Watching and learning from the Seats over here.
This is a great project. Good thing there's no pressure on you.....lol.
I will send you a PM from the other forum. I am too new a member for PMing here.
Nino
P.S. Thanks for the heads-up on your great site here.
P.P.S. I got my old kits out of the attic the day you started your USS Howard Project. Thanks for re-kindling my interest.
USS Edwin A Howard DE 346 project- progress update 4/4 p.6
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Stikpusher
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Hey Nino, glad to see that you joined our little mad tea party for this project. This is a fun site and all sorts of modelers are welcome.
No pressure at all...
At least these past coup,e days at work has given me lots of time to look over wartime photos for details on this project. Little things are starting to jump out to me.
No pressure at all...
At least these past coup,e days at work has given me lots of time to look over wartime photos for details on this project. Little things are starting to jump out to me.
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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Nino, I'm glad to see you join us. Feel free to post an introduction and show us some of your work. I am eager to see it.
Carlos, looking good. Keep it coming man!
Carlos, looking good. Keep it coming man!
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Mark, I plan on doing just that during my days off this week. Oddly enough, the instructions have the actual build starting at the bridge, where I can do a lot of the not so challenging upgrades that are within my skill set... tomorrow.
Today is Taco Tuesdayand time to unwind from my work week for less than an arm and a leg...
Today is Taco Tuesdayand time to unwind from my work week for less than an arm and a leg...
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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I hope Taco Tuesday went well! I hope so. Thanks again for helping with the Anton’s cockpit identification and painting ideas. I look forward to your progress on this project very much!
Bruce / SPEEDGRAFLEX
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Yes it did... and no hangover yesterday... But lots of errands, so all I really got done on this was to enlarge the bridge section of the plans and do some prep work for what’s coming up there. I can see that is where my first efforts will start.
But lots of errands, so all I really got done on this was to enlarge the bridge section of the plans and do some prep work for what’s coming up there. I can see that is where my first efforts will start."Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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I'm looking forward to it. Bring it on Carlos!
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
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This will be really cool to watch. I've always wanted to do a WW2 ship.
Mike
Sponsored by Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Saab, BAE, and Dassault
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Thanks guys, I’m glad you’re gonna be watching this as it moves forward.
So today I got some real progress made. The instructions have construction start with the superstructure, so that’s where I began. I thinned out the tops of the open bridge bulkheads and drilled out the bridge side portholes. I also removed the inclined and vertical ladders and some weld seams.
And I began work on the open bridge deck. I added he cut back area with some styrene, and used some brass mesh for the wood lattice on the deck...
that’s all for today...
So today I got some real progress made. The instructions have construction start with the superstructure, so that’s where I began. I thinned out the tops of the open bridge bulkheads and drilled out the bridge side portholes. I also removed the inclined and vertical ladders and some weld seams.
And I began work on the open bridge deck. I added he cut back area with some styrene, and used some brass mesh for the wood lattice on the deck...
that’s all for today...
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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Re: USS Edwin A Howard DE 346 project
that is some serious cuttin', scrapin' and fixin' goin on here. Very nicely done!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..