Return of the Destroyers! Apr. 15-Oct. 15, 2011

[moomoon]

I'll never get ready for mid-October...

Ladders from L'Arsenal, Kapoc painted canvas, then thinned light grey and thinned hull grey

Depth racks with L'Arsenal railing (up-down) and plastic

Bye

[Bob Cicconi]

I have to withdraw from this group build, as I haven't even started a DD yet. I'm trying to get one or two other ships done for Jerseycon on Oct 22.

[taskforce48]

Bob, sorry to hear you dropping out.

Basically 2 weeks left everyone, let's keep it going for a strong finish.

Matt

[Fletcher]

I am going to have to drop out also. A lot of the detail parts I want are on backorder (STILL ) and I just can't bring myself to use the kit parts just to get it done.

Oh well, there is always the next group build......Battleships Right?

[roy allen]

quick update, sorry for being a bit lax but work and home commitments got in the way

Roy

[moomoon]

Looks good roy

Unexpected roomate for one month, a move in progress... my Tonkinois will never be finished by Oct 15th...
Anyway a few updates:

Davits made with metallic wire (bike brake cable)

Where I am tonight: GMM ultra thin (really) railings

Bye

[roy allen]

Can we extend by seven days max the deadline for this build.
It would appear that i'm not the only one hit by unplanned problems that do not relate to the actual build.

Please, ok, pritty please

Roy

[taskforce48]

Sorry to hear so many falling out, we still have till 11:59PM PST tomorrow night to finish

Great work so far

Matt

[moomoon]

Main parts are glued and painted yet I still have to add steam pipes, do the weathering, rigging, add the boats and a few more details...

propeller guards made of toothbrush and bits of PE railings

[roy allen]

Well this is the best i can do for now, would still like to add a touch of weathering and the odd bit of extra detail but i had my shifts altered so building when on nights is a no no so i'll call it finished.

The type IV Hunt class were loathed by their Lordships in the Admiralty but much loved by their crews.
What we see in this design is the fore runner of post war RN ship design for many years to come.
With a high freeboard long focsle deck and short quarter deck they were good sea keepers, all torpedo training gear was below decks and the bridge was designed to deflect wind better plus having protection often found in much larger ships.

Roy

[moomoon]

Now it's for sure I won't finish on time, good bye competition

Anyway: steam pipe in place (metallic brush wire).

Gook luck everyone!

[taskforce48]

Has it really been 6 months? What a fun 6 months it has been and some really fantastic builds as well. It looks like the following builds will be going in for the judging awards,

California Bound -- 1/350 Marshal Shaposhnikov 543 (Trumpeter)
Thundergrunt -- 1/700 USS Heywood Edwards (Trumpeter)
Roy Allen -- 1/700 Type IV Hunt, HMS Brissenden
Bob Dedmon -- 1/700 USS Monssen DD-436 (Dragon)
Gary Griffith -- 1/350 USS Charles F. Hughes DD-428 (Dragon)

This will be a hard one, you guys really brought forward some fantastic builds. If any of the above builders would like to submit some additional photos for the judging, please e-mail me or post them here.

Great job everyone and stand by for the results

Matt

[Thundergrunt]

Great Fun Everyone!! sorry I have been gone for awhile had a death in the family. congrats to all that joined up and to those who completed. Taskforce thanks for being a great mod again, hats off to you.!!

Thunder

[taskforce48]

Ok, my decision is made and boy it wasn't easy! I have sent the ratings off to the Sponsors to get their input and consent on the winners. Once I hear back from them, I will post the results.

Great job everyone

Matt

[taskforce48]

Ok everyone, now the moment you all have been waiting for, the results from the triple Group Build. It was a fun 6 months that saw a lot great demonstrations of ship building. I want to give a huge thanks to Battlefleet Models, White Ensign Models, Rob McCune on behalf of Dragon Models and of course Tim Dike and Sean Hert here at Modelwarships.com for making this possible. Now without further ado, I give you the results!

April 15th � October 15th, 2011 Group Build Awards Results.

Cold War Era Group Build:

1st Place: Medal and WEM 1/350 HMS Trenchant
Bob Cicconi�s 1/700 HMS Exeter

2nd Place: Medal
Gary Griffith�s 1/350 USS Rueben James

3rd Place: Medal
Gordon Bjorkland�s 1/700 USS Long Beach

Return of the Destroyers Group Build:

1st Place: Medal and 1/350 Dragon Z-39
CaliforniaBound�s 1/350 Marshal Shaposhnikov

2nd Place: Medal
Gary Griffith�s 1/350 USS Charles F. Hughes

3rd Place: Medal
Roy Allen�s 1/700 HMS Brissenden

Civilian/Military Transports Group Build:

1st Place: Medal and $75 Battlefleet Models Gift Certificate
Jim Russell�s 1/350 USS Leonard Wood

2nd Place: Medal and a $50 Battlefleet Models Gift Certificate
Bob Cicconi�s 1/700 SS Pearl

3rd Place: Medal and a $25 Battlefleet Models Gift Certificate
Jim Smith�s 1/700 Sakito Maru

Most Valuable Modeler Award:
MooMoon, He posted the most how to�s and was very encouraging to others. He posted many in progress shots of his beautiful scratchbuilt destroyer.

And the Overall Winner of all three builds..................................................

Winner of the overall 4/15-10/15/2011 Group Builds:
Bob Cicconi�s 1/700 HMS Exeter


Wow, that was some awesome builds everyone That certainly was some of the hardest judging that I have ever done. My hats off to you gentlemen, I only hope that I can build to that level someday. If all of the above builders will contact me via PM or E-mail, I will begin the process of getting you all your hard earned prizes.

[Bob Dedmon]

to all...Well Done, makes me glad I invited Gary to come and play.

[Fletcher]

Way to go guys!!!! Hopefully things work out so I can be in the next one.

[roy allen]

BZ matt
on pulling this all together
also,well done to all those that took part, great fun

Roy

[moomoon]

Hello, Happy new Year!
Competition is over yet I'll try to finish my Tonkinois!

Weathering the hull with sand, brown, very light grey and black

Added the rope than ran around the hull, probably to help any sailor getting back aboard after an unwilled bath (painted fishing line).

The homemade boats

Boats in place

Bye

[moomoon]

Put a hand at the shipyard this WE... giving an air cut (thank you Am�lie).

A few paint tough up and it will be done... At last!