U-Boat Progress...
Rufus
previous ones.
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- Rufus
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> ...snaps up on ABMS. Not sure these pics came out as good as some of my
> previous ones.
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WoW, that thing is HUGE !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rufus
> Rufus wrote:
>> ...snaps up on ABMS. Not sure these pics came out as good as some of
>> my previous ones.
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> WoW, that thing is HUGE !!!!!!!!!!!!
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...not as huge as the GATO kit - that one's about 1/3 bigger...if not more.
This one is the Type VIIC, and I still have the other one, and a GATO to
get to.
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>Rufus wrote:
>> ...snaps up on ABMS. Not sure these pics came out as good as some of my
>> previous ones.
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>WoW, that thing is HUGE !!!!!!!!!!!!
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rufus, all i see are differnt light conditions. could be the season
or the lighting. otherwise they are fine and the model's colors
are shown accurately.
i like your blue meany in the background in the garage. it
give an ethereal quality to the light.
is that your soccer mom suv behind the vette? (hehe)
Rufus
Actually, that was a visiting Vette - mine is in the garage, and yeah -
that's my truck on the other side.
I've got the clamps off now, squeezing a small gap at the bow. By
morning I should be ready to start dressing the keel and working on what
I want to do with the deck - whether to do the etch first or put the
deck on and then do the etch.
I'll shoot some more snaps before I place the deck and/or start fitting
the etch to it.
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whole damn soccer field in that one!
yeah, more pics before you button it up please.
going out tomorrow night? not me, no reason or parties by anyone i like.
Rufus
I was just debating that...I guess it'll depend on how cold it is.
Can't see going out if it's just too cold to take a bike. I'm sure
there'll be hi-jinx going on at the bar...and in general they like us to
bring our bike in and rev 'em up on the dance floor at midnight.
Sometimes...last time I tried that I couldn't get my apes through the
door...and I rode up some stairs to try it.
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and down outdoors in boston for part of the urban version of trials. the only
time o rode in doors was in hs when it earned me 3 days off.
ok, the ape joke...why do harley riders have ape hangers?
to keep their knuckles off the floor.
why do disco guys wear platform shoes.....?
you would probably be warm enough going home but is it worth the hassle?
what do you have 24" or extreme? let me guess, on the older lady?
Rufus
Stock on the old gal - she would have made it in the door, but I was on
the younger one and it's got 14" apes on it...just a bit too wide for a
doorway.
I rode up the steps at the Silver Dollar...then I ended up having to
turn around on the porch and ride back down when I wouldn't fit
though...which reminds me - there's some pictures of the proprietress on
the back of the bike behind me from that day that I ought to get hold
of...
First and only time I've ever ridden a Harley up and down a set of
stars...still dunno how I did that. Artificial skill enhancement and
peer pressure, most likely.
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- Rufus
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behgind me, i know they're a good rider.riding with you in front is easy. you
pay attention to the road, (too many riders are oblivious) and look in your
mirrors! i know i won't have to worry about panic stops. you won't be where i
end up.
there are people i won't ride with, but you i will ride with anywhere.
i was sure the older bike had the apes. i was obviously sure wrong. oh well.
let's see how confused i am, the newer bike is louder?
Rufus
Thanks, man. Mini apes on the older one, taller ones on the new. Yeah
- the newer bike has a set of Bubb shorties on it...louder than the '98.
U-boat's starting to look like a U-boat...
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i've got 8 builds that just need finishing, all minor. can i do it by
midnight?
i got a half gallon of na egg nog, whipped up sweet and sour chicken and pork
fried rice for fuel and i'm on! i lined up 4 lindberg kits that need paint
touch ups and did them in 1 hour. i have a bagged short nose 190 about 98%
done and that's next. no directions or markings so i don't know who's it is.
i'll dope out the brand when it's done.
this is fun!
Rufus
...the place is full o' fumes once more, no further stimulus required
here!
I've spent the day dressing the seam along the bottom of the hull - it's
starting to shape up nicely. If things really progress, I may end up
getting the airbrush out and working the hull colors...again, I'm not
sure if I want to do that before or after I fit the deck.
Lots of little itty-bitty etched parts to fit to the deck...that's gonna
take a while. But now that I'm on it I'll probably finish it before Jan
is out...I need to get some brass rod and a soldering iron to do the
railings...gonna replace the plastic.
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>I've spent the day dressing the seam along the bottom of the hull - it's
>starting to shape up nicely. If things really progress, I may end up
>getting the airbrush out and working the hull colors...again, I'm not
>sure if I want to do that before or after I fit the deck.
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>Lots of little itty-bitty etched parts to fit to the deck...that's gonna
>take a while. But now that I'm on it I'll probably finish it before Jan
>is out...I need to get some brass rod and a soldering iron to do the
>railings...gonna replace the plastic.
