Argh!!! We're Chock-a-Block with sailing ships!!!

Oh, never built a resin ship?  You're in for a treat.  I actually think them easier, better detailed, and I prefer them over plastic.  It is a different animal than plastic, though, and you'll find your procedures changing for a lot of the things you do (what you put together first, what you paint in sub-assemblies, adhesives used, etc), but they're great.  Everyone gripes about cost of the kits, but I'm fairly certain when you figure in the cost of aftermarket you have to buy for plastic kits - things that resin kits come with - prices aren't that different.  I know that with the Trumpeter Essex, two PE sets, wooden deck, extra aircraft sets, and L'Arsenal weapons, the price is almost what the old Tom's Essex resin kit cost.

-Devin

devinj wrote:

I know that with the Trumpeter Essex, two PE sets, wooden deck, extra aircraft sets, and L'Arsenal weapons, the price is almost what the old Tom's Essex resin kit cost. -Devin

Tell me about it, I have one of those too!!! :-)

J

I HAVE to keep building models of steel ships ... how else am I going to get rid of all the lovely bottles and rattle cans of gray paint in a multitude of shades?

devinj wrote:

Oh, never built a resin ship?  You're in for a treat.  I actually think them easier, better detailed, and I prefer them over plastic.  It is a different animal than plastic, though, and you'll find your procedures changing for a lot of the things you do (what you put together first, what you paint in sub-assemblies, adhesives used, etc), but they're great.  Everyone gripes about cost of the kits, but I'm fairly certain when you figure in the cost of aftermarket you have to buy for plastic kits - things that resin kits come with - prices aren't that different.  I know that with the Trumpeter Essex, two PE sets, wooden deck, extra aircraft sets, and L'Arsenal weapons, the price is almost what the old Tom's Essex resin kit cost. -Devin

I know that the price comparision between a plastic and a resin is not much different since many of the resin kits come with PE and are ready to build OOB.

Scott

mfsob wrote:

I HAVE to keep building models of steel ships ... how else am I going to get rid of all the lovely bottles and rattle cans of gray paint in a multitude of shades?

Well, it gets worse when you build both wooden and steel ships, for then you will find that instead of having a tackle box full of bottles of only grey paint, in many different shades of coarse, you will end up with another hundred of so bottles of every shade of brown, tan and stain.

Scott

vapochilled wrote:

I think it's a very personall thing, I'm, equally sure most modellers do something, even if it's just a name and date. I also think it's just a  ship model thing, perhaps because of the amount of time per build is many months if not years?

Not quite, I sign and date the interior of every model I build. Airplanes, ships, cars and the occasional target. A friend of mine puts a lock of hair from a member of his family and pets in the trunk area of each car he builds. And I know a guy in California that would write poetry on the inside of the fuselage of his planes.