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I saw those. I don't think I will be using them. Thanks for the heads up Rob.
I enjoyed building the little tank, still working on it actually, I think the plane will be the next egger I build.
I enjoyed building the little tank, still working on it actually, I think the plane will be the next egger I build.
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Nope, don't feel too bad because it was ONLY a heads up! I have several of all this stuff and I've never opted for the wood either, but it does exist and I'll eventually just have to see what it looks like. They're half again as much as the kit, so I've been able to say "nah" so far.
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The closest thing I had to these Toon toy kits was this... And that was a long time ago...
And also did many the Tom Daniels and Ed Roth kits. I have a second generation Rommel's Rod on my shelf. My first gen Rommel's Rod went the way of the firecracker. LOL.
Be well. Model silliness.
Eric
And also did many the Tom Daniels and Ed Roth kits. I have a second generation Rommel's Rod on my shelf. My first gen Rommel's Rod went the way of the firecracker. LOL.
Be well. Model silliness.
Eric
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We already did as kids! It was called 'Speed Racer'.
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Did I judge? You lost me Rob. Edit. I mean to say: I don't know what you mean.
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You're right, but full confession I might have watched worse...I remember "Ultra-man".
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Not the same type of "judge".
It's a toon Sopwith Camel, I posted. Snoopy's dog house, you posted, was suppose to be a Sopwith Camel. I thought maybe you would like a toon Sopwith Camel model.
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I seem to recall a Sopwith Camel GB not long ago. Hmmm
https://www.scalemodeladdict.com/threads/here-comes-snoopy-in-his-sopwith-camel.15132/
https://www.scalemodeladdict.com/threads/here-comes-snoopy-in-his-sopwith-camel.15132/
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No worries, just shoveling snow while the last coat of paint cures... did I mention shoveling snow?
Oh, and shoveling more snow!
First naval ship since childhood... painting with a brush takes a while with all those nooks and crannies! Even a toon ship!
Just using up some old Tamiya paints; looks much 'pinker' in the photo.
Topolino is giving me the 'Nanny stare'.
My grandmother was a feisty little Irish orphan who raised 4 boys and 3 girls through the Depression.
As a young woman, she trained and worked as a nurse, was a 'flapper', drove a car and roared through the Twenties!
She loved to tell stories, laugh and smoke her cigarettes, in that order, repeatedly.
Mustn't forget to put the tea on!
Living through the war in a ship-building town, and into the 1960s and 70s when I knew her, she commanded 'Water Street', knew everyone and everyone knew her. Accompanying her to pick up some groceries, I remember encountering a town wino down by the wharf.
Could've been "Johnny the Jigger" or some other character; she just looked at him, all 5 feet tall of her, and he stepped down onto the street.
The "Nanny stare" we called it: never was there a gaze so fierce, so resolute!
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Both of my grandparents were born in the extreme end of the 19th century. They each had siblings older and younger, but this means they were middle-aged during WWII but my great-uncle (grandfather's older brother) served in France during the final days of WWI, just long enough to lose his hearing. This also means they were young adults raising large families during the depression. They did not have much money as in cash, but they had cattle, so bartering was enough to keep it all together. They were hard people by today's standards, probably normal during theirs.
My wife is mostly Irish, and I am maybe 20% as well. But the rest is German with some Danish, and they can put up a stare that I think would rival the Irish.
Good thing stereotypes are often wrong, or I'd be an angry drunk, will not even try to say which belongs with which...LOL
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I hope nobody is offended, I offer no retraction if so, but apologize since offense was not my intent.
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Well, I went to be thinking I done ruined it with over enthusiastic contrasting drybrush, but today doesn't look half bad. Guess I stick to the plan and keep on going!
... mitigate the mottling, add some detailing, including a black waterline. (And the dreaded masking on an otherwise clean lower hull that I've heard on this forum can sink your boat)
While painting the lower hull with my favourite area brush, I have to say I was very impressed by my old bottle of Tamiya XF-50. Obviously not the exact colour of the original, but the exact-est bottle sitting in my paint rack!
The brush is from an Art Supply store, not the most expensive, but the best I've used for covering large areas with minimal to no visible brush strokes. Note the rounded, full bodied shape, so it carries a good amount of paint, and has built-in taper when paint is applied.
As to the Tamiya paint, I thinned it with plain old water, making some test strokes to check for coverage on a scrap of plastic kit. Dunno if it is the formulation of the carrier medium, or a very fine pigment that Tamiya must use, but it went on amazingly, putting my Vallejo and AK to shame.
Stay tuned!
... mitigate the mottling, add some detailing, including a black waterline. (And the dreaded masking on an otherwise clean lower hull that I've heard on this forum can sink your boat)
While painting the lower hull with my favourite area brush, I have to say I was very impressed by my old bottle of Tamiya XF-50. Obviously not the exact colour of the original, but the exact-est bottle sitting in my paint rack!
The brush is from an Art Supply store, not the most expensive, but the best I've used for covering large areas with minimal to no visible brush strokes. Note the rounded, full bodied shape, so it carries a good amount of paint, and has built-in taper when paint is applied.
As to the Tamiya paint, I thinned it with plain old water, making some test strokes to check for coverage on a scrap of plastic kit. Dunno if it is the formulation of the carrier medium, or a very fine pigment that Tamiya must use, but it went on amazingly, putting my Vallejo and AK to shame.
Stay tuned!
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