modelcrazy

Greg,

TB had a thread he started at the end of May called "Ships in Trouble"                     http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/165706.aspx,     TB poses the question as to why more people don't try their hand at building a damaged ship. That got me to thinking. And since I had an old unfinished Yamato just laying around, I came up with this dio idea.

Steve

Ahah, I misunderstood. I didn't realize TB provided the idea to you in general. That's very cool, and also cool that you mentioned it.

Me, I was confused. Was thinking TB gave you the idea for the SUV but that was GMorrison.

Yeah Greg :

I had posted that you see damaged tanks , planes , and autos , but rarely if ever a ship . the degree of trouble would be up to you of course . Now , Model Crazy did a Musashi that really got into trouble ! Beautiful work isn't it ?     T.B.

Now that you mention it, I read that thread and it slipped my mind.

Beautiful indeed. If it makes it's way to a museum, you should insist on an "inspired by TB" tag. :)

You know it.

Well I have fantastic news! The wreck was accepted by the Lexington museum in Corpus Christi TX. Rebekah Hughes, from the USS Flyer Project at the Great Lakes Naval Memorial and Museum, contacted them and the Lexington museum is interested in displaying the build, since the Lex was involved in the Musashi's sinking. This is beyond my hopes for this humble project.

I just wanted to share the news.

Steve

That's awesome Steve!!! Congrads!!!

That is simply awesome, Steve!!!

Congratulations!

What a great story.

Steve... Thats great! Well deserved interest, for a amazing display of skill. Congratulations!  If you should get some pictures of yourbuild on display that would be incredible. Great news man...

Doug

That's great news Steve, thanks for sharing that.

Congrats, Steve!!!

Haha, from shelf queen to museum piece! That is outstanding!!

That's awesome!  Congratulations!

Groot

hogfanfs

Haha, from shelf queen to museum piece!

Right? That just blows my mind. I was going to throw her away until TB had the idea of ships in trouble. I am so proud I could just burst. This is my first museum piece, and to think it started out as junk. Now it's exhibit junk.

thr Lexington museum will be in touch with me in a few days about how they want it shipped.

Thanks to everyone who followed my posts and gave incouragement

Steve

hogfanfs

Haha, from shelf queen to museum piece!

Right? That just blows my mind. I was going to throw her away until TB had the idea of ships in trouble. I am so proud I could just burst. This is my first museum piece, and to think it started out as junk. Now it's exhibit junk.

thr Lexington museum will be in touch with me in a few days about how they want it shipped.

Thanks to everyone who followed my posts and gave encouragement

Steve

Well if you ask me your work really belongs in a museum, so more people can appreciate it.  Congratulations Steve!

Well done, Steve!

Im not surprised. That masterpiece is both impressive and sobering.

Oh No !

     I finished her about a year ago and it took four months to build the flight deck with windows ( Free-Form )  to show off the hangar deck . First carrier I,ve built in years , trying for the Midway .To many mods to go there . Will try this with another though .The ship came with two decks and the clear one is toast .

wow! Thanks for sharing, it looks great!

Thanks Xena!

MC, this just popped up in the ships forum that says you responded 3 hours ago, didn't see a current posting but I went through the post to see the finished build. All I can say is that, to me, this work epitomizes  the best of all aspects of this hobby. National Geographic comes  to mind. Stupendous job.

Thanks Templar,

I completed it back in June 2015 and it's at the Lexington Museum now. I don't know if they are displaying it yet though. They said that wanted to build a separate case for it to make it look like it was under water.