Jump to content
MSW Spring Donation Drive

reklein

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,285

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by reklein

  1. reklein
    If you carve your own parts and then cast them from your own originals the parts are still considered original work. Its not too difficult to cast resin parts and theres a ton of material on how to on the net. But I agree that a lot of the metal kit parts are a little crude. The General public will probably not notice the difference though.
  2. reklein
    Welcome aboard Jaan. I have known only one other person with the name Ojala,and he lived in Sitka Alaska for many years and now lives in Hawaii.Just an interesting,to me ,tidbit.
  3. reklein
    That's gonna look really good on the water. Nice and tidy workmanship.
  4. reklein
    Speaking of "salt time" did I mention I lived 28 years on the beach in Sitka AK? Plenty of salt water boating and fishing,I was also harbormaster for about a year. Not one of my best gigs. Big fishing community there and tons of wooden boats. No offense was taken , now lets see some more progress on that destroyer please.
  5. reklein
    Dear Mr.GnS, I spent 4 yrs in uncle Sams Navy. Yeah sure I was a Dental tech but was still on the Intrepid and later on a destroyer tender the Yosemite. I spent a lot of time up on vultures row was flight ops, And with the AD I saw a lot of different types,although we didn't go anywhere on it except for Boston and a weekend in Halifax. Also anyone worth his Salt should know that Lewiston ID is an actual seaport despite the fact we are 400 miles inland. Also you SAID the photos were mocked up.
  6. reklein
    On behalf of mr. GnS lemme say that this is just a mock up of bult parts to get a preview.
  7. reklein
    This is a GREAT build. Keep up the good work.
  8. reklein
    I'm really enjoying your collection of paintings. Your style reminds me a lot of Mark Meyers whod id some pictures of early Russian and English explorers in Alaska,where I used to live. Great stuff, and so much of it too.
  9. reklein
    I have not recently purchased from Tower Hobbies but back in the 80s and 90s they were the premier supplier of R/C planes and supplies and very reliable often receiving orders in Alaska within a week. I'd bet on them.
  10. reklein
    Welcome Giovanni, from the wild western US.
  11. reklein
    I hear ya about what you got on hand. I was thinking that styrene would better simulate metal,but you're doing a fine job of getting the wood filled and painted. Knowing your work ,it will come out perfect. I got a lifetime supply of .030 styrene from a sign shop in Spokane and it wasn't all that expensive. Got it years ago so forgot what I actually paid. I also got a lifetime supply of 1/32 ply from a friend who abandoned an ultralight airplane project. I prefer the styrene for simulating metal and the ply for under structure for model railroad structures. Just wondering was all ,no worries.
  12. reklein
    Ken , Beautiful work. Am wondering why you didn't use styrene for all that structure?
  13. reklein
    At those prices you can't buy the materials and build them. Big LIKE from me.
  14. reklein
    Take a look at Ken Foran's book" Model building with Brass". He's a member here and a very good author.
  15. reklein
    I think you can rehydrate old wood strips by placing them in a long plastic bag and dopr a piece of wadded up moistened paper towel in with it. I wouldn't soak the wood ,then you have to dry it out again to work it. Anyway ,a little water goes a long way.
  16. reklein
    My condolences to your on your Dads death. Congratulations on your fine build.
  17. reklein
    This model is a great eye opener as to modern marine architecture. Very interesting hull shape. All in the name of efficiency I suppose. Nice work as usual Ken.
  18. reklein
    Hey Glenn, I lost track of this build somehow. You have really come a long way. I like how you have all that documentation. It takes a lot of mystery out of the details. The struggle with French is good for a person. It forces us to learn stuff and maybe a little different way of thinking. Nice work all throughout . Bill
  19. reklein
    Looks positively sinister with the dark gray coloring and all the detail. Great job.
  20. reklein
    I'm pretty sure the boats were painted white on the bottom. The roof area on the wheelhouse decks were coered in heavily painted canvas. Roof walks were made to keep foot traffic off the decks. I researched and built a 1/48 model of a snake river boat run by the Union Pacific railway. I visited the Sicamous in Penticton BC which is a steel hulled boat but wood above. Also an acquaintance sent me numerous photos of the Klondike which is a retired Klondike river sternwheeler.Yu may want to google these ships to see how they were built in the latter days of sternwheelers.
  21. reklein
    These are beautiful. Are they made after real ships or are they fictional?
  22. reklein
    The Yosemite AD19 Newport RI. With a summer in the yards in Boston. I mustered out from her in Dec.68. Went yo Olympic in Bremerton and then to WSU.
  23. reklein
    Well it was the summer of 1967 and I was home to the farm on leave from the Navy. I had bought and built the model on board the destroyer tender I was stationed on and in those days you could take odd carry on things with you on an airliner. After a day or two at home I had time to take it out to the" reservoir",what we called the farm pond and tried her out. I had a cheap R/C transmitter in it instead of the cam controller. However the little breeze that was blowing turned out to be a 1/72 scale cat. 3 hurricane and swamped my destroyer and she went down. I did recover it but she never sailed again. As I recall it was about $35 for that kit at the time. I may have gotten it cheaper at the BX.
  24. reklein
    Lou, I had alsmost the exact same experience. No need to even retell it.
  25. reklein
    Looks like Dan is right on the scarf joint thing. My bad.

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...