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    Walrus (Airfix 1/48), NeOmega Catapult, and HMS Albatross (Niko 1/700) by Landlubber Mike

    in Let’s Get Wet Group Build.

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, DocRob said:

    It's hard to tell from the picture, but it seems to me the Eduard attachment points and AIMS wires are not a perfect match. If you have the attachment points already glued, you could use flat elastic rigging material, like Prym produces. I think EZ-Line is also available flat shaped. 

    Cheers Rob

    I haven't glued those points in yet, but I believe I removed some of the plastic points in preparation for the Eduard parts so will need to use the Eduard PE at this point I suppose.  My guess is I will need to drill holes whether I use the AIMS wires or elastic rigging, just so there is a little more security with the bond.  I'll have to play around with it.  A big reason why I put the Walrus down and started on the Albatross 😞 

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    Walrus (Airfix 1/48), NeOmega Catapult, and HMS Albatross (Niko 1/700) by Landlubber Mike

    in Let’s Get Wet Group Build.

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, DocRob said:

    Great work all around Mike. I can't add to the tube thing question though, maybe it's a mine. I don't think there were dragged sonars by that time. The PE looks tedious, but adds a lot of detail. I can imagine the patience it took, to assemble these pieces.
    I never used PE flat rigging, but the AIMS set looks like you should slot the ends of the wires, maybe in a scalpel cut small hole. Measuring will be not so easy, but you could slot in one side and look where the second slot has to be then.

    Cheers Rob

    Thanks Rob!  I kinda enjoy working with PE, as it's like a puzzle often times.  Of course I hate it when I drop parts and spend an hour on my hands and knees looking for them on the floor.  CA and I have a better understanding these days, as if the CA is not behaving, I threaten it with accelerator.  Makes for a nicer relationship.

    That was the sense I got from the AIMS instructions as well.  What will be tricky I think is slotting the ends where they should connect with the Eduard PE attachment points (see picture below).  I think it's just a matter of drilling a small hole in the center of these PE parts, and then running the AIMS wire ends into the hole.  I'm probably overthinking this.  

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    On my first plastic builds in coming back to the hobby after 30 years, I had stainless wire aftermarket from Starfighter that I added to my 1/72 F4B-4 and P-6E builds.  It was really tricky adding them, given that if you didn't fit them just right, the wires would bend.  The parts were double wires which made things even worse.  Hopefully at this scale and the fact that the Walrus rigging involves single wires, the AIMS set should be easier.

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

    in Modelling Discussion

    Posted

    Wow @DocRob, those wheels look fantastic!  I picked up a couple of spoked wheels from UMM (the spokes are in brass), but will have to look at Copper State's offerings too now that I see your pictures.  

    @ScottsGT, that camo scheme is incredible!  Good thing I don't build modern fighters, as I'd be tempted to buy a kit just for that scheme, but that still is awfully tempting!

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    Walrus (Airfix 1/48), NeOmega Catapult, and HMS Albatross (Niko 1/700) by Landlubber Mike

    in Let’s Get Wet Group Build.

    Posted

    While putting off thinking about the rigging, I did start on the Albatross build.  I didn't realize this, but Niko makes two kits for this ship - one from 1939, and the other from 1942.  The 1939 version has a plain gray camo scheme, while the 1942 version has the more intricate dazzle scheme.  Otherwise, except for a few minor modifications, the kit/ship is the same between the two versions.  

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    I have the 1939 kit - fortunately or unfortunately - which matches up with the 1939-1940 schemes for the Walrus I'm planning to model.  I still haven't fully decided which of the two versions I'm planning to model.  I'm heavily leaning towards the 9F (first below) over the 9U, as I have the 1/32 HpH Walrus on the shelf and the scheme I like from that kit is very similar to the 9U.

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    Back to the Albatross, the Niko kit is very nice.  It's a mostly resin kit with a sheet of PE.  It's a welcome change from having a plastic kit where you need to eliminate details to replace them with tiny PE parts that you need to glue and fold together.  Building guns in 1/700 using PE is not fun!  Much easier when the guns or other parts are already fully, or mostly fully, molded in resin.

    The hull is nicely cast, and didn't require much cleanup.  There is a small tab on the stern platform that you need to remove, but that's about it.  I gave it a lot of thought, and whereas some builders first paint the hull, then add the various details, I decided to add as many details as I can, then will paint the hull -- first painting the wooden decks, and then taping it and painting the rest of the ship.  I think in the long run that will be easier, though there are always advantages and disadvantages to either approach.

    I built most of the bridge and side platforms up.  Here's where I was glad I took the approach of building before painting as it's pretty fiddly trying to get all the various parts to line up.  If I painted the bridge assembly first and then tried to install it, there was a good chance it wouldn't fit right.  That being said, I'll add the top level of the bridge separately after priming with black primer as there are lots of nooks and crannies that I might not be able to get to with the top level installed.

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    I also built up the AA guns, and mostly built up the three bow cranes which will get cables and hooks.  Very nice details on these parts.

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    Thanks for looking in!

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    Walrus (Airfix 1/48), NeOmega Catapult, and HMS Albatross (Niko 1/700) by Landlubber Mike

    in Let’s Get Wet Group Build.

    Posted

    I've been slowly making some progress on these builds over the past couple of months.  Managed to get the fuselage buttoned up and attached a lot of the exterior Eduard photo etch which adds some nice details to the model.  Fit was very good, and it almost snapped together perfectly.  I did find that there was a bit of an overhang at the front section where the side fuselage halves met the bottom fuselage part, so I feathered in a thin strip of card which eliminated the step.

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    One odd omission in what has so far been a really well done kit is the lack of the rudder antennae post.  It was fairly easy to add one:

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    Another project in itself was building up the wing bomb bays using the Eduard PE set.  A fun little side project which adds some extra detail to the model:

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    At this point I'm a bit stuck as I'm trying to figure out what to do about the rigging.  Eduard adds some PE attachment points that give a little more detail than the kit parts, but I think I would need to drill holes through the PE into the wings in order to fully seat the rigging.  On the rigging, I have this AIMS PE set, but need to measure to make sure that they all fit as they are supposed to.  One build log said many of the wires didn't fit.  Two others I came across said they were a Godsend.  Hopefully they work, otherwise I need to figure out an alternative.

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    Tube glue aggrivation

    in Modelling Discussion

    Posted

    Funny, I sometimes prefer using tube cement over Tamiya extra thin (usually for areas needing heavy bonds like locator pin holes, etc.), but this past week I was noticing my Testor's was stringy like crazy.  I might have to try the Revell Contact.

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    Kitty Hawk OS2U Kingfisher

    in Let’s Get Wet Group Build.

    Posted

    On 2/19/2023 at 4:05 AM, Bill_S said:

    A few fiddly bit remain, but they seem to take a long time. I added bracing wires to the main float; they're 0.013 in (0.33 mm) diameter piano wire.

    Looking really great!  Can I ask how you go about cutting the piano wire?  I didn't know if special tools were needed, and if you have to smooth out the ends and make them round again if you use a crushing-type of cutter.  Thanks in advance!

    ZM A-1H Skyraider

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    Amazing start Peter.  I managed to get this kit with all the upgrades off eBay for a steal a couple of years ago, but don't have the Quinta set.  I might have to add it after seeing how detailed it looks.

    Are you going to do the toilet version?  I think I got a toilet from Brengun for it.

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