Castles of Steel, 1880 - 1914 *Group Build* (pg 17)...

JMart

you still taking victins?

Bill/bondoman doing the Revell SMS Emden? if not, I can do that one, with the GM PE. I think it fits the timeframe.

No, the Emden is the first of my GB to end all GB's propositions.

Anytime I put up an Emden post I'm hijacking the thread and should be run aground and destroyed by 6" gunfire at superior range. And my crew dispersed and sent home to Germany the hard way, via the Middle East.

I'm Ting Yuen and more on that soon.

bondoman

No, the Emden is the first of my GB to end all GB's propositions.

Anytime I put up an Emden post I'm hijacking the thread and should be run aground and destroyed by 6" gunfire at superior range. And my crew dispersed and sent home to Germany the hard way, via the Middle East.

I'm Ting Yuen and more on that soon.

ordered a PE set from Ebay for the Olympia...

fermis

This thing has a LOT of tiny stuff on it!!! Haven't had much time, let alone to post. Anyway, I've been pluggin away on the "Chen". The worst, has been the railings......

Still got a ways to go, then I get to do it ALL again with the "Chih"!

(Don't ask me how I ended up with a third thumb!...)

VanceCrozier

fermis:

This thing has a LOT of tiny stuff on it!!! Haven't had much time, let alone to post. Anyway, I've been pluggin away on the "Chen". The worst, has been the railings......

Still got a ways to go, then I get to do it ALL again with the "Chih"!

 

(Don't ask me how I ended up with a third thumb!...)

Manstein's revenge

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

fermis:

This thing has a LOT of tiny stuff on it!!! Haven't had much time, let alone to post. Anyway, I've been pluggin away on the "Chen". The worst, has been the railings......

Still got a ways to go, then I get to do it ALL again with the "Chih"!

 

 

(Don't ask me how I ended up with a third thumb!...)

 

How'd you end up with a third thumb?

 

I found my big toe was getting in the way, but didn't want to throw it out. I just relocated it.

 Between work and spending time in the woods (note my new avatar!!!!) I've managed to get some work done. My sleep schedule took a major hit, but sleep is a waste of time anyway!!! Got the masts on and rigging done (stetched sprue).......very tedious!

Them tiny stepladders were a real M.F'er!!!

Very nice work fermis!! Love the stretched sprue rigging, looks great. I havent had much luck stretching sprue.

fermis

 Between work and spending time in the woods (note my new avatar!!!!) I've managed to get some work done. My sleep schedule took a major hit, but sleep is a waste of time anyway!!! Got the masts on and rigging done (stetched sprue).......very tedious!

Them tiny stepladders were a real M.F'er!!!

fermis

 Between work and spending time in the woods (note my new avatar!!!!) ...

Awwww look - he's hugging a deer! Between work and woods you still..... manage to find more bench time than I can imagine. I really need to look into your "modeling instead of sleeping" method...

Echo139er

Great work fermis, as always.  Digging the mug/paint brush holder!  

 

fermis

 

 

 

 I thought ya'll'd get a kick outta that!!!

I love that mug and want to drink vodka from it....

...I thought you already had?!?!

True,,,

bondoman

p38jl:

aah... success.. found my Olympia.. its a Lindburg.. ! does anyone know if the Revell kit is the same one ?  the one I have is the Lindburg Classic Replica Series.. 1/240 scale. I might order some PE for it..

 

The Lindberg kit is the old Pyro kit, which is also the Life Like kit, and also was sold entirely stupidly as the USS Maine.

It's not a very good kit, but well worth building as in this category we are all grateful for most anything. The Revell kit is a different kit, a better kit but also very expensive at $ 100 in it's current form.

Resin Olympia abounds of course, but resin is not allowed in this GB as a basic value.

Bondo are you talking about original release of the Olympia? I think they still sell the current release at the USS Olympia gift shop? And you can sometimes find them at yard sales I found my 2nd Olympia kit for $1. Looks like I'll have to pick up another PE set for my other Olympia.

i just checked the museum website and didn't even see a listing for a gift shop. friend build the bluejacket limited edition one along with maine. plan on getting back to my BORODINO and MARKGRAF as soon as i finish up a TYPE VIIC early and a BRDM-3 (AT-5).

 Well gentlemen, I'm out of this one for a little while. The "Chen" is done, and the "Chih" is sidelined for a while (I need to do a plane or two...maybe more!). Anyway, here she be.........

Wow, that's impressive!  Very nice rigging and detail work on the railings....those props are shaped really funky! Maybe some of the other m0J0's in this GB will get to work... 

For those interested in a larger kit, Arkmodel offers a dozen Sino-IJN vessels in 1:100 scale.  

Can see the bar will be high here.

Finally more or less done with Konig. Modeling with Eastern European soap does wonders for the ego. Anyway, she's in her guise on the return from a nasty action in the Baltic in October 1917 - where, among other things she ran aground and took serious water. More pics in the ship forum tomorrow. After a plane and a tank I'll get at Oregon.

Eric

EBergerud

Can see the bar will be high here.

Finally more or less done with Konig. Modeling with Eastern European soap does wonders for the ego. Anyway, she's in her guise on the return from a nasty action in the Baltic in October 1917 - where, among other things she ran aground and took serious water. More pics in the ship forum tomorrow. After a plane and a tank I'll get at Oregon.

Eric

Wow.. Very Nice Fermis ! Liking !

is that deer fur for rigging ??

White ensign has the PE set out for the Dreadnaught!

Free Time has other stuff too, deck, barrels and those G factor props.

http://www.freetimehobbies.com/WEM35155.aspx

I'm sure there will be lots of after market stuff for Dreadnought. I had an interesting chat with a gent at Freetime a couple of days back. Says he's been selling as many Dreds as he can get. More interesting was his views on PE. I'm not sure it's necessary to get dedicated PE for a lot of kits. I had the WEM set for Konig and used very little except for the ladders and railings. (When I got their stuff for Iron Duke it included yards - I would have used them.) So I really only used the cranes and funnel covers - both of which I think I could have scratch built. The fellow I talked with knew his ships and was very kind with his time. I gave him my standard WEM lament. The stuff is very nicely made, but so delicate that it is vulnerable to damage at almost any point. My biggest problem, at least with a large ship, was keeping my thumbs off the railings while rigging it. I did some nasty damage that was hard to repair. Due to an error in planning, I ran out of 2 rail railings and broke out some Verlinden 350 scale that I had bought really cheap during a sale. I don't doubt it lacks WEM's finesse. It's thicker in every dimension. However, that makes it far easier to work with and much harder to damage once it's on. (You can bend the stuff with a pliars if an angle requires it - no easy task with WEM, especaily their ultra fine.) He was a great WEM fan but said that WEM and Eduard made the most delicate PE. For accuracy/ruggedness he likes Gold Medal best - but it's beastly expensive. He did recommend a new company called Alliance which has a number of 350 generic railings and ladders. (WEM must see a market there - they's increased their generic selection.) The guy who designs for Alliance used to make the railings for Verlinden. Anyway, they are very cheap (for PE) and the Freetime rep thinks they're perfectly adequate for mortals and tough in the bargain. I bought some so I'll report in later. Nice that Bronco makes the issue moot.

Eric

I'm surprised to hear someone refer to GMM as "beastly expensive" - I have that thought more about WEM's stuff, mainly because of the exchange rate. Both are high quality, but I do like GMM's brass more.

I don't know about dedicated sets, but their generics are very costly when compared to the competition. There are also only two of them listed at Freetime.

Eric