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I have been thinking about it!

Seems I have a little more spare time now... Maybe it's time to start again.

I have a few incomplete models to finish and it's hard to know where to start.

I'll have a poke around in my stash this weekend.

Let me know when you are back and we can go for that beer we missed just before Christmas.

Ahoi Bill !!! :wave_1:

As I am currently engaged in building a contemporary vessel to your Hood...

see here; ( Mars, Majestic or Magnificent (??!)

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=161114

and I was studiying your build for inspiration....

and...

...knowing you are equally pernickety as I am for the minutia of model-ships.... :big_grin: :wave_1:

I noticed a small error in your striping ....

( fortunately an easy fix )

your painted stripes at the lower edges of the anchor beds are......


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in fact ( IMHO) actually[i][b] light reflecting [/b][/i] !

( note the same effect at the top of the gun barrels in a similar plane to the sun ...)

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So....

some black paint and simply continue the stripe at the [b][i]top[/i][/b] of the anchor beds and you are sorted :thumbs_up_1:

all you need to do now is finish this lovely ship :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

So...!

... out with the tools and herewith you have .....

your New Years resolution for 2016 ! :big_grin:


Best wishes

JIN Baumann

===> ...- coninues onwards with as yet un-named Majestic class ship ! :cool_2:

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=161114

Hi Biil :wave_1:


Excellent work on this venerable ship.
I'm not a big fan of that time but no way detracts from the quality of execution of your work :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

See you soon
R�my

Mmmm...

A bit embarrassing... I ended up getting very busy with work last year and was travelling all over the world and it had to take a bit of a 'back seat' for a while... Then when I re-started modelling I decided to get on and do the Hasegawa Mikasa in 350 scale (elsewhere on the WIP section).

I fully intend to get back on to Hood once that has finished (providing I can resist the Dreadnought with Pontosmodel updates... but Roy's work on his waterlined Dreadnought is far too interesting to think I could really postpone it, coupled with the fact that when I met Martin Quinn when I was in New York a month or two ago, we talked about doing another parallel build (we both built the Combrig Tiger a year or two ago and it was a lot of fun bouncing ideas off each other), and he had the 350 Dreadnought too a nd thought it would make a great project to do simultaneously... So who knows.

It's a great little model though, so if there is anything you need to ask, just contact me and I'll see if I can help. You should certainly do a WIP on it though... loads of people will jump in with information and help... and it's not the most documented ship ever... so the more help you get, the easier it will be. :thumbs_up_1:

Stunning build and such an interesting subject that I have chosen it for my first resin build. Not going to attempt anything like this level of detail but it will make a good step by step guide.
Hope you manage to finish it though. :thumbs_up_1:

Lovely to hear your news Bill! Hope you manage to find some time for a bit of modelling now and again...it really does help to keep you sane!
Best wishes! :thumbs_up_1:

HI, Bill!
I'll be in Telford and really hope to see you. It's been quite some time!!!
Remember to holler, if you are in the Cologne/Duesseldorf/Ruhr - area!
I am glad to see you back on your feet. Remember that modelling is a great means to put you off your stress. So even a half an hour in the evening may do you a world of good! :thumbs_up_1:
Cheers,
Guido

Its this level of craftsmanship from the masters and pupils that truly set Model Warship.com light years ahead of anyone else.
Ive learned much in the year or so that i hunkered around un-subscribed,..even more while being a member...
Im learning all I can on the 1/350's or larger....but my goodness gracious you guys are saints and more for the amount and level of detail not seen in many larger scale builds...that you routinely add into your builds.........and to think,..this is braille scale that is dwarfed my a match-stick.. My goodness!! :smallsmile:

Thanks Jim!

Hmmm... Well I could get to Telford with a bit of reorganising. I'm in Malmo the weekend before, due to have my son on the Telford weekend but get back from a distribution conference in Hamburg on the Friday of the following week so I could move my son to that weekend or maybe even bring him along...!

I'll sort it out and book a hotel at the end of next week when I know for certain. if there are no rooms available I could always just drive up and down for the day... Done that before! :smallsmile:

Thanks Jim, very helpful. I'll call for a chat sometime over the weekend. Speak soon.... :thumbs_up_1:

He lives!! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Right-- hopefully once you are settled you can get yourself back in the groove!!

