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On 1/12/2022 at 11:30 AM, General Admission said:

So, thanks again for your thread, its been super helpful!

My pleasure
Hope to see your model here soon)

Wow!! Great kit!

Where did you get it?))

I've been searching it for at lest 5 or 6 years...(

Looks good!

On 12/24/2021 at 9:45 AM, General Admission said:

I know I'm nearly 6 months late to this thread, but in my defense,  I have only just joined.  Great result you achieved here! I literally just bought this kit last night and have been scouring the internet for builds to take note of and did a search here to find this build.  From all that I've seen,  it is one of HBs better kits in terms of accuarcy and fit. I got the impression you had no major issues with it? Is there anything I should be aware in hindsight? I can't wait to start mine when I get to it. 

Hi! Sorry for late response)

First of all, my congratulations to you as you've bought really great kit!)

There are no issues with it. Everything fits good, photo etched is presice. 

You should buy additional metal gun burrels for it.

And of course if it's your first ship, don't be hurry with gluing all together. Make a doublecheck before, that you're able to paint that stuff without extra efforts. It's better to paint some parts separately.

Good luck with it;)

On 6/11/2021 at 8:45 PM, popeye the sailor said:

great preemptive strike! .....most folks get the case after the model is finished!     it's a super idea though.......keeps the dust off between breaks of insanity.  really nice job thus far......really like how she looks  

Tanks a lot!🙂

Yes, the main reason to buy the box now was to avoid dust. There are so many  tiny details...I will definitely brake something if I will clean her.🤷‍♂️

Finally, ordered a box for my Alaska and started painting.

Hi to all!

It's been a long time since I've done something with Alaska.

Today cranes are almost finished. The only thing is left - to add cables.

And with this step the assembly is more or less done. All parts will be glued together after painting.

Next step - priming.

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

superb looking build so far........the PE work is very well done    also,  a fine selection of ships for the stash.......you have the Yamato....I have the Shokaku  

Thanks a lot!)
Shokaku in 1/350 scale? Fujimi?

@Egilmanmany thanks! 🙂

Guys, does anyone have good photos of USS Alaska's cranes? 

I want to know, how cables are placed on the crane.

A minor progress today. 

Don't have much time for modeling(((

16 hours ago, Lt. Biggles said:

Looking great mate!

Thanks!)

Recently my friend has dropped a box with small parts of both superstructures. Some parts were broken.

So now I have minus one friend 😄

Just kidding.

I've spent a couple of hours by fixing the damaged parts. 

For now I have a small progress with the rear superstructure.

While building Alaska I've bought a few more boxes.

I guess I got crazy about ships🤪

6 hours ago, Egilman said:

Nice PE skills as well..... 

 

I hope you don't mind if I sit in?.....

Thank you!
I would be happy if you join))

15 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

Very nice work with the PEs. Very clean and precise. What glue do you use?

 

Yves

Thanks a lot!
I've tried a dozen of different glues and found out that the best one for me is one of the cheapest, which is called "Premia". It's an own brand of one Ukrainian supermarket.
In fact they have two CA glues. On dries faster and another is thicker and gives you more time to place the detail. I use both of them.
To apply it I use a scalpel blade and a toothpick.

Here's my progress for today. Most of these parts are not glued to each other.

Probably, Alaska was not the best choice as the first ship to build.

But no regrets🙂
P.S. I was going to start with Yamato🤪

And pats of the rear one

As I've started a couple of weeks ago, I've partly assembled the front and the rear superstructures. 
It's the front

The kit has a big amount of small details and PE parts. Here are only some of them...

I've glued the front and rear parts of the deck and attached some smaller details which will be easy to paint.

13 minutes ago, RGL said:

Welcome, good to see another big ship here 

Thanks!)

As I've started building this kit a couple of weeks ago, I have some progress now - it's about 60% assembled.
But I'd like to go through several stages and show you some photos.

So the first couple of hours I've spent by sanding the lower hull. It had some noticeable seams.
For better understanding of the size, I've put the bottle of glue. The ship is over 70cm lenght.

After many years of building planes and AFVs I understood that I want something new.
So I decided to try myself at fleet.
My very first ship is gonna be a beautiful kit from Hobby Boss which is USS Alaska in 1/350 scale.
I've chosen this one because a couple of reasons:

1. It looks great 🙂

2. It is a new kit (2017) so everything should go together well

3. The kit has 4 big plates with PE parts and it's not necessary to by extra PE (at least it's enough for my level😀)

4. The deck on this ship was painted dark blue and I decided not to buy an extra wooden deck.

The only aftermarket that I've bought for this model is a set of 305 and 127 mm metal barrels.

I would be appreciate for all the comments and tips, but I'm totally new in fleet, so please don't be strict)))

Let's go...