Jim R
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Tim - I agree with Chris. That railway looks superb, looks real. I've never been into model railways but I can imagine the huge amount of work to get something like that done.
As I said Jim, it was a team effort. I’d say it took about two years to get to that stage. Glad it was of interest though.Tim - I agree with Chris. That railway looks superb, looks real. I've never been into model railways but I can imagine the huge amount of work to get something like that done.
The reason for the odd roundels is partly, like Barry says, working with American forces, but also partly to avoid being confused for Japanese in general. It turned out in the Pacific that the British and the American roundels were too easy to confuse with the Japanese all-red roundel (remember that the original American roundel was a blue disc with a white star, and a red disc in the centre of the star). The red disc in the middle of the both made them look too similar to the red Japanese roundel from a distance.ive never seen these roundels before ?
Dave,Even after many years, the model I've had most pleasure in building was the ICM 1/48 MiG-25
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The engineering of the model, and the fit just made it a joy to assemble - the only thing I added was a pilot, there was no need for anything else. I've enjoyed a lot of my builds, but this still remains my favourite.................
Dave
So where did you get that 1ltr bottle of vallejo from?The most pleasure I've derived in modeling was from defeating this ^&&^%#@#$%^& resin kit w/horrible destructions & missing parts into an acceptable (by me) model of a US Army D7. Just saw the unpainted pin head securing the plow. Amazing how your eye sees what it wants/expects to see so often.
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Paul, I love the way the operator is looking up at the Vallejo bottle as if it's 20 feet tall.......oops, it is to him!The most pleasure I've derived in modeling was from defeating this ^&&^%#@#$%^& resin kit w/horrible destructions & missing parts into an acceptable (by me) model of a US Army D7. Just saw the unpainted pin head securing the plow. Amazing how your eye sees what it wants/expects to see so often.
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Outstanding Marine! Very nicely done!This was probably my most nerve-racking, frustrating but most satisfying because of there was no going back once the Huey was chopped in half, and the engineering of supporting the Huey through the leg and arm of the single marine Was a new challenge.
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That is awesome Paul .Not the large Paint pot , but the model ! I can't remember either of those two builds , sorry .2nd most pleasurable was this Trident resin conversion of a ROCO HEMTT cargo truck to recovery vehicle.
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