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martin00sr
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From: Denmark
Registered: Mar 2007

posted 05-16-2011 03:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for martin00sr   Click Here to Email martin00sr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1 month, 100 hours, my scratch built 1/48 Mercury Redstone is finished.

PeterO
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From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002

posted 05-16-2011 05:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for PeterO   Click Here to Email PeterO     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Superb craftsmanship, Martin! I especially like that you included the weld seams in the tank. They're very noticeable on the original, but rarely modeled.

lordolsen
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From: Denmark
Registered: Jun 2010

posted 05-17-2011 12:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for lordolsen   Click Here to Email lordolsen     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Martin, wonderful job again...

ejectr
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From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002

posted 05-17-2011 07:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ejectr   Click Here to Email ejectr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What absolute artistry. Prodigious!

Norman.King
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From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Registered: Feb 2010

posted 05-18-2011 01:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Norman.King   Click Here to Email Norman.King     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thats a really great model - Nice work.

martin00sr
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From: Denmark
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posted 05-18-2011 06:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for martin00sr   Click Here to Email martin00sr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you!

Jake
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From: Issaquah, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Jun 2002

posted 05-20-2011 05:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jake   Click Here to Email Jake     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Fantastic.....

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Jake Schultz - curator,
Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)

Gilbert
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From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003

posted 05-20-2011 09:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Gilbert   Click Here to Email Gilbert     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Stunning.

Jay Chladek
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From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007

posted 05-21-2011 03:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jay Chladek   Click Here to Email Jay Chladek     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow, I would not have believed it was scratchbuilt if I hadn't seen the in progress shots. Most impressive!

tegwilym
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From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 05-22-2011 03:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for tegwilym   Click Here to Email tegwilym     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Always impressed with what you scratch-build guys can do. Great looking model!

GACspaceguy
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From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006

posted 05-22-2011 05:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for GACspaceguy   Click Here to Email GACspaceguy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Amazing!

bobslittlebro
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From: Douglasville, Ga U.S.A.
Registered: Nov 2009

posted 05-22-2011 06:17 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bobslittlebro   Click Here to Email bobslittlebro     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very fine looking! Thanks.

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