LSP_Ray Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Incredible! A great achievement! I'll bet it is even more impressive in person. steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Absolutely beautiful! Iain steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Looks just great!!! steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 58 minutes ago, Jennings Heilig said: Wow!! That is simply breathtaking!! Absolutely amazing! What Jennings said!!!!!!! Cheers...Ron steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 On 12/21/2021 at 6:09 PM, Keach said: Great work! Ive built the Yorktown 1/200 scale and I am into the Hornet now. Would like to try the Missouri as I have built carriers and could use a change. Any photos you could post (in a separate thread)? steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Wow. Simply wow ,wow... Congrats! steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 What an amazing achievement! Congrats on a superb build, Larry. Kev LSP_K2 and steinerman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steinerman Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 OK, I'm back! I have a dozen or so more photos to share with you, Thanks for all your complements so far. As you can imagine, I'm kinda proud of how it turned out. Here's more of the crew and some of the rigging. Here's more crew and more rigging. I used thin EZ-Line for the rigging. That stuff is fabulous. I love it!! I gotta say that for a battle wagon, there's a LOT of rigging on this monster. I probably don't have the exact layout, but it's close. And besides, who's gonna know?? People all over this ship! Some sailors have to work regardless of the historic event taking place down below. Lots of activity everywhere! The red flag at the very top with 5 white stars indicates a 5 star general (Douglas MacArthur) is on board. All sorts of activity here too. There's always work to be done when you're on a warship at sea. Some kind of a discussion going on here. Wonder what it's all about? Some swabbie do something wrong?? Some workers starting to do some work on seaplane #11. Or at least they're standing there thinking about it. Most of the crew, though, are at the surrender ceremony. it.. According to a book I have, the table is one from the galley and the crew threw a green tablecloth over it to hide it. The tablecloth is actually a piece of tissue painted with glue and then green paint. The three signature documents are tiny pieces of Evergreen plastic strip. General MacArthur is at the microphone stand while the Japanese delegation is standing off to the right. The viewing platform in the foreground is scratch built. I don't think you can see it, but there are two cameras on tripods on the viewing platform; a video camera and a still frame camera. They are in front of the two sailors in blue. These are also scratch built. In this picture I placed a US quarter to show the relative size of the sailors and officers. For those of you across the pond (and beyond), a quarter is 2.42 cm diameter. The ship now rests under a Plexiglas enclosure where I don't intend to touch it for quite some time. It seems like every time I even look at the boat, I break something off. It is an extremely fragile model. And naturally, I have to toot my own horn just a little: OK, Ladies and Gentlemen, that's it. I wish I would have kept track of the hours I have in this. I'm not sure I even want to know the dollars I've spent on it. But, all in all, it's been a really enjoyable build and I've learned a tremendous amount in the process. Would I tackle it again? Probably not unless some dude offered me $10.000 to build one for him. So, what's my next project? I'm not exactly sure. I do know that I don't want something nearly as complex as this was. It's time for simplicity!!! Actually, I'm trying to decide on one of two kits, which are: Here: or here: Which one should I tackle next? Oh my, decisions, decisions. Take care, Folks, and thanks for the kudos!! private_hell, Aerobat, chukw and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Well done! That is a magnificent job capturing a pivotal moment in time. Cheers, Tom steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madhatter Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Beautiful work on the Missouri! That rigging would have crossed your eyes a few times I bet? As for your next project, I personally would like to see the Meng kits go together. Not a subject you see a lot of here steinerman and Brett M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Masterful. Sincerely, Mark steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 JeepsGunsTanks and steinerman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Very well done and I really like how you turned it from just a ship build into a story from history. steinerman and LSP_Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Super nice work, Larry. Placing the figures and running rigging, that had to have been a chore! I vote the dozer for the next project, that’d be cool looking. steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josebagasteiz Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 A masterpiece to be proud of!!! steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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