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Dragon M55 Quad .50 - Completed

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, May 11, 2017 11:25 PM

I'm glad you like it. 300 ft of drop at 1500 yards sounds excessive. I know the M2 has a longer heavier barrel than a Barret, and I don't recall that big of a drop at extreme ranges when I fired it. 

 

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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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, May 11, 2017 11:31 PM

And now this is all done! My first completed build of the year! Woohoo!

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Friday, May 12, 2017 1:56 AM

Really nicely done stik. Love the dusty finish, looks used but certainly not over done.

Great looking build.

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

  • Member since
    December 2015
  • From: providence ,r.i.
Posted by templar1099 on Friday, May 12, 2017 4:40 AM

Your dad would love it. Nice work Stik.

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, May 12, 2017 7:49 AM

Yeah, that's some nice work! Yes

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

 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Friday, May 12, 2017 10:15 AM

Bish, Templar, and Gamera, thank you for looking and commenting. I'm sure that my dad would like it. I think the flash photos from last night washed out the finish a bit. I'm gonna try to get some natural light photos on here later today.

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    May 2015
Posted by Griffin25 on Friday, May 12, 2017 10:52 AM

Looks great. Congrats on finishing your first of the year. It's a nice feeling. Lately I have been fooling around with figuring out how to take better photos of my models. I am not good at it. One thing I found was less light and more exposure time seems to make the model pop more. Even on my phone I can fool around with the camera settings. The colors, fading, weathering look much better. Just my two cents.

 

 

Griffin

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Friday, May 12, 2017 10:57 AM

Thank you Griffin. These photos did come out okay. But the flash, just changes things up a bit, while it highlights the effects you mention. I gotta say that though, the new iPhone has the best camera and software for close up photos that I have used yet. Way beyond my feeble skills to fully exploit. 

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Northern Virginia
Posted by ygmodeler4 on Friday, May 12, 2017 9:25 PM
Looks great Carlos, and a nice tribute

-Josiah

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, May 13, 2017 12:31 AM

ygmodeler4
Looks great Carlos, and a nice tribute
 

Thank you my friend. My dad and I butted heads over many things. But our service was not one of them.

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Saturday, May 13, 2017 3:46 AM

Stikpusher, you did a great job on this build.  I'm most impressed!

Toshi

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

 

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, May 13, 2017 12:00 PM

Thank you Toshi. For looking in here, and for commenting.

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    January 2006
  • From: California
Posted by SprueOne on Saturday, May 13, 2017 2:25 PM

Very nice finish! And you have 7 more months to get 1 more model done for 2017 Stick out tongue

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, May 13, 2017 3:21 PM

SprueOne

Very nice finish! And you have 7 more months to get 1 more model done for 2017 Stick out tongue

 

LOL! Yes I do! And thank you for the kind words. I am near the finish line on another project that I pulled off the sidelines... maybe a couple more weeks to go on that one...

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Saturday, May 13, 2017 4:37 PM

stikpusher

 

 
ygmodeler4
Looks great Carlos, and a nice tribute
 

 

 

Thank you my friend. My dad and I butted heads over many things. But our service was not one of them.

 

I'd guess not if he was sitting in that thing!

I'm looking forward to you posing it next to something for scale. I have the feeling it's pretty tiny.

That's a neat little model, unusual subject.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 5:30 PM

I came across this while working on something else. I did not know about this fit.

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 6:26 PM

Neither did I... very interesting, an Army gun mount in a Navy ship... thanks for showing that...

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    September 2016
  • From: Albany, New York
Posted by ManCityFan on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 8:58 PM
Looks great! Congrats on getting it completed. As others have said, a very nice tribute to your dad. A Lot more of the year left to get some more bench time.

Dwayne or Dman or just D.  All comments are welcome on my builds. 

  • Member since
    March 2007
  • From: Michigan
Posted by tonka on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 11:22 PM

Great Job Stik! Nice level of weathering. And very nice to honor your father's service!

 

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 3:00 AM

Man City and Tonka, thank you for looking in and your kind words. Yes, I would like to get at least one, or perhaps two more builds in for him this year, but I have a lot of other things ahead as well. I'm sure I can at least start one...

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 5:16 AM

GMorrison

I came across this while working on something else. I did not know about this fit.

 

At first i thought that might be a troop ship and the gun belonged to the troops being transported. Then i spotted the aircraft. Clearly some one thought the ship needed some extra punch.

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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