75th Anniversary of 1943 (World at War)

CMK very well done ! (They we’re expendable) right out of that movie.

Check, thats really well done. The boats looks great and the water effect looks spot on with the boats in place. Great little dio.

Thanks very much, Steve, Dwayne and Jack.  I appreciate it very much, coming from such masters of the artform as yourselves.

I looked up internet photos of the real things underway, and tried to duplicate the wake patterns.

Even though the crew members were tiny, there still wasn't room to put a gunner in the guntubs and still fit in the .50's.  I was disappointed that didn't work out.

Check, absolutely wonderful work on those little boats, and the water convincingly conveys a feel of motion, and top speed at that!

regards,

Jack

modelcrazy

Those look great Check. The water looks fantastic 

 

Those look great Check. The water looks fantastic 

Finished the PT boats.

First, for reference, PT 109 about to ground herself on a penny:

Which isn't too far from wrong.  Reports are that PT 109's engines failed when JFK was running her in for refueling.  He smashed the boat into the dock.

Unfortunately, my camera is twelve years old and doesn't have the resolution that newer ones have, so I had a hard time getting sharp photos in focus.  But here's what I was able to shoot.

109

162 

157

From a more normal viewing distance

That's about it!

Nick:  that's what I ended up doing with the last one I built, four years ago for the "Longest Day" GB.  Before that, I'd tried gluing each nose piece to the fuselage, then joining them together.  Don't think that worked too well.

But, the Academy molds are about the best, if not the only, B-24 out there in 1/72, and they do build up nicely.

One thing I do remember, cuz it was kind of embarrassing:  the kit directions show the wrong way to put the vertical stabilizers on the tail plane--unless they've changed them by now.  The directions with the kit I had resulted in getting them on upside down.   

Someone in the GB noticed and let me know.  I had a spare set in the parts box from an earlier failed attempt, but I had to get a new set of decals just for the tail markings.

Griffin I built this same kit in 92 made a bunch of mistakes  on this kit you some times don’t follow the instructions but so far so good

CMK I glued the Fuselage 1st then the nose Separate alined the panel lines then used tamiya glue but it’s a good kit 

Nice work, Nick.  I've built a few of these over the years, and joining the nose to the rest of the fuselage was usually a challenge.  Looks like you've managed it really well.

Looking good nick. I think the B24 was the best looking bomber of ww2 era. That's Minicraft right? How is that kit from a building perspective? 

Steve out standing a double bronze I will make a drink called that !

Griffin wow all you need is the smoke from the cigarette!

here are my latest pics from the B-24 put the halves to togethere and aline the nose that comes separate. painted the deice boots and masked ready for some preshading.

Now that is exceptionally clever and very realistic, Griffin!  

Whisker cigarette  No cat was harmed 

 

Griffin25

I save my cats whiskers when they fall out. Great for 1/35 cigarettes and various other small gauge items  Seriously 

Well, that's a new one on me, Griffin!  I'll keep an eye out; but usually I only find claws that they've shed around the house.

Thanks for the congrats guys! 

I save my cats whiskers when they fall out. Great for 1/35 cigarettes and various other small gauge items  Seriously

Thanks, Dwayne.  Blue Ridge produces several different sets of 1/700 figures:

https://freetimehobbies.com/ships/ship-model-accessories/?_bc_fsnf=1&Scale=1/700&Subject+Type=Figures&brand=413

After this PT boat project, though, I'm not likely to crew a large warship with them--at least until my eyes re-focus.

And I probably should come clean about the kitties:

"No cats were harmed in the production of these PT boats and their crews.  All whiskers remain intact and where they belong."

Honest!

Congratulations Steve!  Absolutely well deserved.

Check, I have never seen people at that scale before.  Very interesting build.  But keep that kitty away.  They look too much like bugs, and my kitties would eat them!

I pulled a whisker from one of the cats; she'll never miss it.

Which technique are you going to use for highlights and lowlights on their faces? What size brush are you going to use for the eyes?  

Thanks very much, Steve; Bish; Jack.  One advantage to 1/700 figures is that they're too small to see any mistakes.    There isn't much left to do--each boat only has about 8 PE parts to add, now.

Congratulations, Steve!  Exceptional work.  Glad that you received the recognition your skills deserve!

Way to go Steve! 

Steve, right on - congrats!

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Check, those boats  are looking quite good.  I did know there were resin figs available in that scale, wow!

regards,

Jack

Check, very impressive work there in such a small scale. I think i wil stick with 72nd and bigger for figures, those things would strain me to breaking point.

I think that water looks damn good, looking forward to seeing how the boats go on there.

Well done Steve and deffinetly well deserved.

Congratulations Steve! Well deserved honor’s. 

The water looks great Check.

I showed the Scharnhorst and Kirishima at EagleQuest yesterday and they both won Bronze. I was pleased with the result consedering the competition, including Ed Grune's Coast Guard Surf Boat behind the 1/200 Arizona

Aaron was there as well.

He told me not to let the FBI see the picture. Oops!

Thanks very much, Griffin.  

I should be able to post finish-photos tomorrow.

I love this build. So cool! That foil teqniuqe works quite well. All this with figures in 1/700? Crazy bud. Looks great so far.