Whats everyone building???

I am building an ASW, HUK, Hunter Killer Group. USS Spangler DE 696, George 697, Raby 698 and two versions of the USS England DE 635 at commissioning and after she was hit off Okinawa. The commissioned England has Gold Medal PE Parts, the rest were built as is out of Revell's box. It was strange building a ship that was holed in right bridge and bow blown off. I used old pix as a guide and styrene strips to deform the England. Revell's Buckley is only correct for 2 of the class.

I have just completed Heller's HMS Victory and it is ready to go into the case I built for it. Now the problem is what to do with it. It is HUGE and in the case even more HUGE.

I think it will go to my wife's office. Anyway, that's the plan right now.

The Minicraft Titanic is next. It is a departure from sailing ships which I usually build but after the Victory I need a break from such intense and demanding work. But I understand the Titanic is no picnic either. We'll see.

Ques

Since this thread has resurfaced and I'm in the mood to talk about me here is an update. Since I found that my skills in building large steel warships are lacking, therefore not good enough yet to justify buying a $100.00 Essex model and another $200 in aftermarket materials and cutting it up to represent a post SCB125 Oriskany, I have decided to build the Academy/Model Hobbies Bismark. I got this kit as a gift and other than the funky lower hull shap, bow shape and ill fitting deck, I'm having a lot of fun with it. I am waiting for my PE to get here so I can really make this thing look like the horn section of the Glen Miller Band.

I have the lower hull painted, man I forgot how much fun it was trying to keep that demarcation line strait. Now I know why I switched to building waterline 1/700 scale ships. Thank goodness for the Tamiya Tape. That little roll was worth the full $5 I spent on it.

I have my Nikon set up next to the bench and am taking pics of the progress. Since I have two K9 assistants, maybe we can have a contest to see who can pick out all the dog hairs in my paint job.

After the Bismark, then it is off to build the Banner Arizona (another gift from the in-laws, they seem to really go overboard for me during the 1/2 price Hobby Lobby sales) for FightingJoe's Pearl Harbor Group Build. Hope we doesn't disqualify me for building it as she appeared in 1938.. I just like the lighter grey and the bipeplanes.

After these two, oh yea, another Revell Constitution is also sitting on the slipway, I just cannot break away from building a sailing ship, then I should be ready to tackle my Oriskany. That or the Chinese may have a kit of one by then.

Cheers
Scott

http://weshallremember.homestead.com/MODEL.html
hi all the above is where my model pics are, - 1/200 Prince of Wales,
still ongoing - 12 weeks now.
every one seems verry buisy !!
good luck all and thanks for sharing
Don Wilson
uk

QUOTE: I have the ICM Grosser Kurfurst(whatever that means)

QUOTE: AS FOR THE NAME " GROSSER KURFURST" I THINK IT MAY NAMED AFTER A REGION OR STATE IN THE OLD GERMANY AS GROSSER MEANS GREATER IF I REMEMBER MY SCHOOL GERMAN.

I only wanted to give a translation but than I found this here:

Encyclopedia Britannica:

German KURFÜRST, prince of the Holy Roman Empire who had a right to participate in the election of the emperor (the German king). Beginning around 1273 and with the confirmation of the Golden Bull of 1356, there were seven electors: the archbishops of Trier, Mainz, and Cologne; the duke of Saxony; the count palatine of the Rhine; the margrave of Brandenburg; and the king of Bohemia. [...]

Frederick William
b. Feb. 16, 1620, Cölln, near Berlin
d. May 9, 1688, Potsdam, near Berlin
byname THE GREAT ELECTOR, German DER GROSSE KURFÜRST, elector of Brandenburg (1640-88), [...]
When he realized that this hope was vain, Frederick William changed political partners, for the last time, in 1685. The Elector's disillusionment with Louis XIV coincided with the assumption by William of Orange (later King William III of Great Britain) of his historical role as founder of the Grand Alliance. against Louis XIV. The Elector, impressed that William was a prince of Orange and his own nephew, concluded a defense pact with the Netherlands in 1685. [...]

So now you know a Kurfürst and the Grosser Kurfürst...
Jörg

hi jack. its mark from sunny down under. just found a web site that might assist you if you havent completed the kurfurst yet. if you ckeck out the associated links to this site and go to watercraft. on opening this site, click onto the prince eugen site. scrolling down i found a web site dedicated to the konig and the the grosser kurfurst. i understand that it will have some great reference photos of those particular vessels. i hope this comes in handy for you. good sailing and smooth seas my friend.

