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Japanese Oil Tanker *update 7-12*

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 7:34 AM

 tankerbuilder wrote:
 I hope you decide which way the tanker is going to expire soon ,the suspense is killing me .  

Funny you should ask, I have a new idea...I have some 1/700 scale TBF Avenger's from Trumpeter that look to do battle...Imagine them skimming just above the water at a stationary tanker...a couple of fish already in the water leaving wakes...

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Posted by bondoman on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:02 AM
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 subfixer wrote:

 tankerbuilder wrote:
 VELL , YOU HAFF the TANKSCHIFF IN ZE PERISCOPE ,VY DON,T YOU ZINK HER ALREADY??? HEY MANNY the ship looks good . I got a little MARU somewhere and I thought it was neat that at least one company saw fit to put out some liners ,even if they,re JAPANESE and most folks never heard of them . The scale is kinda small too . Oh , I got some neat little ships from REVELL of GERMANY ,boy , was I surprised to see they were 1/1200!!! But , you know what they were pretty decently detailed for that size even . (it,s a shame they ,REVELL didn,t see fit to do them in 1/350 or somewhere therabouts . I just acquired a sub ,a REVELL U-BOOTE it,s about maybe 16 inches long ,(maybe smaller ) Boy ,am I gonna have fun with that !This sub will be done waterline above and all else below rondevouing with a schnellboote . The whole thing is going in? a piece of lexan so the bottom does not have to be cut off . I hope you decide which way the tanker is going to expire soon ,the suspense is killing me .     tankerbuilder

Umm, just what language and grammar rules are you using? Fer cryin' out loud!

I detect a Bavarian dialect...
Oh no, a Bayerischer would say "I've got a little Maria here". Or across the border "There's nobody quite like Maria.". My favorite part of Germany, and can anyone quite explain why a sea captain would live in Salzburg? Oh, I know, he got called to Bremerhavn. Hey Manny I'm going to get the T2 back up so you can find your range.
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Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:56 PM

 ddp59 wrote:
i thought it was hamburger.

Mmmmmmm..... Burger!

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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Posted by ddp59 on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:03 PM
i thought it was hamburger.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:34 PM
 subfixer wrote:

 tankerbuilder wrote:
 VELL , YOU HAFF the TANKSCHIFF IN ZE PERISCOPE ,VY DON,T YOU ZINK HER ALREADY??? HEY MANNY the ship looks good . I got a little MARU somewhere and I thought it was neat that at least one company saw fit to put out some liners ,even if they,re JAPANESE and most folks never heard of them . The scale is kinda small too . Oh , I got some neat little ships from REVELL of GERMANY ,boy , was I surprised to see they were 1/1200!!! But , you know what they were pretty decently detailed for that size even . (it,s a shame they ,REVELL didn,t see fit to do them in 1/350 or somewhere therabouts . I just acquired a sub ,a REVELL U-BOOTE it,s about maybe 16 inches long ,(maybe smaller ) Boy ,am I gonna have fun with that !This sub will be done waterline above and all else below rondevouing with a schnellboote . The whole thing is going in? a piece of lexan so the bottom does not have to be cut off . I hope you decide which way the tanker is going to expire soon ,the suspense is killing me .     tankerbuilder

Umm, just what language and grammar rules are you using? Fer cryin' out loud!

I detect a Bavarian dialect...
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Posted by bondoman on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:56 PM
Yeah, fer chrissakes, evryone knows it's "Der Periscopenthingie".
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Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:29 PM

 tankerbuilder wrote:
 VELL , YOU HAFF the TANKSCHIFF IN ZE PERISCOPE ,VY DON,T YOU ZINK HER ALREADY??? HEY MANNY the ship looks good . I got a little MARU somewhere and I thought it was neat that at least one company saw fit to put out some liners ,even if they,re JAPANESE and most folks never heard of them . The scale is kinda small too . Oh , I got some neat little ships from REVELL of GERMANY ,boy , was I surprised to see they were 1/1200!!! But , you know what they were pretty decently detailed for that size even . (it,s a shame they ,REVELL didn,t see fit to do them in 1/350 or somewhere therabouts . I just acquired a sub ,a REVELL U-BOOTE it,s about maybe 16 inches long ,(maybe smaller ) Boy ,am I gonna have fun with that !This sub will be done waterline above and all else below rondevouing with a schnellboote . The whole thing is going in? a piece of lexan so the bottom does not have to be cut off . I hope you decide which way the tanker is going to expire soon ,the suspense is killing me .     tankerbuilder

Umm, just what language and grammar rules are you using? Fer cryin' out loud!

