Recent content by Heavens Eagle

I was referring to the tank chassis above.

It was used on the Siemens Schuckert D IV with a 4 bladed prop. It could out climb anything, but came out too late to have any impact.

References always pay off if you can find them.

It's only an issue if the manufacturer doesn't do the stuff they are "SUPPOSED" to do, like DO RESEARCH to GET IT RIGHT (effing Trumpeter). On the other hand it is big enough to see the stuff and to work with the stuff. As impressive as it looked before I added all the detail, it is much more...

Then there was an engine made by Siemens-Halske ShIII eleven cylinder engine where the crankcase rotated one direction and the crankshaft rotated the other direction. It had big bevel gears to keep everything in line and produced a lot more power.

Interesting mix of photos Mike. What are you working on besides the Nautilus?

Just a quickie update. I have all the rivets on the center of the carriage done. Still have a couple of pneumatic couplers I have to make (didn't make enough the first time). Then there is the hand brake lever assembly and mounting that has been giving me fits. Turns out Trumpeter had the...

That's why it can be really helpful to share builds. I am learning all the time from everyone's builds. Learned a neat trick to make headlight lenses yesterday from a Farcebook post.

Looking good!

Sounds like there is a swing starting to come back to hobbies that are tangible. The "I built this!" with something solid to show give more impact than the "I beat level 499 of the stupid game that I wasted all that time on". All the stupid short videos are just as worthless, even though I do...

I had a similar problem with some of the portholes on the Arizona build. They ended up being oblong front to back where there was a curve. The big problem was that they had a ring around them the stuck out a little. I finally did some measurements of the correct portholes and made a small...

Yeah Tim, I get it with the AM wood deck. A decal deck would almost be too thick at this scale. If the model is not specifically made for the wood deck thickness, it is NOT going to work or look right. Are those supposed to be round port holes on the side?

Hungarian eh? I thought it was an Italian tank such as they were.

All a matter of perspective. The time I went into Canada back in 95 with my daughter, about mid May, it was jacket weather to us. The Canadians were running around on the beach of Lake Erie in bathing suits. It was quite windy with 2 to 3 ft breakers coming ashore off of the lake.