Telford is 12 and 13 November

best to arrive and stay the night of the 11 Nov-Friday

come and have beer and food at the Holiday Inn

http://www.smwshow.com/

books your accommodation now !!!!

have a look here for accommodation

http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/telford.html

listing with price AND telephone numbers--so much quicker than on-line!

ask the hotel / B & B how far away from the International Centre it is-

-if you have no car and you are a way outside you will need taxis etc

Holiday inn and the International are as far as I know FULLY BOOKED for the weekend of the show

Try the PARK INN first

Park Inn By Radisson Telford
Forgegate, Town Centre, Telford, TF3 4NA
Phone: +44 (0)1952 429988

Sorry Allan... in fact, profound apologies to anyone following this thread... :-(

Unfortunately, as you can see from the post above, I have started a new job in a company that needs a lot of infrastructure and a sensible and affordable strategic plan in place, not an easy job given the way the company has been running for the past twenty years. I had wondered for a long time, long before I joined, why this particular company had not enjoyed the success it should given the performance of the products themselves... I sure as hell know why now!!! :big_grin:

Anyway, because of this and the frequent travel plus having to find time for my son on alternate weekends modelling has by necessity taken a bit of a back seat. When I do get some free time, like this evening, I'm mentally and physically exhausted...

So... what am I going to do about it? Well, try to set aside some time for myself and fit in a personal life again for a start. I employed a sales guy who started three days ago and once he is up and running a lot of the day to day pressure will be taken off me as I was having to do practically everything, not made any easier by the CEO wondering why I was working on things he had never bothered with such as understanding the various market issues and business relationships within all the companies we deal with, contracts, terms and conditions, distribution and resale agreements, employment contracts and so on... (see last sentence in the second paragraph!!).

I am away all next week in the UK... then Croatia the week after that and then Germany, Sweden and then back to Germany twice... so I think I have some time in the middle of November to hopefully see my girlfriend for a weekend and then have a weekend to myself...

I haven't looked at the dates yet, but I am hoping I am in the UK for the IPMS Telford show as I really could do with going this year. I have really only spend a day with Jim Baumann getting some guidance from the master of rigging with stretched sprue... Jim was very generous with sharing his skills and, as I am reasonably capable with my hands, found it a really useful and, not too difficult to master, skill. I have the patience too, so I am really looking forward to doing something with my new found confidence in this area. So, all being well, I will be at Telford, I will be buying a stock of stuff that I have run out of... fine railings, masking tape, decent blades, cutters and finally, a new airbrush (!) and along with the motivation I normally get from speaking to a lot of like minded people like Jim, Guido (if he is there) and hopefully, Dave Griffith, maybe, just maybe I wil return with new determination to finish a couple of models I have started and maybe even have a couple more under my arm to go home with... There is a certain aircraft carrier from L'Arsenal I really fancy and I will have to try really, really hard to avoid buying a 350 scale Warspite plus all the PE and wood decks from Pontosmodel (I think the only way I am going to avoid that is if they aren't there or Jim reminds me that waterline 700 scale is where I should be focussing as I haven't ever finished a 350 scale model as I take too long, get too obsessed, and have nowhere near his staying power...

Thanks for the 'poke' Allan... Lets just hope it helps me get on... I REALLY want to, and posting a little something each day really helped keep me focussed... must get back to the habit... :thumbs_up_1:

Bill any chance of an update. Was enjoying this one :)

Thank you everyone! :thumbs_up_1:

It's good to be back... although this is going to be difficult setting up the whole sales infrastructure from scratch. I did this over a twenty year period at my old place... its difficult to accept I cant do it in a week or two here...!!!!!

Must learn patience!

Hopefully I will get back modelling in a few days :smallsmile:

Great news! If you make it to Ohio, let me know!

Fantastic news Bill! I'm so happy for you!

Super news, Bill! I can only imagine how soul destroying the last couple of years must have been...I'm very happy for you!

Congrats, Bill. I�m glad to hear those good news.... :thumbs_up_1:

[quote="Bill Livingston"]My next trip will be to Scotsdale, Phoenix to see an ex-colleague and a prospective new retailer... I'll probably go to Georgia as well during the same trip as I need to see someone in Atlanta... but over the next few months I will be all over the US as I need to get our distributor up to speed and get him to realise we want him to be a lot mote proactive... which will be fun!!

I'm sure I will have time to meet up with one or two people on my travels... :-)[/quote]

Arizona! :woo_hoo: The weather should be wonderful when you get here (although it almost always is :cool_2: ) Congrats on getting a job too :thumbs_up_1:

Hey Bill.....
If you do happen to make it to Atlanta I'm about 45 minutes north of there.
Perhaps we could arrange a visit!

My next trip will be to Scotsdale, Phoenix to see an ex-colleague and a prospective new retailer... I'll probably go to Georgia as well during the same trip as I need to see someone in Atlanta... but over the next few months I will be all over the US as I need to get our distributor up to speed and get him to realise we want him to be a lot mote proactive... which will be fun!!

I'm sure I will have time to meet up with one or two people on my travels... :-)