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Seversky P-35 – Part Four – Selfridge Field
” Hey, Jennings. Lieutenant Koski says to get the pursuit ships tarped over and tied down. There’s a storm out on the lake. ” ” I’ll do it after chow. ” ” You’re new to Michigan. That dark line out there is rain like a solid wall. The canopies don’t seal that well. You’ll be…
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The Awkward Sound
The awkward sound of scale models breaking is one that you never want to hear, but that you are bound to encounter at sometime in your hobby career. If you are lucky, it will be you breaking your own kit, and no one else involved. Unfortunately there is more than one kind of luck. I…
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Seversky P-35 – Part Three – That Yamaguchi Moment
Well, that’ll teach me…but I am not sure what. I was going so well with my Special Hobby Seversky P-35 model. I had used most of the photo etch in the cockpit successfully and even managed the photo-etch aileron horns on the underside of the wing. And the new Super-Metallic Super Silver from Mr. Color…
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Seversky P-35 – Part Two – Well, I’ll Be Darned, Eh?
Washing and tidying up the Special Hobby 1:72 kit today, I left it to dry in the warm workshop. WHen it came time to repack it for he club tomorrow, I noticed a pair of amazing things: There is a spare seat.A little one, but there it is. 2. There is a big rectangular…
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Seversky P-35 – Part One – Silver Wings
The only reason I bought this Spcial Hobby 1:72 Seversky P-35 is that it can be finished in a gloss silver finish to sit alongside the Douglas B-18 Bolo reconnaissance plne that has just been completed. The Mr. Color Super metallic finish of that big ship is so nice I decided to get another pot…
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A Big Thumbs Up For…
For GSI Creos’ decal products. I’ve just been through two separate decal problem sessions and in both cases the Mr Hobby materials pulled me out of a bog. a. The Russianstiltskin decals that spoiled the Spirit of St. Louis model were removed with warm water and detergent and the skin of the aircraft scrubbed clean.…
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Target Tug Cat – Part Four – The Fair Day
Today delivered the good day that the Weather Bureau promised – mild temperature, low humidity. A perfect day to spray the current builds with semi-matte varnish to seal in the decals. It was rattle can work, and finished in five minutes. The evening saw some additional painting and detailing…then attachment of the fiddly little parts…
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Target Tug Cat – Part Three – Friday Lunchtime
And it was hot. Hot enough to dry solvent paint on the way from the nozzle of the airbrush to the surface of the model. Time for a thinner paint mix with more retarder and a lower air pressure. All you need to do is be prepared for what the weather throws at you. Fortunately…
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Target Tug Cat – Part Two – The Tuesday Soviet
My Tuesday Soviet session has proved very productive. The Hasegawa Hellcat was opened and I commenced the cockpit at 9:00. I had wings and fuselage nearly ready for closure by leaving time – 12 noon. A session at home and the parts just slipped together. You’re looking at no filler whatsoever, and I suspect that…
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Target Tug Cat – Part One – Sunday Browse
A Sunday browse in a strange hobby shop brought me up short this week – I found four items which I had coveted for months and which I had despaired of ever seeing. These are the occasions for which the credit card is made, and I have been abstemious of late. I was able to…
The Little World 