1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
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- JIM BAUMANN
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Hey Ron!
Hw are you doing...?
Thought of you--tripped across this model of Moffett--albeit in 1/700....
http://forum.hknma.com/showthread.php?p=12126#post12126
all in chinese (?) but teh pics tell the story!
BUT
It is quite a good model--your thoughts?
Hope to see you around on MW.com--and hopet hat health and motivation are on the up!
best Wishes
Jim Baumann
Hw are you doing...?
Thought of you--tripped across this model of Moffett--albeit in 1/700....
http://forum.hknma.com/showthread.php?p=12126#post12126
all in chinese (?) but teh pics tell the story!
BUT
It is quite a good model--your thoughts?
Hope to see you around on MW.com--and hopet hat health and motivation are on the up!
best Wishes
Jim Baumann
....I buy them at three times the speed I build 'em.... will I live long enough to empty my stash...?
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- ARH
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Hi Jim, Lovely model, I have a translater on the computer, a very good read, the detail is amazing.
Im o/k, had the wife in hospital twice in a week, came out and went straight back in, she,s out now, but a little week, thanks for the heads up and post, ron h.

Im o/k, had the wife in hospital twice in a week, came out and went straight back in, she,s out now, but a little week, thanks for the heads up and post, ron h.
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Hi Ron We all miss your threads . Look forward to seeing you soon.
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Hello, Ron!!! I hope things are going well for you and your wife and I hope things get better! You are both in the thoughts and prayers of this Yank boat builder!
Take care, hope to see more of you soon.
Take care, hope to see more of you soon.
Does anyone know
Where the love of God goes,
When the waves
Turn the minutes to hours?
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Where the love of God goes,
When the waves
Turn the minutes to hours?
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Hi Ron, we will keep you and your wife in our prayers. Looking forward to the time when you are well enough to build that Helena.
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
So do I Tim, thanks guys for all the posts.

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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Hi Guys , This is my new boat carrier.

The poor old Citroen Van went to the graveyard in the sky.

The poor old Citroen Van went to the graveyard in the sky.
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
OK for those of us who don't live in the UK. What is that?
- ARH
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Cadman wrote:OK for those of us who don't live in the UK. What is that?
Its a Renault Kangoo, 1.9 Diesel Van, put the front seat down and it fits a 8ft-6 inch model.
just what Dave needs.
also what you guys need over there, 60 to the gallon,
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Wouldn't sell. Everyone has to have those big SUV's with four wheel drive that they'll never use.
Any ship larger than a Destroyer is a waste of metal.
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Hi,
A New member. I have just read through the Iron Duke and Mofett builds. I am staggered......What a lot to learn... I am about to start a 1/96 scale CG Ticonderoga build... No where near scratch, but it is a start. If all goes well, after that I will set my sites on a Charles F Adams (DDG 41) from scratch. Never too early to begin the research so if anyone knows of a good source for drawing of the CFA, I would be most happy to hear from you.
To ARH, I certainly hope you get well, my thoughts and good wishes are with you.
A New member. I have just read through the Iron Duke and Mofett builds. I am staggered......What a lot to learn... I am about to start a 1/96 scale CG Ticonderoga build... No where near scratch, but it is a start. If all goes well, after that I will set my sites on a Charles F Adams (DDG 41) from scratch. Never too early to begin the research so if anyone knows of a good source for drawing of the CFA, I would be most happy to hear from you.
To ARH, I certainly hope you get well, my thoughts and good wishes are with you.
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- ARH
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
To ARH, I certainly hope you get well, my thoughts and good wishes are with you.
Thanks for the thoughts and good wishes, I see the specialist tomorrow, I hope all is still going well.

Thanks for the thoughts and good wishes, I see the specialist tomorrow, I hope all is still going well.
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
All the best to you RonARH wrote:To ARH, I certainly hope you get well, my thoughts and good wishes are with you.
Thanks for the thoughts and good wishes, I see the specialist tomorrow, I hope all is still going well.![]()
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Ron, newbie here, just a short MANY THANKS for showing people like me how to build model ships. People like you and other great builders on this site have given me, and I dare say many others the confidence and knowledge on how to go about scratchbuilding, thing we've wanted to do but never knew how, untill reading posts like yours.
If anyone has anything detremental to say about your methods, tell them to shove it where the sun don't shine! It's people like you who inspire people like me, so thank you.
I hope all is well with your treatment, and I look forward to your next build.
Mike
If anyone has anything detremental to say about your methods, tell them to shove it where the sun don't shine! It's people like you who inspire people like me, so thank you.
I hope all is well with your treatment, and I look forward to your next build.
Mike
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Thanks Mike, Much appreciated, I have been trying to kick start myself but to no avail. Im up and down like a yo yo, im tracing places from my youth, going to the lake district next week, I did a lot of cycling there. In october im going to a steam weekend in North Yorkshire, did a lot of train spotting in my youth, is there a patten here.
ARH
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Re: 1/72 USS Moffett DD362 (13.07.1944)
Mate, go see, enjoy, relive and come back refreshed otherwise I might have to rename my first build 'Titanic' and we all know what happened to her!
Seriously though mate, have a break it does everyone good, I did for eighteen months, now i'm rarin' to go
And I STILL look forward to your next build.
And I STILL look forward to your next build.