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By Stikpusher · Posted
Nice scores Mark! I foresee some Marine Corps armor builds in your future 😉 Yesterday at our AZ AMPS meeting I picked a few new items… first us a guy was giving away this book, so I was the first one to jump and claim it Then one of the guys who has an online business and eBay store had offered these items up for sale. I contacted him by email and he brought them in for me… I had been looking for the Eagle Squadron decals and B-1B burner cans for quite a long time. The early 109 set was a new find of opportunity… shameless plug here now for Avalon War Books and Hobbies. Have a look there to see what he carries… it’s primarily second hand stuff so you never know what you may find. -
Gonna miss this but all good things must come to an end. Lots of great people and work on here, gonna miss it for sure. Take care all! Semper Fi -
Since I like Spam with my eggs, I'll give it a go.
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The late Dr Leopold Scholtz was a senior journalist, political commentator and a highly regarded military expert. He was deputy editor of Die Burger until 2007 and was the European correspondent for Media24's Afrikaans dailies. Scholtz obtained his doctor's degree from the University of Leiden and was a research fellow at the University of Stellenbosch. He wrote several books and over 40 academic articles, most of which are about military history. He was a captain in the Reserve Force of the South African Army. His books include "The SADF in the Border War 1966-1989" [2013], "General Christiaan de Wet as Veldheer" [1978] and "Terror and liberation: The ANC/SACP, Communism and Violence (1961–1990)" [2022]. Scholtz died of leukemia in 2022 in Delft, the Netherlands, and is survived by his wife Ingrid, also a historian. View the full review -
The third week of the USS Arizona I continued adding railings. I then ran into an issue. The second level of the superstructure has a piece that the instructions want you to add to the rear end. However after reviewing photos in the reference book the section they are trying to represent is actually a part of the smoke stack. This led me to do a deep dive into the smoke stack details. There are none in the kit. So I switched to modify the stack. The section towards the superstructure was scratch built. I then cut open the funnel on top and removed the vent pipe on the aft side of the stack. I replaced this vent and added the other vent ducts. I cut off the vents on the funnel and scratch built ones that match the reference photos. With the smoke stack detailing completed I went back adding more photo etch railings to the upper levels of the superstructure. I am hoping to get the superstructure built up and the forward mast assembled this coming week. You can see all the photos and details from the start in the build log at: https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/1-426-uss-arizona-bb-39/
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