Hey,Mark! A big hello from Texas. Glad I could help out,even if it was late. Either way, It makes a great piece sitting on the shelf in my computer room. Fair wind and following seas. Jack

HI JACK AND THANKS FOR THE INFO. AS USUAL YOU ALWAYS FIND OUT THE INFO YOU NEED WHEN ITS TOO LATE. AS FOR THE NAME " GROSSER KURFURST" I THINK IT MAY NAMED AFTER A REGION OR STATE IN THE OLD GERMANY AS GROSSER MEANS GREATER IF I REMEMBER MY SCHOOL GERMAN. A FRIEND OF MINE IS BUILDING THE ICM SISTER SHIP AND IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HE IS ALSO USING WEDDING VEIL FOR THE NETS. AS HE SAID, JUST BE THANKFUL IT IS NOT IN 1-700 SCALE OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUNK AGES AGO AT SCAPA FLOW WITH THE REST OF THE HIGH SEAS FLEET! ALL THE BEST FROM MARK IN SUNNY DOWN UNDER.

Hello All.

Just checked back and found that my last report was when I was building the M/S New Bedford Whaleboat. Finished that and cased it, very pleased with how it turned out. Now I am doing a scratchbuilt 1/96 scale model of a San Francisco bay Scow Schooner after Grimwood. I was able to reference the NRJ and get more information and a friend lent me a book on the scows. I am about 99% done on the hull and deck furniture, masts, and spars finished and ready to step. It is solid hull built B7B along the buttock lines.


Al Blevins

I worried about the degaussingcable on theKGV when I built it a few years back. AsI was reading a book on allied BB's from the Naval Institute, it seems on a early war refit ,the degaussing cable was relocated inside the hull,so you don't really have to install it ,unless you want to show it as built. I used the Gold Medal seton mine and am more than satisfied with the results. I've just finished the Trumpeter 1/350 Sovremenny with GMM brass And it turned out great. I have the ICM Grosser Kurfurst(whatever that means) on the ways now-using GMM and White Ensign brass,but am stalled out now-trying to screw up my guts to install the torpedo net shelves,with all the tiny brackets! Should have done the later refit-oh, well, masochistic tendancies will blindside you on occasion. Cheers!

I am currently building the Tamiya 1:350 KGV USING GOLD MEDALS SET FOR IT. DEGAUSSING CABLE IS THE ONLY PAIN SO FAR EXCEPT FOR THE AA MGS WITH FOR ETCHED PARTS PER MOUNT. I NEED A SCOTCH OR A BOURBON FOR THAT ALONE. NEXT ON THE SLIP WILL BE THE TRUMPETERS 1:200 SOVREMENEY . A NICE KIT BUT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE AFT SECTION OF THE KEEL.

Submarines... USS Stingray is waiting for me to finish her deck gun. USS Barb and USS Croaker are waiting for me to finish their paint jobs. USS Tiru is waiting for me to fix her sail. USS Torsk and ex-USS Blueback are waiting for their sails and paint. USS Baya, USS Seacat, USS Blenny, USS Perch and my Type VII are just waiting on the building ways.

Not Submarines... '79 Camaro Rally Sport for my dad, Army D7E Bulldozer that my dad drove in Vietnam, Northrop N-9M Flying Wing (first Vacuform kit) and anything else that momentarily catches my eye.

Dave

Jnithith, how do you mean "paint the waterline"? Are you having trouble scribing a level line to mark the waterline or is it the narrow line required to replicate the waterline in scale? Techniques are available for almost every case and I tend to be verrrry slow and methodical here having experienced severe disappointment with non-level attempts!
Best,
Ron

Let's see...I've got the 1:350 Tamiya Modern New Jersey and the 1:700 Dragon Pyotr Veliky waiting for me to start. As soon as I move to my new house, I'll probably start the Veliky...then the New Jersey.

Putting together my first tank, a 1/76 Fujimi KV-1, after which a T-62 diorama (with lots of simulated sand -- and perhaps a road) will be attempted.

After that, it will be back to 1/700 ships with perhaps a Nelson-class ship, a Graf Spee, and because Squadron/Signal just came out with a German battleship book, I might make a Tirpitz.

Just started Yankee Modelworks 1/350 "S Boat".
Nice kit, my 5th resin kit.

I,m building the vietnam patrol boat but just can't find a way to paint waterline

Finally learned why it's good to build more than one at a time. I now have something to do while the glue dries!! Continuing on the Willie L Bennett skipjack but also putting a small privateer in a bottle, building the Charles Morgan's ship's boat and the Santa Maria carrack. Sitting on its own board and awaiting my further attentions are the Essex (1800) and the Pinta. Life's too short!

