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    I’d venture, without 100 % certainty though, that the combination of cold and rattle can played against you. The problem of rattle cans is controlling the flow, and it spattering cold paint does not help, especially as it gets colder as pressure drops. The trick of immersing the can in warm water before using it, and regularly doing it as the can empties, is a good one … Probably worth giving it a try on a paint mule … Hubert
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    You’re right, of course. So, there you go: in fact, it seems 8.471 % too small in any one dimension, which makes it look about 76.427 % of what it should be … Hubert, the meter-man 😁
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    I’ve read somewhere that it was all wrong in dimensions … about 10% too small, in length, wingspan and height, in fact … Hubert
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    You know that, for bonding most resin kits parts, epoxy is very often a better alternative. HPH’s epoxy glue works well on resin kits. Hubert
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    Me too, Martin 🤣! I stalled the project when life, and real estate projects took over … I was in the middle of masking the windows before splashing some paint. When I finally returned to the bench, it was time for the new GB. So, the tram will come back after a one-year hiatus, when the Cutlass has left the SOD. Hubert
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    As I am not someone to let a friend in need, I’ll take September Fury away from your overburdened hands, and I’ll finish it for you. Don’t thank me, that’s what friends are for …. Hubert PS Edit : after some thinking through, I realised I was not generous enough in my offer. Please accept my apologies. I was overlwhelmed with the emotion of seeing a friend in distress. To make up for this shortsightedness, I’ll also take the Panther and Rutman’s « B ».
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    These panel lines on the Belcher tail are positively ugly. Not sure they even make sense from a structural point of view. And I’m with Carl: sprue goo won’t hold to resin. Hubert
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    Well, the top deck looks a bit skewed with the rear lower than the front (but that is good to evacuate water in heavy seas), but I am sure it will be fixed when gluing and adding the rear platform posts. In short : 👍 ! Hubert
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    I also noticed on one of the period pics above that the rail of the rear canopy was painted ZC Yellow, not GSB. Hubert
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    Actually, comparing the FM kit to a sow’s ear is not very kind for that poor sow … But Tom nevertheless is a new kind of super-hero for vanquishing this one 👍 ! Hubert
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    Regarding the HB W-29, I always wondered how they could expect the rear gunner to stand manning his gun and rotating in all directions without stepping through this bottom transparent panel … My interpretation of this, on my scratchbuilt Aichi Hansa, which was started before we even knew WnW existed, was to add a mobile grid that would take the weight of the gunner when standing. Probably not historically accurate, but common sense, for me at least. Ok, end of thread drift. Hubert
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    And another link … https://modelshipworld.com/topic/18824-uss-arizona-by-popeye-the-sailor-revell-1426-scale/ Hubert
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    Oops ! The problem of being as old as the Revell kit 😂 https://brexitmodeller.com/forums/topic/29213-uss-arizona-1426-scale-revell-kit-with-toms-model-works-pe-detail-kit/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-158790 Hubert
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    Re-enacting « Tora ! Tora ! Tora! », Peter ? I understand the frustrations, but shooting at the wings 😱 ? Hubert 🤣
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    Retiring to the Ardennes ? Now, that’s pushing obsession VERY far 😂 ! Hubert, who, less originally, retired to sunny Portugal (but whose name Saint was from the Ardennes, and, after converting to Christianism, and forgiving game hunting, ended up founding the town of Liège, being its first bishop )
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    Here is a link to a build thread of the Revell 1/426 AZ. The split of the superstructures in the middle of the portholes is typical of the mold technology of the time. Because of the cutting angles of the molds (a few degrees) imposed by the mold release constraints, a « vertical » wall of a superstructure was impossible, hence the splitting in halves. But this was 1959 technology, where the concepts like spark-erosion of molds, or slide-molds, was not even a SiFi dream. Even if it’s not brand new, your kit took the easy way out of research, by copying a 64 years’ old kit Hubert
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    The difference is called VAT, Fran, applicable to all European citizens buying from an European company… VAT is like croissants: a French invention that has known an incredible worldwide success (although, to be fair, the croissant was created in Vienna. The bakers were allowed by the Austrian emperor to create a pastry in the shape of a crescent, to celebrate a victory against the Ottomans - not sure about which one, but I believe it was in Timisoara, now in western Romania) Hubert
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    It looks like you have beaten the hardest compound curves. So, what did you use in the end, standard foil, or the sticky pipe tape ? Hubert
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    The more I see this kit, the more it looks to me like an up-scaled Revell Arizona … Hubert
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    Nice weathering on that Rolls 👍! Hubert
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    I could almost bet you wished more than once that they had put the front diving planes back on the hull, up-front, rather than leave them on the sail, after the lengthening process … Hubert
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    I hope your mojo will take you through this build. This kit is the only one that prompted my getting out of my sacro-sanct 1/32 scale Looking forward to see more Hubert
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    Hi Rob, Interesting collection. The USS Parche model (SSN 683 btw, not 693 - a typo) with its strange shape, prompted a quick search from me: interesting story, to say the least, and I understand your « exciting » comment Show us your WIPs Hubert
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    Me, it's the contrary. I always wonder why it does not bond the parts I want bonded 😂 ! Hubert
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    Well guys, there actually is a 1/32 F-111 kit … a vacform from Tigger Models. Now, we have overcome one hurdle, i.e. scratching the cockpit; and another guy is preparing a 3D-printed MLG well. Anyone willing to 3D design TF-30 exhausts 😏 ? Hubert
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