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just finished this week: 1:350 Combrig SMS Baden
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just finished this week: 1:350 Combrig SMS Baden
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:06 pm |
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From reviews, the ICM parts do look great. Those boats look very nice as well. As I said, I hope you will post more! You should make a thread on your Vanguard project...and you could post photos of your Rodney in the Picture Post section! Cheers! Aop
From reviews, the ICM parts do look great. Those boats look very nice as well. As I said, I hope you will post more! You should make a thread on your Vanguard project...and you could post photos of your Rodney in the Picture Post section! :thumbs_up_1:
Cheers! Aop
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 2:41 am |
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Aop Aur wrote: That is outstanding! The turrets look very good! Where did you get the railings on the bridge? Or are they generic rails? Want to see more! Aop Thank your, Aop! I really like this project, as I could make good use of the large majority of the ICM kit parts, most of which are very good themselves, like the boats. I also used the WEM PE set fort the railings and some details. But generic railing could have been used as well. The turrets turned out well too, thanks to the availability of very good drawings.
[quote="Aop Aur"]That is outstanding! The turrets look very good! Where did you get the railings on the bridge? Or are they generic rails? Want to see more! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
Aop[/quote] Thank your, Aop! I really like this project, as I could make good use of the large majority of the ICM kit parts, most of which are very good themselves, like the boats. I also used the WEM PE set fort the railings and some details. But generic railing could have been used as well. The turrets turned out well too, thanks to the availability of very good drawings.
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 8:24 am |
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That is outstanding! The turrets look very good! Where did you get the railings on the bridge? Or are they generic rails? Want to see more! Aop
That is outstanding! The turrets look very good! Where did you get the railings on the bridge? Or are they generic rails? Want to see more! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
Aop
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 7:34 am |
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 5:44 am |
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Mmm,
She's finished -- except fort the railings and rigging that is. I'll post a picture of the current state.
You have hit on my biggest bad habit: closing off a project to all the finesses is not a strong characteristic of me... Many more lying around in different states.... It's the novel challenge that's attracting me to jump to new subjects, to solve something no-one had done before. The patient execution of handycraft I'm not so good at.
Mmm,
She's finished -- except fort the railings and rigging that is. I'll post a picture of the current state.
You have hit on my biggest bad habit: closing off a project to all the finesses is not a strong characteristic of me... Many more lying around in different states.... It's the novel challenge that's attracting me to jump to new subjects, to solve something no-one had done before. The patient execution of handycraft I'm not so good at.
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 1:31 am |
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Another masterpiece! How is she looking like now? You really should post more of your ships. They really are inspirational models! Aop
Another masterpiece! How is she looking like now? You really should post more of your ships. They really are inspirational models! :thumbs_up_1:
Aop
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:46 am |
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Looks great so far, keep up posting pictures
Looks great so far, keep up posting pictures :thumbs_up_1:
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:18 pm |
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Time for an update on my build of SMS Baden. More and more details are getting added...
I also started a similar conversion of the ICM kit into a Kaiser class battleship, see in the appropriate section for that.
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Time for an update on my build of SMS Baden. More and more details are getting added...
I also started a similar conversion of the ICM kit into a Kaiser class battleship, see in the appropriate section for that.
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:55 am |
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Marvelous work ! Thanks for the pictures.
Marvelous work ! Thanks for the pictures.
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:54 am |
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Hi, At 1:700 scale our fellow Dariusz Mazurowski has made great effort to build all four ships of the Bayern class, in varying settings. Check out: http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html
Hi,
At 1:700 scale our fellow Dariusz Mazurowski has made great effort to build all four ships of the Bayern class, in varying settings. Check out:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/users/dariusz-mazurowski/dm-index.html
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:39 am |
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I always had WSW's resin offerings high, I shall invest then
I always had WSW's resin offerings high, I shall invest then :)
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:52 am |
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Anyone has any experience/comments for the WSW 1/700 Bayern and Baden battleships ? Thanks in advance.
Anyone has any experience/comments for the WSW 1/700 Bayern and Baden battleships ? Thanks in advance.
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:07 am |
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Thanks for the comment, Jim!
The Baden has already progressed much further, I should upload some pictures of the built, before it is all done...
By the way: along the same line I'm considering also the conversion of the König into the Friedrich der Große, a Kaiser class. In fact this will be even much easier, as the hull needs to be shortened instead of lenghtened, the Königs turrets can be used with small mods, and the superstructure is much simpler than that of the Baden.
Happy modelling! Maarten
Thanks for the comment, Jim!
The Baden has already progressed much further, I should upload some pictures of the built, before it is all done...
By the way: along the same line I'm considering also the conversion of the König into the Friedrich der Große, a Kaiser class. In fact this will be even much easier, as the hull needs to be shortened instead of lenghtened, the Königs turrets can be used with small mods, and the superstructure is much simpler than that of the Baden.
Happy modelling! Maarten
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 2:26 pm |
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pretty cool and innovative modelmaking! JIM B
pretty cool and innovative modelmaking! :thumbs_up_1:
JIM B :wave_1:
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 5:42 pm |
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:24 am |
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Hi there,
As promised, some pictures from my progressing 1:350 Baden.
