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What a good source for civilian ship models? Cargo ships, icebreakers, tankers, that sort of things. I haven’t done any modeling outside of Excel since I was a wee lad, but I’m hitting my midlife crisis and I’d like to do a scale retrospective of my seagoing career.
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Jul 10, 2018 13:32
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Greyhawk posted:For cargo ships and tankers you might have more luck looking at papercraft models. Scalemates doesn't have those I think. How realistic an approach would a 3D printer and ship plans be? Assuming I can score the plans.
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Jul 11, 2018 06:35
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A fishing trawler also comes equipped with a good proportion of the equipment you’ll need to sweep for mine’s anyway. So that plus the wooden hull and the readily available crew makes them great choices.
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Aug 19, 2018 13:28
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Actually that’s the parbuckling of the USS Oklahoma
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Aug 25, 2018 21:11
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drat that’s impressive.
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Oct 14, 2018 15:25
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Will the Testors cement in the blue tube fog up clear parts?
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Oct 20, 2018 19:14
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I’m set up in the utility room; is there a way to rig a vent through the dryer exhaust? Do they make non return valves in that size?
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Oct 25, 2018 03:34
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My first water slide decals in fifteen years. Still need clear gloss applied, but man, I’d forgotten how I hated these things
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Oct 28, 2018 17:53
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If you can get into building models for shipyards and shipping companies, they pay ridiculous amounts for those.
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Nov 2, 2018 01:34
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Why are hobby stores so terrible at e-commerce? I get that paints and solvents are a pain in the rear end to ship, but poo poo like models, tools and photo etch should be easy. And yet, here I am emailing the webmaster to create my account because their form doesn’t recognize “Canada” as a valid country.
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Nov 2, 2018 14:36
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So I was airbrushing a wing with Humbrol Enamel when the airbrush burped some thinner - I’m new at this - and I tried to wipe it off with a tissue - I’m not a smart person - so now the wing has a lovely texture on it. Can I sand off some of the paint and give it another coat to smooth it out? I’d post pictures but imgur is acting up for me.
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Nov 10, 2018 18:16
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Did some detail work this weekend. Not super happy with the result, and I might touch up some of the hoses again with Testor “Rubber” paint, but at some point I have to move on. I’ll give it a wash with some oily black before I attach the engine inlets, mask up and pain the fuselage.
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Nov 12, 2018 17:14
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Symetrique posted:Put some enamel thinner on a towel and just wipe the paint off. You could sand it down too, but wiping the whole wing is probably easier and quicker. Hey it worked!  Now to redo the pre-shading and blend into the rest of the paint. Yay!
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Nov 13, 2018 03:37
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Check your moisture trap.
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Nov 13, 2018 19:16
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Is it still on, is it full, is it collecting water? If not, something might be clogged.
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Nov 13, 2018 20:07
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Now I want to buy construction equipment too.
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Nov 14, 2018 03:04
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drat that’s some nice weathering work.
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Nov 15, 2018 03:44
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 gently caress INTAKES. Anyone know where I can get some Mr. Filler online in Canada?
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Nov 17, 2018 04:45
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What model is that? Looks like an HMS Victory?
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Nov 18, 2018 00:55
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Seriously I never realized the amount of poo poo managers deal with until I became one. Well I kind of did because I had a manager who didn’t umbrella at all, but I didn’t realize it was her job to do it.
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Nov 18, 2018 01:02
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I applied some clear coat (Citadel Lahmian Medium) on these decals and I’m getting this milky effect as it dries. It looks fine when it’s when, and I’ve applied a second coat, but when it dries it looks like rear end. Any suggestions?
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Nov 21, 2018 17:21
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Old Swerdlow posted:Lahmian medium is used to dilute paint to be used as a more transparent wash. It doesn’t work as a clear coat as all. It causes the pigment to be thinned and dry out more evenly than using water. Great that’ll teach me to buy paint in a Warham store. I asked for a clear coat to put over decals and that’s what the idiot there sold me.
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Nov 21, 2018 20:43
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And because it was a great hobby day for FrozenVent, this is how my airbrushing turned out:
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Nov 22, 2018 04:10
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Arquinsiel posted:Nah, this exists: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-IE/Technical-Ardcoat That looks an awful lot like the Lahmian Medium bottle. Dude might have just grabbed the wrong one, and it’s not like the product names are helpful.
