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Best job I've seen on this big one! Not surprised you one BOS. Fine work indeed.
Best job I've seen on this big one! Not surprised you one BOS. Fine work indeed.
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2019 10:13 pm |
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Whoa, congrats! And it is a beautiful Arizona, great tribute. You said you cut down build time by a third, what did you do? Always looking for efficiency improvements to my work here.  Whoa, congrats! And it is a beautiful Arizona, great tribute.
You said you cut down build time by a third, what did you do? Always looking for efficiency improvements to my work here. :)
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:28 am |
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CONGRATULATIONS!!! Very nice looking build. I agree with the previous sentiments, great detail and very nice weathering.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Very nice looking build. I agree with the previous sentiments, great detail and very nice weathering.
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 2:33 am |
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SigEp Ziggy wrote: Congratulation! You both earned and deserve it. I hope that lack of interest will not deter you from sharing any future builds on this site. I would like to see more people posting from Idaho. Once again, congratulations on your fine build. Thank you! No worries. The lack of interest plus the time constraints meant I just decided not to spend time on photographic documentation. A skip to the end sort of deal. If you are ever in the area, drop a line. Always great to meet a fellow enthusiast! BB62vet wrote: Well Done! The model, IMHO - looks really nice and quite detailed. I esp. like the weathering. Your plating seems to have blended in well for the overall effect. The awards don't distract, either  Hank Thank very much! I almost didn't make it. The model was completed less than seven hours before showtime. My fingers were shaking.... And my wife would like to claim most of the credit for model and the awards for her extreme patience and superlative culinary service during this ordeal.  From my end, it's a fair concession. [quote="SigEp Ziggy"]Congratulation! You both earned and deserve it. I hope that lack of interest will not deter you from sharing any future builds on this site. I would like to see more people posting from Idaho. Once again, congratulations on your fine build.[/quote]
Thank you!
No worries. The lack of interest plus the time constraints meant I just decided not to spend time on photographic documentation. A skip to the end sort of deal.
If you are ever in the area, drop a line. Always great to meet a fellow enthusiast!
[quote="BB62vet"]Well Done! The model, IMHO - looks really nice and quite detailed. I esp. like the weathering. Your plating seems to have blended in well for the overall effect. The awards don't distract, either :thumbs_up_1:
Hank[/quote]
Thank very much! I almost didn't make it. The model was completed less than seven hours before showtime. My fingers were shaking....
And my wife would like to claim most of the credit for model and the awards for her extreme patience and superlative culinary service during this ordeal. :big_grin:
From my end, it's a fair concession.
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 2:12 pm |
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Congratulation! You both earned and deserve it. I hope that lack of interest will not deter you from sharing any future builds on this site. I would like to see more people posting from Idaho. Once again, congratulations on your fine build.
Congratulation! You both earned and deserve it. I hope that lack of interest will not deter you from sharing any future builds on this site. I would like to see more people posting from Idaho. Once again, congratulations on your fine build.
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:26 pm |
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Well Done! The model, IMHO - looks really nice and quite detailed. I esp. like the weathering. Your plating seems to have blended in well for the overall effect. The awards don't distract, either Hank Well Done! The model, IMHO - looks really nice and quite detailed. I esp. like the weathering. Your plating seems to have blended in well for the overall effect. The awards don't distract, either :thumbs_up_1:
Hank
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2019 9:58 pm |
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Victory.
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:31 pm |
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DWD wrote: Your build looks great. I really liked the idea of using the nail decorating tape for creating the panel effect. I wish I had seen or thought of this sooner. I like the look of the finished product. It looks spot of for something like hull stiffeners too. Congrats thus far on your build, it looks dang good. Looking forward to seeing the final photos. The nail decorating tape technique I really like. It's a very effective method I think. Especially in conjunction with stretched sprue lines - which is what I usually do. Jim Baumann was the original source for the concept. Check out his 1/700 Normandie thread to see what he did with it: http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=168156BB62vet wrote: S. A. - Sorry I haven't commented earlier, but to be honest - I like what you've done in a short time!! With minimal fanfare, 3rd party stuff, and just the basics, I think your final model will turn out nicely!
I'll be looking forward to seeing the photos of the completed project when you post them.
Hank Thank you! Have to keep up with your Black Dragon somehow! [quote="DWD"]Your build looks great. I really liked the idea of using the nail decorating tape for creating the panel effect. I wish I had seen or thought of this sooner. I like the look of the finished product. It looks spot of for something like hull stiffeners too. Congrats thus far on your build, it looks dang good. Looking forward to seeing the final photos. :thumbs_up_1:[/quote]
The nail decorating tape technique I really like. It's a very effective method I think. Especially in conjunction with stretched sprue lines - which is what I usually do.
