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Posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 10:16 AM UTC
Very nice work Bill.....you went OD...owith a little sand!!

All the gear looks great.

I understand the thought of soooo many kits soooo little time. How much detail is enough???

Hope to see you next week at AMPS East.

Rounds Complete!!
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Posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 08:57 PM UTC
Bill,
your Tuna boat is already a true winner. I'm really pleased with it, straps on the rucks or not
It looks realistic and compares well with Frenchy's pics. With an adapted background, I'm sure you could fool a lot of people by claiming it's an "in action" track (except for the roof doors as Frenchy already stated).

Olivier
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Posted: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 02:41 AM UTC
Hi, Mike,

Paul Verlaine, the great French poet, said works of art are never finished, only abandoned. While I know my work doesn't reach the level of art, much less the master modeling skills of some of y'all, I can see what he was driving at: you do as much as you can stand to make a build the best you possibly can, but at some point, you have to throw in the towel and say "this is as far as I go."

If I can find some PE for straps, I may add some for verisimilitude, but other than correcting the camo as Gino has suggested, I'm "there."

Olivier, thank you very much. You modern armor guys are my mentors, I'm just an Axis refugee at this point, LOL!
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Posted: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 10:07 AM UTC
Good work, I really like. Thank you for sharing.
W.J
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Posted: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 10:49 AM UTC
Thank you, Blackwater!
bison126
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Posted: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 06:41 PM UTC

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If I can find some PE for straps, I may add some for verisimilitude



Bill,
don't worry about PE, you simply can use masking tape which is self-adhesive, easy to cut and shape and the buckles can be made from thin wire.
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