Update July 12 - My Great Nephews 1st Ship builds - FineScale Modeler - Essential magazine for scale model builders, model kit reviews, how-to scale modeling, and scale modeling products

hazegry

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May 2009

Posted by hazegry on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:15 PM

any updates? you have made great progress so far dont stop now!

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Austyn95

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July 2009
From: Fort Worth Tx.

Posted by Austyn95 on Monday, July 27, 2009 2:50 PM

Rudi35 wrote:

Austyn95 wrote:
I got around to painting my destroyer. Started with the smallest ship i've built. And i must say... I've lost all of my confidence in painting! The bottom half is so frustrating i just wanna load the hull with firecrackers, douse it with gasoline and blow it up while simultaneosly setting it on fire put it in the pond and just be done with it! Guh
Many of my earliest ship models wound up this way - sinking to the bottom of our pond in a magnificent blaze! However you can do all of the blowing up now in video games, so no need to destroy the models
My advice would be to take a bit of a break from the model building because you've already done more than most do in a year. If you get too frustrated you might not want to continue so just do something completely different for a week or two before jumping back in.

Well I havn't touched any of my models in a week... They just st their and stare at me. Anyways if I ever make to a hobby shop to get some different paint i'll have them finished soon. I hope

So your gonna clean that up right? No, i'm just gonna let it sit there. It'll give me something to do when theres nothing else to do.

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Rudi35

Member since
July 2009
From: The Great Canadian West Coast

Posted by Rudi35 on Sunday, July 26, 2009 5:06 PM

Austyn95 wrote:
I got around to painting my destroyer. Started with the smallest ship i've built. And i must say... I've lost all of my confidence in painting! The bottom half is so frustrating i just wanna load the hull with firecrackers, douse it with gasoline and blow it up while simultaneosly setting it on fire put it in the pond and just be done with it! Guh

Many of my earliest ship models wound up this way - sinking to the bottom of our pond in a magnificent blaze! However you can do all of the blowing up now in video games, so no need to destroy the models

My advice would be to take a bit of a break from the model building because you've already done more than most do in a year. If you get too frustrated you might not want to continue so just do something completely different for a week or two before jumping back in.

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ModelWarships

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July 2008

Posted by ModelWarships on Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:56 AM

Way to go. Now you have to drag him to the club meetings and get him really hooked. Speaking of which, I haven't been to one in a few months.

Timothy Dike

Owner and founder

ModelWarships.com

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JMart

Member since
March 2007
From: NJ

Posted by JMart on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:56 AM

Doc - thanks for sharing the experience! Looks like a promising start :)

Austyn - One of the best books written about ship modelling is now free in PDF format here:

http://mikeashey.com/

Eack kit/build you learn something; you will get the hang of masking & painting subunits in time.

cheers!

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Austyn95

Member since
July 2009
From: Fort Worth Tx.

Posted by Austyn95 on Saturday, July 18, 2009 5:51 PM

I would love to upload the pictures to show but... I dont know how

So your gonna clean that up right? No, i'm just gonna let it sit there. It'll give me something to do when theres nothing else to do.

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Harquebus

Member since
July 2009

Posted by Harquebus on Friday, July 17, 2009 10:10 PM

Thanks for posting these build photos. It's almost like a kit preview; showing what the kit is like before purchase. It is also a nice thing to be able see the size relationship of the kit to human hands. I had no real idea that a 1/350 Missouri was that big. What a honker!

Fine work on the builds.

Keep them coming.

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subfixer

Member since
March 2004
From: Spartanburg, SC

Posted by subfixer on Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:34 PM

Austyn95 wrote:
I got around to painting my destroyer. Started with the smallest ship i've built. And i must say... I've lost all of my confidence in painting! The bottom half is so frustrating i just wanna load the hull with firecrackers, douse it with gasoline and blow it up while simultaneosly setting it on fire put it in the pond and just be done with it! Guh

That had been the fate of many of my early builds, Austyn, just slow down a bit and take your time. Painting is the hard part to a lot of builders, to others it is the preparation and fit-up of the model itself. This is where you will learn patience and the importance of being relaxed. Hang in there!

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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Division 6

Member since
January 2009
From: Central CA

Posted by Division 6 on Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:22 PM

patience young grasshopper.

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Austyn95

Member since
July 2009
From: Fort Worth Tx.

Posted by Austyn95 on Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:57 PM

I got around to painting my destroyer. Started with the smallest ship i've built. And i must say... I've lost all of my confidence in painting! The bottom half is so frustrating i just wanna load the hull with firecrackers, douse it with gasoline and blow it up while simultaneosly setting it on fire put it in the pond and just be done with it! Guh

So your gonna clean that up right? No, i'm just gonna let it sit there. It'll give me something to do when theres nothing else to do.

