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  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Friday, January 13, 2012 10:36 AM

That is one thing I love about John at WEM and Loren Perry at Gold Medal Models - there's no guesswork, no, What the heck? with some of the itty-bitty-bits (I deal in 1/700!). No Xerox copies of black and white photos with vague, It kinda' goes here instructions. Clear. Precise. Accurate.

A part for everything and every part in its place. Or something like that. Not enough coffee yet this morning ...

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    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Friday, January 13, 2012 6:30 AM

Like I said ,a REAL instruction manual . I do like your approach JOHN . I am anxiously awaiting my H.M.S. WARSPITE sruff . Thanks .       tankerbuilder

  • Member since
    March 2007
  • From: Carmel, CA
Posted by bondoman on Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:13 PM

Hi John, I looked on a certain British site and couldn't find any Roma PE. Did I miss something?

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    January 2005
Posted by John @ WEM on Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:35 PM

Those are 5 double-sided pages....

Cheers,

John Snyder, White Ensign Models, http://WhiteEnsignModels.com

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    March 2010
  • From: New Zealand
Posted by Scorpiomikey on Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:43 PM

tankerbuilder

hi , mate ! I do so much appreciate the offer . what do you have in mind?       tankerbuilder

was this directed at me? ill PM you my details.

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:47 AM

hi , mate ! I do so much appreciate the offer . what do you have in mind?       tankerbuilder

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    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:46 AM

Hi , tankerbuilder here . Hey ,when you start start high on the ship and work down . or do it deck by deck .Now the one thing is use white glue to fasten it and before you finish go over the seam with ca .If this is your first ship , just be patient , take a lot of breaks and you,ll do it .I do planes once in a while and I haven,t put p.e.on one yet but that day is near .good luck .  tankerbuilder

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    March 2006
Posted by TD4438 on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:30 PM

I'm going to attempt to deck out my 1/350 Roma with a PE set.I hope I don't screw it up.

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    March 2007
  • From: Carmel, CA
Posted by bondoman on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:25 PM

That sounds great Tanker. I love putting PE onto a ship model. It's a perfect marriage of a technology to a subject. I dislike it for airplanes and armor, but for ships it's a must.

I have a big pile of it for the CV-8, but I'm still doing battle with the hull form.

  • Member since
    March 2010
  • From: New Zealand
Posted by Scorpiomikey on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:45 PM

Only 5 pages? I kid lol.

Interested to hear more. Im not a huge fan of ships, but i like to hear about peoples techniques. 

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Photo-Etched Brass
Posted by tankerbuilder on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:07 PM

WOW ! Thats all I can say .I just recieved in the mail todaya parcel from the U.K. and this package was an eye opener ! I ordered the WHITE ENSIGN MODELS photo-etched set for the U.S.S.INDEPENDENCE- CV- 22 .Jeepers ! what a set of brass ! There are two BIG frets of parts and they are absolutely beautiful .They certainly are worth the money I paid for them . As we all know as model builders they do make some of the most gorgeous stuff out there in P.E. They even included in this set  , the parts needed to do other versions of the ship ! They did do one thing that I am glad of and that is their five pages of instructions ! I did notice that the stack supports are indeed different . SO on that they have surpassed the kit in this regard . To look at the kit instructions you would think ALL the stack braces would be and do look they would be ALL the same  , They are NOT .  So If you like , Even without pictures I will keep you posted . I feel that anyone building this kit who just opened the box would appreciate the follow through . I will do it just because I like being helpful . You all watch these pages " ,I,ll be back  ",OOPS ! that,s already taken isn,t it ? BYE   tankerbuilder

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