Fliger747 wrote:
Decades ago maybe, someone who had done an Alaska, described her as a festival of small detail. Somewhere along the story of this project, I began 3D printing and replaced many items aboard. The 5" mounts are on their third iteration, the originals being resin cast ones of my design, replaced by Model Monkey mounts and finally being replaced with maybe two generations of my own 3D printed ones. I originally also cast all my own 20 mm Orlikons, but these and the Bofors were replaced by Pontos one's left over from Han Strub's New Jersey, but then I replaced all of the light AA with my own 3D printed items. One set that I got from Hank that I didn't supersede was the catapults and float planes (Seahawks). I have to admire that you have gone for the dazzle scheme, something beyond my interest in mastering. Other parts? The directors of all types and their radars except for the MK38's are on their third generation parts, designed and printed by me.
Thanks for the kind words. I am a sucker for a good camouflage scheme! And I love the "festival of small detail" description! Ain't that the truth!
Doing the seascape isn't that hard, its just tedious. you should give it a go. There are good pointers in the tips and tricks section. Also look for Chris Flodberg's article in the April, 2016 edition of Fine Scale Modeler. That's what I use as my seascape starting point.
Heh - funny you should mention the weapons. Other than building an open hangar, the Alaska build was supposed to be "out of the box". Well. I had the Master Models brass barrels, so, ok, I'll use those. But everything else was pretty much going to be
from the kit.
Well, the floatplanes suck, so I bought resin replacements from L'Arsenal. Now, over the last two nights, as I've been painting and touching up the 20mm and 40mm guns, I realized that they also suck, and I can't live with them as is. I just placed an order for replacements this morning.
Fliger747 wrote:
I remember a somewhat heated as these things go discussion on this forum years ago of what colors did the battlewagons wear on Dec 7.
Hahaha! That argument still persists! I have my own opinions, but in the end, I don't care WHAT they were painted, I just want to know HOW they were painted.
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