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The Royal Navy's X-craft
Gunny
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Posted: Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 10:07 AM UTC
Ahoy, ye maties!

MSW Crew-mate Andrew Ayling (jester_ara) sends us some fine images of his build of the The Royal Navy's X-craft!

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
~Gunny
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Posted: Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 10:49 AM UTC
Beautiful work Andrew.

Kenny
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Posted: Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 09:52 PM UTC
That is a beautiful build! What a lovely subject and model. The paint and weathering is just right, looks very real. A real pleasure to look at, and thanks for the info too.
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Posted: Monday, June 09, 2008 - 02:41 AM UTC
Very nice. Thank you for sharing!

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Posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 08:29 AM UTC
great job, love the weathering! thanks for sharing
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Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 07:53 AM UTC
Hi Andrew,

Excellent work, I think you've captured the look and feel of the craft completely.

Thanks for sharing the pics, great stuff and a nice photo presentation with the chart behind the kit.

Al
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 04:33 AM UTC
Hi Andrew!

Excellent job on the X-Craft! You have painted it in a excellent way, making it also weathered. Also enjoyed the scratches and rust streaks!
I have to finish my own
Congratulations,
Rui
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 05:22 AM UTC
I like the "badly riveted plates" feeling of that sub, she looks like the real one, very good job
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 11:09 AM UTC

beautiful model !

A friend of mine built a working model of X9; can be seen here.
it was built in record time and utilizes cooling gas for depth control.

http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1181495

Regards,
Ronald
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 11:26 AM UTC
Excellent job Andrew. She looks very business like!
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