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Nov 22, 2018 13:10
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Mongolian Queef posted:Try using very light coats and covering several times instead of going for full coverage with one pass. My paint was mixed too thin, mostly. Lots of lessons learned that day. That is my cheap practice model.
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Nov 22, 2018 22:13
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Airbrushing update! I managed to clean off most of yesterday’s mess with thinner, and I was happily going at it with a new coat. Buuuuut then I clogged the airbrush because I’m an idiot. And in the process of cleaning it, i made myself woozy from the fumes. It’s me! I’m the idiot on the internet who has no clue what he’s doing!
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Nov 23, 2018 03:36
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Ok I got it to work again. Lost another nozzle tip to the basement floor Bermuda Triangle, but I managed to strip it and clean it. Sort of managed to fix the paint job. Probably lost a few brain cells in the process.   Sorry for the lovely pictures.
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Nov 23, 2018 05:52
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Went back to the Warham store to pick up some ‘ardcoat. Guess the dude was surprised to see someone walk in and ask for that by name because he started grilling me as to what I needed it for. Then he insisted that what I really wanted was Lahmian Medium. I need to find a decent local hobby store.
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Nov 26, 2018 21:31
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Cranking up the goon to 11, let’s do a side by side:   Let’s see what it looks like tomorrow. According to Warham Store Dude, Lahmian Medium is paint without pigment.
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Nov 27, 2018 05:15
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And here are the results, ‘ardcoat on top. ‘ardcoat is much glossier I guess
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Nov 28, 2018 02:08
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Gloss varnish is glossier than matte medium? Shocker. I know, knocked me off my stool.  I hate warning labels. Edit:  Next plane I build is gonna be gear-up. FrozenVent fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Nov 28, 2018 |
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Nov 28, 2018 02:33
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God the US Navy loves warning labels  For some reason the kit only comes with four missiles, but six pylons.  hopefully I’ll be back tomorrow with the completed pictures.
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Nov 30, 2018 03:28
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  She’s done.
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Nov 30, 2018 16:43
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Anybody has tips for painting ships hulls? Anti fouling, boot top and all; looking for a somewhat weathered look. Was thinking of painting brick red over a black base for the anti fouling, but I’m at a loss as to what to do for the black part of the hull above the waterline.
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Nov 30, 2018 18:56
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Boot top is actually a special anti fouling mix to account for it being exposed to air a fair amount of the time... but it does get pretty dirty. Thanks for the tip though.
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Nov 30, 2018 20:00
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New project! Revell 1:700 Colombo Express container ship. Very impressed with the kit so far, good molding quality, good level of details for a 1:700. The instructions are probably the nicest I’ve seen - full color, sprue maps, the whole nine yards. Anyway, here’s the hull. The propeller is supposed to spin and the rudder can move, so that complicates things. The fit was close but not quite there on the keel joint, maybe I should have sanded more... anyway I laid down some Tamyia putty and primer, then sanded it down, feels pretty smooth now. The joint at the bottom of the transom was also a bit wide, so again, a drop of putty and some primer. Overall the hull almost stays together without any cement, it’s that tight. I used Tamya extra thin around the joints, and Testor Make-me-high around the bulkhead because structural integrity.  Curing the hull.  All puttied up.  Dry fitting the deck. Next time I’m putting the deck on dry while the hull dries, it took some prying to get it in there and back out. Glueing it is going to be tricky.
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Dec 2, 2018 03:19
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Guys I just tried Vallejo Model Air. What have I been doing all that time holy poo poo this stuff is amazing.
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Dec 2, 2018 16:31
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Puddin posted:It really is great. Is super easy to work with, I get a little tip dry on long bursts due to it being super hot at the moment, but if I thin it out a bit and wipe the needle ofter it's golden. Also the set I bought (WWII Allied) came with a hull red, which is pretty good. Next time I might lay down a brighter red base though, it’s a touch dark for my taste. I just did some model color on the propeller too, and man I love Vallejo. Too bad they’re on the pricy side.
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Dec 3, 2018 03:15
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My next project is an F-104 in RCAF livery, with the gears up, for a friend’s nursery. I fully expect the thing to be used for PEW PEW purposes in a couples of years and I’m fine with that. Think I’ll stick a magnet in the fuselage so it’s easier to hang.
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big_g posted:Just so you know small magnets and children do not mix, AT ALL. Neither do small parts. I don’t expect he’ll get to play with it for a good few years. And I won’t be using a tiny magnet. Fearless posted:Lawn Darts and children have never really mixed well, but you do you. 
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