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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2022 11:55 am 
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OK, Here's another 10:
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OK, now you can start to see some of the crew. They are so small that you have to get in fairly close in order to make them out.
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You do know that the Japanese surrendered on the deck of the USS Missouri in 1945. Trumpeter has issued a surrender kit that simulates this event. I have tried to duplicate this as best I could.
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More of the crew and officers. Sure are a lot of them (I ought to know - I painted every damn one!)
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Here's a closer shot of the surrender site. You can see people sitting or standing everywhere to watch the ceremony.
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Here's more of the crew and some of the rigging.
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Here's more crew and more rigging. I used EZ-Line for the rigging. That stuff is fabulous. I love it!! It has a slight stretch to it, but doesn't bend the mast.
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More pictures on next post:

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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2022 12:12 pm 
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Here's the next 10:

I gotta say that for a battle wagon, there's a LOT of rigging on this monster. I probably don't have the exact layout, but it's close. And besides some of you rivet counters, who's gonna know??
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People all over this ship! Some sailors have to work regardless of the historic event taking place down below.
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Lots of activity everywhere! The red flag at the very top with 5 white stars indicates a 5 star general (Douglas MacArthur) is on board.
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All sorts of activity here too. There's always work to be done when you're on a warship at sea.
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Some kind of a discussion going on here. Wonder what it's all about? Some sailor do something wrong?
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Some workers starting to do some work on seaplane #11. Or at least they're standing there thinking about it.
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Most of the crew, though, are at the surrender ceremony.
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According to a book I have, the table is one from the galley and the crew threw a green tablecloth over it to hide it. The tablecloth is actually a piece of tissue painted with glue and then green paint. The three signature documents are tiny pieces of Evergreen plastic strip.
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General MacArthur is at the microphone stand while the Japanese delegation is standing off to the right. The viewing platform in the foreground is scratch built. I don't think you can see it, but there are two cameras on tripods on the viewing platform; a video camera and a still frame camera. They are in front of the two sailors in blue. These are also scratch built.
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In this picture I placed a US quarter to show the relative size of the sailors and officers. They're damn small!! Would you believe that every one of these people were the grey color of raw plastic.
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OK, there are 4 more pictures. Next post coming up!

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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2022 12:21 pm 
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OK, Here's the last 4:

The ship now rests under a Plexiglas enclosure where I don't intend to touch it for quite some time. It seems like every time I even look at the boat, I break something off. It is an extremely fragile model.
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And naturally, I have to toot my own horn just a little:
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OK, folks, that's it. I wish I would have kept track of the hours I have in this. I'm not sure I even want to know the dollars I've spent on it. But, all in all, it's been a really enjoyable build and I've learned a tremendous amount in the process. Would I tackle it again? Probably not unless some dude offered me $10.000 to build one for him. It was a huge job!

So, what's my next project? I'm not exactly sure. I do know that I don't want something nearly as complex as this was. It's time for simplicity!!! Actually, I'm trying to decide on one of two kits, either Tamaya's F-15E Strike Eagle or the Meng M911C Heavy Equipment Transport. I'm done with ships for a while!!

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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2022 10:06 pm 
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Congratulations on completing a long construction. Funny that our ship models usually take longer to construct than the originals. I put some 1/120 figures on my ships, that I scaled from some 1/35 figures. Where did you get your variety of figurines?

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PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2022 7:38 am 
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Larry,

Excellent job - quite a unique rendition of the VJ Ceremony - I don't think I've seen another model done this way. Your model has turned out extremely well - kudos all the way around!! I like the way you did your case also - very much like mine. Yes, it's nice to be able to sit back and enjoy many years of effort!!!!

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PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2022 8:26 pm 
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That's a first-class build. Very nice. :thumbs_up_1:


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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2022 9:10 am 
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Timothyo wrote:
I really don't know who would have the gall to insult your build, but I bet they are all outliers on the statistical scales........ I think this is a gorgeous model that I would be very proud of! So glad you are back and showing progress. COVID sucks......

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Somehow I missed the post where you said people were giving you sh*t in private messages. F**k those people. I agree with Timothy here, and am glad you persevered and kept sharing photos with us.

Very, very nicely done. Congratulations - she looks great!

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2022 7:26 pm 
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Thanks, gentlemen! Much appreciated! Tom, you asked where the figures came from Trumpeter makes two sets - a WW2 US Navy figures set, and a WW2 US Military Accepted Surrender Ceremony.

The US Navy set has 60 figures - 10 each of 6 different characters. The surrender ceremony has the same as the Navy characters plus 10 Japanese characters plus some PE (table, chairs, & Mike stand. On this ship I uses 6 sets of the US Navy figures plus 1 set of the Japanese surrender. What makes mine look so varied is the different ways I painted them. The picture is from Sprue Bros web site.
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Wow! Jaw dropping! :woo_hoo:
I love the many vignettes taking place in different locations on the ship. You did an amazing work. All my sympathy for enduring and completing such a long time project, your own way, without giving up. Way to go!

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 1:09 am 
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Very nicely done.

Nobody can speak ill of that which you've accomplished. That is such a massive feat, and you deserve 'kudos' and recognition. I like the level of detail that you've done, and even moreso your attitude of 'how can I make this better'? You've done well!

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