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Post by 30sqnatc on Mar 26, 2023 0:20:39 GMT 12
A second Kato GL locomotive is this weekend's project. This one will be 4 ton model which is longer than the 3 ton. I will probably then readdress the build quality of the first locomotive which has a few details to sort out. The bent bracket on the new loco has already been straightened. A third motor bogie was also ordered from Switzerland today. Wow the model and postage has shot up since I purchased the first two from England. I'm glad I don't 96 Kato locomotives like the Rabaul base had during the war.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 26, 2023 9:39:46 GMT 12
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Post by 30sqnatc on Mar 26, 2023 14:05:21 GMT 12
Beautfulllllll. Thats not Pacific weathered. It's hardly run in
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Post by 30sqnatc on Mar 29, 2023 22:46:01 GMT 12
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Post by 30sqnatc on Apr 1, 2023 7:57:02 GMT 12
Last nights progress. Heck I might even start an aircraft next as I'm still awaiting new resin Ford GTB bomb service model from Poland.  |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Apr 3, 2023 22:14:05 GMT 12
I thought it was about time to start sorting out the tenants of the control tower so by opening up a side wall I have been able to insert a large radio on a table and a wall map of the Solomon Islands.  In addition to some figures I hope to add a few Kiwi and American style steel helmets hanging up, a rack with a few rifles in case of ground attack, a signal light, binos and log book on a table. While on the roof a VHF antenna, an HF wire stretching away to a tree or something suitable, wind sock and the ball off the mast (did we ever agree what its purpose was - active runway wind direction?). Finally the box on the side which I assume houses a small generator to provide electrical power to the control tower. Yes there will be seperate officers and enlisted mens boggers down on the ground. What have I forgotten?  |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jul 21, 2023 2:02:41 GMT 12
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Post by planecrazy on Jul 21, 2023 13:39:41 GMT 12
Awesome scratch building skills, love that little Roller's weathering.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jul 29, 2023 15:14:57 GMT 12
Two bomb trailers almost assembled, six more to go.  Not the flashest mounding but being plastic much easier to work with than the resin versions. |
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Post by campbellbox on Jul 29, 2023 16:45:11 GMT 12
Is that map 1/48 scale? Amazing stuff.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jul 29, 2023 18:09:25 GMT 12
Yes its 1/48th. The huge radio, while it is 1/48th scale, has been replaced with something more suited to a control tower along with an operator and a US uniformed officer. I'm still looking for a Kiwi duty officer.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 23, 2023 22:06:29 GMT 12
Perhaps something to inspire: |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jan 1, 2024 20:45:59 GMT 12
Neat. Must get back to the layout but to many distractions.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jan 16, 2024 19:50:13 GMT 12
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jan 28, 2024 17:43:06 GMT 12
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 8, 2024 18:59:01 GMT 12
Time for another vehicle, this time a CMP 30 cwt GS truck kit bashed from Airfix Bedford MWD. Here is the prototype.   |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 9, 2024 21:31:46 GMT 12
Construction under way.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 9, 2024 22:07:46 GMT 12
Wow a photo from the future!
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 9, 2024 23:17:38 GMT 12
Wow a photo from the future! Naturally Wellington leading the country. Edit I discovered my camera settings had drifted 3 hours into the future. I'm back on NZ time now |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 20, 2024 22:38:52 GMT 12
This truck has fort me every step of the build.  |
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