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Hello from Statesboro, Georgia
My name is Ken Friend, and I had never built a paper model until this past summer. I made the mistake(?) of starting with Ken West's 1/32 B-58...... I am retired, and obviously had too much time on my hands. I had a lot of fun with it, and have surprised a lot of plastic modelers with the realism. Hope I don't offend anyone with the extra work I did beyond the basic build. Great design work Ken!
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OK - you gotta be kidding me. There has been a serious rash of over talented people posting their first builds here lately - welcome to that run of excellence!
Is that really your VERY FIRST model? I have built at least a couple dozen and cant match that.... Thanks!! Chris
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Dear Ken:
What paper did you print the B-58 onto? Your pictures reminded me of the day in a small sailboat in the middle of Lake Worth out side of Ft. Worth Texas. Where a B-58 came in way too low to land and his exost (sp.) knocked us over into the water. he must have been only 15 ft. off the water. Nice Build, MILES |
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Welcome, Ken! If that's your first, can't wait to see pictures of your second build.
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Hustle On Over...,
Hi Ken,
Glad you found your way over here. Welcome aboard! +Gil |
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Holy moly Welcome Ken!!!!!
That's a super awesome Hustler. As you have found, Ken is one of the best designers out there. And you are one heck of a builder. BTW- don't worry about people getting upset about adding some scratch work. We all love it :D |
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I found some 11"X14" white poster board in packs of 5 at Walmart for $1.00 per package. I trimmed it to 8.5"X11" and printed on the dull side. I found that the paper would separate into layers if I dunked it in water, but adding a little white glue to the water seemed to help. Once the parts were formed and in place, I could complete the "hardening" process with thin CA or shellac. If I needed any filling I used Bondo glazing putty. Here are pictures of the landing gear and one engine after using this technique. |
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Thanks to all of you!
Thanks for the kind words everyone! Although I have been building models for over 60 years, this IS my first paper effort. Thanks to Chris for the opportunity, and to Ken West for such a well engineered model. It might be a while before I attempt another (lesson learned), but will certainly use what I learned from this one on ALL my modeling efforts. The old Aviation Metalsmith in me won't be able to resist.....
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That's a pretty amazing Hustler Ken. You wouldn't happen to be the Ken Friend with realistic natural metal finish article in the Dec 2010 FSM magazine would you?
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