Whats everyone building???

I have started assembling the aircraft wing for my Trumpeter 350 scale Nimitz. Decided to stay in theme and purchased additional F-4, A-7, and A-6 sets for it. Figure I'll have the basic aircrat finished by this weekend so i can paint the upper area, then I'll flip and whiten the bellies and add the wheels and such over the coming couple of weeks. Hopefully have ALL aircraft done and ready by end of April when I shall commence construction of the ship itself. Man what a magnificent kit

I'm completing the bases for my 1/700 Tamyia Yamato and Matchbox (I know...I know) DoY into KGV, and still woriking on a 1/700 Tamyia Enterprise. No Im not busy not at all.

Getting back into modeling after ... a very long time. My first effort is a 1/700 Victory ship resin kit from Loose Cannon Productions. My first reaction on opening the box was, OMG, this thing is TINY!!!! ... and my second was, But what else do you have to do in the evenings? There have been some missteps, some missing parts that were found, some parts that are apparently gone forever, but after two weeks, it IS starting to look like a Victory ship.

i was finishing up my 1/720 graf spee, but now am switching over to a nichimo 1/350 IJN Zuikaku for the pearl harbor GB..only 4 months to build this beauty..i have to order a few more planes though...so it's going to be close.

HI I AM CURRNETLY DOING 2 PT BOATS ONE AS PT 109 OTHER PT 157 BOTH KITS BY REVELL ALSO THEY ARE MADE IN 1963 THATS THE PT 109 THERE OTHER WAS MADE IN 1973 NOW IAM JUST STARTING ON THEM BUT IVE FOUND LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THEM AS THEY HAVE MISSING WINDOWS PLUS MISSING EQUIPTMENT AS WELL.
AMY WAY I LOVE DOING RESEARCH ON EM AND LIKE PLANES IN 1/32 SCALE WW2
HAPPY MODELLING
SEAN SEWELL

I,m gathering together material for a 1/350 Zuikaku scratchbuilding project. What with the new 1/350 carriers produced by Trumpeter, this ship should fit quite well into the genre.

Well, I just found this Thread after reading the FSM Newsletter. Here are my projects I'm working on.

In addition to the three 1/72 scale armor kits, and two 1/72 scale aircraft kits, I've been working on a couple of ships. The fiorst one is the Revell 1/542 Titanic that I'm building for my brother in Ohio. It is all done except for the rigging.

I am also now about halfway done with Trumpeter's 1/500 scale USS John C Stennis. I had to paint all the lines on the deck since they did not include decals for that. To see my Progress so far, check out this thread:

http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=39684

After that, I plan on transplanting the Trumpeter motor and wires that were included in the Stennis into a Lindbergh paddlewheeler steamboat that is able to be motorized. I have already started some preliminary construction on that kit.

That is what I've been doing so far.

Fujimi Hiei in 700 scale -- and it's a dog. Needs PE to make it look halfway decent, but I'll cut my losses and build straight from the box.

Too bad it's not available in 350 (or any other relatively obscure WW2 ship, either) with more detail. Looks like the kit manufacturers are abandoning ships.

I'd love to get Revell's Queen Mary, as I've been to the real thing in Long Beach, California.

QUOTE: Originally posted by fusoPagoda Fujimi Hiei in 700 scale -- and it's a dog. Needs PE to make it look halfway decent, but I'll cut my losses and build straight from the box. Too bad it's not available in 350 (or any other relatively obscure WW2 ship, either) with more detail. Looks like the kit manufacturers are abandoning ships. I'd love to get Revell's Queen Mary, as I've been to the real thing in Long Beach, California.

I built that one. It was fun and easy to build. It really looks great on the entertainment center. I highly recommend it.

NOTHING!!!!!!! I just returned from a show and have no ship "on the ways" yet.
I do need to finish Ki-61 Toney and a rework of "zero" for a show soon. Then it's either a 1/700 japanese cruiser, a 1/400 adm. scheer or a 1/350 russian aurora cruiser (if squadron ever gets them) along with some armor and aircraft.
G.L.

Just finished up the Trumpeter Type XXI U-boat-
Had to modify the stern because it was supposed to be motorized-still isn't perfect but not too bad-finished as the U-2511-only one of it's type to go on a war patrol-had to use this kit as it was full hull-the old Revell kit is gone into the ether and impossible to find.
If you do this one-don't go to the effort to make those dumb handrails-these are ONLY for the Wilhelm Bauer which is sitting as a museum ship-keeps the tourists from falling into the drink.

I'm building the AK-99 Bootes from Skywave.

