys,

Missing the folks at Christmas is really tough.

Jim feeling that guilt is, for me, the normal thing.

I always wondered if I did enough,

if I failed my folks.

I still can't believe my siblings never had feelings like that,

and never will.

I won't be seeing them at Christmas, and that is

one thing I won't be feeling guilty about.

Dom

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Posted by Striker8241 on Sunday, September 16, 2012 8:45 PM

Wow, great job, Rich! Big SmileYeahYes

 

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Posted by Sparrowhyperion on Sunday, September 16, 2012 8:48 PM

Thanks Dom.  The compositing took a bit for the logo.  I decided to do the logo by hand, then I composited the F15s on it.  He did so much more than just the Phantoms, I was trying  to not limit the graphics to just F4s.  I thought about using just one aircraft and duplicating, but I thought the F15s worked better.

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Sunday, September 16, 2012 8:50 PM

Sparrowhyperion

Okay folks...  It's taken longer than I thought, but I think it came out pretty good.  The Badge is finally done..  There are two versions.  One is 400x400 and the other is the full sized 1024x1024 image.  I didn't know which one people would like best.  Some folks like to reduce themselves.  So here they are.

This is the full size version...

Here is the small version. 

I tried to find a small image of some Phantoms in the missing man formation, but I couldn't so the F15s will have to do.  Let me know what you think.

Wow Rich!  I am totally blown away!  That is an awesome badge!  Great job man!!

Ken

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Posted by Sparrowhyperion on Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:26 PM

Well.  It was pointed out to me by minds less befuddled than mine that I had mispelled Berny as "Bernie" so I have corrected it.  Here are the updated images.

and

Now I am going to bed. lol  

Rich

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Posted by Bockscar on Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:30 PM

Nice Try Rich!

Err, any way we could even up the width of the black side banners while you are at it....lol....

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Posted by Sparrowhyperion on Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:31 PM

Okay I uploaded the wrong images......

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Posted by Sparrowhyperion on Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:49 PM

Okay..  Let's try this again..

and

Now I am going to bed... again...

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Posted by Sparrowhyperion on Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:52 PM

Sparrowhyperion

Okay I uploaded the wrong images......

Nope.  If I enlarge the right banners they won't fit.  If I shrink the left ones, they look too small for the space.  I settled for a happy medium.

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:58 PM

Sparrowhyperion

Okay..  Let's try this again..

and

Now I am going to bed... again...

Once again beautiful work Rich!  Outstanding!  Thank you for doing this!

Ken

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Posted by Sparrowhyperion on Monday, September 17, 2012 10:17 AM

Thanks Ken.  I'm just glad you all liked it.

Rich

Son Of Medicine Man

Sparrowhyperion

Okay..  Let's try this again..

and

Now I am going to bed... again...

Once again beautiful work Rich!  Outstanding!  Thank you for doing this!

Ken

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Monday, September 17, 2012 12:11 PM

Okay, this is a test to see if I added the new badge to my signature correctly or not.

Ken

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Posted by Bockscar on Monday, September 17, 2012 5:16 PM

Holly cow guys,

the darn badge looks like a movie starting!

I can hear music,

-Again, Nice work Rich!

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Posted by Striker8241 on Monday, September 17, 2012 6:53 PM

It never fails - as soon as you model something based on the images you were able to find, you come across another image that says you shoulda waited... Bang Head.

Last night, I found the image below that shows the IFF antenna cover optical bombsight very clearly - and there's not a depression around the bottom of the cover. So, back to the workbench... Big Smile

Cheers,

Russ

 

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Posted by Son Of Medicine Man on Monday, September 17, 2012 6:58 PM

Striker8241

It never fails - as soon as you model something based on the images you were able to find, you come across another image that says you shoulda waited... Bang Head.

Last night, I found the image below that shows the IFF antenna cover very clearly - and there's not a depression around the bottom of the cover. So, back to the workbench... Big Smile

Cheers,

Russ

As Homer Simpson would say, "Doh!!"

Ken

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Posted by Bockscar on Monday, September 17, 2012 7:01 PM

Striker8241

It never fails - as soon as you model something based on the images you were able to find, you come across another image that says you shoulda waited... Bang Head.

Last night, I found the image below that shows the IFF antenna cover very clearly - and there's not a depression around the bottom of the cover. So, back to the workbench... Big Smile

Cheers,

Russ

Russ:

I'ld go with the original picture. Obviously there were different manufacturer's antennas used at different times, maybe only months or years apart. The latest picture shows a painted over cover, with a fairing, and the first photo shows a polished dome, inset. I put my money on the polished unit. Go with what you've got in any case. I love the detail on that hatch, looks like my oven door.

Besides, you don't want to replicate those strike marks where some kid smacked a stick against the bottom of the BUFF??Smile

And what about that 'park bench'.....'Doh'n't wanna go back to that....Dunce.....lol.....

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Posted by Striker8241 on Monday, September 17, 2012 7:37 PM

Bockscar

Russ:

I'ld go with the original picture. Obviously there were different manufacturer's antennas used at different times, maybe only months or years apart. The latest picture shows a painted over cover, with a fairing, and the first photo shows a polished dome, inset. I put my money on the polished unit. Go with what you've got in any case. I love the detail on that hatch, looks like my oven door.

Besides, you don't want to replicate those strike marks where some kid smacked a stick against the bottom of the BUFF??Smile

 
Thanks, Dom, I was thinking the same thing - and you are more correct than I am. I went back through images I already have and found the one below, which nails what the cover really looks like. Now I wonder if this was actually an IFF antenna. This picture makes it look like some type of optical device and the bottom cover appears to be able to be closed, which it probably is in the photo above.
 

 

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