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                        Old Guns Build. 30+ an older.... Lets show these Young bucks a thing or two!

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                        tweety1
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                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:23 AM
                        Didn't even think of thatBanged Head [banghead]

                        Oh well, the stuff I made up is ok, just gotta do some shading on the side walls etc, bit of dry brushing with Alclad, (it gives a finer finish, and looks more realistic in smaller cockpits), then hopefully onto fuselage ass'y.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        nicholma
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                          September 2003
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Friday, October 29, 2004 6:12 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900
                        [I've also made an important decision... to slow down my pace and work on one model at a time until I get tired of it then I can switch... none of this rushing home, working till a finish point on one build then pick up the next until the first one is dry. The last few days I have gotten no modelling done and I think it is burn out... too much, too fast.... I have all of the time in the world for these builds so I don't know why I have been rushing!



                        You are so right. I have just finished one GB and the next will be completed by the end of November so I can now start to do the preparetory work on the dozer and logging arch. I can feel that old enthusiasm for a new project coming on........
                        Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Monday, November 1, 2004 8:08 AM
                        Ok, just a couple of pics of the nearly finished c/p on my G14

                        Should be finished, but out of the last 2 weeks, I have managed a grand total of 2 afternoons hobby time.
                        Reality really gets in the way sometimes





                        The last one shows the canopy masked with BMF.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 1, 2004 6:48 PM
                        Looks good TweetsThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]i like the straps on the rudder pedals, does the instument panel come with a film for the dialsQuestion [?]

                        Well i have a couple of sick kids here so i havn't done very much to the spit at all, i should be working on it now while they're asleep, but i'm not i'm in front of the computer...
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Monday, November 1, 2004 6:59 PM
                        Yeah exactly where I should be too but I am in front of the computer as well... awesome so far Tweety! Love those seatbelts! Sadly for this one since the OS2U took a dive, I am working on the 240Z but a F6F at the same time I might incluse if I finish it first... then a break... not starting the BoB group build till it's time!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tweety1
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                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 4:02 AM
                        Yeah Jules, there is film behind the panels, should have those done tonight, and then some ass'y time, I hope.

                        Tho, I'm thinking almost the same for the BoB build.
                        I'll finish this one soon, then I'll do one model for the BoB, set it aside, and do the second one when the BoB GB starts.
                        Inbetween, I have a resin Fokker G-1 to build for my Dad, hope to have it done by his birthday in January, but that might be pushing it.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 6:31 AM
                        when does the build end? too late to get in?
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 7:41 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tankergeoff

                        when does the build end? too late to get in?


                        Jan 1st I believe... and the more the merrier! Rusty Ford is the starter of the build but haven't seen too much of him lately..


                        The build subject is anything your little heart desires!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 3:44 AM
                        maybe a fruhe tiger then........
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 4:53 AM
                        I noticed the pic I posted of the pedals in the cockpit was blurry, so I took another one showing clearly the PE pedals, and the dry brushing with Alclad.



                        The Alclad gives a better finish IMO, on such a small scale it looks ALOT less chunky than normal acrylic or dry brushing silvers etc.
                        The only downside is the messing around to apply it, seeing as the laquer drys so quickly, you have to constantly 'wet' the mix down time after time, but thems the breaks.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        tho9900
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                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 6:17 AM
                        now that is nice... I like the straps... some nice detail work!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 4, 2004 5:45 PM
                        Welp, I am building 3 models , 1 is complete(M40 bulldog) , un weathered basic kit .one is a m-60 Blazer, complete pain in the arse, one is a jeep out of the box that i am trying to make look as real as possible. My other project is a M*A*S*H* replica(yes of the show) all the tents and stuff, without vehicles, just the tents... anyway... thats my update, have pictures of your models submitted by the 1st of the year..... I would like 3 pictures of each models, the PICTURES will be judged not the models themselves, so remember that, I have a good eye for detail..... if there are pictures of models that I can't decide on they will be submitted to the group build members and they will vote......
                        Thank you for your support and understanding!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 4, 2004 10:14 PM
                        hey you guys just to update!!!
                        Ok, here is the story......
                        I have been working on this M60 Battle Tank(Blazer) and the tracks that I recieved were all seperate links, well I glued them all together, massive amounts of glue massive amounts of praying and massive amounts of luck, anyway I just painted them, these HUGE gaps that I saw when i was first gluing them together, are all "settled" AMAZING, the track looks PERFECT, I let them dry for 2 weeks, and then painted them with a flat black, You CAN NOT TELL that they are anything BUT the way they are supposed to be, they are straight they are settled, they look PERFECT! Now I am going to weather them!!!!
                        I was so scared at first!!! I was like OH my god they look like SH*T!!, but now they look Perfect!!! is this possible??? Or am I just imagining it ????
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 4, 2004 10:57 PM
                        Sorry all I am patting myself on the back but I have done a DAMN good job!!! Dinner [dinner], I haven't built a model like this in MANY MANY years and its nice to know that I still got it!!Propeller [8-]Sign - Dots [#dots]Whistling [:-^]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 5, 2004 5:13 AM
                        OK so i have done a little work on the Spitfire MK1 today, i gave the uppersurface an all over coat of brown and to my astonishment the Gunze colour is wrong it looks like baby pooBanged Head [banghead]so i preshaded again and later tonight i'll give it a coat of the mix that Tamiya have on the instruction sheet 50% XF-64 and 50% XF-52......
                        Next post will be some pics.......Jules.....
                        BTW the pics will be judged eh....................Looks like i'm done for my pics are a little worse than terribleThumbs Up [tup]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 5, 2004 8:26 AM
                        Ok so here's a couple of pics of the spit1,tomorrow i'll paint the green on the wings....

