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Bismarck by Semorebutts - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 scale - PLASTIC - with MK1 detail set


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Looking forward to more updates on this amazing build,   all the best to you and yours over xmas.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Working on the Bismarck on christmas morning. 

I just painted the last of the grey on the last 3 launches before I start on The tops of all the launches... this is a long process. 

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 I don’t know why it’s so hard for me to get a straight water line masked off. 

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only took 5 minutes of airbrushing today

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the result

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I knew I forgot somthing... the ors.  Oh well. 

Merry christmas everyone!

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the boats came out super.....glad to see the aggravation paid off :)   

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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 OK, so I’ve just been sitting here staring at these launches for the last hour.... in deep thought...thinking. 🤔

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 Originally I was going to prime them, spray them With xf-57 buff, brush on in oil based brown, wait for that  to somewhat dry, brush off the excess To simulate Wood Grain,  then finally spray a matte varnish. Thats what Flory did and it looks amazing but.... after thinking theres no way I’m doing all that and pulling it off! 

I starting looking at online photos. Some are white tops, I saw hull red tops,  And  I saw wood colored sprayed on which is what I think I’m going to do.  I just need to go to the hobby store and pick out a wood colored tamiya paint. 

Then I can just spray it on and call it a day!   

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Today I continued painting the launches. I started with the small ones. I brushed on vallejo old wood. 

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Before

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after

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all 3

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then i started brushing the deck fittings on the rest. 

Before

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after

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just 7 more of these, then the orrs and 2 canopies and I believe ill be done with the launches. 

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They look spot on.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Nice work on your boats. I like that "old wood" color

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section

 

Member Nautical Research Guild

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1 hour ago, semorebutts said:

I just found out trumpeter came out with a 1/200 yorktown cv-5!  I want to build it  Before the missouri  if i can! I wonder how long it takes pontos to develop a PE upgrade kit for it. 

My guess is that it will be quite a while. After all this time, there are not a lot of detail sets for the 1:200 Hornet.

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Today I lashed the launches together, glued on more oars and assembled 3 more launches. Tomorrow I should be done with these launches for good!  

Then I can install them and the 2 cranes onto the ship. I dont know if I should do the rigging  or the planes next. 

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All those launches look phenomenal! Really nice work, even if it was a pain in the aft to get there.

~ Ben

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Current Builds:

'Doll-Boat' - 1:12 scale 40' Cruising Sailboat

S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald - 1:350 plastic kit w/ Photo Etch Parts (On Hold)

 

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The grey hull above the waterline and the grey fittings break up the brown-red combination nicely.

On 1/7/2019 at 6:20 AM, semorebutts said:

I just found out trumpeter came out with a 1/200 yorktown cv-5!  I want to build it  Before the missouri  if i can! I wonder how long it takes pontos to develop a PE upgrade kit for it. 

I've said it before but I'll say it again. I really hope Trumpeter comes out with a 1/200 King George V/Prince of Wales and a 1/200 Yamato/Musashi.

 

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I finally finished the launches!  I don’t know yet if I should do the rigging first or install the lifeboats then rig around them. 

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these 2 are bare bones because I lost so many little parts.  It’s ok though, these 2 will be 70% hidden. 

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normally I would put on these props but I’ve had enough of these launches. So I opted to just call them done!

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will the missing props be noticeable?  great job on them........in spite of the problems they caused.  ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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