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That's right rub it in!

Nicely done Henrik I think that these days the kits are designed with the idea that almost all builders will choose to add PE to the build and even though the kit is accurate and fits well they still need the extra investment to make the museum class model they have the ability to be. Your OOB work certainly looks fine to me and the addition of the ocean base does help to bring it to life. She certainly was an impressive and graceful looking ship, as your model shows.

Impressive model restoration. Hopefully it will be many years before you need to do it again. Thanks for bringing us along.

Turned out very nice Denis. Glad you were able to get her finished.

We are NOT childish!..............................

Nice work Denis. Hard to believe it is 1/72nd instead of 1/48th like your other aircraft.

I have to admit that your ability to use color and shading to make a very authentic yet also appealing looking ship always makes me envious.

Why? They look excellent to me. It is amazing just how incredibly detailed this little ship is!

If the tube is too small to hide the two wires inside then solder a wire on the outside top and bottom and run the other internally. that way the tube becomes one of the wires as it passes through the model framework. Another method could be to use self adhesive copper ribbon like they use in doll houses and glue it to the outside of the tube and then paint over it.

Now we are getting a little closer to the cars I always liked! At least it has the name Le Mans on the box!

Most people are not qualified to drive at that speed in two or four wheels anyway. That is one sexy looking bike at any rate even if you are not doing 200 MPH. Now I see why my son is so wrapped up in his 2002 Ninja and keeps wanting to show it to me.

Came out looking pretty clean Jack, congratulations.

Came out looking pretty clean Jack, congratulations.

Excellent conversion well executed Patrick It is interesting as to how much difference there is in the two versions.

Excellent choice of ships and fantastic progress George. This ship is certainly unique. Not quite a Cruiser, a Battleship, or a Battle Cruiser, yet it has survived for 120 years in almost operating condition while almost all of those other ships are long gone. I hope that they realize the desire of a few years ago and are able to return her machinery back into operation and she will again be able to sail under her own power some day.

While it would certainly fall under economic reasons it seems that the Japanese manufactures have no problem in making all of the standard WWII German ships along with all of the Japanese ships referred to. They even seem to cover a fairly wide range of British ships in the WWWII range although possibly not as extensively as it could be. But certain areas of US ships seem to me at least, to be missing. Why the Indianapolis by two different companies instead of for example the almost identical Portland or Louisville that were not sunk by Japanese forces? I have always included the Houston in that list of why not ships, she certainly gave as good an account of herself or better than the Bismarck, and certainly better than the Tirpitz. But then the Houston suffered much the same fate at the hands of US companies over the years as well, to say nothing of history. So I consider Japanese pride as a factor of why certain US ships are not depicted also. Not so much in 1/700 but certainly in 1/350 and even more so in 1/200.

I never thought of the Hipper class ships as being "Treaty" ships. They didn't come even close to meeting the Treaty of Versailles, the Washington Navel treaty, or even the pretty much ignored London Naval Treaty. Supposedly the Hipper and other ships of the class were built under the 1933 Anglo-German Naval Agreement, but even cheated in that in the fact that they were almost double the tonnage allowed by the treaty. The Königsberg class and later Leipzig in my humble opinion better fit the term "Treaty Class" even though I do not know if they were ever referred to as such. They do start showing the graceful but powerful lines of the later Kriegsmarine ships. I am not certain what the St Louis class is, outside of the older "Protected" cruisers at the turn of the century. I always thought of the CL-47 St Louis as being one of the Brooklyn class treaty cruisers, but I do seem to be wrong pretty frequently lately. I always thought Brooklyn class looked a little strange, (As did their Japanese counterparts) with their odd forward three turret arrangement, even though the Japanese version seems more useful with two main deck and the third super firing. I always thought a midships arrangement for the extra turret would have been pretty much just as effective rather than the American design of center elevated. But it would have possibly made the ship too heavy with the separate magazine and armor required. Obviously it proved to be an effective arrangement. The ships I was primarily thinking of as "Treaty Class Cruisers" were the eleven American heavy cruisers of the Pensacola Class (CA-24) to the Portland Class (Indianapolis CA-35). I suppose I was being inaccurate in using the term as there are certainly other cruisers both heavy and light that would fall under that description. As usual I should have been more precise in my label. Of course it is probably clear that the Houston CA-30, not CL-81 is my favorite of the bunch.

Have you never driven highway 1 in California? It's a slice out of the cliff over the ocean, constantly exposed to the sea and weather on the western side. Having a section fall away into the sea is pretty much a matter of when not if! But yes, even though a storm like that is not really all that uncommon here in Washington, they have not had to deal with that much rain at once in California for years. At least in San Francisco. Heavy rain with mudslides are almost seasonal in Los Angles.

With the possible exception of the "Treaty Class Cruisers", (Possibly my favorite US design used in WWII) I agree. I suppose that the same argument could be made for the German ships of WWII, possibly one of the reasons why they are so popular. But then All of the cars I own are also boxes with wheels. Small box, medium box, and large box. So I suppose I just like the look of function. Gambier Bay may be taking it a bit far though.

It was much more behaved when it was out here but when it realized it was having to go your way it got a little mad. It's had almost a week of holding it in.

Same here in the PNW.

VERY well done Mike. Makes me almost like the looks of Japanese destroyers........... almost.

Isn't that why the inner bulwarks are painted red? Great work on your tank Patrick. Are you going to do anything to the tracks or leave them silver? (Gray?)

Almost looks like the pointed tip from an drafting compass. Thanks

So she could only take it for seven years?