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by **Devin** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:59 pm

Looks good, Martin. Glad you took a step back and it worked out. I have a biplane I've been working on for 6 months off an on, and I nearly took my foot to it several times. Putting it away and cursing at another modeling project for a while is always a good idea.

by **Capt652** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:14 am

Martin your work looks great!

I can see in the background your stand with snapped off risers. The same thing happened to me during my build, I had placed and removed the ship from the stand many times during construction and I found that in haste, by pulling up unequally I managed to snap off the pins. I simply drilled out the riser and the bottom of the hull and used a piece of brass tubing of comparable size pushed into both parts. I CA'ed the tubing into the riser and I'm still able to remove the ship from the stand.

BTW I even managed to snap one of the risers in half, I thought about replacing them with brass lamp risers but I just cheaped out and glued the broken one together.

Timm

by **MartinJQuinn** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:00 pm

Well, I stayed the course and pushed through. All the railings (and anything I knocked off) are on. The only things left to do are:

1) Touch up painting
2) Rigging
3) Gloss coat the hull
4) Apply decals
5) Flat coat the model

Oh - and figure out where the hell I'm going to mount her. I tried matching the hull to the display base. I may be able to re-mount her onto that.

Here's two shots of how she looks tonight, with all construction finished, waiting for the steps outlined above. Next time I take photos will be when she is 100% done, for the gallery.

Thanks again for all the encouragement and kind words - I really do appreciate it. And thanks to all the other Dragon Buchanan builders who shared their very nice work here as well. Please feel free to continue to post your work in this thread.

by **MartinJQuinn** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:04 pm

Thanks for the encouragement, fellas. I shouldn't be so whiny, guess I got a bit discouraged. I decided NOT to let the b*tch beat me, and got almost all the railings on tonight. Just need to rail the alternate searchlight platform, and construction is done.

Gordon, that looks like a dry dock, doesn't it? It's a foam 'stand' that is actually made for HO trains. Got it from Micro Mark awhile back - it comes in handy from time to time.

by **Gordon Bjorklund** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:57 pm

Martin,
Great build you have going there.

Is that a floating drydock you have your ship resting in? That looks great too.

by **drdoom1337** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:28 pm

Martin,
Your Buchanan looks beautiful compared to mine. Somehow I always seem to ruin everything I touch. I'm currently working on the '45 Buchan pictured in the North Carolina build I have up (who knows the last time I touched that NC since this Buchanan..) Pieces from the kit have shot up in the air as I snap them off from the fret, requiring hours of detective work to find them. My anti-skid decals came off once they were placed on and got cut up (no anti skid for my Buchanan..). Severe difficultly guling PE with CA glue to plastics, etc. Every build I have is plagued with problems. My Buchanan wouldn't stay attached to the hull so I opted for the waterline route myself.

by **ddb** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:38 pm

Hi Martin:
Just about all my builds are troublesome. Left the impression of my shirt sleeve in a lacquered piece of teak yesterday bolting my Prinz Eugen to it. (Hadn't let it cure enough I guess). I read years ago there are 2 schools of thought to modeling. First to take care of problems before they come up, requiring lots of planning ahead or secondly to deal with problems after they crop up, as I usually end up doing. Sometimes the best thing is to leave it for another day and suddenly things just click. You've done such a nice job Martin, it will come together very nicely, it's just Karma!
Dave DeBack

by **Cadman** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:45 pm

MartinJQuinn wrote:I'm not sure gluing it back to the display stand it prudent, I'll have to figure something else out.

There's always waterline!!! Seriously take a break from it Martin, don't let it get to you. Come back to it when you feel like it.

by **MartinJQuinn** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:06 am

Tony,

Thanks buddy. The "hammer" comment was tongue in cheek (just barely) - just a little frustrated that I'm butchering such a magnificent kit. Here's another photo - before I snapped it off the kit supplied display stand - along with Bobby's Quick from our get together last week.

