Looking good Mongoose, nice PE work. In naval terms it would be fore superstructure, but who cares, front of the superstructure is just fine and this isn't the Naval Academy.

Mach, well done on the mod.

Crown I love the soft fade between hull red and green!

I have been silent.... but watching.

I have to say that this GB is going great!. The PT109 looks like the real deal, and bakster's wood deck is just PERFECT. Those subs are looking really nice as well, I just love the Gato subs deck gun (WOW). Mach71 is bringing the Monogram sub up to a new level. Those modern surface ships are looking awesome too (details and PE). I can go on and on, but keep up the fantastic and inspiring work.

I will be posting eventually. 

Ben

Mongoose-- nice progress on your build and the work you have done looks really good! Love that PE...  

Here is where I am with the main guns:

The image below are the turrets as they look out of the box. Notice the barrels and the canvas skirts. In the next image you will see that I utilize the base of the barrels for repurpose.

I cut the barrels off, sanded the canvas skirts to a flat, glued, and then drilled.

I will make the barrels next.

PS: Thanks Drums and Hogfanfs about the decking, I appreciate the nice comments. 

Back to the aft superstructure tonight no parts have been lost on this mission so far.

 The only thing I cannot figure out yet is if there will be a short ladder to go on the left side. Pontos shows the stock molded ladder remaining here. Only found 2 short ones on the frets so this may stay as is or maybe i have something from the 1/700 destroyer i did that would work. Hmmmm? 

Those look awesome guys! Again I'm not going to name names for fear of accidently leaving someone out!!! 

Little embarassed that Nick has almost finished his PT boat when I haven't even started yet... 

Tiny little thing.

a) try holding a tiny length of brass wire behind the joint.

b) don't worry about it.

Ben, it's great to have you checking in, thanks. It's more fun to know others are watching as well.

Bakster, I use Mr Surfacer 500 to replace the blast bags. If you have any give that a try when you get to it.

Mongoose, I solder every day, but usually under a microscope soldering 2mm surface mount components to PC boards. Try adding some flux to the soldering surface, clean the solder tip and/or the surface to be soldered, and/or hold the iron on a little longer to make sure the surface reaches the proper temprature. If you are using resen core solder you will still need some flux on the surface to help the solder flow. My guess is that your tip/surface is not clean.

modelcrazy

Bakster, I use Mr Surfacer 500 to replace the blast bags. If you have any give that a try when you get to it.

 

Ahoy captians.

My wife and I will be going to the Oragon coast Friday morning and returning Monday night. I will be away from my laptop during this time but be able to check in and post with my phone. Since I won't have access to to the computer, I won't be able to post any finished build pics until I return.

Thanks guys.

Enjoy Admiral.  You have earned it.  If you are in the Lebanon/Albany/Corvallis area Sunday or Monday I'd be happy to buy you and SecNav a cup of grog.

DRUMS01

I have been silent.... but watching.

I have to say that this GB is going great!. The PT109 looks like the real deal, and bakster's wood deck is just PERFECT. Those subs are looking really nice as well, I just love the Gato subs deck gun (WOW). Mach71 is bringing the Monogram sub up to a new level. Those modern surface ships are looking awesome too (details and PE). I can go on and on, but keep up the fantastic and inspiring work.

I will be posting eventually. 

Ben

 

 

Hey Ben, I'm docked from starting this GB too.  My bench is full at the moment with a aircraft carrier and a Satrun V rocket.  Maybe you and I will be in the second wave and keep this GB going for a long time.  I have my kit open and ready to start, just no room on the bench.

Yes, I'm full of puns today.

Steve, have fun the on Oregon coast. I really miss that area.  I will be doing a 100 mile bike ride in southeastern Kansas this weekend followed with two RC fun flys.  So no building on the model bench this weekend.

Hey Steve, have a nice vacation and see you when you get back. 

GH, our return trip is on Hwy 20 through Corvallis Monday morning. We won't have much time to stop but we would love to meet you for a quick cup of joe. I'll message you when we plan to leave with the approx time we'll be passing through and see if we can meet up. It'll probably be somewhere around 9 to10 am but I'll need to pin it down with the XO.

If staying on 20 all the way then Sharis in Lebanon is right on the main drag.  Time frame is fine, will PM my number for text contact/updates.

