VTHokiEE Posted February 11, 2020 Share #301 Posted February 11, 2020 I’ll toss a vote in for a pre-dreadnought popeye the sailor 1 Quote Current Build: HM Sloop Echo 1781 (First Scratch Build) Previous Builds: HM Cutter Alert, Sharpie Schooner, Chesapeake Bay Flattie, Half-Hull (NRG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 11, 2020 Share #302 Posted February 11, 2020 So do I but on the other hand: anything he does ends up spectacular Jan mtaylor and popeye the sailor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted February 11, 2020 Share #303 Posted February 11, 2020 French pre-dreadnought. mtaylor and popeye the sailor 2 Quote 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 Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotlocker Posted February 11, 2020 Share #304 Posted February 11, 2020 I'll throw my vote in for the French pre-dreadnought as well. Your builds are true works of art. Canute, popeye the sailor and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted February 11, 2020 Share #305 Posted February 11, 2020 I don't know how iconic they are but my favorite choices are not even available. Top of the list would probably be the HMAS Perth, but like the Houston she seems to be ignored by the modeling industry. How about the HMS Exeter or Repulse? Then you have not done any of the Italian, or Russian ships. But a French pre-dreadnaught works as well, at least in your hands. I wonder about the weathering opportunities for any French ship though as they were not known for doing extended sea time. popeye the sailor, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted February 11, 2020 Share #306 Posted February 11, 2020 Either the Kirov or the pre Dreadnought. popeye the sailor, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted February 11, 2020 Share #307 Posted February 11, 2020 Wow Greg, superb work! Congratulations on another gorgeous model. Canute, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share #308 Posted February 11, 2020 I've decided on the Borodino because unlike the french ships, there are a lot of upgrades for it. These kits are pretty clunky without them. Mind you, the Zvezda kit is very cheap but I've ordered some upgrades from Russia as you can't get them anywhere else in the world, I'll get the GMM PE and a wooden deck, new barrels. It closes off my 3 Russian ships that way. By the time it all arrives I will have finished the little torpedo boat and the next in the cue.... mtaylor, Canute, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted February 12, 2020 Share #309 Posted February 12, 2020 3 hours ago, RGL said: I've decided on the Borodino because unlike the french ships, there are a lot of upgrades for it. These kits are pretty clunky without them. Mind you, the Zvezda kit is very cheap but I've ordered some upgrades from Russia as you can't get them anywhere else in the world, I'll get the GMM PE and a wooden deck, new barrels. It closes off my 3 Russian ships that way. By the time it all arrives I will have finished the little torpedo boat and the next in the cue.... Hmm, I have the Borodino in my stash. After seeing your build, I'll either be inspired to do it, or dissuaded from starting it and will end up selling it lmagna, Canute, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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