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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #30 on: December 29, 2006, 03:21:42 PM »
Scotty, you can do wonderful things with a minimum of supplies. You NEED a knife, a flat file, sandpaper, at least 3 paint brushes, an eye dropper and paint thinner (or 2 paint thinners if you use both acryl and enamel). Don't go all out on an airbrush. I've done some brush-painted kits that look better than some airbrushed ones.

So, until you're sure you want to get back into it, don't fork over all the money. My 2c.
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« Reply #31 on: December 29, 2006, 03:35:31 PM »
Yo SKjohn...how many kits do you have in your stash? heheh I have a good couple myself.Seems that tends to be a modelers trait.....the "to do" pile

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« Reply #32 on: December 29, 2006, 03:48:20 PM »
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Here's how I skin an aircraft.


That is an awesome model. You should take some more pictures of it, without the glass tabletop and people standing around...  a sheet draped over a table and a couple of lights can make a world of difference.
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« Reply #33 on: December 29, 2006, 05:10:33 PM »
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 Thats a realy nice lookin F4.Which kit is that?

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Pipz, its the Tamiya 1/48 birdcage kit.
Very good kit to build.
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« Reply #34 on: December 29, 2006, 05:10:41 PM »
man, those models make my B 26 and Heinkel HE 111 look rubbish!
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« Reply #35 on: December 29, 2006, 05:19:45 PM »
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Excellent job on that one!  That's the Tamiya Birdcage kit, right?  I have one in my stash I'm looking forward to building - looking at your pics makes me want to move it to the front of the line.  Currently finishing up an F-84 jet - my first jet model.  Hundreds of decals . . . .



It's a nice little kit SK,  It's even floor-less!  I use tamiya paints for the most part.  The only jets Ive done is a 262 and a Mig-15.
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« Reply #36 on: December 29, 2006, 05:20:36 PM »
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man, those models make my B 26 and Heinkel HE 111 look rubbish!


Pictures ;)
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« Reply #37 on: December 29, 2006, 05:24:40 PM »
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man, those models make my B 26 and Heinkel HE 111 look rubbish!


No worries Mac.  Im sure they are great.  Go to those websites.  They helped me greatly.  Ive been building off and on for 30 years.
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« Reply #38 on: December 29, 2006, 06:09:21 PM »
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Yo SKjohn...how many kits do you have in your stash? heheh I have a good couple myself.Seems that tends to be a modelers trait.....the "to do" pile

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Just looking around the room, a quick estimate is about 40 -  95% WWII aircraft in 1/72, 1/48/ , and 1/32 scales.  Mind you, that's only the ones that are visible from where I'm sitting . . . what the wife can't see she can't hold against me when I find other "good deals!":D
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« Reply #39 on: December 29, 2006, 06:44:41 PM »
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Yep, Jarski have one (he plays AH also)

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1074304

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=35773


I read both of those. It didnt mention too much. Is that a basic thing? Or custom? And what about landing gear? I didnt see that mentioned anywhere...
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« Reply #40 on: December 29, 2006, 06:45:23 PM »
I built that same birdcage kit, GREAT model.

Right now I'm still working on Tamiya's 1A. I'm building her as the Vargas Cowgirl F4U I skinned. Also using aftermarket detail kits for the cockpit, engines and landing gear.

That reminds me, someone around here was supposed to get me pics of how the engine plumbing fed into the exhaust stacks on the fuselage. :P
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« Reply #41 on: December 29, 2006, 07:13:23 PM »
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what the wife can't see she can't hold against me when I find other "good deals!":D


heheeh Rite on buddy!!!!!!

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« Reply #42 on: December 29, 2006, 07:21:44 PM »
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Pipz, its the Tamiya 1/48 birdcage kit.
Very good kit to build.


I have theyre 1-D kit that I built a good few years ago.Your rite they are Excellent kits!I believe they are still the standards by which all others are compared.I think mine is built as a VMF-512 plane.It has white checker board on the nose and tail.I had decals but they sucked.I ended up painting them on using 1/8th inch Tamiya tape.Came out alright.The only problem is it was one of the 1st I had built in some time.Its not dirty enough.Looks more like somehtin you would see in a museum.

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« Reply #43 on: December 29, 2006, 07:24:45 PM »
This is going to be my first (serious) attempt at weathering a bird (you can see roughly how she'll look by checking out the skin version, under the thread Bent Wing Birds).
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« Reply #44 on: December 30, 2006, 03:23:38 PM »
ive got loadsss of these, il post some pics in new year have some lovely spits and 109' at 1;72 and 1;48 scale.
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