Just putting the finishing touches on the Heller Gneasauea. The future holds a Prinz Eugen, a Fletcher DD, and of course a USS Wisconsin conversion. Can not wait to get the pic to fsm's reader gallery.

Mike

Noisey,

There's very good detail in Bob Sumerall's Sumner and Gearing Class Destroyer book, and there's line drawings in my Fletcher, Gearing and Sumner Class Destroyers in WW2 book.

Jeff

The YMW Gearing kit is one of my far off in the future projects too. My wifes maiden name is Bordelon, so I want to do the Gearing class destroyer of that namesake. I may be talking to you someday about your modifications.

Scott

Completed a 1/350 YMW kit of the USS Gearing which I modified to replicate the USS Ozbourn (DD 846), a later ship in this class, as it appeared circa 1955. Had to fabricate the tripod mast, change the radar array and gun directors, remove all the 20mm stanchions, etc. Never could find any 3"-50's to repace the 40mm mounts that came with the kit. Research was one of the biggest problems. Detailed photos were hard to come by, even though Ozbourn vets have some posted on their web site.

Welcome w1ndfall, you sound like you belong right at home here.
Scott

Please post them here and also on www.modelwarships.com we would love to see your ship pics!

I just finished a 1/64 scale Newsboy brigantine. This started as an old wood Model Shipways kit that I found on E-BAY. I wound up scratchbuilding all decking, most of the superstructure and most of the spars and rigging. The bottom is real copper applied tile by tile. I would love to know how to submit photos of this to FSM.
To break the monotony, I'm doing a conversion of the Tamiya Fletcher DD to the USS Ringgold (DD500) in 1943 configuration. This includes a correction to the starboard prop shaft with regard to its length. I am using Eduard, Tom's, and Gold Medal brass sets as well as scratchbuilt modifications to correct the configuration.
After that, I will tackle an old Boucher/Bluejacket 1/96 S-48 submarine using USN plans and reference photographs from the Washington Navy Yard Museum's 1/48 scale model of the same boat. I will have to learn how to do my own photo-etch using a kit from an on-line supplier to finish this one.

QUOTE: Originally posted by stpete Hi...I'm currently working on Revell's USS Lionfish. I wasn't too pleased with the level of detai, so I bought a photo-etch set made specifically for it, as well as a new conning tower. I still didn't like the way it was going to come out, so I've used CorelDraw 8 to do some vector graphic *.cdr file, which I had made into 8 1/2" x 11" negatives (fairly cheap: $8.00 each!). I purchased a photoetching set from Datac Inc. This week-end, I'll be stinking up the house with smelly chemicals. . If, and I repeat IF this works, I'll have a new set of lmber holes for the sides of th superstucture, as well as the bow plane recesses, new foreward & aft torpedo tube exterior doors, hatches etc. The only problem I forsee now is that I'll have to make a new deck, as well as the upper part of the pressure hull...this will be visible through the gaps in the decking. Maybe a new deck gun...hmmmm

I'm building the Lionfish next (unless I push it back and wait to see what's in the February FSM article about detailing it...at least I think they're talking about the Lionfish) and I wondered how yours came out?

Working on the USS Chesapeake. Should look as she did when she sailed out to meet the HMS Shannon.

Ken,

I wrote an article on making water with gel medium...it's in the how-to sections of both Steelnavy.com and Modelwarships.com

Regards,

Jeff Herne

I just started on my 1/350 USS Cowpens. Ive been searching ebay for a set of 1/2" texas long horns to put on the bridge but most likely I'll have to make it myself.
I'm also messin around with mod podge and Acrylic gel medium trying to get feel for simulating water.

Lionfish? I've built her four times, in my life. It a nice model, and my younget grandaughter just bought the kit.
Earlier this year I finished my latest one, which I modified into a Guppy II, with North Atlantic sail and interior detail.
If you plan to build her as a Fleet boat visit Naurilus Models at << http://www.nautilusmodels.com/ >> and check out their upgrade kits.
If you plan a Guppy, you've got you work cut out for you.
If there's anything I can help you with, or you just want to talk about her, you can Email me at mkeatingss@cox.net, anytime. Just remember to put "Amberjack" in the subject line, so I know it's not more spam.

Now, in keeping with this thread.
I'm starting the Revell 1:72 U-boat. I've got the Modelbrass and Nautilus upgrades and I'm awaiting the Eduard, WEM and Yankee Model Works upgrades. I may have to order the Warhammer upgrade, as well. And I hope CMK releases the interior detail Torpedo, Control and Engine Rooms, real soon.
With luck, WEM, or somebody, will release a good 20mm and submarine 88, soon.
Mike