Postwar navy.

[Sauragnmon]

Hangchang, that looks awesome, great job!

[reigels]

Quick question: Which PE manufacturers offer the best 1/700 helicopter deck nets?

[Guest]

The kit is the Ships & Co. CVA-14 U.S.S. Ticonderoga in 1/700. It will be available in December.

Just curious Nektarios, isn't S&C afraid of what will happen when Dragon comes out with their SCB-125 kits? What about all the people that will hold out in anticipation of a cheaper alternative? Just being nosey is all Looks like a fantastic kit. Any PE?

Carl, your DDG looks fantastic, superb work as always. Sauragamon, your conversion looks very interesting, keep us posted. I like the placement of the VLS launchers.

[Nektarios]

This is my 1/700 ROCN (Taiwan) Yi Yang FFG-939 (ex USS Valdez)built from AFV Club's Knox kit with Veteran Model's SM-1 missile canisters and radars. This project is 99% done. Sorry I won't be able to upload more pictures due to a prior agreement with a publisher.

Great job Hanchang Kuo. ROC ships are always very interesting to me.

[Nektarios]

Quick question: Which PE manufacturers offer the best 1/700 helicopter deck nets?

If you are interested in U.S.N. warships then the best option is the USN/JMSDF PE set from GMM.

[Nektarios]

Just curious Nektarios, isn't S&C afraid of what will happen when Dragon comes out with their SCB-125 kits? What about all the people that will hold out in anticipation of a cheaper alternative? Just being nosey is all Looks like a fantastic kit. Any PE?

This will be a limited production kit ( i was told that 50 or 60 kits will be produced and if there will be a request for more they always can make more). I hear about the "new" SCB-125 kit from DML for at least a couple of years and there is no sign that we will see it in the near future. When it will be produced then probably it will be a cheaper alternative. The kit will have no PE or aircraft in order to reduce the production cost.

[NukeMM]

Sampson update.............85% done. I added a black wash to the details (very time consuming) and mounted the aft gun director radars.

Still to go: Attach the ship to the water and finish the water off; still one more NULKAs to go; attach the mast and rig it; mount the forward gun director radar and railings around it; antennas on the stacks and two on the torpedo launcher deck; waiting for RHIB from BFM.

[ASFC]

Very nice , good to see that 'Iowa effect' happening to your other builds as well.

[Nektarios]

Sampson update.............85% done. I added a black wash to the details (very time consuming) and mounted the aft gun director radars.

Still to go: Attach the ship to the water and finish the water off; still one more NULKAs to go; attach the mast and rig it; mount the forward gun director radar and railings around it; antennas on the stacks and two on the torpedo launcher deck; waiting for RHIB from BFM.

Not only you re building great models Carl but i think you also got the same virus i ve got. You are building very quickly.

[Hippy Ed]

Sampson update.............85% done. I added a black wash to the details (very time consuming) and mounted the aft gun director radars.

Still to go: Attach the ship to the water and finish the water off; still one more NULKAs to go; attach the mast and rig it; mount the forward gun director radar and railings around it; antennas on the stacks and two on the torpedo launcher deck; waiting for RHIB from BFM.

Not only you re building great models Carl but i think you also got the same virus i ve got. You are building very quickly.

ditto

[orb]

Great work, Carl!

[NukeMM]

Simon,

I'm lov'n your Mightier Mo, so far!

Those VLS hatches fit nicely, don't they?

[NukeMM]

Thanks for the Kudos on my Sampson, guys! Not my best, but it will be a prominent fixture in my collection.

While waiting for the Liquitex gel to dry on the water base for the Sampson, I started this kit, today......

[Hippy Ed]

Carl, Carl, Carl, Yer knockin' 'em out there bud

[Sauragnmon]

Looks like a good start so far, Carl. I'm almost done with my F-20, just working on the armament, some of the final details, and she's good.

Thanks for the compliment on Mo. The putty-fu is taking a lot, and there's a lot of cursing involved. Starboard side's taking a little more work than port did.

[Nektarios]

While waiting for the Liquitex gel to dry on the water base for the Sampson, I started this kit, today......

I think this is gonna be a challenging kit for you Carl. I ve heard about it that one needs to put lots of effort to make it look decent. I think that you can do it

[Nektarios]

I think this is something that Sauragnmon will like.

The new what if U.S.N. FAC from PT Dockyard ---> USF-12 USN 1989 FAC Project.

I think i m gonna replace the Harpoon canisters and the 20 mm vulcan with Phallanx CIWS.

[gtb -red]

First I saw Nektarios with his fast hands and now Carl. Now I really don't want to mess with the 1/700 guys!

[Hippy Ed]

First I saw Nektarios with his fast hands and now Carl. Now I really don't want to mess with the 1/700 guys!

I would advise against that red. Don't mess wit da best

[Sauragnmon]

Red, they don't call it the Divine Scale for nothing - you haven't seen me when I'm stuck on a single project and my brain's running. The Gneiseau I cranked out in a couple of days. I got the two boxes, and I hit the ground running.