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JimMrr
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 08:20 AM UTC
here are my 1:72 scale Oerlikons tweaked up ..I didnt like the look of them before
I counted 33 pieces per gun(theres 2 of them)



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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 12:04 PM UTC
Those are beautiful!
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 03:07 PM UTC
hello Jim,
they look great,but how is your eyesight now?
if i need any done,i will just send them to you.
cheers,
Bruce
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 03:45 PM UTC
Thanks guys ,and its great to hear from you again Bruce!..
I dont even anna paint em cause they look like little jewels. The client was happy when he saw thwm cause he had a big dopey grin on his face and all he said was "boing" ...so I think he likes them ... BTW the barrel is drilled too
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Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 06:06 AM UTC
They build out nicely, indeed. Do you think you could work as a sub-contractor for Jose in Portugal and outfit his 1:72 Yorktown? He must need at least 75 such units!

--Karl
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Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 06:27 AM UTC
tell him to call me...Iv got nothing better to do now that Im a victim of the economic blight was about 18 hours for these 2 units but im sure an assembly line would go faster..as a point of safety for all...if using heavy photo etch like in the Great Little Ships kit ,PLEASE use scissors to remove parts from fret ...
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Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 06:54 AM UTC

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tell him to call me...Iv got nothing better to do now that Im a victim of the economic blight was about 18 hours for these 2 units but im sure an assembly line would go faster..as a point of safety for all...if using heavy photo etch like in the Great Little Ships kit ,PLEASE use scissors to remove parts from fret ...


Well Jim, I'm sure Jose reads this thread as well. I wonder if he has a good eye and dental plan?

--Karl
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Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 09:13 AM UTC
lol...gotta be better than the one I have now !!
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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 09:14 AM UTC
Did someone call my name ???
Oerlikons ? Great ! Hey, those are real great pieces. Is it possible to know your prices?
As Karl said, I´m currently building a 1/72 Yorktown, and I´ll need plenty (60+). Let me know.

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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 12:15 PM UTC

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Did someone call my name ???
Oerlikons ? Great ! Hey, those are real great pieces. Is it possible to know your prices?
As Karl said, I´m currently building a 1/72 Yorktown, and I´ll need plenty (60+). Let me know.

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Hi Jose!

Just to so we're all clear on this: Jim assembled the gun from a kit--he didn't fabricate the parts. But, having worked on some 1:48 carrier projects, I can appreciate having a potential source of completed gun mounts while the ship-buidling is going on!

--Karl
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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 09:00 PM UTC
Ohhhh..I didn´t noticed that. Which kit, may I ask ???

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JimMrr
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 07:12 AM UTC
Thank you for the compliments Jose,they are from the manufacturer GREAT LITTLE SHIPS and each Oerlikon kit comes with 2 guns, 3 small ammo lockers and 1 large ammo locker complete with round cases,...These were built sub-contract for a client in about 18 hours for the pair
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 07:42 AM UTC
PM sent.

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JimMrr
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Posted: Monday, February 16, 2009 - 01:54 PM UTC
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Posted: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 - 11:03 PM UTC
What a nice gun set. I'm goin to build a anti aircraft trawler bassed on a flower 1/72 Revell hull and going to use the GLS sets. Im planning to put 2 4 barreled pom pom building and putting it on the model. Can you advise me how to build them or are those guns in kits already exist in that scale.

Greatings form Holland.
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Posted: Friday, September 16, 2011 - 01:56 AM UTC
Those Oerlikons look great.... definitly getting some for my Revell Flower.

Rob, I've been looking for after market pom-poms in 1/72 for a while without success. All I've found is a replacement barell. Like yourself I'm thinking of a AAA Flower but I'm thinking of replacing the main gun and the pom-pom with White Ensigns bofors
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