I am currently finishing Italeri's M4A1 Sherman as US Ardennes theme. Just needing to whitewash. Also have some work to do on a Russian front dio. Has a Zvezda T34, Russian troops and a couple pesky Germans with a Panzerfaust. Have to do some work on my scratch built building.

Hasty

About a year ago I got a 1/72 Combat Models Mk IX c U- Boat off of E-Bay (my first vaccuform kit) since completed. Included within was an Amati Mk VII b conning tower that the seller had sent as a means to modify into a Mk IX b conning tower. I used the vaccuform parts and built her up as a Mk IX c, and put the sail into my parts box. A couple of months ago I came across an Amati U-47 hull again on E-Bay, and picked it up for a minimal bid. The last month has been spent scratchbuilding the upper hull. I used the Natilus wooden deck and styrene strip, worked to add the upper limber holes, to form the upper hull. All the control surfaces have been carved out of thick styrene sheet and are about ready to add to the hull. Right now I am getting ready to scratchbuild the 88 mm deck gun, and I figure at my rate of work she's abut a month out. At that point I'll have the Mk IX, The Revell Mk VII c, and the composite Mk VII b to display. The room is starting to look like a U-Boat pen. I find a great deal of satisfaction in salvaging kits that become available. Often it is an ecenomicaly beneficial deal too. My present budget would just not provide the funds to purchase an all up Amati kit. So, now I have another project to scratchbuild parts for!

I'm working on a set of Mirage 1/400 U-Boats:

- U-149 (type IID);
- U-570 (type VIIC - early war version);
- U-826 (type VIIC - late war version);
- U-176 (type IXC).

Glad I didn't go for the 1/700 scale!

I'm building the Banner 1/350th USS Arizona. I'm using Gold Medal photo-etch and I will also attempt a complete "Deckectomy" using scribed sheet stock. I think I'm also going to replace a good portion of the superstructure as well. I plan on giving this to my sister as a gift when she retires from the Navy this fall after 20 years of service.

I'm converting the eternal Revell Arizona to USS Oklahoma and have shaved off the railings and details in prep for GMM brass.

Currently doing Revell AG HMS Victory. Not a bad kit.

Dave

I really need to focus, but I'll just list a few of my "started" kits:

Amsterdam R/C tug, Pyro Dhow, Pyro Venetian Carrack, Heller Aurora, Amati Sharpie, Pyro Schooner Elsie, Heller Mataro, Camel Lighter, Lindberg 1/20 Chris Craft Constellation R/C, Lindberg Tuna Clipper (micro R/C), Lindberg Shrimp boat (micro R/C), Revell Firefighter (micro R/C), ITC yacht Corsair II..... you get the idea. I've quit opening new boxes until I get a few of these done.

ERic

Now I'm on the Scharnhorst.

1. MS's Virginia Armed Sloop - almost done, just have to rig the ratlines, skipped them for lack of excitement.
2. MS's Prince de Neufchatel - got my assembly line for the armaments going and the first layer of planking 1/2 way done.
3. Gathering supplies to scratch build the Lexington with plank on frame.

Well I've just started my first model Trumpter's 1/350 USS Essex. Just about finished working on the hull and will soon be moving onto the flight deck. Must admitt to being shocked at the price of things (I have not done any model building since I was 12 and used to build airfix planes then load them with fireworks....****BOOM****). I am shopping around for an airbrush and compressor, but it seems that I can't get a good (small) compressor for less than $300 in the model shops.

hi ,im new to this forum,actualy new to boats,i manly do armur and wheeled things,but im building a pibber boat from Tamiya in 1;35 .so for its going good,have any of you built this kit?and did you have any probs with it?thanks guys.

Just prepping a Tamiya 1/700 KGV - next step painting.

Well, here's the list...

Trumpeter North Carolina
Yankee Modelworks Mikuma
scratchbuilt IJN Takao in 1/200 scale
If I get real adventurous, I'll do Myoko in 1/200 while I'm at it.

Jeff

Tamiya 1/350 Missouri with GMM photoetch.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne scratchbuilt IJN Takao in 1/200 scale If I get real adventurous, I'll do Myoko in 1/200 while I'm at it. Jeff

Scratchbuilt 1/200 scale ! [:0] Ok I am impressed.

I'm just finishing up on trumpeters 1/144 Seawolf.

john

No big deal Dave, been doin' it for years.

Jeff

continuing scratch building uss penacola heavy cruiser, hms warspite, hms tiger light cruiser, hms belfast, hms amazon, uss spruance, uss oliver hazard perry. all in 1/144 scale plus start doing drawings for uss northhampton & uss ticonderoga.