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Re: Tamiya 1/48 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 3:45 pm
by Gary Brantley
Many thanks my friendly friends! To receive compliments such as yours, from model builders such as yourselves, well, it means the world to me. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!!
Gary
Re: Tamiya 1/48 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 8:00 am
by mustang1989
Great work Gary! You always choose a great background to bring out the best in your builds!
Re: Tamiya 1/48 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 11:30 am
by Gary Brantley
Thanks a million Joe! Yeah, I'm lucky to have the airport nearby. I'm going to keep using it until they run me off I guess. 
I do want to make a dirt runway "base" that I can use with WWII planes and older. I think that would be more appropriate for many of those. Thanks again!
Gary
Re: Tamiya 1/48 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:09 pm
by Stikpusher
Oh yeah... some Marston matting (or however the hell you spell it) we called it PSP (pierced steel plank) in the 80s...
Re: Tamiya 1/48 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:47 pm
by Gary Brantley
Man that would look neat. Surround it with some turf, dirt areas, and it would be cool for pics!
Re: Tamiya 1/48 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:17 pm
by Gary Brantley
No joke! Heck, a plastic model could melt in this Texas August I believe. That might make for an interesting experiment; place a model on a car hood for a few hours and see if the Martian death rays come visit! On somewhat of a side-note, whenever I see a large, tripod-supported water storage tower, I always think of H.G. Wells' Martian War machines. 
Re: Tamiya 1/48 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:40 pm
by Stikpusher
Texgunner wrote: On somewhat of a side-note, whenever I see a large, tripod-supported water storage tower, I always think of H.G. Wells' Martian War machines. [/color][/size]
Re: Tamiya 1/48 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 5:50 am
by Gary Brantley
I was thinking more like this Stik:
