Postwar navy.

[Nektarios]

Wonderful model, Nikos!! Nice V-22 and Bataan, Heiko! Its nice having you back!
Nektarios,
How are you dealing with the unrest in Athens, lately?
I bit the bullet and re-did my the missile launcher foundation and deck for my USS Brooke FFG-1. I was worried that I'd ruin the areas around the deck that I had to chisel off. This looks much better anatomically but, a little messier after the remodel. I'll try to clean it up. The launcher isn't permanently attached, yet.

Carl the unrest in Athens was not that serious. It is not dangerous to be in the city of Athens as you may suggest. Do not believe what you may hear in the news.
Good work on the U.S.S. Brooke model

[NukeMM]

Wonderful model, Nikos!! Nice V-22 and Bataan, Heiko! Its nice having you back!
Nektarios,
How are you dealing with the unrest in Athens, lately?
I bit the bullet and re-did my the missile launcher foundation and deck for my USS Brooke FFG-1. I was worried that I'd ruin the areas around the deck that I had to chisel off. This looks much better anatomically but, a little messier after the remodel. I'll try to clean it up. The launcher isn't permanently attached, yet.

Carl the unrest in Athens was not that serious. It is not dangerous to be in the city of Athens as you may suggest. Do not believe what you may hear in the news.
Good work on the U.S.S. Brooke model

Nektarios,

That's what I thought and was hoping, for your sake.

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Thanks guys.

Carl, looks like you have quite a bit more to go, but considering what you will have accomplished when you are done with your project, I'm sure it will have been well worth it. That would have been my next question. Is there really a kit for every class that you seek available? But even with the necessary conversions, I'm sure we'll see a lot more nice models heading our way!

John, I have been away for too long, but it looks like the bug has infected me again and I'm using up the free time I have left to push ahead on completing the ship.

Nick, what do I read in your signature? BRP Mabini? Very interesting! You might not have plans for the ship, do you? I don't think there are any kits of the Jacinto Class out on the market. I've been thinking of building the entire Philippine navy, well, at least the bigger ships. Of course when it comes to this navy, big is relative I have the BRP Rajah Humabon in the starting blocks for the near future.

Nektarios, glad to hear everything's ok where you are despite all the news. And may I present the decals you were so kind to send me in use now:

I finished rigging and detailing the island and hull. The only thing missing now is the weathering and a final clear coat. Of course the only thing missing to complete the scenario is the airwing. I'll post more pictures as soon as I have all the equipment ready and on deck.





I'll leave you with one of the two sailors in the open starboard cargo door waving goodbye for the time being...

[NukeMM]

Heiko,

You surprised me with the leap in progress from the "Plane Jane" pictures to the finishing details pictures of your build!

The Dealey class is the one that comes to mind as far as no kits in 1/700. JAG is coming out with a Leahy, soon, so that one is covered. Just about every kit in JAG's catalouge is on my wish list.

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Carl, after the last post in January I started painting everything just to find out that I ran out of paint half way down the line. So that's basically when everything came to a halt. Even though I finished painting everything a few weeks later, I only started work again two weeks ago. JAG really does have nice things. I used their Sea Rams, CIWS and am thinking about getting those sweet little deck vehicles along with that stunning Tilly.

Which leads me to two questions that maybe you or anyone else can help me with since I'm a bit in a pickle. Now that I'm working on the air wing, I just realized I hadn't really thought about the colors for the choppers. Which shade is best to use and there do seem to be slight differences between the colors of a, say CH 46 and a V-22 for instance. Also, in one of the previous posts it was suggested that I could use those light blue decals cut into the right shape to depict the windows on the helos. I've been looking around but can't seem to find a decal set which has these light blue decals (?)

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[nick]

Nick, what do I read in your signature? BRP Mabini? Very interesting! You might not have plans for the ship, do you? I don't think there are any kits of the Jacinto Class out on the market. I've been thinking of building the entire Philippine navy, well, at least the bigger ships. Of course when it comes to this navy, big is relative I have the BRP Rajah Humabon in the starting blocks for the near future.

Nope, I don't have plans, I'm not really interested in using plans though! But I used photos of this specific ship, and yes, there are no kits of this little corvette. I think WEM did a 1/350 version of this, but was discontinued. "Big" is a real issue when it comes to PN ships! I made the Mabini last Christmas and it's on this thread. It's scratchbuilt with my usual materials. Scroll down a little and you'll see it.

Thats a great ambition you have Heiko of building the entire fleet!! You're just one of a dozen people who builds PN ships! It's very interesting and I will wait patiently for your progress!

btw, the Bataan looks great!! It's nice you built a ship named after a province here in the Philippines

Nick

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Nope, I don't have plans, I'm not really interested in using plans though! But I used photos of this specific ship, and yes, there are no kits of this little corvette. I think WEM did a 1/350 version of this, but was discontinued. "Big" is a real issue when it comes to PN ships! I made the Mabini last Christmas and it's on this thread. It's scratchbuilt with my usual materials. Scroll down a little and you'll see it.

Thats a great ambition you have Heiko of building the entire fleet!! You're just one of a dozen people who builds PN ships! It's very interesting and I will wait patiently for your progress!

btw, the Bataan looks great!! It's nice you built a ship named after a province here in the Philippines

Nick

Hi Nick,

I was just looking at your Mabini and it looks really good. I hope you don't mind if I also use them for reference since I'm almost done with the Bataan and have decided what my next project will be. I did some research on PN ships and decided that I'd like to build the Mabini and the Rajah Humabon in one diorama, since these were the two ships that sailed together during Balikatan 2010 exercise.

Well, I'm not sure about the entire PN fleet, since the the Humabon and the Mabini already are among the biggest ships and the others might be too small to scratchbuild. Although, building the Mariano Alvarez (PS 38) would be interesting, too. But, one ship at a time!

As for the Bataan - it wasn't purely coincidental

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Hi guys,

first of all...over 100 000 views in this thread! This must be among, if not the most viewed threads on here.

I've just finished building the BRP Apolinario Mabini, one of three of its kind in the Philippine Navy. It's also my first entirely scratchbuilt ship. It will later be sitting in a diorama with another ship. Here are a few pictures:









If you're interested, there are more pictures in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=54294

[Nektarios]

Hi guys,

first of all...over 100 000 views in this thread! This must be among, if not the most viewed threads on here.

I've just finished building the BRP Apolinario Mabini, one of three of its kind in the Philippine Navy. It's also my first entirely scratchbuilt ship. It will later be sitting in a diorama with another ship.
If you're interested, there are more pictures in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=54294

Orb congratuations there are a lot of very good modellers but very few of them can actualy scratchbuild a ship especially a small one in 1/700. I am speachless with your latest ship. Looking forward to seeing the next one.

[NukeMM]

Hi guys,

first of all...over 100 000 views in this thread! This must be among, if not the most viewed threads on here.

I've just finished building the BRP Apolinario Mabini, one of three of its kind in the Philippine Navy. It's also my first entirely scratchbuilt ship. It will later be sitting in a diorama with another ship. Here are a few pictures:

Heiko,

I am truly impressed! Scratch built! Wow!

What does "BRP" stand for? What is the mission of this little ship?

Your LHA-5 looks really, really wonderful, too!

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Thanks guys, hearing that from the two of you is quite the honor.

Carl, BRP stands for "Barko ng Republika ng Pilipinas", basically meaning Ship of the Republic of the Philippines.

The Jacinto class of ships are designed mainly for patrol duties and search and rescue operations. They've been upgraded after they were bought over 10 years ago from the RN and are now amongst the most modern ships the Philippine Navy has in its fleet. It's just a shame that an island nation as the Philippines doesn't focus more on its naval arm, especially with other strong navies in the area and political issues that are breathing down their necks (e.g. Spratly Islands etc.) Oh well, but nevertheless, I'm still hoping that the USN will donate or sell maybe....one of their older OHP frigates that are due to be decommisioned

I'm currently working on the Rajah Humabon, one of the oldest warships in the world (WWII) which is still in active duty. Then I might try to scratch build another smaller PN ship... all while still waiting for decals so I can finish my Bataan airwing.

[NukeMM]

Thanks guys, hearing that from the two of you is quite the honor.

