HMCS Snowberry

Update: After long and what I think was careful consideration, I decided not to buy the 1/144 HMCS Snowberry model. After reading through a detailed "build report," I couldn't imagine dealing with the large number of parts, some of them rivaling bacteria in terms of size! And I have to admit that the out-of-scale railings wouild bother me, just as they bother me with my completed model of the hospital ship U.S.S. Repose. I would have had to buy PE railings, an I just didn't want to go into that level of detail and expense. So, an idea, buying that model, evolved into another idea, NOT buying that model! Which proves I'm not over the hill yet.

Speaking of being over the hill, I actually like being on top of hills and small mountains, including the "Matterhorn of the Southwest". See my web page about climbing New Mexico's Cooke's Peak. It doesn't have a thing to do with models, but you might enjoy it anyway! Go to "Climbing Cooke's Peak".

Bob 

Bobstamp

Bill, you said, "i bought two of the three Eduard PE and it has pretty much stalled the build." Why did it stall the build? I think I know.

This engine room skylight has 96 pieces of PE added to the kit parts.

Bill

cwalker3

Bob, I built that kit and and they didn't look out of scale. If you want to put a ruler to them, they may be a little large, but from 3-4 feet away they look just fine.

Tanker-Builder

Whoa! BobStamp: My interest gives you an excuse NOT to work on the model? Why?

Bobstamp

Bill, you said, "i bought two of the three Eduard PE and it has pretty much stalled the build."

Why did it stall the build? I think I know.

I've continued cogitating about buying and building the 1/144 version, but looking at all those sprues (more than 500 parts), plus three possible photoetch sets, and detailed instructions, well, I think I'd be nuts, especially since I would want to buy two kits to cover breakage, errors, and lost parts. (I always seem to lose parts!)I have several kits I'd like to build in my stash, including some given to me by my friend, Mike Strachan, while he was fighting a difficult prostatic cancer condition which took him away from us in only eight months or so. Among those kits are ones for a B-17G, a Lancaster, a Fokker Tri-Motor, and a Luftwaffe Condor. Much as I'd like to have a model of a Canadian corvette, the best course is to forget it.

Bob 

 

Bob, I built that kit and and they didn't look out of scale. If you want to put a ruler to them, they may be a little large, but from 3-4 feet away they look just fine.

Whoa!BobStamp:

        My interest gives you an excuse NOT to work on the model? Why?

The railings in the photoetch kit are flat, unlike the real railings.   Saemann of Germany makes photoetch rail stanchions that you drill a hole and glue in the deck and then use fine wire to make the railings.  I have used these on both 1/144 builds and 1/125 builds and I am very happy with the results.  They are available in various lengths and in 2 and 3 rail versions.  I used Detail Associates  0.008" for railings (just over 1 scale inch diameter).   

T.B. I'm not sure if you're referring my Nautilus submarine project, or you mean "tub" (the corvette). The submarine is nearing completion. I'm pleased with the addition of "sealife" to the base, and a custom display case has been ordered. If it's the submarine you want to know about, I'll post additional information. I should do that anyway, but your interest gives me an excuse not to work on the model. It's been a long, difficult slog. 

Bill, you said, "i bought two of the three Eduard PE and it has pretty much stalled the build."

Why did it stall the build? I think I know.

I've continued cogitating about buying and building the 1/144 version, but looking at all those sprues (more than 500 parts), plus three possible photoetch sets, and detailed instructions, well, I think I'd be nuts, especially since I would want to buy two kits to cover breakage, errors, and lost parts. (I always seem to lose parts!)I have several kits I'd like to build in my stash, including some given to me by my friend, Mike Strachan, while he was fighting a difficult prostatic cancer condition which took him away from us in only eight months or so. Among those kits are ones for a B-17G, a Lancaster, a Fokker Tri-Motor, and a Luftwaffe Condor. Much as I'd like to have a model of a Canadian corvette, the best course is to forget it.

Bob 

https://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/p/176578/1978288.aspx?page=1

Sorry about the images. They are on photobucket.

i bought two of the three Eduard PE and it has pretty much stalled the build.

i've sen builds where the modeler added canvas dodgers to some of the railings and it looked pretty good.

If you build it out of the box and finish, that will be impressive.

Bill

I find frequently that optional photo-etch can exceed the cost of the basic kit. 

but with them as optional at least  you benefit from a cheaper kit and a choice, rather than no-choice expensive kit.  Only you can make the right decision on whether the options are worth it.

Hi Bobstamp!

 Hey, I cant wait till you start that sub. I am curious as to any problems you might face in the build. T.B.