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But is it wiped on, brushed, how? I do not have a steady hand. I do use sponges sometimes, but I've never done panel lines before.

I'm recovering from hernia surgery, plus being retired, and sometimes i miss something. But hey! Since I've got you, I need some advice. Painting. What is the technique for doing 'oil smear' wash, like the dirty oil streaks on the wings of a B-17, and darkening the skin 'seams' on a plane...

This was side-to-side, with an aux pump room below. I worked there too. That was feed, fire, fresh water pumps, air comps, and the prop shafts.

The room was so cool because of the vent blowers, they were huge. LOTS of ambient are was blasted down there. Here's a pic. I'm the shirtless guy on the right. You can see two of the vents above the gauge board.

Yep, boot at 16 (summer of 1967)....as a Sea Cadet. There were a couple 14 year olds too. Flew from Los Alamitos to Great Lakes on a C-54, that was a looooooooong flight. Most memorable were the haircut, rifle range, and firefighting school/tear gas chamber. Yes, there was a/c in the living...

I never went to A school. I'd been a Sea Cadet in junior high, and one of the perks was that not only did going to a 2-week boot at Great Lakes at the age of 16 count, you got to fast-track in as an E-3, and I needed that in 1970 as I had a very bad draft number. And six years later my contract...

Very cool. When? Also, from 2012 until covid, I was on staff on the Battleship Iowa museum ship in San Pedro, CA. Though I had a departmental boss, he was management, and was the ticket sales beancounter. I was hands-on in charge of the tour route and developed the Engineering Tour. This vid...

Great items! gonna check them out very soon! Per your question, if you are asking if I was on an AO (fleet oiler), the answer is yes. 1971-1973 USS Mispillion, AO 105, WESTPAC 1972. I was a BT.

Those US 500 pounders arew close, but 500 pounds small. I think they may work for a "that'll do" amateur version...

IIRC, they were high drag (fat body) 1000 lb AN-M65 from WW2. They were what caused lots of problems in the fire, they started going off 90 seconds after falling into the fuel fire on deck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_65_bomb

I have found a 1/48 model by Italeri that has the correct decal sheet. Is this a re-boxed Lindberg? My Hasegawa 1/72 has more detailed weapons mounts than the Lindberg 1/48, but neither have the correct decals and bombs. I'm probably springing for the Italeri because of the decals, but I'm...

73 y.o. disabled Navy Vietnam vet here. Built lots as a kid, none for many decades. I've wanted to build the A4-E Skyhawk number 416 from USS Forrestal fire in 1967. I have 2 kits right now, a Hasegawa 1:72 (to which I have lost the clear canopy), and a 1:48 Lindberg that I have yet to start...