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:54 PM
 VELL , YOU HAFF the TANKSCHIFF IN ZE PERISCOPE ,VY DON,T YOU ZINK HER ALREADY??? HEY MANNY the ship looks good . I got a little MARU somewhere and I thought it was neat that at least one company saw fit to put out some liners ,even if they,re JAPANESE and most folks never heard of them . The scale is kinda small too . Oh , I got some neat little ships from REVELL of GERMANY ,boy , was I surprised to see they were 1/1200!!! But , you know what they were pretty decently detailed for that size even . (it,s a shame they ,REVELL didn,t see fit to do them in 1/350 or somewhere therabouts . I just acquired a sub ,a REVELL U-BOOTE it,s about maybe 16 inches long ,(maybe smaller ) Boy ,am I gonna have fun with that !This sub will be done waterline above and all else below rondevouing with a schnellboote . The whole thing is going in? a piece of lexan so the bottom does not have to be cut off . I hope you decide which way the tanker is going to expire soon ,the suspense is killing me .     tankerbuilder
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Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:35 PM
MANNY -- FOR gosh sakes change that AVATAR ! The other one was better !!!! tankerbuilder . (I vill build dem faster than you can zink um ) P.S. Try the broken back approach and make the dio to have her antogonist on the surface !!
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Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:27 PM
 ACH ,MEIN HERR !! You don,t vant the crew swimming in high seas do you ??The catwalk was as much for safety as a safe place to manage emergency valving from . MY ships ,although they were v.l.c.c. types ,usually rode about with 10 foot freeboard when loaded sometimes less and in certain areas a lot higher . I never did quite get used to the fact that my cargo in my first ship ,if torpedoed could blow me straight into orbit !! She was a t-2 modified for l.n.g. transport . It,s better being retired .   TANKERBUILDER
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 17, 2009 2:06 PM
 bondoman wrote:
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 bondoman wrote:
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 bondoman wrote:

It's a very good kit. I started a thread a little while ago "Regarding T2..." that I've dropped for a while but need to get back to.

It's 1/400 ish, and there's all kinds of PE available for it. It has some strange notions about deck piping, but it has a great "busy" look to it.

Is the T-2 WIP pic you posted that same kit?

???

Yes, that's the one. It has has two features that show it's age. It's a flat bottom, but not at a very realistic draft, so cutting down the hull makes it look better, IMO, although better modelers than me have built it as-is and it looks good.

Second, it has cast on rails that are solid, with raised bar detail, and really have to go. That's not too hard though, I made a "special tool" and it goes quickly.

EDIT: I just figured something out. You are hard to write replies to without getting a red "mismatched quote" message. It seems the little culprit is the apostrophe in the Field Marshalls name. Eliminating it solved the problem. 

Well she still looks good---although I am w/o luck in finding one to purchase...

...yep, that is how you quote me; it took awhile before we figured out this system does not like apostrophes...

Ah jeez Manuel there's like 10 on ebay right now for 15 sheckles each, plus the usual graft. "Oil Tanker Glasgow" and you'll get nifty ESSO decals too, plus it has all the really lousy 3", 5" 40mm guns, but I'll give you something for the 20's: they are a nice little piece of art.

Fred and I tried, but failed to corner the market a while ago. Stock up while you can, and also shop for the Montrose (Victory Ship VC2) and Hawaiian Pilot (C3) kits. Only Trump makes a Liberty.

But as I've said before if your goal is to sink 'em, we have Catalinas and Beaufighters in the area and your U-Boats only got 15,000 tons for every one lost. Kind of like the Notre Dame line dies beating USC.

 

Darn, I hate Ebay !!!
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Posted by bondoman on Friday, July 17, 2009 1:26 AM
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 bondoman wrote:
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 bondoman wrote:

It's a very good kit. I started a thread a little while ago "Regarding T2..." that I've dropped for a while but need to get back to.

It's 1/400 ish, and there's all kinds of PE available for it. It has some strange notions about deck piping, but it has a great "busy" look to it.

Is the T-2 WIP pic you posted that same kit?

???

Yes, that's the one. It has has two features that show it's age. It's a flat bottom, but not at a very realistic draft, so cutting down the hull makes it look better, IMO, although better modelers than me have built it as-is and it looks good.

Second, it has cast on rails that are solid, with raised bar detail, and really have to go. That's not too hard though, I made a "special tool" and it goes quickly.

EDIT: I just figured something out. You are hard to write replies to without getting a red "mismatched quote" message. It seems the little culprit is the apostrophe in the Field Marshalls name. Eliminating it solved the problem. 

Well she still looks good---although I am w/o luck in finding one to purchase...

...yep, that is how you quote me; it took awhile before we figured out this system does not like apostrophes...

Ah jeez Manuel there's like 10 on ebay right now for 15 sheckles each, plus the usual graft. "Oil Tanker Glasgow" and you'll get nifty ESSO decals too, plus it has all the really lousy 3", 5" 40mm guns, but I'll give you something for the 20's: they are a nice little piece of art.

Fred and I tried, but failed to corner the market a while ago. Stock up while you can, and also shop for the Montrose (Victory Ship VC2) and Hawaiian Pilot (C3) kits. Only Trump makes a Liberty.EDIT: that was a dumb statement, obviously not true!

