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  6. Confessions of a model judge

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    On 8/14/2019 at 1:52 PM, Ron Bell said:

    "National Level" is somewhat mis-leading in our case...

    Not really misleading, IMHO. It is absolutely the 'Super Bowl' as stated elsewhere. Am always stoked to participate, but cognizant of that level of play. Judges: Do what ya gotta do. It's not gonna hurt my feelings, either way.

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  9. Is anyone else having problems with Squadron.com?

    in General Modeling

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    Used to be a huge fan. Now I only order Squadron stuff that's in stock, and not much of that, over the past few years. They seem to have focused their (kit) inventory on Hobby Boss & Trumpeter at the expense of others. Is it just me, or do a majority of their sales feature those? Not much of the cool, niche goodies that power our fanatic-sector of the customer base (and we are a sector). A never-when, Nazi flying saucer - WTF?

    I second the Duke's comments.

  12. Project 667 Delta Sub Kit - Maybe?

    in Ships

    Posted · Edited by VonL

    Just saw a 1/350 Delta (-III) Soviet sub kit advertised for Zvezda 4Q19 - and now the ad is gone. Does that mean:

    1 - Just not gonna make 2019 "so...gimme a minute"  or

    2 - The CONUS distributor syringe will not accommodate  or

    3 - Cancelled due to lack of interest?

    Sure do hope it's not #3. I really want one of these menacing, iconic Cold War monsters.

    Any wisdom here?

  15. Classic Revell Submarine Quextion

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    Posted

    On 12/22/2019 at 9:10 PM, TomDougherty said:

    The best source for visual information on the Balao class is: http://navsource.org/archives/08/pdf/0829295.pdf   Also, photos of SS-377 in all configurations are available at Navsource (http://www.navsource.org/archives/subidx.htm).  It is under the Fleet Submarines heading...

    Tom - Thanx much for this; a lot to digest, for one who is not a sub expert! General intent is to do the good ol' Revell kit in the as-built WWII configuration (with some artistic license). Not sure that I really wanna go all the way down the rabbit hole with her deck, but the limber-holes mod is do-able. Thanx for the Nautilus resin recommendations and especially for the weapons loadout - I had not yet stumbled across that.

  16. Classic Revell Submarine Quextion

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    Ahoy, ship dudes - I've always dug that odd-scale Revell USS Growler kit (1/180-ish?) and built it twice as a kid. Would like to build it again, this time as SS-377 in her WWII configuration: A Balao class boat launched in DEC 1944, that was rebuilt after the war as a Guppy-II. Nautilus Models offers those nice resin sails/mods for this kit and there are some others emerging on Shapeways. Not sure how to pick the most accurate variant, cuz' the ship's pix don't seem to show any differences...that I can detect.

    Suggestions-???

  19. Problem with casting in resin

    in Tools, Tips & Techniques

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    On 12/21/2019 at 9:29 AM, Rusty White said:

    ... giving both A&B a good shake and allow 30 mins for the air bubbles to settle out.

    QUESTION for Rusty: How do you eliminate/minimize bubbles from the mixing & curing phase? Vibration? Pressure pot? Temperature trick? I've usually taken a fine wire and poked around the mix as it starts to cure and that seems to get most, but not all of them.

    ???

  23. 3D printer for Modeling

    in General Modeling

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    On 11/11/2018 at 10:40 AM, Rusty White said:

    Go to Shapeways.com.  I had someone design the 1/192 scale American civil war figures I sell on my web site and I was very pleased.  There is a whole section there containing folks who can design the STL files for you.

    This is still the best 'short answer' to the original question. Am personally dabbling in CAD, but meanwhile got some fantastic replacement deck guns for the Revell Destroyer Escort from a guy on Shapeways. He listed them for the typical ship scales, but didn't hesitate to render a set for the odd Revell box scale of my kit. Could not be more pleased. Compare the kit gun vs the Shapeways find:

    3in 50 cal 250th scale (8).JPG

    3in 50 cal 250th scale (9).JPG

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