Another first for me... 1/700 Scharnhorst

Looks good.  I've got the 1/350 Dragon version.....just as daunting on the other end of the scale, afraid to start her for awhile at least.

You did a great 1st ship, and a tough one. That 3 piece deck is a bad design by Tamiya. No easy way to hide where the decks join together short of a wood deck.

Keep up the good work.

     Nino

Chad,

    I have the Tamiya Gneisenau (same mold), and a Minihobby Scharnhorst (Poor Pantograpghed copy of Tamiya). They do not have the swastika molded into the bow deck. Did you buy your kit New recently or is this a really older release of the kit? 

    Nino

Very nice looking ship. Especially for your first. You obviously have modeling skills that translate well. That deck looks great. 

Very well done! And I agree with others, the deck looks great!

Nino

Chad,

    I have the Tamiya Gneisenau (same mold), and a Minihobby Scharnhorst (Poor Pantograpghed copy of Tamiya). They do not have the swastika molded into the bow deck. Did you buy your kit New recently or is this a really older release of the kit? 

    Nino

 

 

 

 

Thank you everyone for the kind words!

Nino - I bought this one recently at my local hobby shop but the sprues still show a date of 1975!

Very nice work,I have build my ships OOB also,have fun with the next step.

Hey !

 Where's my fins ? Doesn't look like a 57 FURY to me . What it looks like is a darned fine ship-building job for such a small size . Good on you Mopar madness . T.B.

Great looking job Chad! I love it.

I need to teach you water dio's.

The deck and the contrast between the camo colors came out great.  

Looks great!  The deck painting is really nice.

Tanker - Builder

Hey !

 Where's my fins ? Doesn't look like a 57 FURY to me . What it looks like is a darned fine ship-building job for such a small size . Good on you Mopar madness . T.B.

 

Thats the finest looking Plymouth in my opinion!

Thank you all very much for your kind words!

Very nicely done, the deck does look great and really nice looking paint job.

I nee to start getting some ships on the bench, hope i can get a finish like that.

Thank you my friend!  Im certain anything coming off your workbench would look great! 

You did a very nice job on this ship. The weathering is subtle but there.

I have the 1/350 Academy Admiral Graf Spee to build in the near future.

Very nicely done Mopar. Quite impressive work on the decking. Sure you haven't dabbled in ships before? Like others here, I've got to get a ship on the bench and give it a go. I've certainly got plenty in the stash. I hope to see another from you soon. Great work.

Joe

Thanks guys! This was definitely my first but will most certainly not be the last!  The biggest challenge in my opinion was phasing in the painting during various stages of the build. Once you work that out it’s a fun experience.  If you have a few in the stash, I’d say break them out and let’s see some progress pics!  

Mopar Madness

Thanks guys! This was definitely my first but will most certainly not be the last!  The biggest challenge in my opinion was phasing in the painting during various stages of the build. Once you work that out it’s a fun experience.  If you have a few in the stash, I’d say break them out and let’s see some progress pics!  

 

Indeed.  I build planes, cars and ships, and use a different schedule of assembly and painting for each genre.

You did a great job, especially for your first ship!  I wish that one of the manufacturers would release an updated, new mold , full hull release of both ships of this class just as they did with Bismarck and Tirpitz.

Bill

Thank you Bill for the kind words!

Yes, really fine work.  Beautiful deck finish.