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Concur. It's just a case of what's appropriate - to my eye. Tried out my first set of Rustall on some very cheap, plastic HO-scale autos with the intent to achieve three levels of weathering: Light, Medium and Biodegradable. Each was prepped with suitable starting paint effects. Satisfied with the results and all three cars found spots on a friend's RR layout.

Ed - I'd forgotten about 'descriptive geometry' until I saw it demonstrated by the Keith Ferris at a seminar, some years ago. Even so, it seems a perishable skill. If so inclined, would you mind posting a few instructional diagrams alongside with your description above? This is good stuff. I've used cardboard jigs, scaled to the model, to work Gil's method for biplanes, but the DG looks very useful for a lot more. Love the Fox.

Want! These look great. Really nice work.

Nice! Am intrigued by this, the subject and the use of the Shapeways stuff. Certainly these boats weren't ugly to the guys that they pulled out of the water! QUESTION: What is the adhesive he's using to repair the radar?

All of the above, plus Cold War/modern airfield vehicles - but especially the BONE - !!!

Yup. This is the same 'forced migration' routine that has me fed-up with Microsoft Everything software. Have dabbled in acrylics a few times. great for brush-painting on canvas, etc. Frequent, irritating problems on the modeling side, airbrush and all that. < insert standard tirade about too-smart-by-half management types >

The 1/72 civil aviation stuff intrigues me. What's possible there?

Cool - thanx for this intell, guys. Will leave it off, as it matches a few more pix that I stumbled across. Pretty sure the Army c/c was there earlier, rather than later, when the planes went to the USAF. Just got the main OD paint on 'er, between cold snaps. Sadly, the level of play between parochial interests never seems to improve much. Am about 1/4 through Lambeth's The Unseen War, about the big OIF air effort in 2003. Constant 'dynamic tension' between the parochial types at HQ and the operators who just wanna get it done, in each service.

Am building up a Hobbycraft 1/72 DHC Caribou 62-4168 for a US Army vet who was her crew chief at Vung Tau, c.1964. (Yes, I am actually building something!) Fortunately, it's from 61st Aviation Co., the exact same unit depicted in the kit's decals (What are the chances!?) I found some 1963 pix of this very bird, online. The airplane in these pix lacks the distinctive radar nose. Can I assume she was configured the same in 1964-65, when my vet friend worked on it? Or were radars retrofitted, in country? Most of these birds appeared to have the radar, prior to their transfer from the Army to the USAF, c.1967 and this one did go to a depot for repairs in 1963. Caribou gurus...?

How cool. Prediction: You will really have something to be proud of here. Fun to watch.

Badger Airbrush Co. Have owned my trusty '200 since 1973 and they have done 'depot level' MX on it, fast and very economically, each of the few times that I've sent it to them for work. Five Stars.

I've got some 1/72 kit decals that I'm not gonna use: Testors C-47 Skytrain: US Navy (post war with cigar-smoking nose-art), generic US WWII (1942 roundels) and WWII RAF Italeri Montgomery's Dakota: Includes WWII RAF 5-star DV markings (Monty), USAF Camel Caravan (Berlin Airlift), Danish & South African markings. Both sheets are complete and in good shape. You're welcome to either one. I do want to keep one set for the stencils and such.

Way cool. I've always liked the Laotian markings on these.

I'm intrigued by the SCUDs and the Shuttle. Who's 1/72 SCUD kits? I think I want one of those. And - are you gonna do anything with the Shuttle payload bay, or just seal 'er up for launch on the boosters? Any sort of launch pad planned?

Gents - Baby needs the 1/72 markings for an F-4E of 421st TFS, 366th TFW, Da Nang (LC tail & shark teeth). Wolfpak decals sheet #72-079 has these. Scrap sheets OK; don't need the other airplanes. Am happy to trade kits or 'cals, esp. 1/72 stuff. Anybody...???

Holy sox, Batman! Given a decent photo background, this thing would be indistinguishable from the real deal. Absolutely freekin' amazing.

Sure doesn't look like baby-steps. This is really high-end artwork in scale modeling. Stunning. Maybe...I need to whip out an old kit and try this.

Wow. I'm inspired by the scratch work here.

What Duke said. Really nice one!

Holy smokes - that is a truly great piece of work. Silk purse, indeed! Did not recognize the kit until you noted the scale.

Anything ever come from this...?

From the School of Never Throw Nuthin' Away: Sometimes that kinda project eventually works its way from my shelf-of-doom to 'ceiling hanger' status, getting just enough work to complete the overall shape and make a reasonable "four-footer." And then it's off the workbench forever. An ugly kill is still a kill. Yours looks good from here.

Love the Skyhawk. Nice one! Do my eyes deceive me, or does the flat coat tend to mute the panel lines/wash, just a wee bit?

Overwhelmed, yes. Inspired, too. Rock on, Hero Modeling Kollektiv of the Soviet Union!

What Ron said - very nice - !!! About what scale is this critter?