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USS Missouri by Koppalakki - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC - 1991 configuration with Pontos detail set


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2 minutes ago, Koppalakki said:

I spent few hours figuring how to do that but didn't find anything useable! 🤔

You have to make one yerself ... just tie some knots and you'll manage fine ... if you can work with PE like you do, that basketball net will be a walk in the park ;)

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
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11 minutes ago, Koppalakki said:

but didn't find anything useable

At this scale you would probably need silk span to make it look right, or tissue paper with needle holes punched in it!

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

And prolly the last update before finishing!

 

After seeing this I knew exactly what I wanted to have on the helipad!

 

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Only one I could find in 1/350 for the moment was a Sea Dragon from Orange hobby so that had to do!

 

The chopper is made of resin and some PE details. I dressed her up with my own details including grab handles wires etc. details.

 

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And on the deck! Had to move the Pioneer a bit and added one deck equipment tractor.

 

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Excellent  - you could almost do an "Under Siege"  scene  with the baddies arriving by chopper.

 

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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Incredible work!

Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans)

1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
 

On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans)

 

On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury

 

Favorite finished builds:  1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia

 

Goal: Become better than I was yesterday

 

"The hardest part is deciding to try." - me

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Superb work  - museum quality without a doubt   well done.

 

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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Agreed, truly a masterpiece. Thanks for taking us along it was truly inspiring.

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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I saw her in the gallery...........totally missed the drone!   fantastic looking model ;)    so much detail and very well done.

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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An Action Man dinghy  with all the works would be epic,    no seriously  I would so love to see you build a 1/350 scale modern carrier  - just imagining your talent and such a subject  - mind bogling.

 

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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I just completed a breathtaking ride through your magnificent build.  There is such a wealth of detail that it would take hours and hours to fully enjoy it in person.  I shudder to think what you would do at a larger scale - my guess is everything would work!  Congratulations and happy holidays.

 

Thanks for taking time to share your skills and techniques.

 

Steve

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Just gobsmaking wonderful.   

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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  • 2 weeks later...

    Personally, I have had very little opportunity to see this ship, having only seen it from a distance, but your model really makes it come to life.  You reveal so many details that even had I been on this ship, I would probably never have even noticed. My only view of this ship that ended WWII was from a memorial for another important warship where it all started, the Arizona.

    Back before becoming wheelchair bound, we made ten trips to Maui.  On most of these trips we spent part of our time on Oahu and made four visits to the Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor.  On the first visit we were with two of our friends from WI.  The visit for me was more emotional than I thought it would be as my father served in WWII and a distant cousin of ours was a member of the crew on the Arizona. When it was sunk, he was one of the ones that ended up entombed in her hull.  It was one reason my father enlisted right out of High School, despite his father’s objections to doing so.

    Now you would think that as he was someone that I only knew of vaguely through my father’s side of the family, that it wouldn’t really choke me up like seeing his name etched on the wall in the memorial did. I took several photos of the listing on the wall including a close up (shown below) of the portion showing our cousins name to take back to show my family, as I was the only one to go there and see it.  My uncle used to live on Kauai for several years, but he never saw it.

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    That aside, we went to it three more times with various friends and despite having seen it before, I was always affected the same way. The last time there, my sister from New York was with us and she seemed to be likewise affected.  All this over someone we never knew.

    So, in 1999, I think it was, the USS Missouri became a part of the Pearl Harbor memorials and tours of the ship became available to the public.  However, by that time I had to walk with the aid of a walking stick and was not able to go aboard her as there were very steep access ways, not to mention all the ladders to negotiate once aboard.  I did, however, get a good telephoto shot from the Arizona Memorial ramp that I have included  and show below.

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    If I am ever able to return to Hawaii in my wheelchair, things will apparently now be quite different.  I have read that he tour is currently available to wheelchair bound visitors as it has become ADA accessible, with a special wheelchair accessible ramp from the dock up to the aft of the ship, elevator access to other decks, and an accessible rest room aboard.

    As I approach 70, any more visits to this ship become less and less likely.  But thank you for showing me and all of us at MSW your excellent representation of the “Mighty Mo”.  :10_1_10::cheers:

Dave

“You’ve just got to know your limitations”  Dirty Harry

Current Builds:  Modified MS 1/8” scale Phantom, and modified plastic/wood hybrid of Aurora 1:87 scale whaling bark Wanderer.

Past Builds: (Done & sold) 1/8” scale A.J. Fisher 2 mast schooner Challenge, 1/6” scale scratch built whaler Wanderer w/ plans & fittings from A.J. Fisher, and numerous plastic kits including 1/8” scale Revell U.S.S. Constitution (twice), Cutty Sark, and Mayflower.

                  (Done & in dry dock) Modified 1/8” scale Revell U.S.S. Constitution w/ wooden deck and masting [too close encounter w/conc. floor in move]

Hope to get to builds: MS 3/16” scale Pride of Baltimore II,  MS 1/2” scale pinky schooner Glad Tidings,  a scratch build 3/16” scale  Phantom, and a scratch build 3/16" scale Denis Sullivan.

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I just came across this great build and l’m reviving a bit of an old topic. I’m just pulling mine out and this is certainly a benchmark to aim at. 

 

When you do you oil canning effect, do you mask/paint a single horizontal line at a time and then move the tape up? Or do you mask several horizontal levels at once with very thin strips and spray them, then move on to the vertical?

 

I very much like you’re effect. I did a similar shading on my USS Laffey build:

 

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But I masked a grid and sprayed the same corner with a lighter color. Overall good effect, but extremely tedious and I think highlighting the raised “rib” of the oil can the way you’re method does is a more realistically. 

 

It would be very uniform, but I wonder if the process could even be sped up by spraying the lighter color first, then using a course window screen as a mask for the grid and then spray the darker color. Then overspray to fill the contrast. 

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  • 3 years later...

I just came across your work, as I am starting this kit, and it is incredible.  I have a question-I have the Pontos detail up set - 35009F1 - and the larger pieces of back deck as well as some parts of the wood deck do not fit/ line up. Any idea what gives, since your pieces seem to fit. I’ve emailed Pontos, but haven’t heard back from them yet. Thanks. Again, incredible job.

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