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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:23 pm 
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What looks to be a search light is actually a big loud speaker (6MC) used to communicate during evolutions conducted on the aft part of the ship.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 5:03 pm 
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I'm thinking Pose #1. My eyes were closed in Pose #2. Less real-estate for a diorama in the first, as well.

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What's the best type / brand of paints to use on 1/350 USN sailors? I see about 70 swinging #%@*$!s on deck in this photo.

(Looks like they're doing an All Back Emergency on both shafts to avoid ramming the plane. Which they did anyway.)


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:56 pm 
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:14 pm 
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VISINE ........."It Gets The Red Out."

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:38 am 
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I'm waiting for some 5" Open Mount guns, some 20mm guns, depth charge racks and some cable reels from FreeTime Hobbies.

Is the ship's bell too, over-the-top? :cool_1:


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This boat's got all the "Bells and Whistles"!! :big_grin: :cool_2:

(The Searchlight Tower was removed before the time period of my diorama.)

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 1:13 am 
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Completed the stays on the foremast and stack on the USS San Pablo.

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These plans were nice to have...

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The rigging is done and the port side davits and whale boat are installed and rigged for sea as well as details atop the pilot house. The starboard side's davits will be empty since that whale boat had been dispatched to the aircraft in distress.

I'm still waiting for the 5" open mount guns, 20mm guns and depth charges to arrive from FreeTime Hobbies. The package is lost somewhere between UPS and USPS, apparently. :mad_1:

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:33 pm 
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Almost done with the ship model. 8 x 20mm guns and jack and ensign staffs are left. I've got to lash down those boats, too.

Here, I'm playing around with that old dock diorama I started awhile back.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:06 pm 
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A custom resin part; additional boat stowage platform.

I love the Tom's Modelworks USS Arizona Small Boats PE set for the boat cradles and 40' Launch wood inserts.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:12 pm 
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Starting another USS Duxbury Bay AVP-38 flagship service for COMIDEASTFOR in the 1950's.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:30 pm 
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I have always dreaded having to construct the support for this gun director tower from brass stock. I worked hard to make resin parts in order to make assembling these towers a whole lot easier in the future.

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About ready for some primer. I gave the whole thing a bath in Bleche-Wite with a rinse and blow dry.

I used a rather thick set of PE railings from Tom's Modelworks (#5301). I didn't realize it until I had a lot of it already glued on. I'll have to carry through with this PE on the other two ships in the diorama. I have about 4 sets of it and it's nice PE, but thicker than what I had been using in the past.

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A coat of primer...

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:52 pm 
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I create canvas-covered railings using Kristal Klear brushed / spread between the rails. Easier to do with three-bar rails than with two-bar rails.

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Projects are moving along nicely Carl! And interesting tip, will need to note that one down for later experimentation.

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I finally get to use my specially-made decal sheet for the Barnegat Class.

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