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...as the title says, it has been in waiting for the longest time; the holidays has somehow gottne me some time to try to catch up with them:




this one was the last addition and seems to be the most likely to be comissioned before the New Year...

I have quite a stash of hulls awaiting attention as well - must be in a slump

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No Quarter Asked - None Given

Great and very interesting fleet you have there! Hope you make some updates soon!

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The merchant shipyard

a severe slump if i may say so...

the intent is to build: a PSMM5, an LCU, LSM, OPV, APD, APB and a regular LST. so far only the PSmm5 is making progress...

Well, just tell when you start on the APB, as those LSTs really did see different services. I tried working around to get one of those PT Tender versions up, but gave up.

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Current builds:
Hobby Boss 1/700 Type VIIC U-Boat for my AH

Planned builds:
3 more 1/700 AH submarines

its been almost a year since the last post!

here they are now ( some are in the drydock longer than the others..)



at least the tug boat, the LSM, the gun boat and the DE are slooooooowly moving on, beyond a new paint job...

oh, this got in the way with my fleet build up:



not part of the fleet nor in scale-a 1/350 scale Hamilton painted in Philippine Navy colors for her newest ship- but i had to do this in time for this:

http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=27157.15

back to my own fleet...

Well done, Jepot! Keep it up! I hope that you keep finding time to work on these.

Keep the photos coming!

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Carl Musselman
(Formerly Back-Aft Models)

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Hi Carl!

thanks for the encouragement! And to think the resin fleet i got, thanks to your help is still sealed! man, i have been toying with the idea to build me a LSSL and a heavily modified PCE amongst the stuff i got while I was there! rest assured ill post pics of what i would be adding to the Fleet...

Jepot, on your "fleet in waiting" pic, what did you use for your LCT?
I have a Skywave landing kit with LCT3 (British) I was gonna cut them down & modify to the LCT6. It's do-able, but yours looks so "clean".

Paul

hi Paul!

If you are referring to the first pic, its the bow are of a Skywave LCT(R); i made the needed measurements, cut it down to size and voila! its intended to be an obscure ship our Navy once made to a floating clinic...

here is a post of the intended kit, posted Oct 2008 - man talk about a drydock queen...



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Thanks, I figured I was looking at a Skywave LCT, just could not figure out where you cut it back. My bad eyes have taken over.

Where did you shorten it up from? I was gonna cut mine in the MIDDLE of the "well deck" but it looks like you went further aft.

Thanks,

Paul

yes Paul i cut more further aft- not in the middle, it would be a tad bit too long then...

so far of the fleet in waiting this is what is already deployed:


plus a square bridge fletcher=- the ones in the pics are all Philippine Navy ships through the years 9 PN didnt get a Fletcher so its not in the group pic...)...

More than a year later, the only progress i can crow of so far:



the Auks have some progress, so with the LST542 and the Knox got finished; the LCU and the APB are languishing - for a reason... hopefully some more progress in a months' time...

Don't give up on these, Jeff!

A one of a kind collection, for sure!

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Carl Musselman
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i won't Carl! still have a lot of ships to build- and waiting for others to be in production to complete my Philippine Navy collection!

Remarkable detail on such tiny subjects.

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James

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Thanks boomstick68! well after 6 months.....



the very warm weather where i am at does not help hasten my work either.....

These little workhorses don't get enough love! Great job man, can't wait to see more

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Drawing Board:
1/700 Whiff USS Leyte and escorts 1984
1/700 Whiff USN Modernized CAs 1984
1/700 Whiff ASW Showdown - FFs vs SSGN 1984

Slipway:
1/700 Whiff USN ASW Hunter Killer Group Dio 1984

Today is the 115th Philippine Navy day so my Fleet-in-Waiting got a major boost and opted to do a fleet review of sorts.....



the support ships ahead of the men-o'-war...



formation all messed up....

enjoy...

Jepot,

That is a great fleet you have going there, I love the yard craft and the aux support ships. Please keep up the great work, hope to see more progress soon.

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Jim Varnell
ABH2 USN/RET.
89-00
Eastern NC Modelworks

Up coming projects:
1/700 scale rebuild of diorama project 960 square feet.
(Table 1 underway)Feb.2017
1/350 USS ALASKA CB-1(started Aug. 2017) 70% completed