highlanderburial
-
Posts
131 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Everything posted by highlanderburial
-
Final Call! Sorry about the lack of follow up on this one. I struggled to complete this as the kit was infuriatingly inaccurate! I also found out the ship had lined out basketball and shuffleboard courts on the main deck. I added those using super thin pinstripe tape. The hand rails were finished and put in place using some new thinner super glue I got off amazon with a really amazing application tip. Finally here is the real comparison I wanted to from the get go. I constantly get asked how the SS United States compares in size to the Titanic. Well here you go! Thanks to everyone who followed this thread. My overall rating on the Glencoe kit is unless you LOVE cutting plastic with your Dremel and are willing to put in some SERIOUS time with plans and photo etch I would look elsewhere for a good model of the SS United States. Still the experience of painting her and working around her decks made me feel what a loss she would be if she went to the breaker's yard. -TW
- 10 replies
-
- 2
-
-
- united states
- glencoe
- (and 2 more)
-
All lifeboats added and forecastle deck furniture. Screwholes filled and painted.
- 10 replies
-
- 4
-
-
- united states
- glencoe
- (and 2 more)
-
I thought the gaping giant holes in the deck were for a lift boom or something but then saw this little blurb on the instructions.
- 10 replies
-
- 5
-
-
- united states
- glencoe
- (and 2 more)
-
Lower pinstripe added. Handrails added to the upper bridge. A few if the very toylike life boats added.
- 10 replies
-
- 3
-
-
- united states
- glencoe
- (and 2 more)
-
Green decks added! I also backed the port and stbd side passage ways with acetate to make the model more accurate.
- 10 replies
-
- 6
-
-
- united states
- glencoe
- (and 2 more)
-
I used my Dremel to cut all the solid handrails down to deck level. I felt like I was vandalizing the kit but one it was done I liked the look of it much better! You can see the handrail decals in my picture. I am using a Rainbow Photoetch 1/400 replacement. So far so good!
- 10 replies
-
- 5
-
-
- united states
- glencoe
- (and 2 more)
-
Having finished my Titanic kit I wanted to build the SS United States as a size comparison. The Glencoe kit is one step above "bathtub toy". I intend to replace the decal hand rails with photoetch.
- 10 replies
-
- 6
-
-
- united states
- glencoe
- (and 2 more)
-
I love Maine shipbuilding history. I bought a Pinky kit to represent a Maine boat without any intention of any historical tie-ins. That model is in my massive pile of kits to build but your emphasis on it here may move it up in my que. Good luck to you sir.
-
The Marconi antennas were brutal. I replace the plastic spreaders with think steel pins.
-
I used heavy EZ line for the stack guy wires. It went on super easy. Final assembly of the main structure.
-
I doubt very much there are over 200 of the little buggers. I will let you know when I hit that point!
-
Here are the 2 sets I got. I was on the fence for quite some time. In the end this model will be put in a case at a local CG facility as a display for the SOLAS treaty signed by the USCG in 1917. So my level if detail will not be as high as I would have liked. Still the deck chairs and benches were too much to pass up.
-
This was a last minute choice in what will be 2 ships. This is the 1/400 Academy Titanic kit. I purchased laser cut wood decks, PE Deck Chairs, PE Hand Rails.
-
This was a last minute choice in what will be 2 ships. This is the 1/400 Academy Titanic kit. I purchased laser cut wood decks, PE Deck Chairs, PE Hand Rails.
-
Not the best model builder here, not the worst, but I welcome discussions with all of them!
-
Greetings gang. I started this build with a video on YouTube. There are other build logs on this same cutter and I am happy to see them all. Here is part one of the build: Thanks for viewing. Music for the vid comes from the Colonial Seaport Museum. Sorry my video editing is not great!
Our Emblem ®
