Old USS Pine Island

[Shawn M 9,542]

The ol' "box scale" Monogram USS Pine Island.

I have a soft spot for USN Floatplanes and their activity in WW2, so by proxy the support ships intrigue me to.

I picked this kit up a few years ago, spent 2 summers ago cleaning flash and mould defects and finally started applying some glue and filler in the past week.

This kit is a disaster of engineering I must say, BUT it provides a good outlet to sharpen my dormant skills before getting back to an LSP project.

It will be OOB (and this pains me greatly) but should be a fun painting challenge.

 

Pics to come, but I wanted to get a topic started.

[Adrian 283]

I remember this kit from my childhood, never did anything as advanced as using filler or any real part preparation, just glue (the tube type) and painting (Humbrol) with a large brush. Interesting ship and look forward to seeing what can be done with this 'classic' model.

 

[Shawn M 9,542]

shes definitely putting up a fight, flash, mould mis-alignment, etc is eating time by the boat load

since we're all on shelter in place, all I have is time

[MARU5137 16,120]

Shawn...

 

Good subject.

look forward to pics later.

 

keep at it..

 

[Shawn M 9,542]

oh jeez, forgot I started this..sorry gang

 

I finished it, its not great but its done. The kit and I fought every step...part of me wants to do it again to really show this kit who's boss lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes I know one side of the flag is backwards, the were printed that way...facepalm

[dennismcc 5,444]

Looks good to me, I had not encountered this ship before so was amazed by it, I had heard of seaplane tenders before but always thought of small single engined aircraft so I was mightily impressed with this one.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

Edited December 20, 2020 by dennismcc

[Gazzas 7,989]

Looks very cool!

[Sakai 25]

Outstanding Shawn.  My father was a radarman aboard AV12 end of WWII and into Korea.  Of course I have one but I haven't done anything with it yet. Never thought it could look so good, but made me look a little closer at the possibilities.  "Bravo Zulu"

Bill

 

[LSP_Mike 5,465]

Well done.  I'd think some basic PE railings and such would dress this up nicely. Looks good though.

[Adrian 283]

Nice

[Shawn M 9,542]

thanks gang!

This was an OOB build, but yes....PE railings would add a LOT and also simplify assemble and seam clean up dramatically!

 

I had to get a tender into the collection as my Grandfather flew PBM's out of Trinidad in the late 40's/50's, so anything PBM is pretty much a must build for me lol

[Jennings Heilig 15,676]

I must have built that thing about six times. My dad served aboard her for a few months during the Korean War.

[mustang1989 1,911]

Looks good to me too. I can guarantee you that there's no way I'd be able to have a turn out that good. 

[Shawn M 9,542]

does it get better with each build Jennings? 

lol

[Alex 2,748]

Looks great!  The subtle variation in the hull grey is particularly nice.  Impressive to see that big ol' Mariner on the deck.  Not exactly what you usually think of with "seaplane tender"...