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Landlubber Mike

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  1. Running out of superlatives here Rob - but amazing work! Love the work on the engines. I need to look into the AK wax products.
  2. Wow, really nice man! Love the variety - your figure painting skills in particular are very impressive.
  3. Wow, looking good Peter! I bet this is a nice change of pace from the kit that shall not be named
  4. Great to see you back at the bench Peter! Nice start! Impressive details in the cockpit!
  5. Wow, great work Rob. The decal work is fantastic! Nice pickup of the Rexx exhausts. Not that the kit parts are terrible, but man, those aftermarket exhausts are really nice!
  6. So sorry to hear this Peter, but I certainly can understand. This is supposed to be a hobby and thus fun, so if not fun, what's the point? Maybe as others have said, let the kit sit for a while, and then come back and force it to submit to your great modeling skills. You might end up with a lot of satisfaction at the end turning a not-so-good kit into a fantastic model. If anything, maybe I can finish my JRS-1 quickly and we can move up our planned buddy build.
  7. Thanks Jeff! I probably mentioned this before, but when I got back into modeling about a decade ago, I decided to build wooden ships as I thought I would be bored with plastic models insert tab a into slot b and paint -- at least that was what I remembered from building models as a kid. It was only in the last few years that I saw some plastic builds on MSW that I realized how far the hobby had come with aftermarket, better kits, airbrushes, paints, washes, etc. I tend to like the subjects in the plastic world a lot better than 17th-18th century wooden ships, so I've pretty much moved over to the plastic world. At some point I'll pick the wooden builds up again, but I'm having a blast with these plastic kits. I complain about fit, but I think I secretly enjoy trying to puzzle solve.
  8. Hmm, image doesn't show either. Probably a security setting on my Mac.
  9. I'm sure you'll get it all figured out Peter. Stay strong my friend!
  10. Unfortunately no - shows that there is a picture, but just a question mark.
  11. For some reason I can't view your build pictures. I can see the other ones you included though. Any ideas why? I always learn a lot from your builds.
  12. Thanks for the kind words Peter. It might have been fun to open the plane up some, but the wacky windows were a problem. I ended up needing to cut a couple out of clear plastic, and it's not as easy as cutting normal styrene even using the Dspiae circle cutter. I probably had to cut at least five to get one decent one. I didn't feel like replacing all 20'ish windows as that would have really tested my patience. I think adding material to the bulkheads helped a lot. I ended up having to remove some of the material with the final assembly, but the bulkheads really helped with the positioning and stability. Good luck with the Songbird!
  13. Made some good progress on the JRS-1 the last few days. First, installed all the interior components - bulkheads, cockpit, seats, windows, window frames, curtains, etc. Given that you can't see much of any of the details from the outside, I didn't bother trying to make everything look pristine. Then managed to get the fuselage buttoned up. Surprisingly, very little filler or plastic strips needed, though the canopy is going to require plenty. The top was a pain because you had to insert the rectangular piece in between the fuselage halves (you could cut this in half and model it as open), as well as the two forward top fuselage halves. Not exactly easy to do, but eventually got there. Thanks for looking in!
  14. Hey Peter, not sure how I missed your earlier post of the IP - looks great! As for the overall build so far, it's looking really fantastic if you ask me. Interesting how the shape of your Songbird is very close to my JRS-1, including the shape and misfit of the canopy part. I'm actually at the same point in my build. As much of a pain as it might seem like it will be, I believe Kevin is right in how to approach it. Take a look here at a JRS-1 posted on Scalemates. Exactly the approach Kevin suggested. I'm planning to lay down some plastic strip first, maybe a touch over what I need, and then just sand and test fit until the cockpit sits neatly on top.
  15. I loved the show as a kid. Looking forward to seeing this come alive! I watched the trailer you posted, and was struck by how great the ships looked back then. Compared to the CGI today, the show certainly held it's own, if not, might even look better.
  16. I ended up installing the windows tonight. I ended up using CA. Didnt really get any fogging. I did get fogging when I tried to use CA debonder on a window where a little CA got on it. Good luck with your windows! I'm so glad that part of the build is done!
  17. Sounds like your Songbird has a similar window install as this kit. The windows have a chamfer where the exterior is smaller than the interior opening. The clear part windows have a small step, so you insert them from the inside smaller end first so that the larger end sits on the chamfered edge. At least that's the theory, but the concept is difficult to execute at this scale and where the parts aren't exactly perfect. The window openings were all sorts of sizes and some with a touch of flash, and the clear parts don't seem to be particularly crisp. I cut out one of the small and one of the larger windows and test fit them into the various openings to have a good fit when I went to install them. One thing I've considered is adding a tiny drop of CA to the inside edges for a bit of strength, but the clear parts actually look quite clear after dipping in Future so I don't know if I want to take that chance. Instead, I have some Testor flat clear that I might paint along the inside edge to help add as an extra adhesive. I didn't feel like dealing with the windows last night, so instead cut out the control surfaces from the wing, and put together the wing tips, floats and seat for the wing. Figured that would be a relaxing exercise, though there were fit issues with those parts as well. At some point, I think I just need to work on a Tamiya kit for something more relaxing!
  18. Thanks Peter! Any tips on how to glue in the small windows? The windows install from the inside, so before closing up the fuselage I need to add the 20 windows. I'll probably add the masks as well before buttoning up the fuselage, as I'm a little nervous about accidentally popping a window out, which would really be a problem once the fuselage is together. I was going to use PVA glue like Gator's Glue, but I'm wondering if that will be strong enough.
  19. Thanks Rob. I guess I could have asked Eduard for replacements, but with this being a limited edition release, I figured I'd just fix it myself. These won't be noticeable anyway, especially as I'm not planning on opening things up - fixing the fit of the interior parts would take way too much time for limited benefit. Would be fun to build one of these at a larger scale and open it up. There are lots of pictures out there of Howard Hughes' S-43 (the civilian designation of the same aircraft), as well as of the military version JRS-1.
  20. Interior is all painted and ready to be buttoned up: Half of the Eduard resin passenger seats had broken arm rests. I ended up cutting them all off, then replacing them with brass wire. Won't be able to see them, but for some reason I feel better knowing that they are there: Thanks for looking in!
  21. Wow this is absolutely incredible, not sure how I've missed this log. Thanks for posting all the pictures of your detail work! Can I ask - when you put the foil down, do you glue it and then hammer, smooth, cut, etc. the foil to shape? And what kind of glue do you use so that you can still get the foil to lie flat when you hammer it. I've always wondered how that was done. Thanks in advance and again, amazing work! Thanks for sharing.
  22. Nice job! With all the dust in the first pictures, you probably could have turned it into a submerged wreck!
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