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Post by Paul B on Jul 23, 2022 6:20:20 GMT
Wow Duke, your ship yard is looking mighty awesome ole chap . The Sturmovik is a bird I would like tackle also
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Post by wouter on Jul 23, 2022 11:12:13 GMT
So much work you got going on, you truly are a factory . Quite the fleet you have there ^^
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Post by Snipersmudge on Jul 23, 2022 16:07:52 GMT
Amazing!
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Post by Ian H. on Jul 24, 2022 0:47:19 GMT
Great work, Duke! Love the markings on the Golf-Cobra, especially the emblem on the rotor housing. Cool Sturmovik, as well. The USS Sacramento looks impressive also; the superstructure area looks very detailed and crisply molded. And we have a USS Enterprise going as well; too cool! Looking forward to the amphib and the armored rail car is looking sharp, too.
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Post by nito74 on Jul 24, 2022 18:49:04 GMT
Great work there Duke. A busy factory and busy shipyard. Keep them coming !!
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Post by dukemaddog on Jul 24, 2022 22:54:06 GMT
Thank you guys for the awesome, motivating comments and compliments! I'm hoping to get more done soon.
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Post by tommygunn on Jul 24, 2022 23:21:30 GMT
I thought I was progressing at a high rate of knots. You have some great stuff coming down the line.
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Post by bwilt on Jul 25, 2022 5:37:57 GMT
You sure have a lot going on overhere... love that bushmaster, wish it was still available in 1:35
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Post by Armorguy on Jul 25, 2022 18:09:49 GMT
Great looking builds brotha, the armored train is my ab fav. Will you go for the serpentines camo?
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Post by dukemaddog on Jul 25, 2022 22:24:16 GMT
Thank you guys! Yeah, I do have a lot going on. And this isn't all Tommy. I have three more tanks under construction as well.
Just trying to get as much done as possible.
Thank you Bert! I actually finished the Bushmaster some weeks ago. I now have two finished.
AG, thanks! Not sure what camo I'll do yet. Gonna check things out first. I gotta shoot the base yellow before anything.
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Post by dukemaddog on Aug 18, 2022 1:33:58 GMT
Wow, I finally found a couple free hours to get this latest tour ready to go! So, let's climb aboard the trams and get this party started! The Hangar has been idle for awhile, so we'll head to the Shipyards straightaway. Quite a bit has been happening there. First up, we tried to get a more even coat of grey on the massive Enterprise flight deck. That still eludes us: Not much else was attempted on that. However, we did get a lot done on the USS Indianapolis. First, we masked off as much of the deck as possible after masking the lower sides of the hull: Grey paint was shot on hull and superstructure, aiming slightly upward to help keep as much overspray off the decks as possible: I still had some overspray, but it was easy to touch up. After that dried, the masks came off. Now this was ready for more progress to be done: Moving on to one of our smaller slips, we took the time to mask off the upper cabin works and shoot grey paint on the hull of the Swift Boat. Here it is after the masks had been removed: Next we sprayed the cabin exterior while they were still on the sprues, as well as other exterior accessories. This was done before the windows were put in. I remembered to take this pic only after having added the windows to the front of the cabin: And the cabin is built! All the side walls were installed and adjusted as best as possible, but there are still a few discrepancies: Later we dry-fit the cabin roof to see what fit issues we'd have to deal with. The top gunner's position was also completed, which included the mast already molded to one part of it: I'm glad we completed the interior and tried to keep the windows as clear as possible. It doesn't show well in these pics, but you can see a lot of the interior through these big windows: That completes our tour of the Shipyards, let's check in to the Motor Pool... Here in the Motor Pool, we've been at least as busy as the shipyards were. The first thing we did was to shoot some base paint on the Geschutzwagen: Now to figure out the camouflage.... Meanwhile, we tried getting further ahead on the Rolls Royce armored car. We had shot a gloss on this car to prepare for decals. When I looked at the roundel decals that go on top of the turret, I noticed they did not print any white! So, we taped off the sides as best we could and shot some white on top of the turret: Yeah, parts of it are pretty rough; but after some sanding to smooth it out, it won't be seen under the decal. While that was drying, we added the markings to the rest of the car: When the top of the turret was dry, we added the roundel to the top of the turret. In this pic it is still wet with the Solvaset: Here it is all mocked up. There's going to be a bit of touch up to do: Another thing we did was to paint the underside details with Oily Black just for fun: That concludes this tour of the facilities, thank you all for taking the time to tour us here and remember comments are welcome.
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Post by bwilt on Aug 18, 2022 5:33:44 GMT
Very nice stuff again..
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Post by Ian H. on Aug 19, 2022 1:15:43 GMT
Great work on your projects, Duke! The USS Indianapolis came out awesome. I bet you went through a lot of paint on the Big E's flight deck, too. Cool looking Rolls and the Armored Train Car looks sweet too. Same for the Swiftie!!!!!
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Post by Paul B on Aug 19, 2022 14:41:08 GMT
I love the way you keep a good mix of subjects going . Well played Duke
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Post by nito74 on Aug 23, 2022 0:16:59 GMT
Some great work here Duke !! Shipyard is busy as usual.
Keep them coming my friend !!
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Post by dukemaddog on Aug 24, 2022 0:13:09 GMT
Thank you Bert!
Thank you Ian! I appreciate your great compliments on all my work. Yes, I'm still going through a lot of paint on the Enterprise deck! It does not have the finish I want.
Thank you Paul! It is quite surprising how changing it up every now and then keeps everything fresh. Especially now that I started the Shipyards again.
Thank you John! I'm glad to have the shipyards working again. In a way, this has actually helped ramp up the production in the Hangar and Motor Pool.
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Post by SteveM on Aug 26, 2022 7:05:47 GMT
More great progress Duke! I've got my eye on that swift boat too but your build is pushing me to buy a Cobra
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Post by Armorguy on Aug 26, 2022 9:07:24 GMT
I can't help it, I blurdy like them all
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Post by Snipersmudge on Aug 26, 2022 14:52:19 GMT
all good stuff!
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Post by dukemaddog on Aug 26, 2022 22:40:28 GMT
Steve, thank you! I still have my Zulu Cobra to finish, if I can just find the tail planes!
Thank you AG! I am enjoying all these too.
Thank you Pete!
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