Landlubber Mike

BE, just had a chance to read through your build log.  I didn't give a "thumbs up" to all your posts as I didn't want you to have to sign on with 100 notification alerts.  But just wanted to say wow!  Your work is stellar as always.  The stern came out absolutely fantastic.  One of these days I'll get back to my Pegasus and hope it comes out even half as nice as your work.

Glen, that came out really nicely!  Fantastic job!  I especially like your creative display.  Well done!

15 hours ago, RGL said:

Along the wing? The darker paint ?

Yeah - those circle type markings.  I saw them on the picture, just wondering what they could be from.

Looks great Greg.  Any idea what those dark circles were on the Cats from the pictures?  Didn’t look like there was structural damage there but almost looked like a burn of some sort.

39 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Thanks You Mike; This is a slow build; having so much reference material seems to mean I spend half of the time looking at photos and comparing the real ship with the kit. 

Alan

I feel like that too sometimes with some of my models.  Drives me crazy when you can’t find that one picture!

Looks great Alan, coming along nicely!

Great job!  That came out really well!  

Very nice job, well done on both!  What is next on the bench?

Looking great Jeff.  Building guns from PE is a real pain for sure.

Looks great, can’t wait for the final reveal!  Glad that it went in without trouble!

Great job Yves!  Thanks for sharing the adventure with us - it demystified a lot of this 3D printing stuff for me.  Looks great next to the sub!

Looks great with the decks on OC!

I have a few kits with wooden decks.  They are adhesive backed - did you find the need to add extra glue?  Can I ask what glue you used?  I have heard about concerns with decks lifting up, but wasn't sure if that was older decks and they have found the right adhesive to use on newer kits.

Really nice job there Alan.  Love the F-35s!

Looking great!  Glad the taping and painting went well.

Yves, great job!  For the stern area, have you looked at the instruction manual for the kits that are out there?  They might be of some help.  I have the 1/72 and 1/144 Revell kits if you need any of that info.

Someone on Shapeways has a number of Flower Class Corvette detail items too if you're interested.

Looking really great Greg.  They sure maximized the space on that flat top!

Really nice job!  Well done!

Thanks guys, really appreciate it!  

14 minutes ago, lmagna said:

She turned out very nice Mike. Certainly looks like she is in a hurry to be somewhere important. Hope you have a nice place reserved for her.

Thanks Lou, really appreciate the kind words.  Was a real learning experience for sure, which the Shimakaze and Yaeyama are benefiting from.  I can already see how the difference in PE work between the Yaeyama and this one.

I'm working on what to do about display/storage.  So far I have a cabinet in the basement where it's sat for the time being, but my Shimakaze is about done and won't be able to fit.

Looking great Glen.  Love the new rails - well done sorting that one out!

I'm calling this one officially done.  I originally bought this model as a stepping stone to learning how to build plastic ship models with PE sets so that I could do the Hasegawa Shimakaze kit some Justice.  It was a good model to learn the ropes on.  

Now, I'm just about done with the Shimakaze, but wanted to put it in a water diorama setting.  So, I pulled out the Hatsuzakura and did my first waterline diorama setting.  For the base, I used insulation foam board from Home Depot that I cut using a Proxxon thermocutter.  The frame is basswood that I purchased from National Balsa in the widths and thickness I thought would look ok, which I then cut, sanded, and stained (on my next one, I might reduce the height of the base by a 1/4").  The sea was made using the crinkled aluminum foil technique, coupled with using Liquitex heavy gel gloss acrylic medium, and cotton for the white sea spray/wake.  I'm pretty happy with how it all came out, though would probably do the wake a little differently next time.  

Figures were a combination of resin figures from FiveStar and NorthStar.  The nice thing about them is that they are already fairly three-dimensional, unlike the PE ones you see from places like Eduard.  I saw one model where the builder used Eduard but built up the figures using glued-on cornstarch, but that seemed like a bit too much work for this go around.

Thanks for all the interest and help on this log.  Really appreciate it!

Looks great Kevin.  Are you soldering the PE together?  If so, you’ve really gotten the hang of it!

If you do decide to go with gold, consider Gilder's Paste Wax.  You rub it in and if done lightly, you will already get lowlights and highlights.  I'm probably going to go this route on the gold accents of my LAR.

On 1/26/2022 at 12:29 PM, lmagna said:

In defense of the manufactures all it takes to get it wrong sometimes is one reversed negative. While they may do research at some point, it may be questionable how in depth that research may be. Doesn't seem to be the case this time but sometimes?  

Lou, maybe we should have been kit designers.  Our wives think we are perfect and never make mistakes.

The Mephistopheles is a sweet looking kit.  Can do it up as the black version.