I realized I haven't shown much of what I'm working on here at FSM so I thought it wouldn't hurt to add some stuff for your entertainment and viewing enjoyment. Unfortunately I have 0 completed builds last year but it wasn't for lack of time spent at my my modeling desk... I've at least a couple hundred hours spent on playing with plastic this year.
1/200 USS Iowa hull rebuild:
I spent the first few months of 2015 redoing a Trumpter Iowa hull; as it turned out the kit hull was really off-spec so I accepted the challenge of making it "right" and (I think anyway) prety much succeeded. Here's what I ended up with:
After that descent into madness I was totally burned out on modeling and took the summer off from the hobby.
When fall rolled around I was ready to pick back up but I chose to put the Iowa aside and start over with a new 1/200 battleship and a fresh philosophy on the hobby to combat my burnout. Here's my HMS Nelson + Pontos detail set at the end of the year with a (mostly) finished superstructure:
... and vs my 1/200 USS Arizona:
Hopefully when 2017 rolls around I'll be able to show you at least one finished big battleship; I have a couple smaller projects I'd like to knock out too. Thanks for looking!
-Jason Channell