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12-04-2009, 07:16 AM
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wow dude, awesome as usual. Abso-bally-lutly beautiful!!!
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12-04-2009, 07:44 AM
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Stunning work as is the norm from you Mike
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12-04-2009, 10:59 AM
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Thanks guys. Your kind support keeps me going on this epic more than you know....
Speaking of PBJ's in service, my internet travels this morning happened upon this: It's a 1/72nd scale diorama of a Marine PBJ-1H attacking a Japanese "Kaibokan" (escort) ship. The ship is scratch built, the plane an off the shelf Italeri B-25H kit. Details here Gallery here "Go get 'em Marines!!...." Mike
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12-04-2009, 09:46 PM
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This cockpit just keeps on keepin’ on…..
I mentioned before that Orlik had missed some salient cockpit features of “H” model Mitchells. One detail is that the navigator/cannoneer station occupies the space that was usually reserved for a co-pilot:  Orlik just supplies two identical seats side by side. I took one and cut it down and modified it to look more like the “half seat” the navigator was given. Then I did a web search and found some wood grain images and scaled one I liked to several different sizes, printed it on 65lb paper, picked out the one that I thought looked most in scale for this model, glued that to 0.5mm card and fashioned the navigator’s wooden desk (item “2” in the above image):  The hole in the corner is for a telegraph key (item “1”). I’ll make that later. Also made the navigator’s map case (item “5”) from 65lb paper. Took a picture of it now before it gets lost with all the other stuff installed:  Made a prop for the desk from 0.025” music wire and installed that with the desk and the seat. Since the navigator’s seat looks lighter than the pilot’s seat in most of the photos I’ve seen, I decided to paint it “Navy gray”. Just adds some more color in there:    And you can just see the map case, which is kinda in keeping with the original article:  That’s it. Mike
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12-05-2009, 05:55 AM
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I think you just forgot the co-pilot's lunchbox :D
New standards in papermodeling! Amazing!
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#687
12-05-2009, 09:01 AM
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Quote:
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12-05-2009, 09:15 AM
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Amazing .....you don't rent your fingers out do you ? Thought not a pity
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12-05-2009, 09:22 AM
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My entire family is ROTFL :D:D:D:D
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12-05-2009, 10:41 AM
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Quote:
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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