Chief Ski-U-Mah

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Chief Ski-U-Mah

Postby norri » Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:47 pm

by far my most challenging restoration to date. after polishing, couldn't handle it with my bare hands. then all the decals reacted, so i had to build up approx 10 dust coats of clear to get the decals to bed. took hours.

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Lt. Col Duane Buholz 405FG, 509th Squadron

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the face of exhaustion!
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Bulholz survived combat and returned to the States after the war
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Re: Chief Ski-U-Mah

Postby MichaelB » Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:26 pm

Lovely! Great work!
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Re: Chief Ski-U-Mah

Postby norri » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:34 am

many thanks Michael, glad you like it
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Re: Chief Ski-U-Mah

Postby grwebster » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:05 pm

impressive
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Re: Chief Ski-U-Mah

Postby norri » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:14 am

grwebster wrote:impressive


thanks GR, think this might be a 'oncer' too mch like hard work!
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