1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

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Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by navydavesof » Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:58 am

Most excellent! She is a truly beautiful piece!

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by intruder_bass » Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:34 pm

Outstanding paint job!

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by Strategos Augustus » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:16 pm

I love it. This is a very nice rendition of a very handsome design.

I like how you went with the version with the suppressed missile position.

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by Noel Paris, Malta » Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:28 pm

Wow - Awesome - Well done!!!!

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by Koppalakki » Tue Oct 17, 2017 3:41 pm

Cheers everyone!

Glad you like it!

If you've seen what's the latest set from Pontos you can just imagine what is already in the mail coming for me :big_grin:

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by steinerman » Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:29 pm

Fantastic job! You should be proud. Now you need to get a nice case to show it off!

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by Silenoz » Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:17 am

superb work, from building to finish, a true show of craftsmanship...

nicely weathered to, love the effect of the dented hull, just with paint

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by Bill Livingston » Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:29 pm

Exceptionally well done... :thumbs_up_1:

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by Joe Simon » Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:28 pm

Dude this is very nice! :woo_hoo:

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos) FINISHED

by ModelMonkey » Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:23 pm

Brilliant!!! :big_grin:

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos)

by Koppalakki » Sun Oct 15, 2017 3:12 pm

Issues with getting photoes persisted, but instead of waiting and sulking the matter I went full speed ahead!

So, I'm afraid I finished the ship! :heh: :heh: :heh:

I continued on my path on scratching all the details I could see on my reference to a degree. I most likely missed some etc. but I feel it represents Uss Ingraham before her decommissioning in 2014 fairly nicely!

So without further ado here she is!

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Glad I got her finished even though my insipiration to modeling was missing for a while!

Hope you like it! :big_grin:

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos)

by Koppalakki » Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:22 pm

My "studio" was out of order for the weekend. Only bad thing was that I was making a lot of progress so no photos.

Here's where we stand at the moment. A lot of stuff finished and more details scratched and replaced!

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Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos)

by Koppalakki » Fri Oct 06, 2017 4:16 pm

And some more!

Finished the port side boat deck. Straight from the pontos set though I did add some piping and other details on the belly side.
Funnel finished and some various boxes and MK38 launchers too!

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The flight deck recieved cables for the safety nets from stretched sprue and the flight deck lights (black boxes) and the flight control box.

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Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos)

by Koppalakki » Thu Oct 05, 2017 1:19 pm

Hey carr!

Good points!
All I can say is mostly all my new projects always incorporate some new techniques or a different way to brining my models just a bit closer to real looking.
It's an on going process because well, it's a bit of try and error stuff as I don't practice on it any other time than when building the actual ship so to speak.
So maybe in a few years it's getting even closer but by every new build I try to take it one step closer. Also the fact that not so many ship builders that actually log their progress do
heavy weathering or build full hull instead keeping theirs more traditional clean builds. So the material for "learning" is limited more to what you can see in real life and then figuring out how you could do it scale models.
Because most of the time adding elaborate weathering isn't as easy as thinking oh well I just paint it looking like this! :big_grin:

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos)

by Koppalakki » Thu Oct 05, 2017 11:44 am

Oh hi, finally got to working on this again! :big_grin:

Well, here's where we sit at the moment!

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Ok here's a quick rundown as what has happened after last time!

First off the rest of the hull and superstructure were weathered. Continuing with a light black wash around the details then some filters with various greys and white.
Then some light drybrushing with greys. The deck got a black wash aswell, but after the flat coat it recieved pigments. First some light grey then couple of shades of brown.
Looked after some reference photos to get me going. Also the decals were put before the flat coat but the dry transfers after that.

To save me some time and effort I cut all the bottom runs of the railings so I don't have to waste time hiding them. The wires were painted dark grey.
Also various details were hand painted. For example the lights first got their tip painted black to make them look like their hollow. Then that black tip was painted with a yellow clear to make it look more like a bulb.

Now it's mostly just building all the little details and adding them to the ship as the biggest parts are already done. Not making any promises but I got a good momentum going on so hoping to actually getting this finished.

Even though I had the model resting in a cabinet for 6 month ish still tend to get some dust in all the wrong places :heh:

Well gotta try to clean some if I can and looking at some of the high res photos there seems to be quite a few one!

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos)

by Koppalakki » Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:10 am

Yes I've been doing other stuff and work etc. Waiting for the inspiration to arrive!
Might come in another form though soon and maybe able to carry over :big_grin:

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos)

by Greg lester » Thu Jul 20, 2017 1:03 am

You've been very quiet, hope all is well

Re: 1/350 FFG-61 Ingraham (Academy + Pontos)

by navydavesof » Mon May 15, 2017 7:15 pm

Most excellent in the post!!!


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I have since gotten a 1/350 scale National Security Cutter. How can I make the same type of helo deck as the one that is shown here?

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