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4 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

should airbrush OK  I take it?

Does for me with my cheapie brush/compressor.

Except for clear parts like canopies and such. They always seem to come out better if dipped and allowed to drip dry slowly.

40 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

I know some have used Future  or over here its called Pleadge  - or would another modeling brand  work?

Same stuff, only different names. Just basically a clear acrylic finish used to protect the surface it is used on and give it a high gloss.

As I have said before, I am pretty much a moron when it comes to WWI tanks............but why should I let that stop me? 

I think I read when looking up these tanks you are building that at first they did them in camo and stuff but pretty quickly came to the same conclusion we have here. Why try to hide the biggest, loudest, moving thing in no mans land? They then just left them gray like they came from the factory. So I suppose it would depend on #1 if they are right, and #2 what period/battle you are modeling. 

While I have known about the nature of both "Props" for some time, it is interesting seeing the more recent pictures of the Indiana Jones tank. It is obvious that Hollywood has not changed over the years in letting movie props go to waste. The entire Pearl Harbor fleet from Tora Tora Tora, all but one model of Harper Goff's Disney Nautilus, and his lesser known Proteus from the Fantastic Voyage movie. The 11 foot Hero Nautilus model still survives, but only after extensive restoration not long ago by Scott Brodeen and others. I have no idea what was done with it after the restoration.

Thanks for the recent picture of the MK VII movie prop.

Just now, ccoyle said:

but a certain amount of suspension of belief was required.

Starting with the very existence of the"MKVII". Even though I suppose one could say that it did exist. They made a full version for the movie. It is  kind of like the San Pablo used in making The Sand Pebbles. They made a full size ship for the film, so if you build a model of the movie ship is it scale?

Not quite the MKVII from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade but at least looks a little familiar to me. (I never followed WWI tanks that much and pretty much all I know I learned here).

Looks like it won't be long for us to see what you do with this one.

Possibly you could find Lewis guns on Shapeways or somewhere.

That huge antenna looks like it would snap that little mast in rough weather.

Very nicely done.

Nicely done Alan.

It is amazing how you can take a box with guns and make it an interesting build to follow. It may have been a simple kit but your effort made it better than it's parts. I for one enjoyed following it.

Great looking work Bill. This is NOT as easy of a build as some people think, especially when you want to make it stop looking like wood covered with paint.

You may want to consider just using a fine mesh fiberglass cloth with a hard drying resin. I think that even with the extra sanding it will go easier in the long run than sheeting in plastic.

You might remember that the Missouri class of battleships are an oddity in armored ship design in that there is very little external evidence of any armor plating at all, as almost all of it was internal and the outer "skin" was really quite thin. You don't see any of the large sections of "Armor belt" as in virtually all other battleships.

Looks much better than a black and white cow Alan. I don't know virtually anything about these vehicles but I would think that camouflage was pretty much a mute thing given where and how they were used. A little hard to hide the largest thing in the area and one of the few moving. 

A number of light cruisers of WWI were in the 450+- foot range. But as far as I know, none were as fast. 

Very nicely done.

12 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

It's amazing how many details there are on destroyers.

Your build keeps getting better and better Mike. As for being a cluttered ship, you need to remember that this ship was almost as large as a WWI light cruiser!

You can always do it in black and white and paint the word "COW" on the side. Everyone knows you are not supposed to shoot cows during hunting season.

I like the progress you are making

It's strange that you can switch the site to English and get the price in dollars, they even drop the taxes keeping the price at $66.00 but the shipping gets lost in the translation. (Actually it's me that gets lost as I do not read the language and they do not translate)  😞  

Nice to see you making a little progress on your beautiful Providence Ken. Always enjoyable seeing her.

On 10/25/2021 at 3:17 PM, mtaylor said:

So the  builders at this scale are masochists and we're just voyeurs?   

They don't call it "ship porn" for nothing!

The figures, just like the gun look great. I do get a little nervous with all of those apparently live rounds just laying around though.

She would certainly be easy to find in a parking lot, or a sky full of planes! Nice work of yet another rarely known or modeled subject. I think there is little doubt that this one is NOT a captured Allied plane being used by the Germans!

38 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

 It will be a long agony.....

Luckily just for him. I have come to rather enjoy watching OTHERS build these torture machines. Only causes me slight eye strain and hand shaking!

On 10/22/2021 at 5:53 PM, rvchima said:

It does make up into a beautiful model though and would be great for RC if you're into that.

You did a very nice job on this kit, and yes it does make a very nice looking and reasonably powerful RC model yet is still maneuverable because of the twin screws. Bring your buddy to get it into the water though. It does weigh a bit!

Nice start Craig. Trying to punish yourself by starting another 1/700 so soon?

Nicely finished Craig

Hope (He?) gets a place of honor in the model yard. It deserves it. Obviously a challenging build, and not just because of the scale.

Well made Elijah

But as you know this is only the start. I have seen a couple of the boats made there for sale in Port Townsend over the years and if they are an example then you have some treats coming in the next year or two. Beautiful work in Cedar and Oak, along with other woods that I do not know as well. Are you doing full time or just taking classes?