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Meng just came out with the new israeli tank, it looks amazing.  I also have the tamiya m1 abrams tusk 2. ... so little time😔

Thanks guys!  I just wish i had more time.  Its going slower than I would like. But definetly very Fun!     As for my next build,  it  will probably be the Missouri just because I already have it ( i just have to spend  the $300 for all the pontos for it) I’m struggling between blue deck or teak deck.

The yorktown would be my perfered next build in a perfect world. Also I just bought a 1/35 isreali tank. So that might be going on the side.  

The cranes are in.   One of them hit one of the launches so I had to put it in a different position. But it’s OK it looks pretty good to me

oh and  A bulb blew out so the lighting in these two photos sucks. 

Launches installed.  Tomorrow, the cranes. 

Oh wow.  That beautiful!! 

Heres my miserable existance right now.  Snow removal....

Im going to make up one of each and see which one I like.  As we speak i’m installing the launches and cranes on the ship.  Photos coming soon. 

I had no time to Do anything this week. I worked 60 hours just in overtime, it was terrible. 

Yes the red is for stairs. Thats the pontos PE. I’m  going to use  Mk1 PE for the stairs. 

I have 3 different ezlines its great stuff.   Thank you everybody for the tips. I actually have two choices.

I had a look at some of my extra photo etch sheets. The one I circled in blue seems to be just perfect for that.  But then there’s also the piece I circled in red  which also seems absolutely perfect with holes in all the right places. Which one should I use?

Oooh. Nice!  Thanks. If i have that. 

I have a stupid question. I’ve been thinking about how to make the thing i’ve circled in the photo.  Any ideas? I’m clueless but I think it will make the rigging much better if I can make some of these. 

I hope not Popeye. Thanks!

Wait a minute.... i still have a bunch of PE life rings, I might as well put them onto the roofs of some launches.  

I finally finished the launches!  I don’t know yet if I should do the rigging first or install the lifeboats then rig around them. 

these 2 are bare bones because I lost so many little parts.  It’s ok though, these 2 will be 70% hidden. 

normally I would put on these props but I’ve had enough of these launches. So I opted to just call them done!

Today I lashed the launches together, glued on more oars and assembled 3 more launches. Tomorrow I should be done with these launches for good!  

Then I can install them and the 2 cranes onto the ship. I dont know if I should do the rigging  or the planes next. 

I just found out trumpeter came out with a 1/200 yorktown cv-5!  I want to build it  Before the missouri  if i can! I wonder how long it takes pontos to develop a PE upgrade kit for it. 

I had to cut it short today

I was able to paint the canopy frames. 

and stack 2 of the launches

I was about to lash them together with heavy EZline, but thats when I had to stop. 

see you next time!

I basically finished up the grey deck fittings. 

Before

after

next i will paint the oars. 

and this is them finished. I didnt even bother painting the white on the other side since you cant see it. 

Thank you

Today I continued painting the launches. I started with the small ones. I brushed on vallejo old wood. 

Before

after

all 3

then i started brushing the deck fittings on the rest. 

Before

after

just 7 more of these, then the orrs and 2 canopies and I believe ill be done with the launches. 

 Here you can see there’s not much contrast between the hulls and the decks. Hopefully the gray deck fittings and the gray strip on the hull breaks it up a little bit. 

I don’t have a subscription☹️

ok, lets do this. 

and done. Though I have a ton of tiny deck fittings to paint grey.  I have my shiny new tiny brush so I should be good to go. 

Javlin they are brass. 

 Flory is amazing. Maybe someday I can have half that talent. 

Im going to go with XF-79 Lenolium deck brown.  

I’ll be back. 

 OK, so I’ve just been sitting here staring at these launches for the last hour.... in deep thought...thinking. 🤔

 Originally I was going to prime them, spray them With xf-57 buff, brush on in oil based brown, wait for that  to somewhat dry, brush off the excess To simulate Wood Grain,  then finally spray a matte varnish. Thats what Flory did and it looks amazing but.... after thinking theres no way I’m doing all that and pulling it off! 

I starting looking at online photos. Some are white tops, I saw hull red tops,  And  I saw wood colored sprayed on which is what I think I’m going to do.  I just need to go to the hobby store and pick out a wood colored tamiya paint. 

Then I can just spray it on and call it a day!   

Working on the Bismarck on christmas morning. 

I just painted the last of the grey on the last 3 launches before I start on The tops of all the launches... this is a long process. 

 I don’t know why it’s so hard for me to get a straight water line masked off. 

only took 5 minutes of airbrushing today

the result

I knew I forgot somthing... the ors.  Oh well. 

Merry christmas everyone!