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Bravo l'ARHtist, Moffet is superb in details & your work is without default.






Jef

Thanks Jef, I will have one with you.

Ron, you say number two turret is fixed in that position. Wait 'til Sunday. Heh! Heh! Heh!

I'm looking forward to seeing the 'Muppet' in the flesh so to speak.

HAB

Hi Ron...
The 5�barrels look great...
How can I convince you to turn some for my USS San Diego ???
They really look good... I must buy a lathe for myself, definetelly....

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Hi Ron I agree the tripod really does help. That last image is sharper. Great job and I look forward to hearing more on how you worked the Litho.
Dave Wooley

Why waste money on a tripod. You could have spent that money on whiskey and got good steady shots.

Here,s one for Les, FIRE.




You may notice in both pictures the top of the barrels have been painted deck blue, and I have built the base under the turret and painted it. the turret turns by hand and miss the barrels saving the crew from moveing them.

Ron,

I agree with Les re whisky instead of a tripod. The photos may come out way out of focus but by gum, they'll be steady. You'll be so steady you can't move.

HAB

Excellent work, very impressive!

The barrels near the turret are for the resupply of the crew.
They contain beer, wine or Whisky.


Jef want to serve aboard Moffet with Captain ARH







Jef

Now how did you know I always have a good suppy aboard my ships, Les must be spreading it about, you carnt trust thoughs Pirates. just because you can see my pint pot under the barrel, does not mean I drink a lot, probably spill more these days,

Ehh... the barrels are for the crew

Not for the Captain



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Jef

Jefgte wrote:Ehh... the barrels are for the crew

Not for the Captain



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Jef

Nothing stopping the crew from having the barrels , after I have emptied them,

I have to admit that I wasn't real impressed with the way the Litho plate was looking when you first started to apply it, to the point I stopped following this thread (back when just the hull and some of the superstructure was plated) but seeing it all painted...it really looks fantastic. Nice work .

J.P.

jep1267 wrote:I have to admit that I wasn't real impressed with the way the Litho plate was looking when you first started to apply it, to the point I stopped following this thread (back when just the hull and some of the superstructure was plated) but seeing it all painted...it really looks fantastic. Nice work .

J.P.

J.P Thanks for the post and the comments, considering its an American ship it was built to entice more americans to scratch building, it seems to be the opposite, most are interested in kits and 1/350 and 1/700, most that post to the thread are europeans and other nationalities, we have a few americans , but there limited.

There are American clubs out there. I was at a model show in Vancouver, WA a week to two ago and there was quite a few ships present. About half of them were 1/96 RC ships. I know there's also a club in Seattle.

ARH wrote:

it seems to be the opposite, most are interested in kits and 1/350 and 1/700, most that post to the thread are europeans and other nationalities, we have a few americans , but there limited.

I'm one American who prefers the larger scale (+350 depending on the size of the real ship) ship models for sure. You get more detail in the larger scales.

J.P.

ARH wrote:J.P Thanks for the post and the comments, considering its an American ship it was built to entice more americans to scratch building, it seems to be the opposite, most are interested in kits and 1/350 and 1/700, most that post to the thread are europeans and other nationalities, we have a few americans , but there limited.

It is true that over here in the US the hobby of static large scale ship modeling is lacking. If you want to see a larger scale RC model ship here I have to say good luck finding it. Even 1/144 scale RC combat is rare, (atleast I have yet to see any clubs around my location.)

Well, in closing. I'm over here in america trying...........

TommyL.

As Les said, its mostly on the West coast were the bigger models are, odd one or two around North Carolina, but what I was trying to say was,on the site most of the 1/350 and 1/700 guys very rearly come in and look at the scratchbuild section, I see name,s come up on the board and know they will not visit us, I as a modeller look at everything and read all posts on this site, except , OFF TOPIC.

Totaly agree there Ron, what is the point of being a member of MW if your only going to read only a small portion of the forum. A ship is a ship, it should not matter what the scale is or the era it comes from. We all belong to what i fondly term as the (dark side) of the hobby. Out of every 100 modelers only 1 on average will be maritime based. We should all pull together to promote this side of the hobby.

Roy