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Completed S-100 pics (PT boat GB)

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  • From: Pacific Northwest
Posted by MBT70 on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 2:24 PM
Really sweet build.  Give yourself a swig of Yagermeister and chase it down with Schnapps!
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    January 2003
  • From: arizona
Posted by cthulhu77 on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 9:21 PM
  Wonderful!!!! Be sure to take your final two pics and send them over on the first. I will start a new thread at that time under "Ships".
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Posted by PTConsultingNHR on Monday, November 6, 2006 9:56 AM
Very well done sir.
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  • From: Olympia, WA
Posted by wooverstone8 on Sunday, November 5, 2006 11:31 PM

Indeed excellent build, the weathering looks superb.

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    March 2006
  • From: Boyertown, PA, USA
Posted by Dubau on Sunday, November 5, 2006 8:29 PM

OUTSTANDING Build

Well Done!

Bud

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    November 2005
Posted by RALPH G WILLIAMS on Sunday, November 5, 2006 7:44 PM

Excellent build

I have this kit ( Hobby Lobby 40% off coupon) and was thinking of using  some mini wooden spools that I saw in Hobby Lobby to make Depth Charges to fit on the racks at the stern of the boat.

I could also use proper sized dowel rods for the ash cans, painted  with grey primer and detailed.

Looking at pictures of the boat it carried a number of these  and would look more complete if they were included.

 

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  • From: Walworth, NY
Posted by Powder Monkey on Saturday, November 4, 2006 7:22 PM
Very nice. I can't wait to see it with the crew figures.

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  • From: Stockton,Ca
Posted by Hippy-Ed on Saturday, November 4, 2006 4:54 PM

Now that looks good!! Tongue [:P] 

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Completed S-100 pics (PT boat GB)
Posted by EPinniger on Saturday, November 4, 2006 9:39 AM
My S-100 is (finally) finished - here are some photos.
Apologies for the long delay in posting these - I actually finished the model a couple of weeks ago but have only just got round to photographing it (partly due to weather/light levels). As usual, some of the images are links, to reduce the thread load time.

Overall views:





http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pinniger/models/ship/s100_3.jpg
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pinniger/models/ship/s100_4.jpg
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pinniger/models/ship/s100_5.jpg


Detail closeups:





http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pinniger/models/ship/s100_7.jpg
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pinniger/models/ship/s100_8.jpg
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pinniger/models/ship/s100_9.jpg

The boat is painted in the standard Schnellbootweiss scheme (I used Tamiya Sky Grey for the upper hull, NATO Black for the lower hull, and Revell Dust Grey for the deck). Weathering was added with oil washes and drybrushed craft acrylic paint.
Markings are for a boat of the 6th Schnellboot Flotilla (I think).

It's built basically out-of-the-box with the addition of etched brass sights for the AA guns, and a few crew figures from the Revell 1/72 Kriegsmarine figure set (I haven't finished painting these, hence they're not shown in the photos!). I also made a few very minor improvements such as drilling out the vents and gun barrels.
Though there are many aspects of the kit which could be added or corrected, I'm still very pleased with the "OOB" model's finished appearance. The only thing I'm not really happy with is the windshield on the bridge. If I were to build another S-100 kit I'd probably scratchbuild a replacement for this, using styrene strip framework and clear styrene panes.
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