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Good morning.

The quarterdeck cabin facade is 90% complete, I just need to size it a bit better before I go to paint on that. And the foredeck cabin facade is better but I need to round it a little bit so that it fits the deck properly. 
 
I worked out I can print them together on the same build plate at the same time which saves some time in the printing.
 
To be honest I want to get back to doing some wood now.. i have had enough with the plastic at the moment.

Small, current updates of my work
I've left a lot of spaghetti-threads on the deck just to feel secure enough before I freeze or trim them down.
A real symmetry of the lines and the respective tension of the threads is needed at this stage

@bdgiantman2
Hello Brian,
the ropes are made of silk. The two ends were glued with superglue at the point marked in yellow. In order to create the largest possible contact surface for the glue, I cut off the two ends at an angle with a scalpel.
Thank you for the interest.

Cross-jack yard, mizzen and topsail mizzen yard.

Photos of the ship's deck .......

This is the railing for the half of ship. Now I have to make the another half 😁
 
Jan

Hung the first whale boat. Four more to go.  

I was finally able to finally log on this morning at 4:24 EDT and there were four of us logged on. That's the least number of MSW members I've ever seen logged on, it was weird. I logged out and came back a couple of hours later and our site was down again. I logged on just now  and I'm grateful to see we're back up and running in fine fashion.
 
 If during this outage you discovered how much you truly missed being able to log on to MSW to enjoy all the benefits that MSW provides and you're not a NRG member, then help by financially supporting MSW by becoming a NRG member.   

Nice work, Bob, and congratulations!

Thank you Ken.
 
Meanwhile, there is some detail work to be done. I added the PE hinges to the wheel doors and the breaking parachute release mechanism to the fuselage, where I used 0,55 mm brass rod instead of the supplied thread.
 
Cheers Rob
 

First cuts 'n' glues. I've never built a kit like this that has the wing spars as part and parcel of the cockpit framing -- just seems to me like a good way to snap the spars off accidentally. But I will try to be extra careful moving forward. As I said earlier, the Wildcat is not as beefy as the Hellcat, but it's still bigger than I had imagined. The next -cat I build will have to be the relatively diminuitive Bearcat. But don't get your hopes up -- I don't actually have one in my stash.
 

Well my friends,  it is that time. I am going to mark this one finished. Made and attached the rudders, and finally  Captain Marvin Got his  pillows lol.
 
It's  all done, and we decided to add more wind to the sails.  So I saturated the sail with GAC 400, got the hair dryer, low heat, high wind, and using the hair dryer I blew it for about 10 minutes  . The sail turn out fine.

More wind lol 😆 
  So here are a few more final  pictures.
 
 Plus,  I would like to thank M S W for helping along the way. And a big thank you to the four other Sea of Galilee Boat  logs that I leaned on to finish.   
Bye for now see you soon 
BOB M.


I gave this boat to the first Mate,  she said she loves it. So I got a even bigger  grin on my face lol  bye for now 😅 

Hi All,
I have decided to call time on the Bismarck and say "Finished."
Final touch-ups completed today and a couple of coats of Satin Clear.
 
I did not get to deploying Accommodation Ladders, oh well....
Hawse Drums were re-wound with A/L 0.25 Black Thread, much better, Anchor Buoys also re-wound and fitted.
 
I guess an interesting build for me, my first Ship with "Guns" and a great PE primer having never dabbled in the medium before.
 
It's not perfect but should pass muster, I guess that's part of building with 1.5 arms!! 🙂
 
Would I do it again? Definitely!! I'm sort of gearing up to have a good look at my Trumpeter version with MK1 detail PE.
 
I have issues with some items included in the kit contents but they got resolved o.k.
 
Many thanks to all that have hit the "Like" thingy, much appreciated.
 
A few of those I wish to thank for thier input and knowledge, well you know who you are, rvchima, Rod, joe100, Joe and many others that have from time-to-time offered ideas or constructive criticism. 🙂
 
Last but definitely not least, my lovely lady, for assisting completion for this old Chap with one and a bit working appendages.
 
So, some photos in no particular order....
 
I almost forgot to mention, the Color/Camo scheme is for this day in history May 21 1941. (I believe that the Stripes/Stern Wave was removed shortly afterward.)
 
Cheers....HOF.
 
 
 
 

Short answer: You don't. Only an administrator can make changes like that, and I don't think they can do it for individual topics, i.e., it's a site-wide setting.
 
Page length is determined by the number of posts in a topic -- I believe each page is currently set for 25 posts. The only way to shorten your content is to post fewer pictures. That's probably a good thing to do in any case, since scrolling past endless photos can be a turn-off for some users, not to mention all those photos can take a long time to load on older systems or slower internet connections. Best thing to do is to select a few photos that best show your progress on your build. If you still want to post lots of photos, you can try posting them in installments -- more posts with fewer photos per post.
 
Cheers!

Hang them from your favorite man area ceiling!

That's literally why I have never gone out of my way to purchase a P-38 kit. 😆  But I have caved in to temptation in the past by acquiring big birds like the Whirlwind, Tempest, and P-47. Not exactly sure where I will display them when I get around to building them, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Short answer: You don't. Only an administrator can make changes like that, and I don't think they can do it for individual topics, i.e., it's a site-wide setting.
 
Page length is determined by the number of posts in a topic -- I believe each page is currently set for 25 posts. The only way to shorten your content is to post fewer pictures. That's probably a good thing to do in any case, since scrolling past endless photos can be a turn-off for some users, not to mention all those photos can take a long time to load on older systems or slower internet connections. Best thing to do is to select a few photos that best show your progress on your build. If you still want to post lots of photos, you can try posting them in installments -- more posts with fewer photos per post.
 
Cheers!

Congratulations, Rusty! That is simply a fantastic model!

That's literally why I have never gone out of my way to purchase a P-38 kit. 😆  But I have caved in to temptation in the past by acquiring big birds like the Whirlwind, Tempest, and P-47. Not exactly sure where I will display them when I get around to building them, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

The finish line is not that far off no mail today so no yellow The canopy was a bit of a PIA probably more me than the manufacture I go outside the box/instructions and gets me in trouble but I resolved that issue.I have been touching up the nose decal with black tonight hence the yellow.I like it when you decorate the props just that little more touch.One pic of the port side of the fuse shows a decal that moved but also those ribs numbers not 9 like the 109 but 18.I tried making a RLM04 with what you gave Andy hence since I do not have the all the colors got to daRK.

I started on this because no stuff came in for me today from the post man and plus been watching videos on YT of the Tempest.I watched the last night the dedication of one being restored in the UK with a sabre engine that has never been fired up yet new in the crate 80years now!!So I mentioned on another thread that slips me at the moment should/when I start this build the WW's would be the first place I venture to.I have seen builds stall when they get here even a YT vid.Well....I decided the instructions suck in this area and since they give you a Nice relief in the lower wing I started with the front piece and worked clockwise and it went together like a champ.The upper wings have already been checked for fit and it slips in like a dream.I will finish the wing and move onto the fuselage in the next couple of weeks.

Congratulations, Rusty! That is simply a fantastic model!

Then I guess you really don't want to see anything like this...
 
B-17
 
Now that IS a monster....
 
(I have the plastic HK version, they are HUGE)

I did the Halinski P-47 a few years back and upscaled it to 1:20.  I had to put up a special shelf.  😀  Crazy