Carl, BRP stands for "Barko ng Republika ng Pilipinas", basically meaning Ship of the Republic of the Philippines.

The Jacinto class of ships are designed mainly for patrol duties and search and rescue operations. They've been upgraded after they were bought over 10 years ago from the RN and are now amongst the most modern ships the Philippine Navy has in its fleet. It's just a shame that an island nation as the Philippines doesn't focus more on its naval arm, especially with other strong navies in the area and political issues that are breathing down their necks (e.g. Spratly Islands etc.) Oh well, but nevertheless, I'm still hoping that the USN will donate or sell maybe....one of their older OHP frigates that are due to be decommisioned

I'm currently working on the Rajah Humabon, one of the oldest warships in the world (WWII) which is still in active duty. Then I might try to scratch build another smaller PN ship... all while still waiting for decals so I can finish my Bataan airwing.

Heiko,

Thanks for the additional information. "BRP"...........I'll remember that.

I checked out some pics of the Rajah Humabon and it's amazing that she's still in service. Keep us posted on that build.

I also visited your web site and the BRP Apolinario Mabini progress photos are impressive. I love the way that you shaped the hull and constructed the superstructure and its details and I also like your work on the gun turret foundation. In-progress photos really helps one to appreciate the final product even more.

[Nektarios]

Some photos of a couple of recently finished JMSDF warships.
DE-233 belonging to the Oominato regional district.

[Nektarios]

DE-234 belonging to the Sasebo regional district.













As always all comments and questions are welcome.

[NukeMM]

Hi, Nektarios!

I've been wondering what you've been up to. These are really, nice models! About when did they go into service? Who manufactured the kits?

And only two of them? What's wrong with you?

[Sparrow]

I see your Apolinario Mabini and raise one Juan Sebastian de Elcano.




HE, HE, just kidding, of course.

Your model is really impressive.
I like those little surface combatants a lot, and your model is a splendid example of scratchbuilding technique.

My most sincere congratulations!

[gtbred]

OHHHH for crying out loud....................keeep your little things off this thread. I have enough eyesite problems as is.

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Heiko,
Thanks for the additional information. "BRP"...........I'll remember that.

I checked out some pics of the Rajah Humabon and it's amazing that she's still in service. Keep us posted on that build.

I also visited your web site and the BRP Apolinario Mabini progress photos are impressive. I love the way that you shaped the hull and constructed the superstructure and its details and I also like your work on the gun turret foundation. In-progress photos really helps one to appreciate the final product even more.

Thanks Carl, very much appreciated! It really was a lot of fun, especially because progress is quick on a small boat like this.

Yes, that is pretty amazing that PF-11 is still in service, and what's even more interesting is that I haven't heard anything about a possible decommissioning or replacement.

DE-234 belonging to the Sasebo regional district.



As always all comments and questions are welcome.

Looks great! The Abukumas have been on my list for a while. Two to a kit, right? Someone overbid me on ebay the other week...

I see your Apolinario Mabini and raise one Juan Sebastian de Elcano.

I fold! Seriously, that is one beautiful ship. I was looking at your builds just a few days ago and amazed just how many ships you already built from scratch. I also saw this ship. It definitely plays in a totally different league than anything else. What material did you use for the sails? �Hasta luego!

OHHHH for crying out loud....................keeep your little things off this thread. I have enough eyesite problems as is.

I would consider 1/350 if I only had more space

[Sparrow]

Thanks, Orb.

The sails are just plain smoke paper. Nice material for that task. I had never tried it but someone here raised the idea and I gave it a try.

As far as scratchbuilding is concerned... well, I�m not a "vocational" scratchbuilider, but there are very little commercial models I can use to replicate Spanish Armada, so I�m in the need to build from scratch.

But I�m curious about your interest in the Philippine Navy... that obviously force you to scratch build as well.

Cheers!

[Sauragnmon]

Ah, finally finished your Hasegawa Abukuma set, Nektarios? I should finish my pair eventually... and my other ROJN versions of a few ships. I picked up for a nice price, another JMSDF Destroyer, the Hatsuyuki. I'll be modifying her along the similar lines of other builds I've done for my Republic of Japan Navy concept.