What model would you build?

I would get matching funds from the City and possible the State, and build a Maritime Museum that could permanently house the  exhibits currently displayed on board the "Portland Steamer". The Facilities would include a wooden boat workshop for full size and model ships, and river access, and a pond that coud be used for RC ship display year around.

I, would have to say that since money is not important(wish that was true) I would build all of TAM, brand 1/350 scale battle ships, with WEM, PE parts, I am not a PE expert but since I have had help on this forum and have been put in the right direction with this PE thing ,I can see for my self that they have more to offer a modeler. Now with this all said I would have to move on to the trumpeter brand, at the same scale and build all of there carriers, then there battleships. But if I had but to choose only one ship to build it would have to be the TAM. JAPANESE MUSASHI, with WEM PE sets. Thanks.LEB68.  

MBT70 wrote:

A tugboat carved out of a bar of soap.

Are you serius? that would definetly be a clean build.LOL

Yea thought it was a good one myself (ha ha me make funny) Looks like my next kits gona be Trumpeter 1/350 USS Ticonderoga CV-14 coverted to the USS Tarawa CV-40 iam gona get WEM PE set for it all together its around 200 bucks, but it should be a fun build.

I once saw a model of the bismarck scale 1/50, and that one looks very appalling (if the money and the space weren't a problem).  Otherwise in almost the same scale a Kirov-class cruiser.

I'mcalling it a 1:1 scale model.

There's some legitimacy in that, given some of what BATFE requires for the 20mm's & 40mm's that are jsut for display.  I know some of the people who were part of the last refit on BB-36 USS Texas.  (I still want to know what they did with the 1.1's they took off; and the Kingfishers, too, FTM <g>)

The 77' Elco project alongside Texas actually is more of a modeling project than anything else.  The boat was down to frames and 60-65% of the main deck, and every thing else was having to be restored.

Now, money & time no object, that'd be easy (the choice <g>).

I really, honestly, I mean it, would get started on a 1/96 DD-554 USS Boyd.  This was my dad's old ship, so it has meaning, and I have an eye-witness to fill in some details, too.  I've even got the AFD plans of the Boyd (they just need to be sent off to an offshore scan-to-cad shop to be refurbished a bit--but hey, this is a price is no object supposition<g>).

I'd likely tour around the local museums to see what they want/need for some scaled ship dios.  I know the GHWB Museum would like a carrier task force diorama, circa 44-45; they just don't have a handle on space v. cost (they really would like a 1/700 donated, I'm thinking, and might--just "might"--would buy a 1/1200).  The Nimitz museum in Fredricksburg would love to have a scale "typical" TF to display; I know they'd really be happy with a scale CBG (with CVN-68, 'natch as the centerpiece) dio.  Which would be cool to do, too, as the aircraft search radii could then have a larger scale a/c closer to the viewers (wouldn't that 1/32 A-7D look cool, "dirtied" up, hook down, on final ?)

The USS Kidd museum just over to Red Stick could stand some work, too.  Be fun to be able to traipse about, putting things together with some organization and purpose.

Oh, and I'd just have to find a way to knock together all of my "rides."  PBR Mk II, LCM-4, LCVP, not so hard.  LCCB/LCP(L) a bit more work; likewise LCM-5 & ATC get to be some work.  "County" class LST would be doable, as would USS Anchorage.  The trickier part would be in not getting carried away and diorama-ing up stuff.  Why build just the one PBR, when three make a proper "Ron" ? <g>

Hmm, would need an unlimited budget, I imagine--as I'd need a dedicated room for jsut building half of what I'd want.  Then, I'd need a storage building for all the "stuff," before, during & after . . . 

Perhaps the corvette flower of revell in 1:72 with the Kit's of Little Ships, but some kit of complement that by ahi exist, but or less 500,00 euros.

I do not request but.

Edgar Lugo