ChuckD Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 (edited) Hi, guys. For Christmas last year, I bought myself the Revell of Germany 1/144 USS Fletcher kit, platinum edition. The platinum edition comes with 3 huge sheets of photo etch and a ton of turned brass parts. I also added the Eduard PE railing set too. After 6 months of more or less constant work, she is finished. And, while not perfect, I'm very happy with how she turned out - especially for my first attempt at a ship. The imgur album has some additional info and comments, though all the photos are posted below. Edited June 10, 2018 by Gewehr 43 mustang1989, F`s are my favs, Hubert Boillot and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 mustang1989, LSP_Kevin, Uncarina and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 Cheetah11, private_hell, Bill Cross and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 private_hell, Hubert Boillot, NukerDan and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 A 144th Tour de Force. Bravo, Gewehr 43! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Excellent build, love it :goodjob: Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 That's very well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Thanks for posting :thumbsup: Terrific work Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Very nice job indeed. I wasn't even aware of the platinum edition until recently, but I do have the plain version sitting in the stash. I've always considered the Fletcher class to be the most aesthetically pleasing destroyer class of all time. Did you make the blast bags for the main guns yourself, or were they provided in the platinum edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 If by blast bags, you mean the canvas around the gun barrels (sorry, my naval terminology isn't all that great), then I sculpted them from ApoxieSculpt. It was fairly painless and only took a few hours. I've since heard that you can achieve better results by building up white glue, but I haven't looked into that method much yet. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 If by blast bags, you mean the canvas around the gun barrels (sorry, my naval terminology isn't all that great), then I sculpted them from ApoxieSculpt. It was fairly painless and only took a few hours. I've since heard that you can achieve better results by building up white glue, but I haven't looked into that method much yet. Yep, blast bags or bloomers are what they're generally referred to as. Yours look good. Once I resume work on my 1:32 16" gun turret, I'll be sculpting the bloomers myself too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Really nice job! I especially admire your work with the rigging, but it all looks fantastic. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Thanks guys. It was a hell of a slog for a while. I felt like I was endlessly building for months and months and months. Then, after amassing a huge pile of painted subassemblies, *poof* a ship materialized. In contrast - and as something of a palette cleanser - I just ripped thru the entire build of Tamiya's BT-7 tank in ~5 hours. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 very nice. Such a classic ship. Love to see a DE in a similar scale also. I have one of these in the stash. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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