KC, since ships take longer than most projects, the interest in the build wains and returns and life happens, is why the GB has no end date, don't worry about it. As long as I have a build logged down, it doesn't matter. 

Hey Steve, enjoy your trip. I watched a show recently where some believe Sir Francis Drake hid his treasure there, so, don't go taking that treasure before I get to it. Lol.

Enjoy.

My turrets are done, and I made them out of brass tubing. I purchased a tubing assortment made by Albion Alloys LTD. These worked out great because each tube fit perfectly into the other and most importantly, they are the sizes I need. The supplier that I purchased them through is VCH Hobbies. The assortment comes with one each 12" lengths of 1.2mm, 1.4mm, 1.6mm, and 1.8mm. I think I paid $9 and change, not including shipping.

Next to do is mount them within the turret housings. I have a few thoughts on that and please advise what you think:

1. In my research I found several USS WI images that show turrets at various elevations. It seems this ship allows for that. What is your opinion in mounting them at various elevations? Though technically correct, I wonder about the aesthetics of it. Will it look messed up?

2. As you know I plan on displaying the ship with a firing turret. My plan is to fire only one of them. Should I pose that turret in a recoil position? It may not even be noticed but why not do it I wonder.

Bakster

My turrets are done, and I made them out of brass tubing. I purchased a tubing assortment made by Albion Alloys LTD. These worked out great because each tube fit perfectly into the other and most importantly, they are the sizes I need. The supplier that I purchased them through is VCH Hobbies. The assortment comes with one each 12" lengths of 1.2mm, 1.4mm, 1.6mm, and 1.8mm. I think I paid $9 and change, not including shipping.

love this idea. Will try it out myself. Genius, buy yourself a Guiness!

TheMongoose

love this idea. Will try it out myself. Genius, buy yourself a Guiness!

Thanks Mongoose!

TheMongoose

love this idea. Will try it out myself. Genius, buy yourself a Guiness!

Concerning gun elevation, for sailing the barrels were all set at similar degrees. During battle, or even practice, the barrels could be at different elevations. Showing the barrel in a recoil could be cool. Not sure if it would be noticeable in 1/700

Worked on a couple things over the last few days. Those rafts or vents, not sure what they are, on the side of the exhaust stack were a pain. Only because they broke in half when removing from sprue. Haven’t had that problem sinc i was a kid. After breaking 4 of them i cut the sprue to reliveventension and they all came off ok. And after all that storyline...appears I forgot to take a picture. Will upload one tomorrow. For now here’s where I’m at. test fitting the superstructure.

modelcrazy

 

 

TheMongoose

love this idea. Will try it out myself. Genius, buy yourself a Guiness!

 

 

Concerning gun elevation, for sailing the barrels were all set at similar degrees. During battle, or even practice, the barrels could be at different elevations. Showing the barrel in a recoil could be cool. Not sure if it would be noticeable in 1/700

 

TheMongoose

Worked on a couple things over the last few days. Those rafts or vents, not sure what they are, on the side of the exhaust stack were a pain. Only because they broke in half when removing from sprue. Haven’t had that problem sinc i was a kid. After breaking 4 of them i cut the sprue to reliveventension and they all came off ok. And after all that storyline...appears I forgot to take a picture. Will upload one tomorrow. For now here’s where I’m at. test fitting the superstructure.

 

 

 

I would venture that by the time you see the blast effect of flame and smoke the barrel would be at almost full recoil.

Don't know how much they recoiled though and the difference in scale.  Interesting thought though.

goldhammer

I would venture that by the time you see the blast effect of flame and smoke the barrel would be at almost full recoil.

 

Don't know how much they recoiled though and the difference in scale.  Interesting thought though.

 

Mongoose, looking really good.

Bakster, OK, yeah it might be noticeable in that scale. Those little extras and detail are the things that separate a good build from an excellent one.

1st off here’s that funnel. Those slats across the vents make them easy to cement back together without a line. Bet i spent 10-15 minutes figuring out which pices fit together lol

It's hard to know where that 16" rifle is in it's recoil sequence, but probably still had a bit more to travel. Rough estimate from the diameter of the barrel at the muzzle (say 24"), that recoil looks to be a bit less.

That suggests about 1/32" in the scale, which seems pretty minimal to me. The best tell seems to be that black sleeve around the base of the barrel.