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Expert Profile: Clifford Bossie

Expertise: Model aircraft and aviation History and photography, Naval history and ship models, maritime and ships in general, Scratch building of models, Some military history

Experience in the area
I have built models for the better part of thirty five years, have taken photographs of U.S. military aircraft and ships for about twenty five years and am currently scratch building a 1/72 nd scale model of the USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80).

Organizations
Local IPMS

Publications
IPMS journal and local IPMS publication. Photos and drawing in Koku Fan, Deatil and Scale, et al.

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What do you like about this subject? I enjoy the challenge of tracking down esoteric information, locating information on topics of my interest and corresponding with others of similiar interests.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? A great amount of both.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject Many descriptions of well recorded subjects and events lack accuracy!

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 946
Knowledge	9.93 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.89 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.70 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		77

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	08/26/08
10	10	10	10	05/27/08
8	10	7	10	04/05/08
10	10	10	10	03/08/08
10	10	10	10	02/24/08

User Comments

Thanks anyway Tim
(Tim on 08/26/08)

Thank you Clifford! That's a big help. I'll see if I can find that primer and give it a try.
(Dan on 05/27/08)

Thanks Clifford, appreciate your response! The inverted boat pencil block trick sounds like a great approach many thanks Russell
(Russell on 04/05/08)

THank you very much for taking time to answer!
(K.D. on 03/08/08)

Thank you very much for the help, Mr. Bossie! Nick
(Nick on 02/24/08)

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Recent Answers from Clifford Bossie

2008-09-28 decals: Dan, Being a livry created for the movie I seriously doubt there are any decals. A quick online search did not turn up anything. The only possibility I can see at this point is to create the artwork...

2008-08-02 airbrushes: Keith, My favorite has become a Paasche H, single action, siphon feed. It is simple and very reliable. I tend to use something until I wear it out and have gone through two Binks Wren airbrushes,...

2008-07-18 Bismarck German Battelship: Rod, The Kangman instructions are either Korean or Chinese. I can't remember which. As far as the instruction I am not sure where to find an English version. However, if you need painting guides...

2008-05-27 Airbrushing Metal Flake Paint?: Dan, I have successfully airbrushed Testors metallic colors, but have never tried Tamiya. Indeed airbrushing is probably the only viable method. This is going to sound wishy-washy, but each individual...

2008-05-23 Painting plastic model: Dan, Agreed, black plastic can be very difficult to paint. The technic I have found that works the best is to airbrush the dark plastic with a light primer. My choice is Floquil Platinum Mist (a...