dnl42
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Welcome to the forum! As suggested, you could use a photo hosting site, like dogbody's choice of https://www.flickr.com/ or my choice of https://postimages.org/. Alternately, you could reduce the size of images to fit the ARC limit. I resize my images to 640x480, so they often, but not always, fit the ARC limit. Nonetheless, I usually post from postimages, like this photo Here's the same photo directly uploaded.
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While I don't use MRP, I've been using Mr Color for years. A couple of hours is fine for masking; I do detack the tape on a cutting mat or the clean palm of my hand.
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Looks like Some Body is working on it... <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <title>New Page 1</title> </head> <body> <p>test of ARC homepage</p> </body> </html>
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Congratulations on the paper and your degree!
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The reason this thread surfaced again was because some FINE "member" is desperately trying to look legitimate. I've reported the post. Hopefully they'll be dealt with...
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Nice work!!!
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This is looking great! I completely agree with your hands-on building comment.
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Nice work! Whatever challenges you had building it, the result is quite good looking!
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I've never tried decanting spray paints, so I cannot comment on such techniques. Do you normally use Model Master enamels? Perhaps your technique is better tuned to different paints? By "middle of my passes", do you mean spatter starts after a while of good painting? Or, do you get spatter between the start and end of a single stroke? If the former, perhaps you're getting some paint build-up on the tip that's causing the spatter? I've learned to "burp" the airbrush every so often. This means pointing the airbrush away from the model and opening up the air and paint flow
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It does, doesn't it?
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Color me cautious. Along with being dubious of the efficacy of the compressor, its hanging off the bottom of the airbrush probably feels overly weighty and intrusive. I'd like to see documentation of "Widely used by the general model enthusiasts."
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Happy Birthday! I do remember Xenix. Boxes of floppies to install the thing.
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Lancaster, California - Hobby Store?
dnl42 replied to AlienFrogModeller's topic in Hobby Shop Directory
There are a few choices down here in La La Land. Brookhurst Hobbies in Garden Grove Military Hobbies in Orange Tony's Hobby and Toys in Baldwin Park Pegasus Hobbies in Montclair. -
Drag can lift birds to new heights, researchers find
dnl42 replied to southwestforests's topic in Test Post Clubhouse
Thanks for pointing this out! The Nature Communications article is quite interesting. This diagram in particular clearly shows the above cited points. -
Bravo! I would be hard pressed to identify this as 1/144!
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I also don't clear-coat before decals atop Mr Color or Alclad because they go on so smoothly. As for Mr Color C365, it's available from Ebay retailer animetropolis. I've used them several times for colors I couldn't find in the US.
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Welcome aboard!
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Nice!!! The C-47 is my favorite aircraft, and you've done her proud!
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I had a Badger 360, which could go either way. Never had use for the siphon feed. Not sure what you build, but the 1/48 models I build use surprisingly little paint, even primer coats and clear coats in an HP-TH with its 0.5mm nozzle.
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Yeah, looks likely. Here are some drawings from Flying Fortress by Edward Jablonski
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As you thought, a "silver paint" is the typical model approach to "aluminum lacquer". The goal is to make those areas "look like paint" to contrast with the prototype's unpainted surfaces. I believe the correct name for the paint is aluminized lacquer. On an NMF P-51D, this paint was at least used in the area of the areas of the wings that were puttied and smoothed over to maintain laminar flow. Drawings of the wings are on ARC and elsewhere.
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Yes. I did that once, and it curdled into a nasty goop inside my airbrush. Need a full teardown to clean out...
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@Mstor has sage advice. I have an Iwata Power Jet Lite. Also never regretted the purchase. It replaced a tool compressor, which was quite noisy. There are other good brands of compressors, too. Make sure it has auto-start. My compressor doesn't have a tank--don't miss it for a moment--and just one hookup. I use quick-connect fittings to switch between my 2 airbrushes. Quality tools also applies to airbrushes. I really like my Iwata airbrushes, but there are other fine brands, too. As @Mstor noted, you'll spend more time fussing with poor tools rather than spending time o
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Very cool! I remember seeing the LEM concepts in the History Center in the Plant 35 basement in Bethpage. They also had the concepts for the Shuttle, which was ultimately awarded to NAA.
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