crazypoet

Calling this done...! At least for the moment I have a couple of buckets that still need a finish coat and handles, and two cases of carbine cartridges the need stencils... But those won’t be done before I hit the road for Chattanooga in the morning, so this will have to do. Overall i’m happy - I like the new rigging on the stack much better, and the base came together nicely. i still need to take some decent photos - so it has to survive the trip to the show. These will suffice for the moment though

Sweet! That gives me hope for my own future NMF builds...

CATCH-22!!!

Finish coat of poly drying on the base and a good start towards the replacement rigging for the mast the kit approach was just an eyelet stuck in the gunwale. I went along with that because I was focused on other areas. The longer I thought about it, the less I liked it (and I was equally unhappy with the knots I used). so. New approach - iron plates and rings, with sleeved cables. I don’t know if it’s any more or less accurate - no records exist - but it should look better and i’m a lot happier with the idea. plates filled, primed, drilled and ready for a coat of liquid graphite, and the first new cable, also ready for graphite.

Disaster avoided - some careful trimming, sanding, and switching to a different poly seems to have done the trick. A few slight ripples where things really went pear-shaped in the first round will be mostly covered by the boat stands, nameplate and suchlike... i can breathe again, and finish the last details. i noticed yesterday that the rigging lines to the stack had gotten a bit slack in the two years since I first installed them, so have have to re-do them. I’m taking the opportunity to improve the look of the tie-downs while i’m at it - I never liked the kit approach, and this gives me a chance to scratch that particular itch. The rigging pic below is the “before” look. Assuming I don’t break anything else in the interim, i’ll post the “after” shot later today...

I think we have a theme going here...!

be careful what ya ask for!

Ya know... I might just!

Distressing discovery! It seems that oil-based polyurethane does not adhere to the film used by my dry-transfer decal maker. The (dry) first coat started to peel right up under just the weight of the brush as I added the second coat. And of course it’s a *large* section of the base dammit If I can’t get it all to come off clean, I may be doing a *very* short-notice redo of the base... gotta love those “huh! Never seen it do **THAT** before” moments!

I saw this - it’s beautifully done

When Kelly’s team in their Sherman arrived at the town and faced three tigers (dressed-up t-34s were used in the movie)

That’s a hell of a dust rag!

I’d love to see any of those Delta-winged darlings given the attention they deserve!

FB111?

I’m seeing the potential of a Kelly’s Heroes group build... love me a Tiger!

Sweet! I love a point-in-time/specific event build... watching with enthusiasm!

How about something completely off the reservation like an AC-47 or AC-119?

I moved into the living room... one of the joys of being divorced!

theres any number of things i’d like to see from HK. Top of my personal list would be a B-25D that I could build as an early strafer conversion in the South Pacific. There are *Sooooo many* good stories to tell with that as a base..

Looking good!

I’ll do a couple different versions. I’m limited a bit in terms of size - I can’t do anything larger than 11x17” but there’s still fun things that can be done - i’ll Dig around a bit on the site and come up with something that represents us well

Good to hear that there is at least movement if not progress! sometimes just getting to a diagnosis is the hardest part. Be good to yourself and know that we’re all pulling for you.