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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    On 8/24/2021 at 6:38 AM, GusMac said:

    Nice win Gaz and lots of nice kits. Seen some nice builds of the E boat. Some nice dioramas too if you want to really push the skillset.....

    Thanks mate.  I've been working a dio on that one in my head too.  To change the viewpoint and give an impression of speed, I'm thinking of using acrylic rods and water textures to make something a little unusual in ship dios.

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    Summer project Kawasaki KI-61, Tamiya 1/48

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    2 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Gaz, I would appreciate a pic of the real thing having distortions on the canopy, for whatever reason.

    You know...  I bought the Hasegawa Ki-61 a few years ago.  Much to my disgust, both wings were warped badly.   I went looking online and found I wasn't the only one to have that problem.  They're relatively thin, and I couldn't imagine how I'd separate them cleanly and insert something thin enough, yet rigid enough to take care of the warp.

     

    Canopy - wings...   you're wondering where I'm going.  Mainly what I'm talking about are things that could be managed easier in larger scale.  !/48 canopies are much thicker in scale compared to larger scales.  There's really no room to work.  Even if you did get it separated, you would struggle thinning it, and really struggle trying to get the inner surfaces smooth enough because your fingertips just wont fit.  And...  being brittle. even if you did put in the effort...   it would probably crack just as you thought your were almost there.

     

    Sorry buddy.

     

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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

    Congrats on the award. Can't wait to see what you do with the D-7 battle cruiser. 

    Carl

    Thank you! 

    I have been thinking hard on the battle cruiser.  Unlike a later version, there is very little surface detail.  A very blank canvas.  I was thinking on some common-sense panel lines and maybe some interior lighting...   though I have never messed with that kind of stuff before. 

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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    This weekend was the big event for Queensland modellers and an especially big event for me.  Queensland Model Hobbies Expo.  The first competition in which I took part.  It also had a swap meet as well as some regular retailers.

    I got some second hand kits and fresh new books:

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    And an award...  

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    On the flip side....  I got no modelling done this past weekend.

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