All craft groupbuild Dec '09 - Jan '10...

[Quincy]

Here are a couple of pics before I got sick as mentioned in my post above. One thing I forgot to mention is, I HATE RATLINES! These almost drove me to drink. I probably should have.








I hope to have her finished during the middle of this our last week of the groupbuild.



Bob Pink.

[Gilbert]

Looks very good, Bob

Gilbert

[GTDEATH13]

She is looking great Bob...

I made some progress too... I even scratchbuilt some oxygene and asetyline bottles and some barels...

I too hope to finish it by Saturday...

[GTDEATH13]

Ok... Progress report, although I am thinking of not dullcoating, except doing some more weathering....

Opinions and suggestions are more than welcome...

[Quincy]

Fantastic work Nick! Do whatever you feel comfortable with. For myself weathering is alot easier than dullcoating, and I have to do both too.




Bob Pink.

[Nektarios]

Ok... Progress report, although I am thinking of not dullcoating, except doing some more weathering....
Opinions and suggestions are more than welcome...

Looks nice so far Niko.

[GTDEATH13]

Added some imagew to my previous post...

[ajkochev]

Almost finished here. Started rigging last night. Once that is done a clear flat and some weathering should complete it.

[Quincy]

I am hoping we do not lose power here in Oklahoma, Oologah to be exact. I have 5 foster puppies in the room adjacent to my model room, so not much feeling like modeling. They are wearing me and my wife out.




Bob Pink.

[help110]

Hi here is my build. Was the first it me working with detailing kits and work out so so makes a big difference in the overall look of the kit look forward to doing more 1/700
Water line
Sorry for the pore pictures I need a better camera.
Thanks
mike

[GTDEATH13]

Mike this is a very clean build and nice paintjob...

Are the ships fixed to place? Perhaps you could place them a little more apart...

[ajkochev]

Finished! Not my best work but not bad for no kit.

[Gilbert]

Finished! Not my best work but not bad for no kit.

Congratulations for your scratchbuild skills and for all the little details (Ropes, sandbags....) which add a touch to realism

Gilbert

[Quincy]

I beg to differ. This is an incredibiliy outstanding scratchbuild AJ!
It looks like an existing kit already in production.

Did you use putty to make your ropes? I think I remember Jeff Lin using this technique.




Bob Pink.

[ajkochev]

I beg to differ. This is an incredibiliy outstanding scratchbuild AJ!
It looks like an existing kit already in production.

Did you use putty to make your ropes? I think I remember Jeff Lin using this technique.

Bob Pink.

Thank you for the compliments. I still feel a kit build would look better. The ropes are fine wire taken from the woven sheilding of a TV(Coaxial) cable. They are shaped, painted then glued to the model and touched up.

[GTDEATH13]

I finished too... Pics will be sent for the gallery... Not many differences from my previous post.. Some washing and weathering...

[aleccap]

GTDEATH13 - now that your group build is finished, will you also be posting a photo of each completed model of those that took part ? Or maybe one of the Moderators could help you, it just seems a bit of a shame that quite a few people joined in, all knowing when to build and when they required to be finished by, and a rather deflated balloon otherwise.

[Quincy]

Here is my entry Suraga Maru 1943. Weathering was done with pastels and Rustall.












Bob Pink.

[reigels]

My 1:700 Kagu Maru is going to miss the finish line, but I think my past couple of weekends have been better spent.

The car my son and I built took second place overall in his Cub Scout Pinewood Derby. A good friend of his built a slightly faster car, but second out of 95 still feels great, and we had a good time building it together.

[Cliffy B]

Well, thanks to some family issues and life getting in the way I didn't get very far by today. I'll start a thread over in the WIP section later and continue in there. I was able to get the hulls and superstructures painted and ready for some PE but not much further than that. Oh well, I'll finish 'em when I can. I'd rather not ruin another kit.