Three Revell Constitutions on hand to build.
I have three kits on hand now, two US and one German...all three are identical.
I have started two hulls, one with a yellow gun stripe per Hull, one with a white gun stripe, an ordinary scheme on this kit.
I am building the yellow stripe now, trying two at the same time is a bit much. Personally I like the yellow stripe better. The white striper has the plastic gun deck and the yellow striper had a Scale Deck on it, much nicer looking. That plastic deck is terrible.
I opened a Fotki account, question is how much GBs do you need to post pics? Any suggestions on that would be appreciated...not a pc guru here, lucky to able to turn the darn thing on.
I built this kit back around 1974. At 76, the eyes aren't as sharp as they were. Been modeling off and on for 50 years. Into n scale railroading for the most part. What was surprising was how much of the n scale RR can be used on the Constitution.
Impressed with Force9's build, will be using a lot of the suggestions and ideas here.
I bought a 30 inch by 5 inch oak board and routed it to make what we call a saddle to use as a base. That plastic nameplate is awful, will be mounting this on model expo brass pedestals. (scrap barrel at Home Depot.)
Got some leds from Evans Design to light up the gun deck, chip leds, soft white.
Already started this build, got leds wired into the hull, gun deck installed and rigging the guns in. There will be an led in the Captains' quarters.