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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.

Looks very good, Bob

Gilbert

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...

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

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.

GTDEATH13 wrote: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.

Added some imagew to my previous post...

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

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.

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

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...

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

ajkochev wrote: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

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.

Quincy wrote: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.

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

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.

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












Bob Pink.

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.

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.