The ICM König hull was stretched by 13.5 mm at its widest point, and in the keel a 1.5 mm insert was added to get the required beam. Also, the docking keels were added and the shape of the bow was corrected: from the keel to the stem there is a distinct 'kink' at frame 134, which is totaly missing in the kit.
A new deck was added, laid with Evergreen 2020 v-grooved plate. The deck over the casemates was made as per drawing, and the König casemates were juggled as to make the best fit of them, needing several modifications and one completely built from scratch. Also the shelter deck was made.
I also made a 38cm turret plus guns from scratch, and had a friend of mine casting four copies from resin. Well, now on to building the superstructures, I already made the funnels from Evergreen tubing, and modified the Königs conning tower into the shape for the Baden.
Well, that's for now, once the superstructures are there I'll show you more.
Maarten
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Hi there,
As promised, some pictures from my progressing 1:350 Baden.
The ICM König hull was stretched by 13.5 mm at its widest point, and in the keel a 1.5 mm insert was added to get the required beam. Also, the docking keels were added and the shape of the bow was corrected: from the keel to the stem there is a distinct 'kink' at frame 134, which is totaly missing in the kit.
A new deck was added, laid with Evergreen 2020 v-grooved plate. The deck over the casemates was made as per drawing, and the König casemates were juggled as to make the best fit of them, needing several modifications and one completely built from scratch. Also the shelter deck was made.
I also made a 38cm turret plus guns from scratch, and had a friend of mine casting four copies from resin. Well, now on to building the superstructures, I already made the funnels from Evergreen tubing, and modified the Königs conning tower into the shape for the Baden.
Well, that's for now, once the superstructures are there I'll show you more.
Maarten
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:07 pm |
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Awesome model. At first glance, I thought those photos were of the real ship!
Awesome model. At first glance, I thought those photos were of the real ship!
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:30 pm |
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Converting 1:350 ICM König into Bayern/Baden |
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Hey there,
two weeks ago I stumbled across an extensive set of drawings of Bayern/Baden, being directed there by 'the Dreadnought Project' - see for yourself under their post for SMS Bayern/Baden.
Looking closer they revealed a lot of detail, and after working out that these ships had a fixed frame spacing of 1200 mm, nothing stopped me from enlarging these plans to an exact 1:350 scale (my favourite for warship model). It soon started to dawn on me that in fact the hull was nothing more than a slightly up-scaled König type battleship! Length needed 13.3 mm and width only 1.5 mm.
Well, and as creating a hull is the major challenge when converting (or scratchbuilding) a ship model, I quickly saw the opportunity and off I went! Even before I had the kit available I already had turned my attention to another hurdle: I built a 38 cm main turret from scratch, and a friend of mine already promised me to cast four of these from resin. From the same source drawings of the turret were available.
In the meantime I have already cut up the hull, inserted a 13.5 mm plug from plasticard, split the hull at the keel and added a 1.5 mm shim there. Next made a new main deck from 1 mm plasticardlayered a sheet finely grooved Evergreen nr. 2020 on top of it to simulate the planking. So in fact the big hurdle has been taken within an hour: when you know what to do it's really quite simple!
Currently I'm working on the final details of the turret: the bolts (rivets if you will) on top, shown on a very good photograph of Baden on the same website as above.
Of course I know there is still a long way to go: the battery deck has to be built up next, very similar to the König's but totally different in planform. Then the next boat deck layer and the superstructures: I believe these will have to be made largely from scratch, although many detail parts from the König like guns, searchlights and boats might be used.
Well, I'll keep you posted about my progress and I hope I can make some pictures soon to show what she looks like!
Regards, Maarten
Hey there,
two weeks ago I stumbled across an extensive set of drawings of Bayern/Baden, being directed there by 'the Dreadnought Project' - see for yourself under their post for SMS Bayern/Baden.
Looking closer they revealed a lot of detail, and after working out that these ships had a fixed frame spacing of 1200 mm, nothing stopped me from enlarging these plans to an exact 1:350 scale (my favourite for warship model). It soon started to dawn on me that in fact the hull was nothing more than a slightly up-scaled König type battleship! Length needed 13.3 mm and width only 1.5 mm.
Well, and as creating a hull is the major challenge when converting (or scratchbuilding) a ship model, I quickly saw the opportunity and off I went! Even before I had the kit available I already had turned my attention to another hurdle: I built a 38 cm main turret from scratch, and a friend of mine already promised me to cast four of these from resin. From the same source drawings of the turret were available.
In the meantime I have already cut up the hull, inserted a 13.5 mm plug from plasticard, split the hull at the keel and added a 1.5 mm shim there. Next made a new main deck from 1 mm plasticardlayered a sheet finely grooved Evergreen nr. 2020 on top of it to simulate the planking. So in fact the big hurdle has been taken within an hour: when you know what to do it's really quite simple!
Currently I'm working on the final details of the turret: the bolts (rivets if you will) on top, shown on a very good photograph of Baden on the same website as above.
Of course I know there is still a long way to go: the battery deck has to be built up next, very similar to the König's but totally different in planform. Then the next boat deck layer and the superstructures: I believe these will have to be made largely from scratch, although many detail parts from the König like guns, searchlights and boats might be used.
Well, I'll keep you posted about my progress and I hope I can make some pictures soon to show what she looks like!
Regards, Maarten
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:39 am |
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