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  1. CDW
    This hull is going to look great when you get it finished. The preparation you're doing is key.
  2. CDW
    I'm certain he knows. Am just hoping he doesn't hold it against me or my goose is cooked.
  3. CDW
    One of my favorite Floquil colors used to be "old aluminum" or some title similar to that. Many of my model building friends freaked out when Floquil quit making paints and everyone made a quick run on all the available "old aluminum" paints they could get their hands on.
  4. CDW
    Those MRP are enamel paints? Do they recommend their own brand of reducer, or will generic products work.
  5. CDW
    You are going to LOVE that H&S airbrush.
  6. CDW
    A tour in Marine Corps, never hurt my back. Seven years of boxing, never hurt my back. Years of high level football, never hurt my back. Years of lifting all sorts of very heavy objects at work, never hurt my back. A kids birthday party, while grilling hamburgers and hotdogs, our little puppy walked behind my feet while I was stepping backward. Tried to avoid stepping on the pup and awkwardly fell backward but caught myself and no damage done...or so I thought until the next morning when I could not get up out of bed and had to crawl to my car to go to a doctor. The moral of the story, you can do extremely hard. heavy work all your life and a five pound puppy can end up wrecking your back. Go figure. Hope you get that back straightened out, Carl. I know first hand what a painful aggravation it can be.
  7. CDW
    When I first began building ship models (or any other type of model), there were no parts like these, either. Maybe it was the 80's when I first began to see photo etch parts, I can't remember for sure. Verlinden was making them back then, and other cottage industry parts. But they were very thick and crude by comparison to today's photo etch. The same with cast resin. Very crude at first, but today's top quality cast resin is amazing. What's just as astounding to me is the quality and precision of the turned brass parts. Take a look at those pom pom barrels and I ask myself, how the heck do they do that? It seems like something that small would just break apart during the machining process.
  8. CDW
    Just for the fun of it, I took this snapshot of all the parts that go into the building of one single pom pom gun. At first glance, it's hard to see how this could possibly end up as a pom pom gun. But it does.
  9. CDW
    Thanks again to all for your kind comments and encouragement. I must soon begin a project to build a larger display cabinet as my ship collection keeps growing.
  10. CDW
    Just a month ago, I was looking through a search on Amazon for Woody Joe models (and they offer a wide selection) and found a 1:250 Yamato kit for $289! Because I have been receiving the monthly installments from DeAgostini and am currently at month 8, didn't quickly move to buy it though I should have. My remaining 4 installments will cost me more than the entire kit from Amazon. When I looked for it again after a week or so, it was gone. Not surprised really, someone got a fantastic deal on the complete kit.
  11. CDW
    Those chutes on the front of the gun remind me of the copious amounts of spent shell casings that must have fallen from an AA emplacement with 8 guns when it was all fired up!
  12. CDW
    You might have jinxed me. Just about the time someone mentions I'm making quick progress on this model, I run into the British 2 pdr. pom pom guns. Seriously, I spent several hours just building this one measly gun! The gun consists of more than 30 separate parts, and a lot of them must be bent/folded to shape. I struggled to read and focus on the printed instruction sheet photographs. And that was with magnifying aids. Unlike some Pontos sets, this one does not have their instructions on pdf file at their website. As a result, I cannot zoom in to get a good view of what they are trying to show me. But all's well that ends well, and I managed to get the first of 6 of these built today. it should go faster tomorrow as now I know what folding I need to do and where each part goes.
  13. CDW
    Oh wow. With parts so small, this is going to be a real challenge. Such beautiful detail in a small model.
  14. CDW
    This is some of the photo etch and paint work completed today. More to come tomorrow. Thanks for following along.
  15. CDW
    Very nice. Am going to enjoy seeing this model take shape as you overhaul and rework it.
  16. CDW
    Thanks to all for the kind comments and encouragement. This kit and detail set falls in the correct range for my liking - not extremely difficult, but not too simple, either. Work seems to go faster when one enjoys what they are doing and I am enjoying this build.
  17. CDW
    Almost ready to paint these and the previous gun turrets.
  18. CDW
    Main gun turrets
  19. CDW
    OC I hope you find a way to get that problem taken care of, soon. Are there any Chinese herbal specialists in your area? Don't know if they have any recommendations for the problem you're having, but would not be surprised if they do.
  20. CDW
    Hi Piet You may call me by my first name, Craig. Regards
  21. CDW
    Going through the Pontos instruction photos, it becomes obvious the same instructions are shared by the King George V update, the Prince of Wales update, and the Duke of York. Certain construction/detail photos are marked for KJV, PoW, and DoY, only. It's quite possible the only difference in the sets will be the wooden decks, which are different for each variation. That means for my build, will have quite a few rocket launchers left over. So far, I like this set well enough that I am tempted to build both of the other versions after I finish this one.
  22. CDW
    I'm in, too. Thanks!
  23. CDW
    Excellent thread. Have made note of a number of items I want/need. Thanks!
  24. CDW
    Great! Permission to come aboard, sir. Have never seen this ship before now. When I first saw your pictures, thought it was a DD rather than a CL. Small guns it seems, even for a light cruiser. Almost look more like destroyer guns at first glance. Looks like it could be a lot of fun and will be a good display match for the Yamato.
  25. CDW
    Painted the hull with hull red and dark gray, painted raised portions of the deck with light gray. After paint dried, attached deck to hull. Stained the wooden deck stick-on with a dark gray acrylic wash (Vallejo). After 2 coats, I was satisfied with the finish. I sprayed the wash on using my airbrush, then wiped down excess with paper towels. ***One particular thing to take note if you might attempt this conversion yourself...my donor kit, the Tamiya King George V, has in the very center of the deck a raised structure with a deck on top for mounting the ship's boats. To model the Duke of York, the Pontos set provides cranes and railways that accommodate the observation aircraft and hangar, in place of the structure and deck (provided in the Tamiya kit). The ship's boats get mounted elsewhere on the ship. This is not made clear at all in the Pontos instructions, but you should quickly realize it by looking ahead in the building sequence and comparing it to the Tamiya plans. You will need to measure and cut an appropriate sized styrene sheet to fill in the "hole" that's left by not using the Tamiya ship's boat deck. The wooden stick-on deck covers this area and later on in the construction sequence, the railways are constructed with photo etch and glued to the wooden deck. I do not know for sure exactly how the Tamiya Prince of Wales is configured if you are using that kit as the donor. Either the KJV or the PoW should work fine for the conversion, but there may be differences in how that center section gets handled. Hope this makes sense. Anyway, I placed the stained wooden deck and fastened her down. Next, will begin building the superstructures, painting them, and building/painting the other conversion set details as required. Stay tuned.

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