                        The first one showing the wrong brown


                        and the second with the slightly darker brown and a coat of gloss to protect the paint during masking..
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, November 6, 2004 9:35 AM
                        Ok Jules, tell me how you manage to get so much of your preshade to show through the brown?

                        For the life of me, I have never been able to get the preshading to look right.
                        Always had to post shade.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, November 6, 2004 4:08 PM
                        ditto here... we wanna know your secret!!! Smile [:)]
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 6, 2004 7:15 PM
                        I am willing to venture a geuss that he avoids "over" spraying the areas of his pre-shading....
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 6, 2004 8:20 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by RustyFord

                        I am willing to venture a geuss that he avoids "over" spraying the areas of his pre-shading....

                        Bingo Rusty Thumbs Up [tup] i use a thin mix about 60/40 and hold the A/B about 10 inches away from the model and slowly mist it on layer by layer constantly checking the model in the fluro light to make sure it's even.......
                        The trick is to get the preshade as even under the coats of green that follow......
                        Well progress report time you know the saying Queensland beautiful one day perfect the next.............for the last 2 days solid we have had torrential rain, storm after bloody storm
                        My backyard and most of the neigbours yard is under a foot of water, frustrating my urge to airbrushSad [:(]Dead [xx(]..........Jules..........
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, November 7, 2004 5:32 AM
                        Aha, you got the storms that came over us and wiped out our power grid for 4 hours.
                        120 k winds etc.
                        No rain though, which is nothing new.

                        Will try that preshading method, and if it works it will sav me a BUCKET of time.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, November 7, 2004 8:46 AM
                        Ok, couple of pics of c/p again, one of the panel in place, and the finished c/p.
                        Spent all that time on the pedals and straps, and ya can't ven see 'em, pffft!




                        Now I can move onto the fun part of the wings!!!!!
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 7, 2004 10:45 PM
                        This posting is to all our boys in Iraq battling in Fallujah, while the big AC-130's strafe the insurgent enemy, keep your heads down and your trigger finger itchy....
                        I have edited my signature pictures wording to "Can you hear me now?", "GOOOD!!"
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 7, 2004 10:47 PM
                        hehehhehehe....
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                        tweety1
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                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 8:11 AM
                        Bump!!!
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 10:09 PM
                        Headphones [{(-_-)}] *Bump!*
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:22 AM
                        Only recently joined this site , I have rough idea what a group build is and I qualify for the age group(38) is it ok if I join this build at such a late stage? I mainly paint Warhammer 40k models but Im getting back into the Military modelling again ( last time was 24 years ago.......oh god Im feeling old now).If its ok Id like to build one of the old matchbox diorama kits, mainly cos it reminds me of my childhood but also cos I still think theyre cool ( ok its really cos I reckon I can do it without making an idiot of myself
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 5:53 PM
                        Yes of course you can , the finish date is Jan. 1st 2005
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 11:02 PM
                        i couldn't figger out what to build for this, but I'd like to do a Marder II..........
                        when is the end date?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 2:21 AM
                        Tweety great lookin pit my freindThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]love the instrument panel, what PE set was that again and will it go into the Has G6 modelQuestion [?]

                        Well i'm afraid life got in the way of my modelling yet again and iv'e been set back by about a week so hopefully i'll get some modelling time tonight and maybe the Spitfire MK1 will be finished by the weekend....Jules.......
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