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Insulators for U204 / Revwll 1:72
AtomicTuna
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 02:19 PM UTC


few more pictures here:

http://www.deepwatermodels.com/DDD/U204

--Boris
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 04:27 PM UTC
Love the weathering. Lookslike it has been around the block a few times. "Q"
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 05:40 PM UTC
that ones been out there for a while...very nice, very nice indeed
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Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 02:09 AM UTC
Boris,

You have done a fantastic job on the weathering. I really like it! Thanks also for the new photo angle on the insulators, I can see better how you made them. One question, you threaded your microballons onto the wire first then added the super-glue...correct?

tschuss
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Posted: Friday, April 22, 2005 - 12:18 AM UTC
Great looking sub. The weathering is great and your insulators technique is great. The periscopes really look good too. Are they from the kit? How did you get them to look so real?
AtomicTuna
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 06:32 AM UTC
Hi Plasticat,

the periscopes look so real because I made them with 3mm stainless stell rods and polished. the busines parts of periscopes been cuted from plastic ones from kit, altered a bit and glued with rods with superglue.

--Boris
AtomicTuna
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 06:34 AM UTC
Steve,

I mix microballons with few drops of superglue first and then form insulators on the wire.

--Boris

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