TheMongoose

You made good time on them for sure. You must be coming down the home stretch!

 

Bill: Thanks for the history on the kit. Although this kit is ancient, it isn't half bad considering I paid $18 for it at hobby lobby.

BBorBust

I will go ahead and throw my Trumpeter 1/350 USS North Carolina into the hat here. With unlimited time to finish, Might as well give it a go on this GB as well!

You got it BB. Another North Carolina to tie up to the pier.

Keyserj

I got them done and it only took a couple of hours. I am sure all of you can relate to this, I spent 15 minutes looking for my tweezers and found them right in front of me.

The decals don't look very noticeable in the pics but, they really made the planes look better.

A big shoutout to Academy for the detailed guide on how and where to apply the decals on the planes.

I could put decals on the bottom of the planes but, I am not going to do it because you won't be able to see them anyways.

 

I know exactly what you are going through.  Except I'm nuts enough to work in 1/700. At least you didn't find that halfway through you were putting the stars on the wrong wing.  Don't ask me how I know.

Great work, I am enjoying seeing your progress.

Enquiring minds need to know...

In Keyser's post there the instruction sheet shows the big hull number at the bow facing backwards. I sure can't find any photos that confirm that?

Bill

Scott: I sat my laptop right beside me to look at reference photos of each plane I decaled so that I wouldn't screw up the placement of the stars.

Bill: Glad you brought up the deck number, after doing a quick search on the internet, I found that Academy's instructions on it are wrong. Will have to get that fixed, can't have a historically inacurate model.

I tore off the old decal and replaced it with solid white block lettering.

Also did some weathering on the bottom of the hull. I took a chalk pastel and randomly drew on the hull and blended it with a brush. Very effective for making the paint look scratched.

Big achievement tonight. Feels like New Years Eve with my 1st full lighting event! Here's a shot in the dark

see that glow in the background? That's light escaping from the tube and guide for the fibre. Gonna have to black that out really well or the carrier's gonna look like the nuclear reactors are leaking 

John, pastels are easy to work with as you can see. Remember the scale you're working in. When weathering, or building a sea scape, at 1/800, a 6 ft man would be around 2.3 mm or 1/32 inches tall.

Chris, that's looking quite cool.

Mongoose: Oh WOW! That looks awesome all lighted up! 

John: Weird to see the company make such a massive screw-up with the deck number but it's not the only one. Years ago I attached the rudders to a 1/72nd Minicraft B-24 upside down- because that's what the instructions said to do and I didn't check around until someone pointed out the mistake to me. In any case great recovery there! 

Nice work John, remember to keep the weathering subtle and everything should blend and not to overdue it.  

Chris, were you playing Ozzy while testing your light show?  Looks cool.  

Gamera: I have Bill to thank for catching that, his knowledge on ships is astounding.

Mongoose: Those lights look awesome! I will take it off your hands and fix that reactor leak if you want. 

I really appreciate all the help on the weathering guys. There is not many tutorials on YouTube like there is with armor.

Keyserj

I really appreciate all the help on the weathering guys. There is not many tutorials on YouTube like there is with armor.

No there isn't. Most of the one's that are there, I really would't recomend. I guess I need to make one 

I agree Steve, most of the tutorials are of a guy putting on some sort of ak weathering product. They don't really explain what they are doing or what they are trying to achieve.

If you ever decide to make a YouTube channel, I would subscribe.

keyserj, how did i just notice that your lower hull is grey! Ha, I'm so observant, not. In any regard, had you clear coated over the pastels yet in that pic? I've found some weathering products fade drastically and some get bolder with flat clears. Have gone to experimenting in unseen places to figure out if my weathering has to be bolder pr lighter so i know what it will look like in final form.

TheMongoose

keyserj, how did i just notice that your lower hull is grey! Ha, I'm so observant, not. In any regard, had you clear coated over the pastels yet in that pic? I've found some weathering products fade drastically and some get bolder with flat clears. Have gone to experimenting in unseen places to figure out if my weathering has to be bolder pr lighter so i know what it will look like in final form.

 

Ahoy There Mates. Well, my surgery went well and I'm on the mend. Albeit, I no longer have a navel, or Naval, as may be more appropriate here.. Today I'm actually feeling able to sit up at the bench comfortablely and get back to the Oakland. Going to work on masking the glue surfaces on the main deck prior to priming and painting.

But first I need to get caught up with all the goings on here first.

BBorBust: Welcome to the GB. Looking forward to your North Carolina. Can't get enough of that class for sure. Please enjoy yourself here.

Mongoose: The lighting looks terrific. Your endeavors are paying off in spades. Really impressive.

Keyserj: Excellent work on your airwing. They look great. Nice fix on the deck number. Keep up the wonderful progress. 

Steve: Thanks for the weathering example on your U-Boat. Looks the part. Concur with lack of good tutorials on ship modeling. What I found was lacking for sure. I'm a fan of pastels in my modeling/weathering. Although, I am looking forward to trying out my new set of AK weathering pencils for some new effects.

Glad to hear your surgery went well Joe.  Take care of yourself and I wish you a speedy recovery.

Keyserj

Glad to hear your surgery went well Joe.  Take care of yourself and I wish you a speedy recovery.

 

I raised the commssioning pendant and the Kansas is now complete.  This model was a new experience for me in that it was my first resin kit and a chance to try a bunch of new techniques.

Steve, use the Second picture of this series for the opening page.

Next on the ways might be the Acedemy 1/700 Missouri.  Although I am needing to take a break from 1/700 and maybe try something in 1/350, if I can find the space to display something that large.

Scott

I got you up Scott and great looking Kansas, the state I was born by the way.

That new eigging sure looks the bomb.

I will be starting the German GB the first of Aug and will be putting up the official thread in a few days. If you have anything Greman.....

Here is your newly designed Achievement Ribbon Capt.

BTW if anyone wants the new design, let me know.

Nicely done Scott.  I absolutely love the base.

Congratulations on completing the Kansas Scott. It is truly a thing of beauty. I have greatly appreciated you sharing your talents and skills. I'm also very inpressed with your base. Very effective. Bravo to you!

Steve, I hate to say this but I think you spelled achievement wrong in Scott's badge. 

Oh more than likely. Thanks John, I'll redo it.

Thank you so much for the compliments and support.  It makes my day.

I started the Missouri, which I also signed up for the 1945 GB with.  I wasn't going to build it because it is kinda toyish in the details, but then I thought that I need to gain experience and this kit would be a good one. 

I started pre-shading last night.  The kit comes with masks for the deck, which should be an interesting experience.  

Scott, I corrected the achievement ribbon 

Thanks to John for pointing that out.

Alrighty, now for a real battleship! It looks like it comes with some PE.

Scott that's looking like a good start. Anxious to see how the preshading turns out. Decalsfor the deck sounds 'interesting'. Never seen those.

Does anyone know how to assemble the Tom's Modelworks hose reels? There are no true i structioms in the package. Weird. Nothing easy to find online either. I have set 3577. 

what i find confusing is there appear to be 3 support posts and 6 wheels for each hose reel assembly. Not sure how to fold it.

They appear to have a very skinny base. I would say it looks like two reels conneccted to the "base" and the the base is not flat to the bulkhead but perpendicular to it. I think 

Hmmm, I think i see it. These things must be 3x narrower than the kit plastic pieces. Makes it very confusing. The base is about .8mm wide, then the hose wheels get a piece of plastic rod between them and the assembled reel then fits between the posts. 3 pieces of PE and 1 piece of plastic.

thanks MC