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Landlubber Mike

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  • Birthday 08/17/1973

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  1.    king derelict reacted to a post in a topic: Seishu Maru by Landlubber Mike - Five Star - 1/700 - Resin and PE - IJA Crane Ship
  2.    king derelict reacted to a post in a topic: Seishu Maru by Landlubber Mike - Five Star - 1/700 - Resin and PE - IJA Crane Ship
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  4.    yvesvidal reacted to a post in a topic: IJA Akitsu Maru by Landlubber Mike - Five Star - 1/700 - RESIN
  5.    AJohnson reacted to a post in a topic: Seishu Maru by Landlubber Mike - Five Star - 1/700 - Resin and PE - IJA Crane Ship
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  8. Landlubber Mike
    That's great! There's a lot in the plastic/resin world of 1/700 and 1/350 that I think could be useful in SIB builds. Just so you know, I've read stories about the decks lifting over time, so I used some CA before laying the decks down.
  9.    Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Seishu Maru by Landlubber Mike - Five Star - 1/700 - Resin and PE - IJA Crane Ship
  10.    ccoyle reacted to a post in a topic: IJA Akitsu Maru by Landlubber Mike - Five Star - 1/700 - RESIN
  11.    AJohnson reacted to a post in a topic: IJA Akitsu Maru by Landlubber Mike - Five Star - 1/700 - RESIN
  12.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Seishu Maru by Landlubber Mike - Five Star - 1/700 - Resin and PE - IJA Crane Ship
  13.    Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Starcraft Adjutant AI by yvesvidal - 1/6 - RESIN/PLASTIC
  14. Landlubber Mike
    I circled back to this one and made some good progress. It's a little tricky for this kit in that although Five Star did a great job making a kit that is a lot more to scale than the Aoshima kit, especially with the included resin and PE parts, the issue is that some of the details are omitted so I've been using the Aoshima kit as a guide to figuring out what I need to add. I painted the hull in the typical IJA camo scheme: Next I glued in the wooden decks that I cut out of a generic 1/700 wooden deck sheet, and I've been adding the various details to the deck including bollards, anchor chains, winches, etc.: Before putting on the flight deck, there's a lot of details that go on these interior decks - pipes, bollards, stairways, platforms for the carried planes and vehicles, etc. I've got most of those all painted up right now, so it's just a matter of figuring out where to place them so that they do not interfere with the supports for the flight deck. Thanks for looking in!
  15. Landlubber Mike
    Thanks Glen! They are fairly fragile, yeah. Some people prefer to attach them after painting the hull, but I usually like to attach them and then paint the combined assembly. Looking at the close-ups, it looks like there are tiny bends I'll need to fix but not too bad.
  16.    Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Seishu Maru by Landlubber Mike - Five Star - 1/700 - Resin and PE - IJA Crane Ship
  17. Landlubber Mike
    I've been bouncing around a few of the models on my bench, but did make some progress on the Seishu Maru - added the wooden decks, the bridge and some stairs. So far so good. This Five Star kit is a pretty nice kit and everything goes together fairly nicely. Thanks for looking in!
  18.    Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: 1960 Corvette by gsdpic - MFH - 1/12 - Multimedia
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  21.    Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Starcraft Adjutant AI by yvesvidal - 1/6 - RESIN/PLASTIC
  22. Landlubber Mike
    Very cool - you certainly picked a complex print! Nice job!
  23. Landlubber Mike
    I bought this kit last year when it came out as this is one of my favorite cars (hope MFH puts out more of these types of non-race cars in the future). I need to get a lot better building car models before I tackle mine, but it will be great to follow along on your build. The kit is definitely impressive in a lot of ways with all the various parts and details.
  24. Landlubber Mike started following Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony" by ccoyle - Halinski/Kartonowy Arsenal - 1/33 - CARD , 1960 Corvette by gsdpic - MFH - 1/12 - Multimedia and MV Europic Ferry 1967 by Ian_Grant - 1/96 Scale - 3D-Printed - Ferry
  25.    Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Lotus 72D by DocRob - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/12 - Plastic/Metal - The Legend
  26. Landlubber Mike
    Wow Igor, somehow I missed that you finished this one. What an epic build! Your best yet! Congratulations and happy new year to you my friend!
  27.    Landlubber Mike reacted to a post in a topic: Gulliver steals the Blephusquan Fleet by IgorSky - FINISHED - Scale 1/35 - BOTTLE
  28. Landlubber Mike
    Happy New Year to you Alan! Have a safe and enjoyable trip!
  29. Landlubber Mike
    Looking really great. Those guns and the camo look fantastic!
  30. Landlubber Mike
    Very cool subject - great start!
  31. Landlubber Mike
    Thanks Alan, good to know! Happy New Year my friend!
  32. Landlubber Mike
    Great work as always Chris. It's so hard to believe this is in card and not plastic or resin!
  33. Landlubber Mike
    Nice haul! You must have been on Santa's nice list. What do you think of the tweezers? My go-to are the ones from Dumont, but I got one from Anyz that could be a game changer, just will take some getting used to. That rolling tool is nice. I already have one that size (and one bigger) or I would have gotten the Dspiae one.
  34. Landlubber Mike
    Both
  35. Landlubber Mike
    The Airfix Walrus is a great kit! I stopped mine halfway because I couldn’t decide how to do the rigging, but it goes together very well and you really don’t need aftermarket for a nice model.

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