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krow113

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  1. Prolly one of the best kits produced this year:
  2. Your interior work is very well done. The dio is tops. What are the base dimensions??
  3. Looks like a job for some old p/e fret... Are you aware of how they work? You can see the actuation works at the near side of your pic, the bar that moves in the vertical plane and allows the flap pins to rotate the flaps into open and closed positions. Like a louvered window, maybe find a window like that and observe its operation.
  4. Thanks , I will re-read that article again. I need to do a cap badge for my 120mm fig dio. This is where creating artwork and sending it off would be too expensive , for a 4mm x 4mm item! I have all the required materials and tools to do the custom etch , all tolled it came to under $350.00 .This is for a tank & pump , heater , chemicals , laminator and material for lamination. Googling circuit board fabrication helps, its essentially the same process ,all my tooling is related to CB work. Still and all I am hesitant to go through a full set up for just the cap badge. I may need to come up with some more project artwork before going for it. Cap badge required:
  5. Are you talking about the honeycomb part or the louvered part?
  6. There is a great tutorial on Britmodeller , takes you through the whole process. Also googling it brings up a lot of good info.
  7. Thank you Nick! And the party is just starting as guests are still arriving: Parts in the order as well: And Gaspatch comes through with some exquisite Spandau's these are incredibly delicate and detailed, I wanna try a dual mount for the rear gunner in the Gotha:
  8. Nice to see. Hopefully it wont be raped and shredded on model forums , shame to see that AGAIN.
  9. krow113

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    Still pretty decent , postage is prolly the real reason for the increase. The kits are outstanding , going up in value when they are discontinued. No reason for tears!
  10. Thanks P ,if I can pull it off. Model forums have changed drastically in the last year -mostly for the better. That gives me a better chance. Yeah that set is fairly large .The paper in this pic is 15" wide by prolly 34" long , it holds the kit shapes and hex 'fill': Closely supervised by the feline overlords:
  11. Thanks winter I did one mask set , sent it off but never saw any results from it. It requires a lot of attention to the individual hex's. The set evolved quickly and after I sent it, I thought if I ran it through The Big Unit , I could print a dot of the color of each hex , on the hex as well as cut them out. Maybe next time. Mine will be the individually painted shapes that were the result of switching to night raids. Decal package: And three more figs , the dispatch rider and the Tommy fig will require a modicum of re-arrangemant to fit in.: I like this guy , found him in a discount bin , he may be the dark horse: A full pull of WW 1 German service and flight crew are on the way from CSM . I looked at the Aviattic stuff as well , may turn out to be quite the party.
  12. The work is excellent , the thread immaculate. Why worry about the comments? Before I committed a single pic of my work for the first time on a forum I told myself this was for me , its my model , my thread , mine. No comments needed or required , but thanks if someone chooses to comment. I follow this to the day , and respond politely and in a friendly manner to anyone who does comment. I would suggest that the DH 2 aint that attractive of a subject (!) , and people will look but not comment. Some subjects are like that , tough to get the work done , but attract little attention regardless. I feel your pain! Forums ebb and flow , members come and go , be content with the skill and finished model your thread displays. If you want comments , do something with a B-17 , they always attract attention!
  13. Far East and Eelco, thank you. The cannon has been on my mind for a few years. The kit is well worth ( way to go WNW!!) an all out effort and I'll do my best on that score. Having a coupla pieces well into the final stages , I'll leave this for a while. The plan is to do the accouterments ie: weapons , bombs , Stossfahrgestell (front landing gear) , 4 bladed props , figs (over 20 now , having ordered all the CSM sets !) , base , airspeed indicator , etc , prior to tackling the bulk of the kit. Everything stated can be backed up with available pix , so not too much embellishment. A custom mask set for irregular polygons will have to be made as well, templates are ready , I just hafta draw a few hundred of the polygons and some how get them to fit the templates. I think the cannon is a really good start. Thanks for watching and commenting.
  14. Thanks P ! Couldnt resist mocking the cannon installation:
  15. Finished: With a kit Parabellum: We'll leave the gunsight off for now. This thread will go dormant as well for now. I have 2 pieces on the go that are at critical mass. Thanks for watching.
  16. An all -out blitz resulted in the production of the bulk of the cannon. The minute details took as long or longer than the main assy. Here are the components , they include the main body , the mount , the 2 curved mount arms with levers to adjust , the gunsight , the handles and the magazine. Main body detail: [/uR L] Thin coats of heavily thinned Alclad gloss black base followed by a dark sea blue even thinnner mix gives some base to the weapon: Some assy today on the gleaming , deadly 20mm cannon:
  17. Model ship rope colored with metallic powder or wax , ass-u-meing you need to make a coil.
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