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Finally started on this big plastic tub. Besides the invisible PE from Tamiya - bring x-ray goggles - I've got both the Pontos detail up set advanced , and the FlyHawk. The latter is quite impressive. No pictures from the Pontos PE. I forgot to take pictures, and on top of that I just dropped my coolpix on the ground, lens first. It seems I might just as well buy a a new one, as repairs will cost me about the same :angry:

 

The Flyhawk had the Nagato booklet, but they sent me a replacement. It seems it is easier to find what parts go where with the proper booklet

 

Sister ship is built by Greg IJN Yamato 1:350

 

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This will be a slow (agonising) build. I've decided to start with all the small parts like guns and turrets to get some dexterity with the PE. This is worse than the stripdown Fokker DR1 I build from Eduard

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Carl

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So far I've invested approximately 4 hours over the last few days in this build. I started with the main turrets ... still going on turret number 1

 

1st clean up the plastic base

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2nd add the brass (1 piece of railing has not yet been glued, 2 pieces more to add)

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All the brass on top, and at the fore, are not in the Pontos set. So far it is just FlyHawk PE

 

Carl

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Oh boy. Another interesting build to follow. I'm pulling up a chair for this one. 

Regards, Keith

 

gallery_1526_572_501.jpg 2007 (completed): HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina  gallery_1526_579_484.jpg 2013 (completed): Viking Ship Drakkar - Amati  post-1526-0-02110200-1403452426.jpg 2014 (completed): HMS Bounty Launch - Model Shipways

post-1526-0-63099100-1404175751.jpg Current: HMS Royal William - Euromodel

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OMG Brasso!!!   I remember polishing my belt buckles with that stuff before every inspection.  The first few hours was the hardest on a new one to get the darned lacquer finish off the buckle and get to the brass.   I also remember worn out brass drain pipes that had been polished with Brasso from the late 1930's to the early 60's when the academy finally realized the cost to replace the piping was not worth the shine.   

 

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Carl, I'll grab a front row seat for this build.  I'll bring some popcorn, too.  post-15839-0-42695500-1483708280.gif

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section

 

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I guess we were ALL up early........I was up a 4:45 AM  :)    it's about time you got this off the ground..{in this case though....the keel laid}  :)   count me in on following your journey through the P.E. jungle.    promise.......I won't play with the shiny stuff  ;)

 

love that Fokker........looks real sweet  :)

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Bleah, all you latecomers :) I was first in this thread (apart from the OP himself), just like I was the first in Dan Lester's thread! Plastic models + PE ... love them. And no, I don't own shares in a prescription glasses company. 

Regards, Keith

 

gallery_1526_572_501.jpg 2007 (completed): HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina  gallery_1526_579_484.jpg 2013 (completed): Viking Ship Drakkar - Amati  post-1526-0-02110200-1403452426.jpg 2014 (completed): HMS Bounty Launch - Model Shipways

post-1526-0-63099100-1404175751.jpg Current: HMS Royal William - Euromodel

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Keith,

You must have an alarm on new topics which are plastic models + PE!! Maybe no shares but then you must own a couple ;)

 

Good to see you Robin, I'll be looking for bottles ;)

 

Allan,

I'm not going to use Brasso, despite that hughe can from Robin.

 

Ken,

Don't make a mess, I would like to be able to find my dropped parts

 

Denis,

Thought you might like some twinkle stuff, great to have you aboard!

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Carl

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Cool to see more of these big PE-enhanced kit builds coming on MSW.  More and more I see of them, the closer I come to wanting to try one (the tiny PE parts must appeal to my masochistic side).  Good luck with the build, looking forward to the updates!

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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We have a nice little family building here,  Im still here just been a bit  disstracted by my little camera and intermitent spells of blue sky and aerolplanes flying over at 30.000 feet and setting the challenge to myself of catching a photo of the pilot waving at me ;):)

 

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Good to see you here Mike, Jan, OC, thanks for visiting

 

Some more pics. Pontos PE (Keith, got this set from Australia)
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Some reference material

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And the underside of the turret. At first I thought it were etched lines, looking more closely ... it's a mesh!!!

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Cheers

Carl

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Found your log this morning cog; sorry to be late to the show.  Looks like another very highly detailed model in the making here.  Those turret enhancements look great

 

Make room in the front row for me too please :)

 

cheers

 

Pat

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Hi Carl,

 

First day of your new build and I am already late to the party it seems...wiill start the second row!

 

Looks like she will be a fun build and those photo etched parts look great on the turret!

 

Cheers,

 

Nigel.

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Completed Log: Red Dragon Artesania Latina

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Sorry I'm late to the party... <slides in><grabs a chair in the balcony>

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Good to see you here Mike, Jan, OC, thanks for visiting

 

Some more pics. Pontos PE (Keith, got this set from Australia)

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Some reference material

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And the underside of the turret. At first I thought it were etched lines, looking more closely ... it's a mesh!!!

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Cheers

Greg

 

 

 

 

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Yesterday evening I tiled the top of the other two turrets. The first one I started from the wrong end. With the last two I went front to back, which made gluing a lot easier

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This afternoon railings on turret two (darn, forgot the bottle Robin ;) )

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Carl

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Jan,

 

I get them from different places. Have to take a look into my invoices... One of them is 30 years old, and comes from a stamp (the ones you put on letters) shop in Rotterdam. I like medical tweezers too. Most model building tweezers aren't very accurate or "stable"

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Carl

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Hi Carl,

Question on your tools: Where did you get your tweezers?

Mine have problems in keeping the points neatly centered opposite to each oher when I try to hold something small. (resulting in potential loss of parts, as they are launched into outer space....)

 

Jan

Jan

 

Have a look here: https://shop.drijfhoutnl.com/webwinkel-gereedschap/pincetten.html

Carl

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