today's work

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

One has to admit, that the XXI were sleek looking boats

No argument there, Andreas. Beautiful boats. Fortunately, too few and too late.

[DrSchmidt]

One has to admit, that the XXI were sleek looking boats

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Is that a YB-49, Dave?

Was. Only got that far with it -- planned to be entered in the IPMS Nationals. But, lost it to the flood, along with a few other neat projects.

[Subculture]

Is that a YB-49, Dave?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Do you flush the brass parts after etching them with ferric chloride?

Yes. Fresh water spiked with a little baking soda to kill the acid.

[DrSchmidt]

Do you flush the brass parts after etching them with ferric chloride?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[DrSchmidt]

That's the way....

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

There is another trick to restore weld lines that might be even easier. You place masking tape left and right from the position you want to restore the weld, laving only a tine gap with the width of the weld line. Then you apply the putty, scrape it flat removing the excess putty and then peel off the tape. Easy....

great minds think alike:

[DrSchmidt]

There is another trick to restore weld lines that might be even easier. You place masking tape left and right from the position you want to restore the weld, laving only a tine gap with the width of the weld line. Then you apply the putty, scrape it flat removing the excess putty and then peel off the tape. Easy....

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]