: Photo courtesy Jim Flynn

I'm not sure gluing it back to the display stand it prudent, I'll have to figure something else out.

Thanks again for the encouragement!

by **Tony Bunch** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:26 am

Hi Martin,
Finish the model when you're good and ready. I've never seen a gain from, "hammering", a perfectly good model. okay, so it needs some repair work. I've seen guys re-build models!! Think of the time you've already spent on this! Come back to it when you're, "centered".
Work on something else, or would you be afraid to; fearing never getting back to it????
I KNow that one!
Keep that Martin Quinn Chin up!
That's the Martin I know.
Tony

by **MartinJQuinn** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:05 pm

This past Saturday, I was with a bunch of naval history/ship modeling buddies, among them Bob Cicconi. While admiring Bobby's USS Quick (built - with mods - from the Buchanan kit) I mentioned how I was really having a hard time with my build of the Buchanan kit, through no fault of the model. It was just one of those builds where nothing seemed to go right. Then tonight, when trying to mount the starboard side bow rail, I managed to snap the model right off the base. Rrrrrrr.....

So here she sits, waiting for more railings...or the hammer. I haven't decided which - yet. BTW, if I haven't mentioned it, I'm not impressed with the Dragon PE set for this kit.

Yep, this certainly had been "one of the those" builds...

by **sixman** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:37 am

Timm,

Would you consider writing up how you scratchbuilt the mast for your Buchanan. Your pictures show a wonderful build.

by **drdoom1337** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:14 pm

Maybe it's just me, but I love the ms21 scheme. I think it really helps to show all the detail on the ship, while with MS12 or MS32 the focus is more on the paint. I can't wait to get at my 1/350 1944 NJ build (tom's conversion), and your build has been an inspiration to me. I actually just bought the 1945 Buchanan with PE from Dragon's website!

by **Cadman** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:46 pm

I agree nice looking ship. The camo look great. I expect to see more pics in the gallery soon.

by **MartinJQuinn** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:19 pm

Pete,

Very nice - I like it a lot. LOVE the camo - super job on the paint.

by **PeteM** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:43 pm

Only because Martin invited it I'd like to post a couple pictures of my finished Buchanan build. I ran into the same issues as Martin, including the spray shields and ships boats. It is painted with Model Master acrylics and the camo scheme was done using Gators Masks. I'm not where I want to be skills-wise and there are some issues with this build that I'm hoping to improve on, but all in all I think it went pretty well. I didn't bother to rig it like I normally would because a recent wrestling match with the rigging of my Fletcher build has taken the wind out of my sails. I may revisit it in the future but for right now I'm going to consider it done.

by **Timmy C** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:06 pm

Hmm, can we have tiny PE eyehooks on the boats and tiny hooks on the tackle?

by **Cadman** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:54 am

MartinJQuinn wrote:Did I mention that the ships boats are a bit of a pain to hang?

A big pain, I'm afraid. I think what is needed is a short section of PE block and tackle rigging that could be attached to the boat and more easily glued to the davits.

by **Tony Bunch** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:24 am

Hi Guys,
Martin,
Boats just seem to be a P-I-T-A. Tiny attach points I think.
Looking good my friend!
Also, you sure can tell that's an early war DD. The AAA layout got changed so much during the war did'nt it?
DD rock!
Tony
ps now just Tim to build a Buchanan!

by **MartinJQuinn** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:35 am

Did I mention that the ships boats are a bit of a pain to hang? Well, they are a real pain to hang - at least that's what I'm finding. Anyway, here's where I'm at now, after a round of touch up painting with a brush: Once I hang the two ships boats, everything is done, except for the PE railings, some chocks and decals. As mentioned previously, I'll be using the Dragon fret that was offered when the kit first came out. Once the railings are on, I'll add the remaining chocks, then gloss coat and add the decals. More pictures once I've made some more progress.

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