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Hunting Swallows

a build story by Chuck Shanley
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Before painting the ME-262, thin aluminum foil was added to the edges of the damage areas to represent the torn skin. The “smoke” was added following painting, and the adding of oil and fire streaking, by gluing a cotton swab to the edge of the area affected with Plasti Zap CA glue and pulling the swab off after it dried, and thinning with a pair of tweezers.

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About Chuck Shanley (CRS)
FROM: CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

I've been building kits since about the mid 1950's. I've built all kinds of subjects, but for the past 20 years or so I've seemed to focus mainly on 1/72 Aircraft and Armor. Why 1/72, mainly for space conservation I build alot. I build primarily for my own enjoyment, and Armorama has helped to en...


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Merlin
Chuck gave us a sneak preview of this over on A-UK. Lovely job Chuck! You can almost feel the CRUNCH!! Keep 'em coming. All the best Rowan
FEB 08, 2004 - 07:42 AM
Holdfast
:-) Swallow that, er I mean follow that, great dio, Chuck. Can't wait to see the next one, what about Ar 234s attacking the bridge at Remagen :-) Mal
FEB 08, 2004 - 09:01 AM
CRS
No apology public or otherwise needed, Bryan . It takes time to process these things and we all have lives other than Armorama to take care of. (as hard as that may be to believe sometimes) Holdfast - I've given it some thought, I'm just not sure it was serious thought.
FEB 08, 2004 - 01:59 PM
wingman
Great job, great to see a dio showing an actual event that happened in WW2. Love the angle of the Mustang, I can hear that Merlin engine giving off that intimidating growl, nice job ,Wingman out.
FEB 10, 2004 - 02:40 AM
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