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  • greenman407
    Admiral
    • Feb 2009
    • 7530

    #16
    What? You dont like that paint job? Come'on, it was a real paint job, back in the day.
    IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!

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    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
      Moderator
      • Aug 2008
      • 12253

      #17
      Which only appeared on ALBACORE phase-1, damit!

      David, the Rivet-Counter
      Who is John Galt?

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      • greenman407
        Admiral
        • Feb 2009
        • 7530

        #18
        Point well taken..........but its still pretty.
        IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!

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        • greenman407
          Admiral
          • Feb 2009
          • 7530

          #19
          Forgive, please, my displays of temporary insanity! You have to consider the source. Ive been a Sci-Fi fan all my life. Also HO Scale rivet counter as well as avid fast model boater. In some of those fields you are encouraged to use your own imagination and inventivness and apply it to your models. In other fields its just the opposite, faithful adherence to plans and drawings. Sometimes I forget which hobby im in. Due to a recent change in life circumstances, it looks like Ill be having a lot more time for this hobby, so ill be getting a lot more done in a shorter period of time.
          IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!

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          • He Who Shall Not Be Named
            Moderator
            • Aug 2008
            • 12253

            #20
            I too am big into SF model building (hell, I've done miniatures for movie and TV productions). And I've found that arena to be just as demanding of 'accuracy' to prototype as you'll find in any model building group specializing in reproducing models of the 'real thing'.

            Those who depart from adherence to prototype shape, color and finish are just kit-bashers, or trash-bashers in my book. They must be destroyed! Or, at the very least, banished to the other side of the city-limit.

            Submitted: David Douglass Merriman lll
            Keeper of the Flame
            Who is John Galt?

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            • jlday1256
              Lieutenant
              • Jun 2011
              • 78

              #21
              Aren't you the one who said, "what Merriman would do is use the kit decals [on a comment that they weren't to scale] and go sail my submarine"?
              Doodah
              If you ignore the problem long enough, it will go away. Even flooding stops eventually!

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              • greenman407
                Admiral
                • Feb 2009
                • 7530

                #22
                My wife tells me that I am evil and must be destroyed.
                IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!

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                • greenman407
                  Admiral
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 7530

                  #23
                  Heres a few more just for fun.
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                  IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!

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                  • greenman407
                    Admiral
                    • Feb 2009
                    • 7530

                    #24
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                    IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!

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                    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                      Moderator
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 12253

                      #25
                      Originally posted by jlday1256
                      Aren't you the one who said, "what Merriman would do is use the kit decals [on a comment that they weren't to scale] and go sail my submarine"?
                      It was either late, I was drunk or in the midst of a stroke when I said that.
                      Who is John Galt?

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                      • Slats
                        Vice Admiral
                        • Aug 2008
                        • 1776

                        #26
                        Nice photos.

                        One question re this boat is I wondering what exactly is meant by a "pancake" diesel?

                        J
                        John Slater

                        Sydney Australia

                        You would not steal a wallet so don't steal people's livelihood.
                        Think of that before your buy "cheap" pirated goods or download others work protected by copyright. Theft is theft.



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                        • Slats
                          Vice Admiral
                          • Aug 2008
                          • 1776

                          #27

                          This photo is great, any idea who the built this one?
                          John Slater

                          Sydney Australia

                          You would not steal a wallet so don't steal people's livelihood.
                          Think of that before your buy "cheap" pirated goods or download others work protected by copyright. Theft is theft.



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                          • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                            Moderator
                            • Aug 2008
                            • 12253

                            #28
                            Originally posted by Slats

                            This photo is great, any idea who the built this one?
                            Me.

                            It's the 'beauty' model Skip used to promote the product.

                            I got another a-building that will knock your collective socks off.

                            David
                            Who is John Galt?

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                            • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                              Moderator
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 12253

                              #29
                              Originally posted by Slats
                              Nice photos.

                              One question re this boat is I wondering what exactly is meant by a "pancake" diesel?

                              J
                              Take a Wasp Major corn-cob radial engine, reduce the number of cylinders and stacks, mount it vertically, then slap a generator on its bottom, and work the thing via the diesel cycle.



                              That's what the ALBACORE had in the way of diesel engines.
                              Who is John Galt?

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                              • Slats
                                Vice Admiral
                                • Aug 2008
                                • 1776

                                #30
                                Originally posted by Merriman
                                Take a Wasp Major corn-cob radial engine, reduce the number of cylinders and stacks, mount it vertically, then slap a generator on its bottom, and work the thing via the diesel cycle.



                                That's what the ALBACORE had in the way of diesel engines.
                                Thanks David, looks like complicated layout.
                                J
                                John Slater

                                Sydney Australia

                                You would not steal a wallet so don't steal people's livelihood.
                                Think of that before your buy "cheap" pirated goods or download others work protected by copyright. Theft is theft.



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