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  • Birthday 02/04/1976

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    Modeling and Beer Brewing!!!!

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  1. Thankfully that hull plating is not present on the plastic kit hull. I wonder if it's just an artifact from their CAD modeling.
  2. I've been seeing a lot of pictures for this really big set and other smaller sets from HS Models. The detail looks exquisite but some of it also seems a bit egregious. This is only an assumption, but looking at the pictures, the dark blue details would be resin? And if that really is the case, some of the molded on detail on the bulkheads, such as little thin wires and other things, might be a touch too much to sand off and replace in resin. Looks like they would also have you remove the VLS systems fore and aft. At some point, they might just look at issuing an entire kit, LOL. The extra detail will be lovely, but some of this might be a little over the top, IMHO.
  3. Thank you! Apparently there are quite a few upgrades coming out for this kit now. When it's all said and done, I'm willing to bet the cost of all of the upgrades will far exceed the cost of the kit. That said, the upgrades appear to be very detailed.
  4. Hi all! Since it's only once every four years, figured I might as well post an update on February 29th. Nothing really needs discussed that the images can't show off themselves. Thanks for looking!
  5. Hi all, Thanks for the looks and likes. It's been a bit since I've posted on this project. I've been pouring a lot of efforts into the main superstructure on this ship. Something I've learned since last time; this kit is actually geared more for a much more recent time period than I had originally thought. Comparisons between the kit and online pictures make this much more clear to me now. Here are some pictures of my progress. I'm still needing to paint and decal much of this before I permanently stick it down to the deck and hull. I hope you all enjoy and thanks for following!
  6. I strayed completely off the kit's recommendations. In fact, I feel like I've strayed off of what most recommendations were. For the vertical surfaces and most of the deck details, I have been using XF-12 (J.N. Grey) over a darker grey to help give some depth. For the decks, the non-skid is painted in XF-53 (Neutral Grey) and the slick-deck is painted in XF-24 (Dark Grey). Some of the details are in white and some are in red, as well. I went with these colors after looking for some time at online resources and these colors looked closest for me and how I wished to represent the subject.
  7. The hull is pretty thick, but cutting it for a waterline model is definitely doable with a Dremel or Proxxon, or a lot of manual elbow grease. Edit: to add to the above, this is one 1/200 scale ship where I think waterline would be cool since the hull isn't as large as a bathtub.
  8. I appreciate all of the likes and comments; they really provide encouragement when this project throws its curve balls at me. I worked through steps 4-12 in the instructions. These steps have you have add many tiny little deck details. These comprise 200+ tiny little parts and I decided to conquer all of those steps in one large "MEGA-STEP" 🤪. I prepared them by separating them from their sprues, cleaning them up as best I could, and then sticking them in groups to paint stirring sticks with tape sticky-side up. Once primed and painted, I was able to detail paint anything needing it and then they all got stuck on the hull and deck. While it's very far from perfect, I'm happy with my results and it passes muster with a one foot viewing distance. Ugh! The macro lens is brutal. I couldn't see that seam line on the Harpoon launcher until the below picture. Thankfully, after worrying about it for several hours, I figured that it should not be easily visible if at all since that side will be facing the funnel structure in pretty close quarters. Thanks for looking in!
  9. Thank you very much! I'm going to start looking, but if I don't find one, I'm going to start one; Trumpeter Decals Survivors Club. I'll let ya know how that pans out. 🤣😆🤣😆
  10. Thank you very much for the compliment! Your builds are nothing short of extraordinary, especially due to the scales involved.
  11. Greg, I really appreciate that. A lot of the credit though has to go to you as an inspiration through some of your impressive ship builds here. Thank you!
  12. Hi Scott! I appreciate the compliment! The decal on the aft deck had to be cut into pieces and then carefully aligned. The others went down in single pieces but were a real bear to get lined up right. I hope eventually somebody puts together some aftermarket masks for painting those markings on. I was considering painting them myself, but that turned out to be beyond my skill set to make look good.
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