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  1. Can't disagree, but I think it's pretty plain from the gun's odd location that a/c weren't seen as much of a threat at the time. When the Wickes and Caldwell DDs began to be refitted in the '30s and '40s, most of the Mk 14s were replaced with more powerful (and much better situated) AA guns better suited to the threat.😁
  2. Exceptional work! Just as an FYI, the little one -- which the old Revell 1/240 instructions always called a 'practice gun' -- was in fact the USN's first purpose-built anti-aircraft gun, the Mark 14 3"/23 Poole gun. It was a UK-engineered mod of the older 3" gun designed for submarines and small patrol boats. (Just a bit of the mind-clogging trivia I so rarely get to share.... )
  3. I do the same with my homemade 'wire and toothpick' CA applicator. Clean as a whistle with a (very satisfying) little flash and puff of smoke!
  4. Having been raised in lovely Chicago -- where asking for ketchup on the local 'loaded' hot dog is viewed as a crime vastly more vile than, say, strangling small animals for fun -- those who actually enjoy ketchup can find themselves unfairly vilified. Look at it this way: if I have ketchup on my butty or bap (or hot dog), it just leaves that much more of that tasty brown sauce for the rest of you! Cheers
  5. Taking nothing away from Bob's Buckles -- I have purchased and used them in quantity, over the years -- but they are also ridiculously easy to make at home. (And, just as an FYI, I started this when I needed them with much longer shanks than Bob's...not out of pure cheapness. ) A hook made of stiff wire -- chucked into something like a jeweler's screwdriver with a swiveling handle -- and micro wire from, say, a discarded electronics cord...and in 10-15 minutes you can crank out enough for even the most complex rigging project. Use any diameter wire you like for both the jig, and the stock, and you can make any size eyes you need for scale. Just a thought.
  6. My Wiltshire-born grandfather actually preferred ketchup to brown sauce on his bacon sarnies. But he did insist that the bread should always be toasted on one side only -- which my Michigan-born grandmother saw as pure madness.
  7. Thanks! I did indeed make the base -- I use the same style for all my (modest sized) full-hull ships, home-printing my own decal for whatever flag applies. It seems to set the ships off nicely, and gives a sort of unifying look to the 'collection.'
  8. Another one who just stumbled across your post for the first time, LOVE your work so far...since it's a project very near and dear to my heart. As an incurable fan of both the old 'four stacker' destroyers -- and dazzle camouflage -- I did my own 'sea trials' version of the 1918 Ward some years ago utilizing the Mirage 1/400 release of their 'first shot'/1941 Ward. One of the most interesting and satisfying mini-conversions I've done. Looking forward with great pleasure to see yours shaping up! Cheers
  9. Lovely work so far! Quite a bit of deja vĂș as well, re the difficulties, having built the 'Nightfighter' issue of the kit as a workaday 9th AF version. Well worth the effort, as it builds up to quite a nice little representation. Cheers
  10. Glad it could be of some help! I usually look for these sorts of diagrams first -- preferably with callouts like this one -- just because it helps me to try to figure out what the different bits are supposed to do. Then I look for photos...to see what the 'real world' version looks like. (My dad was an engineer and draftsman, so I learned early-on that there's sometimes a wide margin between the 'theoretical' and the 'practical.' ) Good luck with your project! Look forward to seeing it in all its glory.
  11. I believe the second photo shows the coolant pump 'nozzles.' The lines from them should lead up to just under the rear of the cylinder banks; refer to this reddit diagram:
  12. Worst one I've seen lately had an HOA have someone's home pushed into foreclosure for non-payment of fines the homeowner had never even been informed of...at which point one of the board members swooped in and bought the house at auction for literally pennies on the dollar. Pure evil.
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