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Topic: REVELL'S REISSUED HIGGIN'S PT 212 |
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TED WALTHER |
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 Posted on: Feb 18, 2009 - 4:56am
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Garth and Frank;
I will take some photos tonight.
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TGConnelly
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Posted on: Feb 18, 2009 - 6:23am
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Thanks Ted ...
Al, about what point of the war did the earlier Higgins start coming from the factory with a 20mm amidships and a 20mm aft and the four tubes?
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TED WALTHER |
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Posted on: Feb 19, 2009 - 5:17am
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Garth;
I took some photos last night, of my 1/72nd scale Bastia diorama. It has faired well for sitting on a shelf in my garage/man room for 8 years, but in viewing the photos, I noticed specifically the crews of 1/72nd scale PT 552, PT 558, PT 562, and RON 22 PT 308, have been negelecting thier PMS schedules. I have had to put in some jobs in the 3M system for some minor repairs. If I get home early tonight, I will square my crews away, and make sure they get everything ship shape and get the boats back up to FMC status. Nothing major, but as a self respecting modeler, I must say I need to fix a few things before posting it here. Modelers pride and ego you know!
Take care,
TED
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TGConnelly
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Posted on: Feb 19, 2009 - 7:58am
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Whenever you can Ted............
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Feb 19, 2009 - 9:17am
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I look forward to seeing your work on the message board. When I have time, I need to take some photos of my FEMU Diorama. Need to take off the case because it flashed too much in the photos...........
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FRANK |
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Posted on: Feb 19, 2009 - 9:48am
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Hey Frank A.-
I have been waiting a long time to see your pictures of the FEMU unit. PLEASE, do take as many as you can from as many angles as you can so that we modelers here on the board can grasp the full impact of the diorama.
Oh yeah, Ted- Ditto what I just told Frank A. regarding the 1/72 nd scale Higgins diorama as well.
Waitng with baited breath to see this stuff!
Thanks guys!
Frank Ryczek, Jr.
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Feb 19, 2009 - 11:37am
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Hey Frank!
I built this kit last year and tried to "doctor it up" I modified the radar mast to add an SOA Radar Dome and mast tripod also added a solid windscreen to the top of the charthouse and cut off the 2 gunners from the 20mm cannons and tried to leave a better looking gun. Then I painted it as close as I could to the camoflage measure (31-20 I think)listed on the White Ensign Website, (or maybe it was Al Ross website?) I cant remember. Anyway here is a photo of it. It is not a very good model, but it is as close as I could get it. The quality of the kit as has been said before, is pretty bad. I was just desperate to have a model of a 78 foot Higgins so this was my only kit available. Jerry
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Feb 19, 2009 - 1:22pm
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Nice Job Jerry. I love seeing the old kits that were available on the market. Why do you need a model, YOU HAVE THE REAL THING...................HA HA
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FRANK |
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Posted on: Feb 19, 2009 - 1:36pm
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Hey Jerry-
Thanks for putting up the shot of your model! She looks good!
After all ship models I have built or have attempted to build over a span of 35 years I have learned a very valuable lesson-
"Don't nick pick or judge another modeler's model least you yourself be nick-picked and likely judged!"
Every single modeler out there and here on this board will agree with me that there is a critical point where said model will throw his hands in the air and say, "I CAN'T DO THAT!" While another modeler will throw his hands and the air and say, "SUCCESS AT LAST!"
Success comes with time and practice and a hell of a lot of research! I have learned to never even attempt to tackle a model until I have all the neccessary research I could find and still be a nervous nilly when I jump head long into a project.
I have been asked many times when people say ,"How long did that model take to build?" I just smile and say, "Not long enough!"
I recall when I was then president of the Jacksonville Ship Modeler's Society (JSMS) and whe had planned to put on a model show at a local mall for Father's Day weekend.
I was putting the finishing touches on a square rigger and one of our older modelers was looking over my shoulder. "There! She's finally finished", I said. The older modeler said to me straight in the eye, " Is it REALLY finished???" I was puzzled by his answer as he went on to say that at sometime in your life after you THINK that model is finished, you are going to see the real prototype in a book, a magazine article, in a movie or somewhere and slap your hand to your forehead and say< OH MY GOD!! LOOK AT ALL THAT DETAIL ON THAT SHIP THAT I FORGOT TO PUT ON MY MODEL!"
So what I'm really saying here is that in essence a model IS NEVER FINISHED! You'll always find something to add to it over time!
Thanks guys for letting me share these memories and thoughts on the subject!
Frank Ryczek, Jr.
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