Zactoman

USS Kearsarge, sister ship to Bonhomme Richard, catches fire on Friday while in maintenance. Navy issues stop order and directive to ensure compliance with fire protocols. https://justthenews.com/government/security/navy-orders-shipyard-stop-work-after-fire-quelled-aboard-sister-ship-bonhomme

Thank you both for leaving such nice feedback during my absence. Sorry I didn't reply until now but I've been keeping very busy and haven't visited the forums much lately. Yes they are still available for $47 + S&H. I've been too busy with other stuff to deal with setting up an eBay account yet. To those interested in the kit, please send me an email ( Zactoman@Zactomodels.com ) with your zip code and I'll send you a PayPal invoice.

That would be the kit built by master modeler Chris Wilson from the 1991 IPMS Nationals. The video was released the following year: The forced panel line part begins at 42:45. This kit actually had engraved panel lines and rivets. This was the first technique I learned to highlight panels back in the early 80s, long before pre-shading came about. That hair... As for how we dealt with raised lines, most just left them and painted the kits, then some added weathering. Clean, un-weathered with raised lines used to be the typical build.

BUMP! Grab one before I put them on eBay for a much higher price. I'm asking $47 + S&H. Currently on eBay they go for $85.49 or $89.99 plus S&H from China. E-mail me (Zactoman @ Zactomodels .com) with your shipping info and I'll send a PayPal invoice and have it ready to ship the next day.

Sorry, no plans to downscale this.

Some interesting suggestions. I'm considering a few. Thanks!

Hi David, As Scott said, my canopies are no longer available. I discontinued them a few years back due to production problems that I have not yet solved. I'd recommend contacting Scott about the extra windscreen he has or you can try contacting Trumpeter for replacement parts by e-mailing joanna@trumpeter-china.com with the kit number and sprue number.

If you count the thin rib between each louver then they got the correct number of scribe lines. They just screwed up and made the louvers the same width as the ribs. Doh! They did get the count correct on both the 1/32 and 1/48 kits. I wonder what happened with the 1/72?

Where to begin?... First, let's enjoy a nice, soothing song... Lets start with masks: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/why-were-running-out-of-masks-in-the-coronavirus-crisis/609757/ Some takeaways: -Early in the outbreak China slowed mask manufacturing and stopped shipping them to the US. -Many countries (including the US https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/04/02/us-exports-masks-ppe-china-surged-early-phase-coronavirus/5109747002/ ) sold or donated millions of masks to China in the early da

Or read... Washington Post has been wrong on lots of things. If they cite anonymous or unnamed sources I'd take it with a grain of salt.

Keep in mind that most of those were patients on ventilators that hadn't received the newly discovered treatments early enough such as hydroxychloroquine/zinc or Remdesivir. Things are improving. Thanks for the link, but pay-wall...

The only "blanket" statements I've heard are mischaracterizations from the MSM. Guidelines have been put in place by the Federal Government, but governors make the decisions. https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/ Don't believe everything you see on TV. Word!

Can you please link an article? I have not been following the news on this and what you are saying contradicts what I previously read. If what you are saying is true, it reinforces my thinking that whoever did leak this to the San Francisco Chronicle should suffer. I agree that it's not "acceptable to take an unnecessary risk that will likely lead to the loss of life when we aren't in combat", but OPSEC should be maintained whether at war or not and the readiness of our key assets should not have been disclosed.

As I mentioned, there have been zero cases in the county I live in. There have been very few in the surrounding counties. Yet we are still taking the precautions and non-essential businesses have closed down, many of which will likely not be able to re-open. How many lives should be ruined when they aren't being affected by this? How many should be ruined when they could take adequate preventative measures? Link fixed: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Those number comparisons should be taken with a grain of salt. There is no set standard for how countries gather and report data. US has been considering infected patients that died as having died from the virus regardless of whether they would have died anyway, while some countries are doing the opposite. In addition, some (non-English) countries are hiding their true numbers... This site seems to have more up to date numbers: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ As for the US, Consider that 44% of US cases and 56% of US deaths were in NY/NJ. The vast majority of the US

Are you wearing gloves or do you enjoy stirring the political stuff with your bare hands? Be sure to wash with soap for at least 20 seconds.

Yeah... I couldn't find the longer version that hadn't been dubbed over with German, but here's that one (and yes, the roll-out is very short!):

No idea. I haven't been following this in the news except for skimming a few articles before my post. It may well have eventually been released but it would have needed authorization, otherwise it's a crime. Edit: I'd add that if officially released, that they likely wouldn't have released the info until the ship was fully operational. You don't disclose that your fighter has broken ribs and blurred vision until after the final bell. I just fixed helicopters when I served, but I'd guess: 10 U.S. Code § 892. Art. 92. Failure to obey order or regulation o

Whoever leaked it to the San Francisco Chronicle is the one who should be court martialed and hung out to dry. According to Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly: To me that paragraph justifies this: Modly wrote in his apology: The captain should have never sent the letter, should be investigated and disciplined as found appropriate by his superiors. The operational readiness (especially lack there-of) of one of our most powerful weapons systems is not something that should be disclosed to the public in times of war or peace.

For the past few weeks I've only left the house every few days to deliver packages to the Post Office (I'd like go more often!). I have a routine where I wash my hands before leaving, only touch surfaces (door knobs) with my left hand, keep distance between myself and others, open my car door with my right and use disinfecting wipes as soon as I'm in the car. I then go home, wash my hands and use wipes on all surfaces (car handles, steering wheel, house door knobs) I may have touched. I haven't resorted to wearing gloves, a mask or showering when I return, but then I'm in a small town in

My wife caught a cold about 2 weeks ago. Immediately we started freaking out that it might be the Coronavirus but she didn't have the commonly listed symptoms of fever and dry cough. Instead she had a sore throat, runny nose, sneezing, a productive cough, mild fatigue and no fever. I began researching and read about zinc and zinc lozenges and how it helps fight viruses and might help with the Coronavirus. The problem that I read about was that the body has trouble absorbing zinc and therefore the studies of zinc were inconclusive. I caught the cold myself and kicked it's butt in only about

I find this website to be the most informative tracking site, especially for US viewers: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Click on a country and you get more details. For the US it lists individual states: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ The right hand column of each state has useful source and news links including each state's official websites, many of which have numbers broken down by county. You will also find other useful links and info there. ____________________________________________________ I stayed out of the previous locked

My guess is that you got larped. Terry's hobby is collecting uniforms. I have pictures of him in a USMC dress uniform and in a fully equipped British SAS camo uniform complete with what appears to be a C8 carbine. It wouldn't surprise me if he has a Chinese Secret Service uniform and badge. Sio never replied to my PM regarding what really happened to the Bronco project. I'm going to copy/paste the message and PM it to you in hopes that you might supply some answers. TIA Sorry I never followed through with the hip fix tutorial. I went through a period where I was busi