Boot topping in 1/350 USS Buchanan
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Re: Boot topping in 1/350?
The Black stripe painted on a ship that seperates the Red Oxide hull from the upper hull paint.
Also called the Boot Stripe.
It is rumored to be a kind of visual key to the B'son mates to stop painting at this line or you will get wet.
The Black stripe painted on a ship that seperates the Red Oxide hull from the upper hull paint.
Also called the Boot Stripe.
It is rumored to be a kind of visual key to the B'son mates to stop painting at this line or you will get wet.
USS Buchanan
This is a real pain!
The PE is soooooo tiny. Some of it I am, for the sake of sanity I am leaving some out.
And the Dragon instructions are pretty vague as to how to fold up some PE and where it is actually supposed to go!
But I muddle on. . .you 1/700 ship builders get a tip of the hat from me!
I may be goofing off here a lot today. I can only make so much PE stuff under the magnifier!
I think my eyeballs have crossed.
This is a real pain!
The PE is soooooo tiny. Some of it I am, for the sake of sanity I am leaving some out.
And the Dragon instructions are pretty vague as to how to fold up some PE and where it is actually supposed to go!
But I muddle on. . .you 1/700 ship builders get a tip of the hat from me!
I may be goofing off here a lot today. I can only make so much PE stuff under the magnifier!
I think my eyeballs have crossed.
elend
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I don't know what those parts are, but they sure look tiny! Be careful on them and post some more pictures, once everything is in place. Looks like this will be some nice build.
Oh and I once bought a 1/700 ship (to abuse it for greeblies) but there weren't too many small parts on it. Most of it was already in place on the two main body halves. 1/1200 ships seem to be much more fiddly, but still... the tinyst stuff I have ever built was that 1/144 harrier, which had parts, which I nigh inhaled!
Oh and I once bought a 1/700 ship (to abuse it for greeblies) but there weren't too many small parts on it. Most of it was already in place on the two main body halves. 1/1200 ships seem to be much more fiddly, but still... the tinyst stuff I have ever built was that 1/144 harrier, which had parts, which I nigh inhaled!
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Lovely work My "Carpet Monster" would have the time of its life! LOL!
Joolz
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HI Mac
Did the PE come with the kit (Dragon)?
If so contact them via E-mither, sorry E-mail and explain your problem, you never know they might just send you a replacement set. I lost a full canopy set (don't ask) for an Airfix 1/72 scale Avro Lancaster , sent Airfix an E-mither asking them to please help me out of my sticky predicament and hay presto a full new set was dispatched. NB I marked the subject of my E-mither as nothing more than just URGENT, and it went straight to the top bod at Airfix and was ignored by any SPAM filters.
This may help?
Joolz.
Did the PE come with the kit (Dragon)?
If so contact them via E-mither, sorry E-mail and explain your problem, you never know they might just send you a replacement set. I lost a full canopy set (don't ask) for an Airfix 1/72 scale Avro Lancaster , sent Airfix an E-mither asking them to please help me out of my sticky predicament and hay presto a full new set was dispatched. NB I marked the subject of my E-mither as nothing more than just URGENT, and it went straight to the top bod at Airfix and was ignored by any SPAM filters.
This may help?
Joolz.
Well. . .no explosions, cut cable, electrical, phone or water pouring out of things water shouldn't pour out of.
Back to the Buchanan.
Ships are cool, but they require a lot of waiting. Paint this, wait to dry, attach this wait for glue to dry, paint again, wait for paint to dry. . . Talk about trying the patience of a guy with none!
Back to the Buchanan.
Ships are cool, but they require a lot of waiting. Paint this, wait to dry, attach this wait for glue to dry, paint again, wait for paint to dry. . . Talk about trying the patience of a guy with none!
You see Mac, what you need to do here is, start another model. That way you work on one while the other is drying. Now you have to be careful. This can lead to more than just two models going at once. Why I once heard of a guy that was a six model at a time junkie. Now this guy had it real bad. He was spending all his cash on kits to make sure he had enough on hand. It got so bad he even sold his entire Princess Leia action figure collection. That's right, even the Slave Girl outfit one from Return of the Jedi. Tragic. I hate to think of this happening to you.
