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  1. If you use CLR it will clear out the rust and convert the oxidation into a zinc coating.

    Pretty good way we used to clean out Harley tanks.

    Even better ;

    It wont rust again after that.

    Attention to the drain valve once and a while may help too...

    Jus' sayin!

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  2. Girl figs are cool.

    I have a number of them , too bad I cant paint worth a faack.

    Saw this one on Scale Model Graveyard sales site on fbook. Which is turning out to be a decent buy/sell page.

    Pirate Babe:

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    Her sword is broken , but that can easily be made of stainless steel stock , prolly look better too.

     

     

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  3. lol

    When I worked in the custom Harley industry here in B.C. I would have had no trouble designating the tank as crap.

    It barely pass' even the lowest standards. Every time I go to leak test it there is a new crack or hole or crackhole. Mostly around the filler neck , which is the worst part, I have actually cut it off as it was not getting better. The bung will be welded to a square patch to go over the cretinous 'welding' f c ing things up.

    But it is made and it fits , now , and is completely invisible under the tranny.

    With a wrinkle black finish the flaws will be pretty much unseen.

    Here is the chopper which is turning out to be a mixed bag of tricks:

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    Note that this has never actually been a bike , never inspected , certified or insured , never seen the road. This is a very loosely asembled bunch of parts that was immediatly dis asembled.

    lol

     

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  4. I have a few of these tools.

    UMM also makes a p/e set .

    The Trumpeter tool is adequate but will need upgrading to a steel axle and some parts to make it more useable;

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    This mod after testing on a 1/48 B 17 , Monogram hard plastic broke the stock plastic axle right away.

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  5. Its whether the receiver chooses to be offended.

    In my experience no amount of sugar coating will smooth the delivery.

    Here where I live there are peeps poised , catlike, ready to misinterpret , misdirect , obfuscate the truth and redefine even the slightest comment , as long as it is as far from the truth as they can get.

    And never into a positive arena , always into the negative.

    And shying away from accepting responsibility for their 'input' , with one of the stupidest comments ever heard by me;

    "You brought it on yourself"

    Anyone using this phrase needs to be avoided at all costs.

    lol

     

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  6. 8 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Thanks Carl, no RLM 66 here ;), the Ammoknight will be green on the outside, at least that's the plan. For the interior, I switched to blue grey instead of my first planned beige green. The now used interior colour will give a good contrast then. It also contrasts better to the dark red pilot seat, which was a primary intention.
    The benefit of a project like this is, you can do whatever you want, without caring about accuracy, the downside is, I noticed, I lack some primary colours, like a frog green, which I had in mind for the welding cart and used orange as a substitute :D.

    Cheers Rob

    Good work.

    For interests sake the rig she has is a cutting torch , can be used for 'welding' but not welding.

    lol

     

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  7. 13 minutes ago, HubertB said:

    I’m like you Steve. Got the book last week, and am going through it slowly before going to sleep. The theoretical and practical explanations take some time to be absorbed and integrated, but I can concur that, from the little I have read so far, it’s the best modelling book I have ever bought :thumbsup2:

    Hubert

    I saw a few other FAQ books from the series and was impressed with them. So it was easy to allocate the funds.

    lol

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  8. So I sucked it up and had a perusal of the book.

    Close to $300.00 CDN. to my door. Literally.

    Packaging almost compromised the book , a double wrap of small bubble wrap and a cardboard book mailer in a plastic envelope.

    The 2 very small blunted lower corners of the book are of no concern to me.

    Easily the most thorough subject matter book in my collection.

    Large , heavy gloss , high color on every page , really really nice.

    Close to or over 500 pages.

    And because it is from MiG , I thought it may be a sales vehicle , but their supplies are in with all the others, no 'favouritism' .

    I look forward to reading it.

    Maybe improve my fig work.

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  9. Thank you Jeff.

    In my experience those opportunity's for display usually have a number prior entrants.

    We can dream though eh?

    Anyway a mishap has stopped me almost dead in my tracks.

    I hope some time at the work station will become available as A Gotha is nearing critical mass.

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