This has been occupying my bench since 18th August and is now (thankfully) complete....apart from a couple of boats, and all of the amphibious and land vehicles. Paints are a mixture of acrylics from the usual sources, applied by brush and with (mainly) Flory washes and Tamiya Smoke for weathering and general grubbiness. It is a great model to build; detail is superb throughout and the fit was excellent in all respects. The Premium addition of the PE railings, radars and netting etc. really lifts it, although it was a disappointment to find that the railings were only stock lengths and not cut to suit each location as is the case with Trumpeter for instance; not the biggest of problems but annoying none the less. I added a little activity to the flight deck by using some fuse wire as lifting strops for a pallet of material being lifted and adding some fuel drums to the forklift near the bows Oh, and I forgot the anchors....
The hull is 735mm in length so the next job is to make a shelf for it to live on in my office!
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Best wishes
Jim
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Very nice! Just needs a few figures as well, to really bring it to life.
Paul
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That's very well done; your railings are really great -- so nice and neatly square and upright.
I like the variety and display of aircraft and deck stuff, really makes it stand out.
I like the variety and display of aircraft and deck stuff, really makes it stand out.
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Well if that's the best you can be bothered to do!
(serious opinion= WOW with a capital wuh and lot's of -ow!!!!!).
(serious opinion= WOW with a capital wuh and lot's of -ow!!!!!).
Hoping to return to modelling sometime this year!!
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Cheers guys!
As I have commented on my workbench window thread, I have some figures somewhere....but I cannot remember which other 1/350 ship box they are in, and I haven't had the chance to have a ferret through the stash to find them yet!PaulBradley wrote:Very nice! Just needs a few figures as well, to really bring it to life.
Best wishes
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Very nice indeed.
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Thanks Chris!
Best wishes
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"