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Scott Smith

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  • Birthday 12/24/1962

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    Lake Wateree, SC USA
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    1/32 aircraft, gun collecting, hunting, restoring the old Mustang GT!

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  1. Great thread! I have the old 1/48 DC-130 kit with drones in the stash. Unfortunately I’ve never been able to get my hands on the old Cutting Edge DC-130 nose for it.
  2. Wish I could make it. Already have family commitments that weekend.
  3. Good job! When I finished my new build area after the move I made a pact with myself to only build one at a time. I’ve only broken that rule once because of supplies on backorder and I couldn’t sit still waiting. After each build, I do a total clean up before the next kit is opened. Becoming organized has me enjoying the hobby more than ever. I use to spend 20-30 minutes digging through drawers and boxes looking for small items that I now have at my fingertips. I built a plywood window filler with a dryer vent door for my booth vent. I finally got around to installing some
  4. Ok, I do have them. Funny thing is, I bought them for the E markings. PM me your address and I’ll get the Navy test decals off the sheet sent to you. Scott
  5. Microscale maybe? I think I have it. I’ll check tomorrow.
  6. That’s great. I’d consider it an honor if a museum took my work to be put on display.
  7. I built a display case years back, but never fully populated it with shelves. One of my projects for this winter/spring is to build new metal supports to hold the glass sheets. Hopefully adding 6 more 22” X 42” shelves. I have to see what the latest glass pricing has peaked at. My last 4 shelves set me back $150 each and that was probably 4-5 years back. My first few shelves were $90 each. But I’ve often wondered what I’ll do when it’s full or that time comes. I’ve thought about ROTC programs or VFW posts that want displays.
  8. Yea, I didn’t catch he was using MMP. I tried it once and tossed out what was left over. Tough to spray and took forever to harden where it wouldn’t scratch off the model if looked at wrong. I was constantly cleaning the tip of the airbrush.
  9. I have no problem shooting both through my Iwata HP-CS That being said, there are different techniques for different types of paints. Just practice with reduction, dry times, how heavy you can apply, first coat “adhesion” coats for enamels, etc. I just decanted Tamiya TS-15 gloss blue for a Blue Angels project. Iwata would not spray it adequately with the .3 tip. Now my Grex with a .3 and fan tip hosed it on quite nicely.
  10. Yes, I’m a “bigger is better” lunatic that builds 1/32. I’ve built quite a bit I have in my display case. But I also have small kits to build too. Like 3-1/48 C-130 kits. Already built one in 1/72. Also have 2-B-17 kits in 1/32 and 1 B-24. But I’m all over the place. 1/144 C-5 built, 2 kits to go, 1/72 B-36 hanging from the ceiling, 1/72 Saturn V in the corner of the room and 1/72 space shuttle stack in the other corner. Usually if I can get it in 1/32, I’ll pass on the smaller scales. If it’s a subject I really want though, I don’t mind mixing it up.
  11. My wife reading the display at the Smithsonian
  12. Great research finding all this info. It was so cool for the original 33” model to pop up for sale online and now getting returned to the Roddenberry estate. It would look great in the huge display case at the Smithsonian next to the big one. Somewhere I think I have a short mic gooseneck like that. I know I have two longer ones I use as stands to paint models. Thinking about replicating my 1/350 kit with the same base.
  13. Once again, another example of why I say if you see it, buy it. Even if you don’t plan on building that subject for years down the road. We’ve lost so many cottage industry hobby providers. DMold, Rhino models, Fisher, Cutting Edge….Thankfully BiggTim picked up AMS to keep it going. And it looks like Mike West of Lone Star Models is planning on his retirement sooner than later. Edit: I forgot to mention Zacto Models has gone radio silent as well.
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