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Folkwulfe

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    It's taking alot of tugging and pulling to get the right looks as well as trimming the edge, but I am almost where I can live with it. Once I get it set, I will shoot the areas with clear flat to maintain the looks. Thanks for all of your kind words and encouragement...not easy to get time right now to work on this. After 47 total years in law enforcement I am retiring at the end of August.....

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  2. ....She's a 3 1/2 foot plank on frame 1/76the scale ship model of the Cutty Sark, the last of the tea clippers. The same gentleman who started the large sub I posted earlier and died in 2010 got frustrated with the brass plates that cover the lower hull and quit this build over 12 years ago. My job, like the sub is to finish her for display for his son who has kept the ship all these years. It will be fun to complete....I enjoy the challenge. 

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  3. I know it's been awhile but the Stug has been patiently waiting for too long.  It is time to finish this beast!

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    So I continued finishing the pioneer tools and other small details. The side armor will be tackled next. All the crew lack is their throat mics and they go in permanently. I took the "foil" suggestion for the front tarp and I agree it looks way better. A little more paint and it's done too. Sorry for the long delay guys...I was temporarily sidetracked by another project and prepping  for it...something I have never done before. 

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    It has spent the better part of 20 years uncompleted in a box. But finish one trip before starting another...right?

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  4. I haven't been able to work on the Stug much over the last two weeks because of work and weather. My workbench is in the garage where there is no heat. A freeze snap has made time there unbearably cold. Now that temperatures have rebounded I can get some done.

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    The head bow for the headphones was brittle and unusable. So I fashioned replacements from brass scaps. The throat mics are also not worth the time and will be replaced with lead wire. That's all I have for now guys...

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  5. So the weather finally cooperated and warmed up enough to get some painting on the figures done. As I last left them they were base coated black.

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    This is the first pass with light grey at highlighted areas leaving dark areas in the recesses.

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    Next was the second pass with grey field green and you can see the dark and light areas are blended. Here's a closer view...

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    Later I will darken the folds and other areas better for detail and begin dry brushing lights again while picking out more smaller details. More to come...

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