Calling all rebuilt "Big 5" (TN/MD class) fans

Willie · Post by **Willie** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:45 pm

Absolutely superb building. Could you please post some more pics ??????
TIA and best regards,

Willie.

Jim Russell · Post by **Jim Russell** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:48 pm

Fantastic ship! So much detail and it is so clean. The pipe guards on the 20mm blow me away.

Jim

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:36 pm

WOW that is killer!! It is nice to a fantastic model of one of the reincarnated (of pearl) to bad she isn�t still around...

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:48 am

excellent model. Bravo pierre your work is top notch as always!!!

Pauldoe · Post by **Pauldoe** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:02 am

Inspirational - I too would like to see some more pix - esp. WIP ones!
Cheers,
PTH

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:23 pm

Pierre,

Brilliant!

How did you make the floater nets? (not the baskets, the nets themselves)

Post by **Dave Wooley** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:13 pm

Pierre please can we see more pictures, A truly magnificent piece of work .

Dave Wooley

gtb -red · Post by **gtb -red** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:38 pm

And now I'll will break all of my fingers!!

Pierre Marchal · Post by **Pierre Marchal** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:43 am

thank you . When the ship will be completly finished , I shall present more pics ,and explainations . My next one is the New Mexico and I made pics at differents moments of the construction . I guess she will be ended for Telford

JBA · Post by **JBA** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:17 am

that's an amazing work -handsome painting and weathering too -very subtle. It certainly does look like it's been done at a greater scale than 1/350

apraksin · Post by **apraksin** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:40 am

BRAVO!!!

A.

PhilipMichlian · Post by **PhilipMichlian** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:52 pm

It seems that there is no section for these rebuilt ships of WWII. I think it's time we started one. Does anyone have any photos of these ships during reconstruction, or photos of good models?

1Big Rich · Post by **1Big Rich** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:15 pm

I think actual photos of their reconstructions would be tough to come by, but start over at Navsource.org. They have excellent collections on both Tennessee class BBs.

The Naval Historical Center has excellent photos of their damage and salvage, though I'm not aware of any during reconstruction. There are excellent photos of them post reconstruction as well. See:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/even ... ph-ca9.htm

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-u ... t/bb43.htm

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-u ... w/bb48.htm

Not that there are multiple links to pages of photos of the ships from different eras.

A great topic, certainly a worthy one. I hope we'll see some models soon...

Regards,

Post by **Timmy C** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:30 pm

Definitely check out Jim Russell's build of Maryland here:
http://www.shipmodels.info/mwphpBB2/vie ... hp?t=25746

bb-56 · Post by **bb-56** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:34 pm

Incredible! and I like the subject matter.

Elvis965 · Post by **Elvis965** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:45 pm

Absolutely STUNNING!

Bob

Jean-Paul Binot · Post by **Jean-Paul Binot** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:38 am

Gentlemen,

I hope Pierre will not mind my spilling the beans, so to speak�

� but wait until you have seen his latest work in progress. Yesterday I was given a sneak peek at his 1/350 USS New Mexico (still building but nearing completion). I can safely say that the master has outdone himself yet again. In my opinion, this newest model is one or two notches above his current USS California.

Chic Sky · Post by **Chic Sky** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 2:44 pm

As far as I know, the only decent and accurate kits for these rebuilt ships are expensive resin kits. No injection molded ones yet.

That is too bad because I usually buy two kits: The first is to learn how to paint and assemble it and the other for a cleaner build due to experience from the first one (these I display, the experimental ones, I play with like a little child). Unfortunately, resin kits are far too costly for me.

I love these ships, they look somehow like the South Dakotas to the untrained eye.

yankeemodelworks · Post by **yankeemodelworks** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:09 am

Nice Model.

But I have to ask....why did you paint it grey ?

bb-56 · Post by **bb-56** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:26 am

Chic Sky wrote: I love these ships, they look somehow like the South Dakotas to the untrained eye.

I wonder if a cheap mhm arizona kit and a cheap hasegawa south dakota kit could be bashed enough to make a superstructure for one of these. it woud take major surgery as the so dak superstructure is boat deck up and is way oversized on an arizona hull (tried that already)

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