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can't build man yet. i want to use the adds that you've described and really
put the nice on it. i am inspired, gotta build, gotta sweat the small and put
the time in.
i think i can work on my 1/48 bv 141, the hipm kit. the kind guy i bought it
from, right here in rms land, had the masks and decals to go with. it's such
an odd duck that 1/48 is a real neccessity. the office has much going on, lots
of radios and detailers stuff to make. i want to really put the touch on it.
i've been afraid to start, questioning my abilities. but nothing ventured=a
closet queen. i want that bird making people do double takes.
what a great hobby.
som...@some.domain
oops, that's good not goof.
Rufus
I just finished parting out all the running gear and stern work. It's
really starting to look like something now that I can sit it in the
stand without having to clamp or rubberband it together. I'm going to
paint it in one of the black/white schemes - haven't seen anyone do that
before. It'll be different.
I also have a few other mostly-builts lying around the bench...a 1/48
Tamyia Wildcat that needs only paint and decals, and SA-2 in about the
same state, and that little Super Hornet lurking behind the U-boat.
Maybe I can get to them in the coming weeks, too.
Then there's my next/current 1/32 F-14 sitting on the other bench about
3/4 built...
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Rufus
"Goofing at the table!"..to quote Kerouac...
I think I figured out why my pics look goofy to me - my old camera had a
"VGA Fine" mode - full res, but only a 640x480 pic. I think with my new
one I have to shoot full rez and then down-convert for posting, in order
to avoid the jaggies.
My old one got over-humidified after a trip to Florida, but I think it
came back to life unexpectedly after sitting a year in the
hi-dez...charging batts now and I'll give it a try.
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you have jewelers tools and good tinkerer's sense, or you wouldn't build kits,
so why not pull the covers and do a lube with light wtach oil and clean
contacts with professional cotton swabs and switch cleaner. you could do it in
a couple of hours and have your old one new again. good practice for etch,
nest pas?
florida, blue hair and spiders! lovely state, though.
som...@some.domain
i remember when you were hot on the super....perhaps the fire will relight
itself?
i wish i knew why current aircraft, starting mid 60's, hold so little
attraction to me. you would think a tech geek would go nuts?
Rufus
I just took a couple test shots - looks like it's focusing, but that the
CCD is fogged on one side...more like at the edges - which is what I
remember it doing after the trip to Jacksonville, except then it
wouldn't even focus. Looks like the gators got it...
...so I'll just use the newer one and shrink 'em for post.
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Rufus
It's U-255 - the only place I've ever even seen a drawing of it is on
the decal sheet from Ulad - I bought all of the Ulad decals looking for
a scheme I liked...chose U-255 from those. The boat's operational
record is here:
http://uboat.net/boats/u255.htm
...but no picture(s). Good pictures of U-boats are really hard to find.
One of the more interesting things I found out during my research was
that U-255's ace skipper - Reinhart Reche - was trained by this guy -
http://uboat.net/men/bigalk.htm
...who happens to have been a forebear of a friend of mine.
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- Rufus
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>that U-255's ace skipper - Reinhart Reche - was trained by this guy -
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>http://uboat.net/men/bigalk.htm
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damned small, incestuous world. and i wish there where more uboat pics. i
suspect that there are many out there in family albums. the vets don't show
them and i fear they will be destroyed like the "earthy" diaries of civil war
vets. and the porn pics they would ditch before battles.
i still wish i'd known what boat my 7th grade german teacher commanded.
i don't remember his name but i'm digging through some records and i might
find it. he was a damn good teacher and a great racontuer. if only i hadn't
been an ami young snot not interested.
well, 90 minutes left in this temporal loci.
the 190 is painted, now the great decal hunt is on! i'm not 100% sure of what
model it is.
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sure. why not use the new one? i just love rebuilding wrecks, fixing old tech,
just doing the archealogy for fun even.
Rufus
Yeah...it's getting to the point that when I build a jet kit I have to
check the decals to see if there's anyone's name there that I
know...there's a growing number of 'em showing up.
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Rufus
There may be some fun parts to play with in the old one...maybe one day
I'll get the itch to tear it apart...it was my first digital camera, so
I'm sorta fond of it.
I'll have to do a bit of experimenting with the new one - I just
discovered it has a built-in capability to make a reduced sized copy of
a snap prior to download - that probably replaced the "VGA Fine" mode on
my old one. I just need to experiment with it's modes some.
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i need to learn basic photo skills.
Bruce Burden
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: florida, blue hair and spiders! lovely state, though.
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Don't forget the Eastern Lubber grasshopper - 4 inches
long, orange, yellow, red and damn slow.
If only the bluehairs (aka "tourons") came with the
same warning markings...
Bruce
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Robert Don Hughes
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>som...@some.domain <som...@some.domain> wrote:
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>: florida, blue hair and spiders! lovely state, though.
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> Don't forget the Eastern Lubber grasshopper - 4 inches
> long, orange, yellow, red and damn slow.
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> If only the bluehairs (aka "tourons") came with the
> same warning markings...
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> Bruce
i was thinking of the geriatric blue hairs. you know, over 70 and hasn't had
an original thought since that year?
i always want to blast the dead kennedys fresh fruit for rotting vegtables at
the brain dead tourista's.
daddy, can i play with the ak? i promise i won't leave guts and gore on the
bidet.