Nirvana

Thank you Bill and Louie, for stepping up and helping with good recommendations when it comes the restoration. It's not easy when seeing the ship only by pictures. This is what Modelshipworld is about.

Outstanding paintjob! To buff the painted area use 6000 grit and water then with feather weight pressure get that shine!

Hi Ric, and a warm welcome to MSW. Syren as mentioned is probably one of the more popular models to build.

I also have one going.

18 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Nice work Per

 

Those things are almost impossible to get built let alone make them look right! It seems you did both in 47 seconds! 

Lou,

I am using ACDsee Video Studio to create the time lapse. It's fun and also takes you through the build in another way.
But building it in 47 seconds..... not really rather 7 days, including long breaks.😄

Hope this will work, this is a time lapse build of the metal earths USS Arizona.
Small parts and tricky but I got the last parts together last night at 2am. 

Here's a penny in front of the finished model.

Oh my, that's coming together very nicely. You really got the crew to look natural.

The paint job on my yacht wasn't done by me, I had an auto body shop with paint both doing it for 50 dollars excluding the cost of primer, paint and  clear coating. 

I couldn't have done that nice job myself. 

That being said, using Krylon spray can product shows that you are really good at painting. 

True Blue is a great name, and in my opinion a neutral too.

I would have given my RC sailing yacht that name, hence the color, unless I had promised my wife to name the yacht after her. Mary II

Henrik, 

It's kind of funny, my sons' name Henrik and I his cousins are calling him Henke, even though that isn't his true first name.

Your "Aggy" is coming together nicely.

Jim,

Very nice build log.
What's next to build?

Hi Uwe, and a warm welcome to MSW, we do have a gallery where you can post your finished models.
Finished models are being rotated at the top-bar. So, please upload them and describe models, any story around them - but no build logs, thank you.
Start a build log of your current ship and when running into troubles start asking questions, we are here to help.

On 6/27/2020 at 9:35 AM, Kyak said:

Hi guys,

 

My buildlog  of the Diana by Occre is gone. I can't find it anymore.  I didn't delete it.  Any advice??

 

Grtz

Kyak,

We are so sorry that your log got accidentally deleted, we have moved and tagged thousands of build logs. 
Any deletion is pure accidental, not on purpose.

Again, we are sorry for this mistake.

I truly like the white deck caulking. Makes it looks so crisp and clean.

What caulking did you use?

You have to be extreme careful when it comes to the varnish of the deck so it doesn't dissolve the caulking.

I am so glad you got this model. You have done a fantastic job of recovering her. She needs a special place in the house to honor your father.

Hi Michael, 
We have re-organized the build forums to it's easier to build logs, now it's categorized by time-era.
I found your log and saw you haven't posted anything since the painting of the hull. Just checking in and hoping to see an update.
Enjoy your summer.

Henke, 
Just checking in with you and the progress of HMS Hood.
I know the summer is killing warm in Sweden, my native country. And you might enjoying time out on the water rather than the workshop.

Enjoy your summer and we are all curious about the diorama.

Hej ubjs, welcome to our world and nice start of Danmark.
You are one of very few building Danmark, so your build log will be an asset for our build log bank.
One of the kits on my shelf waiting to build Danmark. So I am looking forward to follow along with yours. 

I see a section build in the background, please let us know more about it and start a build log of it as well.

David, my hat off to you and your great looking Bluenose, she is a beauty and easy to build. Even though mine has stalled for the moment.
I really like what you did regarding the deadeyes.

Nicolas, warm welcome to MSW.

Jim any 110 volt table saws available? Your website says 0.... I  like to order.

Very nice with the planking. 
There's a varnish called "Captain's Varnish" that will really highlight the wood. It is intended for real boats.

Lemmydog, warm 

Are you going to compete with the yacht? Nice to see kids involved.

Bob, you have done a fantastic job with airbrushing.
I have only used Vallejo paint so regarding other brands I have no clue how they are in comparison.
However, when I airbrushed Bluenose, which was my first attempt I was surprised of how well the Vallejo covered the area.

I think the pigmentation in that brand is higher than any other. 

When you are to get the waterline in place, which I found was tricky before I realized there is a trick.

The trick is to use a laser levels self-leveling, place tick mark along that line and it should make it easier.

Rob, I just read through your build log and you are doing a great job with such complex ship like Victory.
I would also like to invite you to our local Puget Sound Ship Model club. 

Hopefully once the Covid-19 is allowing us to get together again we will start up with our monthly meetings.
It's run by Floyd who also is part of MSW.

If you are interested send me a pm and I will provide you with contact info.

Keep modelling!