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doc-hm3

Member since
August 2007
From: The Plains of Kansas

Posted by doc-hm3 on Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:43 PM

Austyn, I guess that you and Trent made it back home okay. It was great having you up here and building with you.

Love you, and tell your dad hi, Uncle Charlie (doc)

All gave some and some gave all.

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Division 6

Member since
January 2009
From: Central CA

Posted by Division 6 on Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:09 PM

Welcome to the forum Austyn.

Wow your just cranking them out.

The whole thing is a learning process that never ends.

Looking forward to seeing them painted up.

Eric...

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Austyn95

Member since
July 2009
From: Fort Worth Tx.

Posted by Austyn95 on Sunday, July 12, 2009 7:01 PM

Well everyone i finally got an account gong on this website. I expect to be starting the painting either this week or next. And im learning less glue is better. I dont know if yall can tell but i used quite a bit on the Missouri and Graf Spee. But i used quite a bit less on the Flecther Class after realizing its harder to glue you fingers together if you use very little glue.

So your gonna clean that up right? No, i'm just gonna let it sit there. It'll give me something to do when theres nothing else to do.

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subfixer

Member since
March 2004
From: Spartanburg, SC

Posted by subfixer on Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:43 PM

Great builds, Austyn! Now get ready to slap some paint.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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doc-hm3

Member since
August 2007
From: The Plains of Kansas

Posted by doc-hm3 on Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:35 PM

Well since Monday and through to Friday Austyn has built a total of three ships. The USS MISSOURI 1/350th, The Admiral Graf Spee 1/400th & the USS Sullivans 1/350th. He has progressively made each build better than the last, mostly using less glue on each build. But to build three ships inside of five days has got to be some kind of record! Albeit they do need painting yet, that is amazing to me. Here's some pic's. Thanks for the comments and looking at his builds.

doc

All gave some and some gave all.

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doc-hm3

Member since
August 2007
From: The Plains of Kansas

Posted by doc-hm3 on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 11:30 PM

Eric, TDD4438,Tankerbuilder & ModelManiac. Thanks for looking and thanaks for the comments. TDD, Austyn especially got a kick out of the girl comment. Well here's some more progress pictures. He has been working on BB-63 like there is no tomorrow. And to take a break from that build he has almost completed the Heller 1/400th Admiral Graf Spee!

Again, thanks for the encouragement guys, doc

All gave some and some gave all.

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Model Maniac

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February 2003
From: Thailand

Posted by Model Maniac on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 3:14 AM

It's good that your nephew has interest in modeling. I have three nephews in their teenage living in the same house, but none of them has interest in modeling. The first one has learned to play guitar, the second one bass and the third one drums. All three like playing on-line games.

Looking forward to seeing a finished kit by your nephew.

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tankerbuilder

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August 2008

Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 6:55 PM

DOC-HM3--- HEY I think that what you,re doing is GREAT !!!! If each one of us took the time to tutor ONE person in modelbuilding the hobby would be forever strong . I still remember , with a certain amount of outright pride , the results that happened when I tutored disabled vets . That feeling to me was like, I , instead of FEDERER won the wimbledon grand slam .GOOD WORK TANKERBUILDER

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TD4438

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March 2006

Posted by TD4438 on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 2:09 PM

Excellant.Tell him that he'll get plenty of chicks if he keeps building models.Gotta promote the hobby by any means!

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Division 6

Member since
January 2009
From: Central CA

Posted by Division 6 on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 1:19 PM

Nice that he's taking an intrest on the hobby.

Looks like he's off to a good start.

Post more pix of the progress.

Eric...

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doc-hm3

Member since
August 2007
From: The Plains of Kansas

Update July 12 - My Great Nephews 1st Ship builds

Posted by doc-hm3 on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 10:13 AM

Well he is here from Texas for the week and wanted me to help him build his first ship. The kit is an older 1985 Revell of Germany release of the 1/350th USS Missouri BB-63, he dove right in after I explained the first few steps that are to be performed. You all know, washing the sprue trees, then making sure that all of the steps in the directions do'nt get in the way of each other. So I turned over the Captain's chair to Austyn for the build, and I played the XO.

This kit can be rather overwhelming for a new builder, but he listened and treated each section as if it was a model build in it's own right. We worked on it from about 1:30-10:15 last night and he only took a 15min. dinner break and of course the needed head stops. Austin was really into this build, and the only reason that we stopped is because his energy level was, go, go, go! but mine was fading fast, I knocked over a bottle of Zip Kicker all over myself, so that stopped it for the day.

Here's afew pic's of my great nephew and his first build.