Allok Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 Sorry for the thread hijack Keith! Ooops, I've already reported you too the mods. I wouldn't worry about it, I don't think anyone is watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Ooops, I've already reported you too the mods. I wouldn't worry about it, I don't think anyone is watching. It's so easy to get carried away with this sort of banter; sorry Keith. BTW, why were you lauging at my Hulk post? I think he's cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allok Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 I think he's cool. He is (I'm laghing with you) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 He is (I'm laghing with you) OK, great. I was worried that I had gotten too carried away, as I can easily do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 It's all good brother; Planes, Armor, Ships, Space stuff, I like it all. Speaking of the unusual, I still need to finish this bad boy, as well as about four other large scale similar figures. I never knew the Hulk flew Mossies.... Tim W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I never knew the Hulk flew Mossies.... Tim W. I think he just swatted them from the skies as they buzzed him... Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Keith Always had a soft spot for 1/350th ships but looking at the PE parts and details always sent the un started project to the stash collection. Looking forward to following along and hopefully learning a lot along the way. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Well, well, well, I stumble into a room and a bunch of guys are talking about floaty boats. I have the Constitution, and Alabama in 1/96, and the Thermopylae. Also the Glencoe Oregon. The Chebec, Bounty, Santa Maria, Nina,Pinta, and a RoG Fletcher class destroyer. For some reason DEs are a fav of mine, and I wish there was one in 1/72 scale. I would like to do a USS Hornet as the Doolittle raiders ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Well, well, well, I stumble into a room and a bunch of guys are talking about floaty boats. I have the Constitution, and Alabama in 1/96, and the Thermopylae. Also the Glencoe Oregon. The Chebec, Bounty, Santa Maria, Nina,Pinta, and a RoG Fletcher class destroyer. For some reason DEs are a fav of mine, and I wish there was one in 1/72 scale. I would like to do a USS Hornet as the Doolittle raiders ship. Have the Constitution...built the Alabama in the 90s and my dad has it (I doubt it would survive a move). If I had it to do again, I'd have fixed the inaccuracies associated with the kit...still builds up nice, though. Should have grabbed the Kearsarge when I had the chance. Built the 1/72 HMCS Snowberry (will have to dig out some pix) and have a long term project going to build Lindbergh's 1/125 Fletcher class DD...it needs a lot of work! Eagerly awaiting the KG V, as with the PE I shouldn't have to go nuts "fixing" things. Tim W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Tim, You'll have your work cut out for you doing the Lindberger Fletcher! I also have the Revell Constellation/Hornet, which builds into the Essex (Cv-9)which my dad served on. That will get the PE/resin island/wooden deck treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Tim, You'll have your work cut out for you doing the Lindberger Fletcher! I also have the Revell Constellation/Hornet, which builds into the Essex (Cv-9)which my dad served on. That will get the PE/resin island/wooden deck treatment. Too right on the that--I already ordered replacement resin turrets and fire director; replacement 40mm and 20mm guns and mounts and will also get brass barrels for the 5"/38s at some point. I have scratchbuilt some of the stuff that was really gooned up, like the deckhouse that was missing a porthole (4 instead of 5) and have removed some of the ultra-thick splinter shields (a DD crew could only wish for 8" thick armor...) The torpedo mounts...that'll be a job. Luckily Tom's Modelworks has a nice brass set with a lot of fixes. I've also done fairly radical hull surgery as well, based on an online build I found...I way underestimated the level of work involved. Someday it will be the USS Johnston of Taffy 3 fame...in the meantime, I think the KG V will get built first as it won't require quite so much do-it-yourself! http://www.steelnavy.com/BDFletcher.htm Tim W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allok Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Looking forward to following along and hopefully learning a lot along the way. Mate, I haven't built a ship since I was eleven, so I doubt that you will learn much from me! It'll still be fun. So good news and bad news: Good news is that it's small and fits together well so it's coming along quite quickly. Bad news is that because it is small and well detailed, every single mistake or blemish becomes painfully obvious. Especially under the digital camera microscope. Some close-ups of the detail: A shot of the progress and an idea of the size: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 What a wee boat! DEs are cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Beautiful work , I've doen my share of350th scale ships , starting wih the WE Hood , (£350 or Resin and Pe - a heck of a way to start!) If you want to see one of these DEs in action get the DVD of "The Enemy Below", starring Robert Mitchum , excellent film , and also starring a Buckly/Captain Class DE - written by a real life escort caption DA Raynor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtmelvin Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Keith, very, very nice work on England. I want to do that kit myself and I'll be keeping an eye on your thread for future reference. The PE for ships can be a bit intimidating at first, but the more you work with it, the more comfortable you become. I would suggest you might want to look into a bending tool, if you don't already have one. The Etchmate 3-C is the one I use and its great. I started out on ships in 1/350 when I came back to modeling a few years ago. I think what caused me to start fetching around in other areas, other than my interest in World War 2 warbirds, was taking on Dragon's 1/350 U.S.S. Laffey kit. Dragon's new mold kits are great as far as detail is concerned, but the instructions tend to leave a bit to be desired and Dragon definitely has a tendency to "over engineer" their kits. By that I mean that what Trumpeter or Tamiya will do in 2 or 3 parts, Dragon might do in 8 or 10 parts. Doing Laffey I kind of burned out a bit and started doing large scale planes as a break. I have recently drifted back to ships (hard to give up on that first love) and just finished Tamiya's 1/350 U.S.S. Fletcher. I have some in progress photos posted in this section and you should be able to find the thread with no trouble. I finished her this past weekend and I'll be posting some finished photos in the next day or two. I've found that ships can be very, very addictive. After going back to the Fletcher I'm already working on Trumpeter's 1/350 U.S.S. North Carolina (have some WIP photos posted in the Fletcher thread) and I'm now starting on Revell's old box scale (1/249) U.S.S. Buckley, a destroyer escort. I'm also planning a few other ship builds, most in 1/350, but not all (one is Revell's old 1/72 P.T. 109), including Trumpys U.S.S. Hornet. All I'll say is be careful, Keith, you might end up like me - a ship junkie who can't kick the habit! Once you get hooked on that drug it takes more than a 12 step program to get you over it! LOL. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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