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NukeMM · Post by **NukeMM** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:42 am

DON'T MESS WITH THE MIGHTIER MO!

and

DON'T TALK BACK TO THE BLACK, JACK!

Very, very Cool, Simon!

p.s. One suggestion: The aft gun director radar tower's long bulkheads could be deleted. They were blast shields for the Quad Type Tomohawk launchers, which you don't have on yours. It could make room for other items. Just a thought.

NukeMM · Post by **NukeMM** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:47 am

Here is my "Best of Show" diorama.............."Not!"

Hippy Ed · Post by **Hippy Ed** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:48 am

NukeMM wrote:DON'T MESS WITH THE MIGHTIER MO!

and

DON'T TALK BACK TO THE BLACK, JACK!

Very, very Cool, Simon!

p.s. One suggestion: The aft gun director radar tower's long bulkheads could be deleted. They were blast shields for the Quad Type Tomohawk launchers, which you don't have on yours. It could make room for other items. Just a thought.

Ditto

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:09 am

NukeMM wrote:DON'T MESS WITH THE MIGHTIER MO!

and

DON'T TALK BACK TO THE BLACK, JACK!

Very, very Cool, Simon!

p.s. One suggestion: The aft gun director radar tower's long bulkheads could be deleted. They were blast shields for the Quad Type Tomahawk launchers, which you don't have on yours. It could make room for other items. Just a thought.

Yup, very cool Simon. I have to agree with Carl on his suggestion.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:12 am

NukeMM wrote:Here is my "Best of Show" diorama.............."Not!"

Do i see a shark about to attack and have his breakfast???

Impressive work on this dio Carl.

NukeMM · Post by **NukeMM** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:24 am

Nektarios wrote:
NukeMM wrote:Here is my "Best of Show" diorama.............."Not!"
Do i see a shark about to attack and have his breakfast???

Impressive work on this dio Carl.

I was merely experimenting with another water method on a small 5x7" board. I think I'll need this experience when it comes time to harbor or 1/350 dioramas.

Here is a 1/350 PBM-5 Mariner that I assembled and painted about 8 months ago. It came with the AVP model kit.

Sauragnmon · Post by **Sauragnmon** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:50 am

Thanks, guys. I thought about deleting the blast shields, and decided against it, because they still are shielding that forward radar dome, which is for a redundant search and track radar during main gun firings. I'm still thinking I could bolt an extra four harpoons either side there too. Something that has no real vertical mounting requirements and thus can fit just fine over the AEGIS positions. Just worried the blast from VLS launches would screw with the casings, which is why they're still rather blank.

orb · Post by **orb** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:52 pm

Sauragnmon wrote:Alright boys, I've been busy today. I put in a little tinker-work on the Mightier Mo earlier this week, putting in some up-close guns, and mounting a radome in place of the aft 5" director. I also put in the forward gun tubs, which will be splinter guards for the RAM mounts. The RAMs on the Fantail were mounted a while ago, just never hit a picture, so I took that today. Here we go, Mightier Mo.

Looks sharp! Now that's what one would call a show of force

NukeMM wrote:I was merely experimenting with another water method on a small 5x7" board. I think I'll need this experience when it comes time to harbor or 1/350 dioramas.

Looks good to me! Acrylic gel?

NukeMM · Post by **NukeMM** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:12 pm

orb wrote:
NukeMM wrote:I was merely experimenting with another water method on a small 5x7" board. I think I'll need this experience when it comes time to harbor or 1/350 dioramas.
Looks good to me! Acrylic gel?

Yep! Acrylic Gel.

Hippy Ed · Post by **Hippy Ed** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:50 pm

NukeMM wrote:
orb wrote:Looks good to me! Acrylic gel?

Yep! Acrylic Gel.

Kewl...

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:24 pm

Some progress done on Lafayette and a little progress on the 4 Kilaueas.

I hope i ll have more time this weekend to be able to work more on the 4 Kilaueas.

Hippy Ed · Post by **Hippy Ed** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:32 pm

Very nice indeed Nektarios

NukeMM · Post by **NukeMM** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:39 pm

Very nice, so far, Nektarios!! I have yet to try the assembly line method.

J Goodacre · Post by **J Goodacre** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:15 pm

Yes great start! As for the assemble line method Nektarios has it down pat. I could not do it. I am having trouble organizing the hanger deck for the CVN.

Today, a LHD-4 Boxer arrived at the door. I think it will be the LHD-7 USS Iwo Jima. I still need one more after this for the LHD-3 USS Kearsarge. My wife found this one for me, I think Revell stopped producing it

.

John

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:06 am

NukeMM wrote:Very nice, so far, Nektarios!! I have yet to try the assembly line method.

You may try this with:
1/700 USS Garcia DE (Corsair Armada)
1/700 USS Brooke DE (Corsair Armada)

It is always better to have similar ships when you try the assembly line method.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:12 am

J Goodacre wrote:Yes great start! As for the assemble line method Nektarios has it down pat. I could not do it. I am having trouble organizing the hanger deck for the CVN.

Today, a LHD-4 Boxer arrived at the door. I think it will be the LHD-7 USS Iwo Jima. I still need one more after this for the LHD-3 USS Kearsarge. My wife found this one for me, I think Revell stopped producing it .

John

If you have a problem finding this kit i can help you. Just let me know.

NukeMM · Post by **NukeMM** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:29 am

Nektarios wrote:
NukeMM wrote:Very nice, so far, Nektarios!! I have yet to try the assembly line method.
You may try this with:
1/700 USS Garcia DE (Corsair Armada)
1/700 USS Brooke DE (Corsair Armada)

It is always better to have similar ships when you try the assembly line method.

With the intent to try an assembly line method, a few weeks ago I broke out my two Garcia kits and looked at them and references for the two ships and I kept getting mixed up between the two configurations not just from class to class, but from ship to ship with in the classes. Can't do it without the fear of screwing them up.

I might try the method with two AVP models of the USS Greenwich Bay and USS Valcour, the two other Commander Middle East Forces flagships that swapped duty with the USS Duxbury Bay. They were very similar, with few differences.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:53 pm

NukeMM wrote:With the intent to try an assembly line method, a few weeks ago I broke out my two Garcia kits and looked at them and references for the two ships and I kept getting mixed up between the two configurations not just from class to class, but from ship to ship with in the classes. Can't do it without the fear of screwing them up.

I had the same problem with the CFA class ships. Each one differs more or less from the other one. This is a problem when you build 1960s or 70s era ships in their 1980s/90s configuration. They were not modernised in the same period and received different systems.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:28 pm

Showing some more progress. Still lots of work needed for the PE.

orb · Post by **orb** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:04 pm

Nice progress on all those ships Nektarios

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