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Tamiya 1:350 DD445 Fletcher

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  • Member since
    December 2015
  • From: providence ,r.i.
Posted by templar1099 on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 1:04 PM

I'll put it on the wish list.


Tojo72
A good compliment to this kit is the Hasagawa Yukikaze

"le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile"

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:54 AM

[quote user="templar1099"]

Tojo72

Looks good,it's a nice kit to jump into ship modeling.

 
Thank you Tojo, I should have done this before starting the Dreadnought.
 

A good compliment to this kit is the Hasagawa Yukikaze 

  • Member since
    December 2015
  • From: providence ,r.i.
Posted by templar1099 on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:28 AM

[quote user="Tojo72"]

Looks good,it's a nice kit to jump into ship modeling.

 
Thank you Tojo, I should have done this before starting the Dreadnought.

"le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile"

  • Member since
    December 2015
  • From: providence ,r.i.
Posted by templar1099 on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:25 AM

Thanks TB, yea back to Tamiya acrylics.

"le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile"

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:07 AM

Looks good,it's a nice kit to jump into ship modeling.

  • Member since
    June 2014
  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:38 AM

I Like your Build !

 Just a comment on the paint .Now you and everyone else knows why I hate the stuff ! Nice building  job there .I enjoyed mine too ! T.B.

  • Member since
    December 2015
  • From: providence ,r.i.
Posted by templar1099 on Monday, March 28, 2016 6:25 PM

Thanks Marcus, right off the box.

"le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile"

  • Member since
    September 2013
  • From: San Antonio, Texas
Posted by Marcus McBean on Monday, March 28, 2016 6:04 PM

Nice work, like the camo along the hull.

  • Member since
    December 2015
  • From: providence ,r.i.
Tamiya 1:350 DD445 Fletcher
Posted by templar1099 on Monday, March 28, 2016 12:52 PM

Another out of box build. I really liked this kit. Went together very well,as opposed to my last 2 problems. Nice fit,minimal filling,no flashing or ejection marks to speak of,decent detail,but to my eye the mast and lifeboats seem dis-proportionate. Definitely a different mind set (ships), and it gave me a new perspective and impetus on the recently shelved Dreadnought project. Now for shooting myself in the foot;snapped both fore and aft staffs, and in attempting some rigging, just as I had most of the line laid, I brushed the mast and snapped all the CA joints. What remains is what I could salvage with out starting all over.Last,but not least, the last decal( there are only four) wrapped on me and I lost the 5, I monkey fudged it but will replace when the opportunity arises.

  Now I wouldn't be me without a complaint. I used Model Masters acrylics on this and every time I pulled masking, paint would come up. I should have hand painted for all the touchups,but think I got most of it blended in. I'll stick with Tamiya for now on. For anyone thinking of this scale I think you could find far worse to cut your teeth on.


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Here's the obligatory apology for the pics. The one good thing that can be said about them is that they hide the flaws.

"le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile"

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