Recent content by Heavens Eagle

Thanks for the photos Mike! Yeah, I would love to see John's builds in person. Always great to see the things we see in photos here, in person there. Anyone planning on going to Fort Wayne Nationals?

If you glue the cover to the base such that it doesn't easily come off, they should be fine for anyone except kindergarteners and younger. Not sure how sturdy your masts and such are, but unless they are thrown at a wall or floor would they hold up to normal handling?

Anything I mount to a wall is done into studs. I bought a stud finder years ago and use it all the time. The wire shelves in my walk in closet were done weird and one morning I came in and the partial shelf and pulled out of the dry wall. The dip wad just mounted a shelf for clothes and stuff...

Yeah I have a ton of OLD dry transfers (lettraset and such) from the 80's. They all don't work anymore. I don't know if having a slightly sticky paint coat or a fine amount of some thinner applied to the paint to make it slightly sticky then placing the dry transfer over it and lightly rubbing...

Hmm, I see a PT boat.

Very interesting Paddy. Thanks for the little history lesson.

My Makura CNC is coming with a laser engraving head. It should be here maybe late this month or early next month as they have started shipping. I bought in on the first day of the kickstarter and was still 2741 in line. I later upgraded to a better version for a small additional. Not really...

You never know for sure what a person will treasure. You can only try.

The only thing I see that is questionable is the fire extinguisher coloring on the engine deck. This would probably be in better shape than items around it as it is an important item. They also came in grey and (I'm guessing) a grey green similar to RLM02. I have more photos of these...

Looking good Tim!

Thanks for the process notes John. I wouldn't really know where to start with the ground work and this is a big help.

Time for another quick update. With some primer applied to the barrel it turned out nice and round. :dude: Thus it was time for some more assembly into bigger parts, etc. With the barrel done and some primer having been applied, I decided to do a quick "fit" together. It is QUITE a bit...

Sounds like you have a few interested parties that like your little jewels. the fact that you have many ships already built can help a lot with the short time left. For the students a little history to go with each craft might be a plus for them to know what they actually receive.

Yeah, many dealers low ball values in order to make more money. In some cases they are being a realistic business person. In others they are basically rip off artists.

Trumpeter is supposed to be doing a 1/35th Ka-52, so that is something to look forward to. I also picked up their Kamov naval helicopter with the double rotors. Damn! that 1/35th Hind looks just as good up close!