Jim Baumann was the original source for the concept. Check out his 1/700 Normandie thread to see what he did with it: [url]http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=168156[/url]
[quote="BB62vet"]S. A. - Sorry I haven't commented earlier, but to be honest - I like what you've done in a short time!! With minimal fanfare, 3rd party stuff, and just the basics, I think your final model will turn out nicely!
I'll be looking forward to seeing the photos of the completed project when you post them.
Hank[/quote]
Thank you! Have to keep up with your Black Dragon somehow!
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:26 pm |
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S. A. - Sorry I haven't commented earlier, but to be honest - I like what you've done in a short time!! With minimal fanfare, 3rd party stuff, and just the basics, I think your final model will turn out nicely!
I'll be looking forward to seeing the photos of the completed project when you post them.
Hank
S. A. - Sorry I haven't commented earlier, but to be honest - I like what you've done in a short time!! With minimal fanfare, 3rd party stuff, and just the basics, I think your final model will turn out nicely!
I'll be looking forward to seeing the photos of the completed project when you post them.
Hank
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:54 pm |
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Your build looks great. I really liked the idea of using the nail decorating tape for creating the panel effect. I wish I had seen or thought of this sooner. I like the look of the finished product. It looks spot of for something like hull stiffeners too. Congrats thus far on your build, it looks dang good. Looking forward to seeing the final photos. Your build looks great. I really liked the idea of using the nail decorating tape for creating the panel effect. I wish I had seen or thought of this sooner. I like the look of the finished product. It looks spot of for something like hull stiffeners too. Congrats thus far on your build, it looks dang good. Looking forward to seeing the final photos. :thumbs_up_1:
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:47 pm |
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Looking forward to it.
Looking forward to it.
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 2:39 pm |
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Construction is nearly complete, will plan to post a sampling of finished pictures in the next few days.
Construction is nearly complete, will plan to post a sampling of finished pictures in the next few days.
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:25 pm |
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Bill Livingston wrote: I think that perhaps the lack of comments on the post could be to do with your initial response to DavidP? I was quite surprised anyone on here had posted such a reply... its always been a very positive, careful and respectful exchange of views on here, up until then.
I think you overstepped the mark at that point and the subsequent lack of comment reflected that... which is a shame, because it was an interesting project. Yep. You can stand by your own notions, opinions and techniques all you want, even if they go against historical records (artistic license and all). But the moment you start to complain about what others have to say, IMHO you lose a lot of respect—especially when you tell someone what they should have said, instead of calmly debating and/or acknowledging what they actually said. Your models are consistently very, very good in quality, both construction and painting/finishing. You're easily in the top bracket for large-scale ship modeling. But respect has to be earned through more than skill. [quote="Bill Livingston"]I think that perhaps the lack of comments on the post could be to do with your initial response to DavidP? I was quite surprised anyone on here had posted such a reply... its always been a very positive, careful and respectful exchange of views on here, up until then.
I think you overstepped the mark at that point and the subsequent lack of comment reflected that... which is a shame, because it was an interesting project.[/quote]
Yep.
You can stand by your own notions, opinions and techniques all you want, even if they go against historical records (artistic license and all). But the moment you start to complain about what others have to say, IMHO you lose a lot of respect—especially when you tell someone what they should have said, instead of calmly debating and/or acknowledging what they actually said.
Your models are consistently very, very good in quality, both construction and painting/finishing. You're easily in the top bracket for large-scale ship modeling. But respect has to be earned through more than skill.
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:21 pm |
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Deleted, following an exchange of friendly and constructive PM's...
Deleted, following an exchange of friendly and constructive PM's...
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:43 am |
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There has not been much interest in this project, I've elected to forego further updates. I'll throw up pictures of the finished model when I find time to do a photo shoot. The project must complete by this Friday night so I have taken the week off to work round the clock. For context, yesterday's work completed around 4am and was restarted at 10am.  As I type this I am waiting for the latest round of oils to dry (btw enamel thinner and oil paints is a beautiful thing - quick drying time vs mineral spirits also). For the size of model, things are moving extremely fast. I think the whole project will finish in less than 250 hours and, barring any setbacks, this will be my best work to date. There has been some scratchbuilding and I think that the total number of parts is around 1,400 before adding crew. Compared to my Rodney project two years ago, I have managed to cut production time by ~31% and improved general quality of the work across the board. Here is a picture of a section of hull before applying the first wash. The lighting was very bad and the deck looks less yellow in person.  Dan K wrote: Very clean PE work. Direct sunlight shows it off to great advantage. Thank you sir. There has not been much interest in this project, I've elected to forego further updates.
