doogsatx
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Post by doogsatx on May 19, 2015 9:17:49 GMT -5
The picture of the said said it sll...almost. Rolled translucent Plexiglas? There's plexiglass that's thin enough to roll? Where do you get that? Looking at the 1st iteration of your "studio" my 1st thought was... "SOB,How did he get into my family room?" Until I changed to a sheet of vinyl banner material I to had that problem with the background not being big enough. Movjbg camera back and zoomed in helped in most cases. Better perspective too. Thanks for posting that Ordered it online - if you search for "photo table" you'll see it pop up. There are two general sizes, one smaller (probably sufficient for 1/48 outside of the largest cases) and the larger once I've got.
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doogsatx
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Post by doogsatx on May 19, 2015 9:26:13 GMT -5
I didn't want to do this. I was hoping I wouldn't have to. But alas...the Intruder is going on ice until the fall. The reason? Spiders. Little eight-legged a-holes who for some reason delight in spraying their butt threads all over the bench and anything on it. Last night, I got to spend 45 minutes clearing webbing off of the Intruder's cockpit. The night before it was the bombs and landing gear bits. The night before, the fuselage halves. It's not a big deal when I can stash a build away in a drawer overnight, but the Intruder is too big for that. And like the B-25 a few years ago, it's running into the exact same spider problem (I had to put the Mitchell away after spiders set up shop in the bomb bay). So I'm going to apply the same solution - stop fighting it and put the thing away until cooler weather. First, though, I'm going to get the gear struts together - because no way I'd be able to keep the parts straight otherwise. Final pre-suspension state of the cockpit. The seats are getting washes and I added some white paint to the consoles and IP to simulate lettering. That was a PITA! Also, I'm THIS CLOSE to ditching the Rockeyes. They look fantastic - until paint goes on them and reveals a weird, non-smooth surface. It's kinda like orange peel but kinda not...but sanding and polishing have done jack all to eliminate it and I just can't unsee it. Maybe I'll figure something out by the time I come back around.
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Post by wing_nut on May 19, 2015 11:01:44 GMT -5
thanks for the info
Damn shame about he spiders. Don;'t want to see this one put aside.
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Post by wbill76 on May 19, 2015 11:50:47 GMT -5
One of the hazards of this time of year and where your workbench is I guess Doogs! Spiders can be pernicious especially the little buggers...they seem to multiply exponentially and are always eager to set up shop in the weirdest places. Sorry to see this one put on ice but it's a necessary evil to protect all that hard work you've done on the details. Unless of course you can come up with a scale usage for spider silk?
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doogsatx
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Post by doogsatx on May 19, 2015 12:21:00 GMT -5
One of the hazards of this time of year and where your workbench is I guess Doogs! Spiders can be pernicious especially the little buggers...they seem to multiply exponentially and are always eager to set up shop in the weirdest places. Sorry to see this one put on ice but it's a necessary evil to protect all that hard work you've done on the details. Unless of course you can come up with a scale usage for spider silk? Maybe I'll pull out a biplane and let them handle the rigging!
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Bat242
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Post by Bat242 on May 19, 2015 13:47:21 GMT -5
I'm enjoying following your posts on this build. Will certainly use your comments as a guide for when I start on my Intruder.
That's a fine job on the cockpit. As a former Marine seat mech that have worked on GRU-7's my only suggestion would be to paint the leg restraints a pale blue.
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doogsatx
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Post by doogsatx on May 19, 2015 14:36:53 GMT -5
I'm enjoying following your posts on this build. Will certainly use your comments as a guide for when I start on my Intruder.
That's a fine job on the cockpit. As a former Marine seat mech that have worked on GRU-7's my only suggestion would be to paint the leg restraints a pale blue. Good to know! The Intruder seems to be as much of a research rabbit hole as many WWII aircraft. I've seen several variations of screen colors for the instrument panel, colors for the ejection seats and straps and so on.
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Bat242
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Post by Bat242 on May 19, 2015 20:46:06 GMT -5
Before being reassign to run the seat shop at VMGR-252 (KC-130's) MCAS Cherry Pt. I worked at the Mag-14 IMA seat shop where we would receive the GU-7's from the various A-6 squadrons and the EA-6 VMAQ-2 to perform a 224 hour inspection on them. The chute packs and RSSK kits would go over to the parachute riggers for inspections and we would break down the seat for inspections, cleaning, painting (using cans of ordinary flat black spray paint) and do barometric checks on the TRM's than slap everything back together. I really enjoyed the job. Now the seat cushion pads would always start out as sort of an O.D. green but would soon fade to a khaki like color with no two cushions looking exactly alike.
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