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    Ok, the decals are on. They have a very flat finish to them and I wasn't sure how they'd work but I think they turned out ok. Once you gave them a light squeeze, they would stick in place and nothing you could do after would get them to move so a couple are slightly off. I also assembled the track bed. It's going to need a but of touch up but in the meantime, here's a quick mock up. There's just a few more parts remaining and it'll be done.
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    Looks good John. I'm always impressed by the glossiness of your finishes. Carl
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    CP Airlines? Don't think I ever flew on their planes. Did fly with Canadian a couple times.
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    Whoops. Our basement is too small to have a place to hide kits. Sue was down there today while I was at work. She was worried we might flood again so she was rolling up the carpet in my work area. So definitely no hiding stuff from her. Unless it's in plain sight. If you do decide to get something to see her reaction, my vote is for the Trumpeter 1/48 U-boat.
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    Whoa!
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    A quick update. I painted the edges of the deck and the buffers. I have also started on adding some chipping and wear along the edges of the railcar. I'm using a silver Prismacolour pencil for this.
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    I've built two so far. Ernie pushed me to try building a WNW kit (any biplane actually) and if he hadn't, I probably would never have tried rigging something. So thank you Ernie!!! I still have a couple in the stash plus the Silverwings Hart to get back to. I've even bought a Curtis P6 Hawk of my own volition. That has to be my favourite biplane. As for collecting, I have maybe two kits in my stash I bought from a collection standpoint. One was accidental.
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    No kidding. Phil, see if she can drive standard. That's another skill that's dying out.
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    This looks amazing Ron. You're just powering through this. Carl
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    I've given the deck a clear coat and then a very thinned wash of black over the whole surface. I used Mr Color Weathering Color multi black thinned 10:1 with their solvent. It's not as dark as it seems in the photos but I think it helps tie things together. Carl
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    I think Sue would notice. Especially if it ended up motorized and ran around the house. Plus I'm not sure the cats would approve.
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    That looks purdy.
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    Thanks Ernie! I don't think I've ever felt that I had to stick to one subject. Too many things are interesting or catch my eye. Which can be a problem in and of itself. But it makes it fun. Speaking of fun, it's buggy season! I picked these up the other day. The Avante was a must as it's an homage to an RC car I had as a kid. The Beetle was too good a price to pass up on. TamiyaUSA has it on sale for $169 but I was able to get it locally for roughly $135. Still can't figure that price out but whatever. As different as they may look, they use an almost identical chassis except the Beetle has portal axles that simply attach to the suspension arms. Tamiya is probably the master at milking the various RC parts and chassis they've made over the years for maximum return.
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    Tempting, but it would probably take up a lot of space.
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    Just booked a room for the 17th-20th. Carl
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    Thanks Gaz! Actually, I'm not sure. The instructions say to paint it wood. The build review on the Modelling News did them in wood as well. Which doesn't mean that they're correct. The pics that I've been able to find show the railcars from ground level so you can't tell what the finish is of the deck. I'm going to leave them in wood and if I do find they were painted later on, it's easy enough to add a coat of paint over top. Carl
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    Thanks, I just dipped my brush in the panel washes and randomly mixed them as I went along. Thought that was the best approach. Carl
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    Sue asked my dad for a recipe for these steamed buns so my dad wrote it out for her. After she got it, she wasn't sure that she'd be able to eat them as she thought they had suet. I was a bit shocked so I took a look at the note. It said salt. Now my dad has terrible writing so I grew up trying to decipher things he'd written. But that was worth a laugh.
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    Ok, I've finished giving it a wash.
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    Got it Wumm. I'll always figures they were soaked in creosote or something and would be quite darker. I've started on the railcar. How's this?
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    I've finally gotten back to this after a couple brief distractions. It's a small update but I'm making progress nonetheless. I continued work on the deck adding various details to the sides and ends. I then painted the deck in wood brown along with the rails road ties. Since I haven't really done a lot of wood graining, I used the ties as practice. I've applied a coat of Vallejo Burnt umber wash over the base coat. I thinned it with their glaze medium. What do you guys think compared to the ones without a wash?
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    Me too. The resin barrels tend to be fairly fragile from my experience.
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    I bet shipping to Canada will be worse.
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    I was killing 2 birds with one stone. The hobby shop is about 30 km from our place but right on the way to the mountain bike trails. So I got the boys out for some fun and then on the way back, a quick detour. Same here. Don't know why but I've always liked it. Same with the Strv-103.
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    I lost a Tamiya 1/32 F-4 J fuselage. No idea where it went. One huge piece of plastic for the Carpet Monster to drag down into its den.
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