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Haijun watcher
PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 9:51 am 
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Hello all,

Here is a picture of my USS Lexington, CV-2, from Fujimi.

This is my first model in more than 10 years, since I built quite a fleet of model ships- mainly waterline series ships from Tamiya, Hasegawa etc.- during my teenage years. Now in my 30s, I aim to get back into building more again. The whole new range of options for ship kits offered nowadays, especially from Trumpeter etc., has renewed my interest.

Here's are close-ups of the ship from its starboard side.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:25 pm 
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Another pic of my Fujimi Lexington, from last year. This was the first model I had built in more than a decade, as I said.

I intentionally painted the guns, davits and lifeboats as silver to make them stand out more. This is more of a practice model so thus historical accuracy wasn't a top consideration.

Well, comments anyone? This humble "padewan"/novice is constantly improving and bows to your guidance... :big_grin: :big_grin:

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Nice job!

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Welcome back to ship modeling, and nice work on the "re-entry" model. It reminds me I've promised myself to rescue the Fujimi Saratoga I butchered during my teen years. Hope this will be the first of many more for you.

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Nice and sharp, good Lex! :thumbs_up_1: I am not familiar with the kit, did you mask and paint the deck markings or are they decals?

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Vlad wrote:
Nice and sharp, good Lex! :thumbs_up_1: I am not familiar with the kit, did you mask and paint the deck markings or are they decals?


Vlad,
They're decals.

Everyone,
Thanks to all for your kind comments. I am learning and brushing up a lot by reading a lot of the threads here.

My next project- most probably one of the New Orleans or Cleveland class USN cruiser kits from Trumpeter and Skywave, will be hopefully a step up.

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Sweet deal, classic ship too! :cool_2: I want to build one at some point... and a New Orleans - keep us updated!

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