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Good to see the results at last of your fine tuning the Death Star down from planet destroyer to artist. Quite an accomplishment. We will have to start calling you Lord Vader! May the force be with you!

S Class (this is Sceptre) i have some more if you want to see some external detail

A little more progress  just picking out some deck details with my brush(its easier to do this while the hull is still in two halves)    as Lou said  its brings the details out on what would be just a cigar.
 
OC.

The Death Star does some nice work on transfering the decorations to the wood. 

Thanks for the "likes" and the comments.
 
Had to do a "back 10 and punt" on this boat.  Still getting some oil canning and I'm not happy.   Re-thinking things.   I'll either add more ribs or go off in a different direction.  It didn't look bad, just didn't look right to my eye.  So, while thinking, I started looking over other bits and pieces and realized the DeathStar cuts just didn't look right also. <sigh>.   Dove into the problem...  Needed to re-calibrate things bigtime.  When I replaced parts some time ago after the pump failure took out the tube and power supply, I replaced them with "upgraded" parts.  Naturally, being Chinese, instructions were sparse so did some digging.    Power supply needed some adjustment and then my cut sheets (speed and power) needed to be rerun.  Also alignment was off due to moving the beast when working on it and cleaning the room.   I'm going to have to redo all my cut specs for each species and wood thickness.  Not hard work, just time consuming.
 
The several hours work, theresults are below.   The upper is "before" and the lower is "after".   Big difference to these tired old eyes.  BTW, those are are 3" (about 75mm) wide.  
 
I'm headed back to the ship's boats this week after more household duties have been performed.  I like the look of the Master Korbel boats and what's available so I ordered the largest one in 1/72.  Part of the learning curve.
 

Not a chance! Most days I am only able to come up with 22 when presented with 2+2!
 
It has been a long time since we have had a PC in this house and to be honest I had forgotten the term when used out of context. All we have here anymore are laptops. Everyone in the family has their own. Plus a spare one upstairs for the Admiral and I. The kids have a couple of tablets as well but I'm not all that comfortable with them so pretty much stick with the laptop. Getting old and slow at keeping up with tech I suppose, dreading the day when I have to switch completely over to Windows 10 on the remaining computers. Since the Admiral and I are not gamer's we can get away with 7 on our computers. 

Not a chance! Most days I am only able to come up with 22 when presented with 2+2!
 
It has been a long time since we have had a PC in this house and to be honest I had forgotten the term when used out of context. All we have here anymore are laptops. Everyone in the family has their own. Plus a spare one upstairs for the Admiral and I. The kids have a couple of tablets as well but I'm not all that comfortable with them so pretty much stick with the laptop. Getting old and slow at keeping up with tech I suppose, dreading the day when I have to switch completely over to Windows 10 on the remaining computers. Since the Admiral and I are not gamer's we can get away with 7 on our computers. 

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Looking great Carl
 
Your Captain keeps a much more tidy vessel than Greg's who has let his ship get run down to the point of almost becoming a rust bucket. Your guy must be a real Bligh? "What do you mean we are at war?" "No excuse!"

Well worth the wait nice work Carl

The ready ammo is of course obvious but I can't find the netting or voice pipes even when I enlarge the bridge to the point of being grainy. I do find the double row of pilot house windows and wooden doors interesting though.

I was thinking that as well, along with the person using it. You could probably give me a $10,000 camera and I couldn't take that good of picture at any size!
I suppose that the guy is using a builders model to point out the PE additions, that makes sense, but it looked like possibly all the things he was listing in the contents were brass colored in the pictures.

Carl
That picture is incredible! It is so hard to believe that the model is 1/700!

I have to follow behind Greg and OC. I like the camo pattern as well. Must mean that you made a good choice as everyone knows I have impeccable taste! 

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Looking great Carl
 
Your Captain keeps a much more tidy vessel than Greg's who has let his ship get run down to the point of almost becoming a rust bucket. Your guy must be a real Bligh? "What do you mean we are at war?" "No excuse!"

I agree
 
Back in the day my favorite nuke sub was the Skipjack, and the only kit available was the old Aurora kit that left much to be desired as far as detail goes. That was no excuse I suppose, as I also have plans for the Skipjack that showed details that were not on the kit but could have been etched in. At any rate, my Skipjack ended up as a black teardrop with fins. The prop was really the only break in color!
 
You might also see if you can find pictures of the deck and see if like US subs these subs have the "Target" ring painted around the rescue hatches. Only a little bit of color but everything helps. Also it looks like the Radar mast is painted white in all the pictures where it is raised.

Have been vexed by this problem and nothing I have done until now has provided a solution-enough space, out of the way and still view with out playing like a monkey up and down and all around
 
Go to 4 corners maps, I just purchased the Overlay Roller Map Holder $ 159.00 quite a deal and out of the way my solution.
 
 

I agree Patrick. The only proof on long term reliability is unfortunately............ Long term! Virtually every build on this forum has not withstood that particular test. In the mean time your solution looks pretty good and if twenty years down the road it starts coming apart you happen to know someone who knows how to fit it!

Looking forward to your build Rodger, and what you think of it. I think we all know what the 'other company' is and share your feelings on their offering. I have the larger Master Korabel boat to go with my Phoenix kit and although I have not built it, the little kit looks like it has the potential of building into a little jem.

Scott
 
If the basement is as big as you say, especially if you have some windows that are outside of the picture area, possibly you could just cover the wall on the left between you and your neighbor with a couple of the blue plastic tarps that only cost a few dollars and can be stapled to the wooden divider wall. That would stop much of the moisture, unfortunately it would stop much of the heat as well. 
 
If you are that concerned about excess moisture, then I would get the Missouri out of there as well and any family pictures you may have in your stored boxes. I once had a similar storage situation in an outside shed type of building and kept my backpacking gear there. I ended up loosing two packs and a small tent to mold before realized what was happening. 
 
If you live that close to your old shop then maybe it won't be that bad, besides it makes for some family visiting time. I don't see my kids for weeks, sometimes months at a time, and they live much closer than that. 

Looks perfect to me, a raw canvas just waiting for you to do with it what you want.
 
I don't see any water stains on the floor or walls so if you threw some insulation, wallboard and matting on the floor, you could add some heat and be good to go. Bismark/ Missouri time without the commute.
 
I live in the pacific northwest where it rains nine months out of the year and my first dedicated, (Only dedicated) shop was in the basement of the house I lived in at the time. In my case I just threw plywood and two by fours over the cement floor and went to work. Built a lot of models down there over the years and never had any humidity problems.
 
Good luck  

What a waste of good table space! That's what couches are made for. Why do you think they call it a 'coffee table' and set it next to the couch? 
Next you will say that the garage is to put the car in!

Looking forward to your build Rodger, and what you think of it. I think we all know what the 'other company' is and share your feelings on their offering. I have the larger Master Korabel boat to go with my Phoenix kit and although I have not built it, the little kit looks like it has the potential of building into a little jem.

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Looking great Carl
 
Your Captain keeps a much more tidy vessel than Greg's who has let his ship get run down to the point of almost becoming a rust bucket. Your guy must be a real Bligh? "What do you mean we are at war?" "No excuse!"

Nice job OC she is already taking on some character. She is no longer a cigar tube with aspirations of becoming a Sardine can.