I'll throw up pictures of the finished model when I find time to do a photo shoot.
The project must complete by this Friday night so I have taken the week off to work round the clock. For context, yesterday's work completed around 4am and was restarted at 10am. :wacko: As I type this I am waiting for the latest round of oils to dry (btw enamel thinner and oil paints is a beautiful thing - quick drying time vs mineral spirits also).
For the size of model, things are moving extremely fast. I think the whole project will finish in less than 250 hours and, barring any setbacks, this will be my best work to date.
There has been some scratchbuilding and I think that the total number of parts is around 1,400 before adding crew.
Compared to my Rodney project two years ago, I have managed to cut production time by ~31% and improved general quality of the work across the board.
Here is a picture of a section of hull before applying the first wash. The lighting was very bad and the deck looks less yellow in person.
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/j2JCjPSj/WP-20190924-18-41-42-Pro.jpg[/img]
[quote="Dan K"]Very clean PE work. Direct sunlight shows it off to great advantage.[/quote]
Thank you sir.
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:11 pm |
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Very clean PE work. Direct sunlight shows it off to great advantage.
Very clean PE work. Direct sunlight shows it off to great advantage.
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Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:05 pm |
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Oh, forgot this one. Here is the internal bulkhead configuration. Obviously not accurate but more of an attempt at controlling cross-structure light pollution.  Oh, forgot this one.
Here is the internal bulkhead configuration.
Obviously not accurate but more of an attempt at controlling cross-structure light pollution.
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Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:34 pm |
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Ok.
It's been a very long weekend getting this together.
I've been hunting down all the various odds and ends to get this ready to paint.
Here are 31 pictures of my dry-fit. Obviously I've left off a considerable number of small fittings to ease disassembly.
I have not glued down the upper deck or fitted its railing to facilitate ease of installation. I need to paint the interior and install the 5"/51s before I seal it up.
I've scratchbuilt a significant number of small details, many are probably hard to spot. I've left the kit more or less unaltered otherwise. I've used the kit PE and some scrap from an incomplete WEM set. Also some plastic card stock, plastic dowels, scrap brass and piano wire, and I used the foil nail tape method for the hull plating.
I hope to finish painting this whole thing by Friday but we'll see.
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Well, the ship is almost ready for painting. Most everything is assembled into various sub-assemblies. We have finished with well over 1,000 parts! I am getting ready to do a bit of a photoshoot with the model dry fitted and also with all the pieces disassembled so keep an eye for that in the next few days. Sorry for the lack of updates or pictures...really have not had the time to document much of what I am doing. There has been some very minor scratchbuilding and a moderate amount of photo-etch. I'm building this with minimal aftermarket - only the Trumpeter upgrade set and half a WEM set (long story) to try and make this look good. Only thing left for me is to install the deck and superstructure railings...I like to glue them on before painting to better hide my glue joins. I've developed a method for painting my ships without damaging/crushing the railing. So far, only two accidents in four years! Anyway, the clock is ticking rather quickly as I have only three weeks to add the railings, paint, weather, and rig this monster! Plenty of pictures coming soon! Here is a sweetener - the finished aircraft handling crane:  The brace is made of stretched sprue. Well, the ship is almost ready for painting.
Most everything is assembled into various sub-assemblies. We have finished with well over 1,000 parts!
I am getting ready to do a bit of a photoshoot with the model dry fitted and also with all the pieces disassembled so keep an eye for that in the next few days.
Sorry for the lack of updates or pictures...really have not had the time to document much of what I am doing.
There has been some very minor scratchbuilding and a moderate amount of photo-etch. I'm building this with minimal aftermarket - only the Trumpeter upgrade set and half a WEM set (long story) to try and make this look good.
Only thing left for me is to install the deck and superstructure railings...I like to glue them on before painting to better hide my glue joins. I've developed a method for painting my ships without damaging/crushing the railing. So far, only two accidents in four years!
Anyway, the clock is ticking rather quickly as I have only three weeks to add the railings, paint, weather, and rig this monster!
Plenty of pictures coming soon!
Here is a sweetener - the finished aircraft handling crane:
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/hvRMyRcX/WP-20190904-15-23-32-Pro.jpg[/img]
The brace is made of stretched sprue.
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Quote: I think you meant to write: "Beautiful work! I will considering using this method in conjunction with others when I build my own version with meticulous research."  Ahahahahahaha! Well played Sir, well played! [quote]
I think you meant to write: "Beautiful work! I will considering using this method in conjunction with others when I build my own version with meticulous research."
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Ahahahahahaha! Well played Sir, well played! :thumbs_up_1:
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