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Posted

hull camo looks great Greg..........got bounced out of here earlier today {updates}.   really nice paint work :) 

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

Posted
40 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

hull camo looks great Greg..........got bounced out of here earlier today {updates}.   really nice paint work :) 

Yeah  the site looks like its had a fresh paint job.

 

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

Posted

Great work there greg, the different colors in the camo really set each other off,   was the super structures all masked up and sprayed or any hand painting there?

 

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

Posted

Greg   the blue sections  - are they lifecolor blue grey?

 

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

Posted

The light blue is Lifecolour B5, the dark is Tamiya. The light blue in the photo was brushed over an incorrectly applied black. 

 

Flyhawk makes some RN stanchions which are tiny 3 rail things. This is going to take a while. Lots of carley floats as well. 

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Greg

 

 

 

 

Posted

Feel free to join in, if you use the Pontos upgrade you’re better off getting the Prince  of Wales as that’s is what they designed the PE for (and it has aircraft for it unlike the KGV. You have the option of 1940 to 1943 that ways. If you want to do the 44/45 version you’ll need more AA guns for the modified boat deck. 

Greg

 

 

 

 

Posted

Anybody can point me to a company in Europe ( preferably UK) that can reliably provide me with Pontos upgrades?

Also, what basic ship do you use?  I have experience with Tamiya and find them of good quality.  Compared to them the likes of Heller and Revell fall short.

 

Slainte gu mhath

L.H.

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam

Slainte gu mhath

L.H.

Posted

So those are seperate stantions and you have used wire that pushed through eyelets in the stantions  -  Incredible.

 

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

Posted
6 hours ago, Landrotten Highlander said:

Anybody can point me to a company in Europe ( preferably UK) that can reliably provide me with Pontos upgrades?

Also, what basic ship do you use?  I have experience with Tamiya and find them of good quality.  Compared to them the likes of Heller and Revell fall short.

 

Slainte gu mhath

L.H.

Give these guys a try   -    https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/collections/pontos-model

 

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

Posted
26 minutes ago, Landrotten Highlander said:

Ta, Old Colingwood, I will

No problem good luck  I will look out for your build when you start it.

 

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

Posted

I closed my ebay accoumt some time ago because of 2 things:

1) I had shipping issues that both the seller and ebay refused to look into

2) I do miniature painting, and I found it increasingly annoying that so much of their 'recommended' stuff came from known recasters (people who buy a figure from a reputable manufacturer and recast them (inferior quality) at a fraction ofthe price.  It came to a point that it was nearly impossible to determine if an unusual figure wasrecast or not.  Since I am a bit bored with most sculpters approaches (too static or the same pose for different subjects) the novel pieces are what gives me pleasure, and for that I am willing to pay the (sometimes relatively high) price those limit ededitions bring.  I am on a miniature forum, and all manufacturers that are on there report having the same problem and ebay not giving them adequate protection.

 

So I chose to leave ebay and focus on going back to the more old fashioned way of finding companies I can interact with properly, either physically (shop) or online.

 

Anyway, rant over, let's getback to this wonderful build and no longer hijack this thread.

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam

Slainte gu mhath

L.H.

Posted

I must concede, I’ve bought kits from Russia, HK, Japan and bits and pieces from all around the globe and never had a problem. I’m not even sure where my Vendetta came from. 

 

I lile buying direct from North Star as he is the manufacturer and his stuff is unique. There’s an Aussie called Randall Wilson who I follow on FB who painted nearly all the box art for 1/350 and 1/200 kits for Hobbyboss and Trumpy, if you look up his stuff he also scratch builds some magnificent warships. 

 

My my wife thinks I’m something of a nerd but there really are a lot of us worldwide. 

Greg

 

 

 

 

Posted

Greg,

 

Cannot add much to what has been said. The pains you went to in  painting your ship was masterful, just masterful. Kudos X10:cheers:

John Allen

 

Current builds HMS Victory-Mamoli

On deck

USS Tecumseh, CSS Hunley scratch build, Double hull Polynesian canoe (Holakea) scratch build

 

Finished

Waka Taua Maori War Canoe, Armed Launch-Panart, Diligence English Revenue Cutter-Marine  Model Co. 


 

Posted
8 hours ago, RGL said:

 

 

My my wife thinks I’m something of a nerd but there really are a lot of us worldwide. 

Me aswel mate  Im deffo a nerd  and I drive the wife mad with it (tell a lie she likes to see what I am building,   she is my observer.

 

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

Posted

OC has been putting me to shame with his build, and I’ve been pottering on small bits. 

 

I did up the Tamiya/Pontos high altitudes gun directors knowing they really are not that accurate until I found the North Star ones I knew I had to swap them.  Not an easy build but amazing detail. 

 

You will not even. Price on the next post but I replaced the 44 inch search lights which unlike Tamiya and Pontos actually look like the real thing. 

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Greg

 

 

 

 

Posted
10 hours ago, RGL said:

OC has been putting me to shame with his build, and I’ve been pottering on small bits. 

 

I did up the Tamiya/Pontos high altitudes gun directors knowing they really are not that accurate until I found the North Star ones I knew I had to swap them.  Not an easy build but amazing detail. 

 

You will not even. Price on the next post but I replaced the 44 inch search lights which unlike Tamiya and Pontos actually look like the real thing. 

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I wouldnt say that greg,  I bow to your ability on here - you are without doubt the pe king,  I wish I had your dexterity.

 

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

Posted
10 hours ago, RGL said:

Throw them all together on the rear boat deck, OK so far, and I’ll throw the boats on later but I quite like it so far. I scratch built some ventilation shafts in the middle which are on the plans but not the kit. 

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She is ooking really smart mate, nice sharp pe work.

 

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

Posted

your moving right along with the progress Greg.......looking at the pictures ,  it's hard to believe that the model is 1:350 scale.   very nice work with the PE and paint....she looks awesome! :) 

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

Posted

Nice work Greg, some very nice weathering effects you are showing - very realistic.

 

cheers

 

Pat

If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!
Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch)

Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350)

Built:          Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)

Posted

As tempted as I am to beat the hell out of her, being the King’s ship I just can’t imagine it being too bad. The pride of the RN would just not allow it. 

 

Ive started of the main superstructure but there is soo much small detail to add it should take a while. 

Greg

 

 

 

 

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