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Looks Great GT!!

Thank you bob. I have recently gone into a 1/700 building addiction. Mainly modern warships. They are easy, fun and quick to build with a very rewarding result...

Next in line are HMS Daring, USS Spruance and USS Long Beach

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NIKOS (NICK)
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(GREAT IS THE NATION THAT MASTERS THE SEAS)

Very nice, Nick!

1/700 modern warships? Very good. Welcome to the dark side. The force will be strong in you

H.

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Heiko S. | MY SHIPYARD | Under construction: JDS Takanami (Takanami Class Destroyer)

A very good looking ship Niko. Very nice weathering. Welcome to the world of 1/700 I hope you ll remain here (you won t be allowed to leave it).

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On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.

Niko you should definitely buy the Orange hobby kits. They are among the best i 've ever seen. I 'm looking forward to more pics of the ships you ll build next.

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On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.

Something quick and easy to build. Hellenic navy Type 214s (second, third and fourth of the class )

S-121 PIPINOS




S-122 MATROZOS




S-123 KATSONIS




As always comments, remarks and suggestions are welcome.

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On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.

The Papanikolis class of submarines, very nice Nektarios!

I would like to build the U212 somewhere down the road.

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Heiko S. | MY SHIPYARD | Under construction: JDS Takanami (Takanami Class Destroyer)

Heiko, i think that L' Arsenal will produce a U-212 in the near future.

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On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.

nice work Nektarios as always.

Some photos showing the progress. done on Saar V class. I am hoping to finish these ships this week.

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On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.

Nice work as always Nektarios! What kit is that? I just finished Dokdo. I'll try to put some pics up tomorrow!

Bob J

Bob this is a garage kit that is very basic. I have added almost all the small parts from skywave and other weapon sets. I f you or anyone else wishes to get one i ll send you the email address to contact the person that makes them.

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On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.

Here are the photos of the finished Saar V class frigatte. It was very hard to add and sometimes scratchbuild the small parts. I am generally satisfied with the final result since it was the first time i tried to build a garage kit.













Of course as always all comments are mostly welcome.

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On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.

Now that I thought of it. I saw them listed on ebay along with two others (the classes excape me now). I like to scratch build. I bought the HMAS Melbourne from the guy in Aus. It was waaayyy rougher then my scratch work so I'll keep away from garage kits for now. Here is Dokdo. Orange makes great kits. Can't wait for the Ocean, and any new releases.

Bob J

Have all you guys quit building???? Just kidding! Although this thread was number one for a long time! Here is freshly commisioned USCGC Bertoff. This is the TTH kit. It was better then some of their others. On the ways now is JMSDF Kongo and after is HMS Ocean. Lets see those builds!

Bob J

Bob / John,

In case it's of any help, have a look in Part 1 of Jim Baumann's Telford report nad you'll find photos of my built up versrion of the Melbourne kit.

Cheers,

Rob

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IPMS Fine Waterline Special Interest Group

All I can say is Wow!! I saw those pics and wondered if it was that kit. You did wonders with that one. What P.E. did you use for the mast, crane, etc....??

Bob

Hi Bob,

the PE is mostly from GMM RN carrier fret. The Ark Royal mast looked a reasonable match, as did the crane and hockey stick aerials. Radar was a combination of US and RN radar as per the photos of her at the 1977 Jubilee Review.

What I would say if you build here is open up all the holes in the sides of the hull, square them off and then replate the inside, get the upper edges of the hull flat, then put support in for the deck so it cannot sag.

Probably less necessary, but I put a false deck on top of this before fitting the kit's flight deck which gives it a bit of extra strength.

I had a lot of fun building this kit - hope you do too.

All the best,

Rob

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IPMS Fine Waterline Special Interest Group

Bob I am not building much these days. I am really working too hard and even having half an hour free to build models every day seems a luxury. When i m having time i am always too tired to make anything more than going to sleep. That s how it is when you are a medical doctor. I hope that in the future i ll have more time for my hobby.
Your USCGC Bertoff kit looks beautiful. I m waiting to see pics of your Kongo and HMS Ocean builds.

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On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.

I haven't contributed to this Postwar Navy thread in a while, so here is one of my latest...........

USS New York LPD-21 by Cyber Hobby.

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Carl Musselman
(Formerly Back-Aft Models)



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