But as I've said before if your goal is to sink 'em, we have Catalinas and Beaufighters in the area and your U-Boats only got 15,000 tons for every one lost. Kind of like the Notre Dame line dies beating USC.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:31 PM
 bondoman wrote:
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 bondoman wrote:

It's a very good kit. I started a thread a little while ago "Regarding T2..." that I've dropped for a while but need to get back to.

It's 1/400 ish, and there's all kinds of PE available for it. It has some strange notions about deck piping, but it has a great "busy" look to it.

Is the T-2 WIP pic you posted that same kit?

???

Yes, that's the one. It has has two features that show it's age. It's a flat bottom, but not at a very realistic draft, so cutting down the hull makes it look better, IMO, although better modelers than me have built it as-is and it looks good.

Second, it has cast on rails that are solid, with raised bar detail, and really have to go. That's not too hard though, I made a "special tool" and it goes quickly.

EDIT: I just figured something out. You are hard to write replies to without getting a red "mismatched quote" message. It seems the little culprit is the apostrophe in the Field Marshalls name. Eliminating it solved the problem. 

Well she still looks good---although I am w/o luck in finding one to purchase...

...yep, that is how you quote me; it took awhile before we figured out this system does not like apostrophes...

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Posted by bondoman on Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:14 AM
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 bondoman wrote:

It's a very good kit. I started a thread a little while ago "Regarding T2..." that I've dropped for a while but need to get back to.

It's 1/400 ish, and there's all kinds of PE available for it. It has some strange notions about deck piping, but it has a great "busy" look to it.

Is the T-2 WIP pic you posted that same kit?

???

Yes, that's the one. It has has two features that show it's age. It's a flat bottom, but not at a very realistic draft, so cutting down the hull makes it look better, IMO, although better modelers than me have built it as-is and it looks good.

Second, it has cast on rails that are solid, with raised bar detail, and really have to go. That's not too hard though, I made a "special tool" and it goes quickly.

EDIT: I just figured something out. You are hard to write replies to without getting a red "mismatched quote" message. It seems the little culprit is the apostrophe in the Field Marshalls name. Eliminating it solved the problem. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:52 AM
 Mansteins revenge wrote:
 bondoman wrote:

It's a very good kit. I started a thread a little while ago "Regarding T2..." that I've dropped for a while but need to get back to.

It's 1/400 ish, and there's all kinds of PE available for it. It has some strange notions about deck piping, but it has a great "busy" look to it.

Is the T-2 WIP pic you posted that same kit?

???

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:38 PM
 bondoman wrote:

It's a very good kit. I started a thread a little while ago "Regarding T2..." that I've dropped for a while but need to get back to.

It's 1/400 ish, and there's all kinds of PE available for it. It has some strange notions about deck piping, but it has a great "busy" look to it.

Is the T-2 WIP pic you posted that same kit?
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Posted by subfixer on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:40 PM

Much, much better. Thanks, I don't think I could stomach the other one for long.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:40 PM
 subfixer wrote:
Manny, for Gawd's sake, change your flippin' avatar. Please!!
How's that?
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Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 4:58 PM
Manny, for Gawd's sake, change your flippin' avatar. Please!!

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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Posted by bondoman on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:31 PM

It's a very good kit. I started a thread a little while ago "Regarding T2..." that I've dropped for a while but need to get back to.

It's 1/400 ish, and there's all kinds of PE available for it. It has some strange notions about deck piping, but it has a great "busy" look to it.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:10 PM
 bondoman wrote:
The kit is available as the SS. Glasgow, from RoG, but alas that box is a collectors item! It's a real beaut- I wish I had one!
Couldn't find it listed on my main suppliers' websites---is it a good kit, older kit, etc????
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Posted by bondoman on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:11 PM
The kit is available as the SS. Glasgow, from RoG, but alas that box is a collectors item! It's a real beaut- I wish I had one!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:32 AM
 bondoman wrote:
I think it's Measure 32: light gray/ocean gray/black. I don't know the pattern though. 3 maybe?
Is that boxart from a kit that is still available?
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Posted by bondoman on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:31 AM
I think it's Measure 32: light gray/ocean gray/black. I don't know the pattern though. 3 maybe?
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:19 AM
 bondoman wrote:

 

What kind of camo is this tanker displaying???
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 13, 2009 7:29 PM
 subfixer wrote:
 Mansteins revenge wrote:

 subfixer wrote:
Are you going to torpedo these new boats, too?

 

Me sink a passeneger liner? Whistling [:-^]

Just pretend it's a hospital ship.

There were no red crosses displayed on that ship !
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Posted by subfixer on Monday, July 13, 2009 4:54 PM
 Mansteins revenge wrote:

 subfixer wrote:
Are you going to torpedo these new boats, too?

 

Me sink a passeneger liner? Whistling [:-^]

Just pretend it's a hospital ship.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 13, 2009 11:07 AM

 subfixer wrote:
Are you going to torpedo these new boats, too?

 

Me sink a passeneger liner? Whistling [:-^]

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Posted by subfixer on Monday, July 13, 2009 3:26 AM
Are you going to torpedo these new boats, too?

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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