cog Posted May 4, 2020 Share #151 Posted May 4, 2020 Why? Trying to loose some weight? Canute, lmagna, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted May 4, 2020 Share #152 Posted May 4, 2020 What an amazing build! I'm always interested in weathering on models, but you've taken it to the nth degree! Superb! Steven lmagna, mtaylor and popeye the sailor 3 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted May 4, 2020 Share #153 Posted May 4, 2020 looks fantastic Greg.........another of your superb renditions the guns..........the netting is awesome.......something rarely seen on a model! lmagna and mtaylor 2 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted May 4, 2020 Share #154 Posted May 4, 2020 Amazing realism Greg. This is just getting better and better with each model. Along the lines of Borodino, how about something like these pictures (taken from Pinterest): Or a little diorama like this one below: Seriously, I love your work. It is splendid. Yves mtaylor, hexnut, cog and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share #155 Posted May 4, 2020 Some of the water dioramas are fantastic but they take up a lot of space unfortunately. mtaylor, popeye the sailor and yvesvidal 3 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share #156 Posted May 5, 2020 Done. I don’t think I’ll ever build another Zvezda kit. Ringadingdong, Jack12477, cog and 10 others 13 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share #157 Posted May 5, 2020 IMG_3029.MOV lmagna, yvesvidal, mtaylor and 13 others 16 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share #158 Posted May 5, 2020 So that’s the 3 Russian ships done now, parked in the digital graveyard popeye the sailor, lmagna, cog and 16 others 19 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErnieL Posted May 5, 2020 Share #159 Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) Insanity! Jaw dropping insanity! Just as I like it! She’s T-totally trashed, and my mind is officially blown. She honestly looks bottom ready right now. One little nudge and down she goes. Easily the nicest build from that era I’ve ever seen. Edited May 5, 2020 by ErnieL yvesvidal, popeye the sailor, Ryland Craze and 5 others 8 Quote On the bench: Vanguard Models 1/64 HMS Speedy On Deck: Vanguard Models 1/64 Zulu, Vanguard Models 1/64 Fifie, Victory Models 1/72 HMS Bellerophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted May 5, 2020 Share #160 Posted May 5, 2020 Beautiful work! Jack12477, popeye the sailor, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote David Builds in Progress: Phantom Pilot Boat - MS Completed Builds: Bounty Jolly Boat - AL Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff - MW Grand Banks Dory - Bluejacket The Dinghy - MW Grand Banks Dory - MW 32 Pound Carronade - MS Skiff - MW Peterboro Canoe - MW On Hold: 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull - NRG Ponte Berlin - Corel Taurus Steam Towboat - MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted May 5, 2020 Share #161 Posted May 5, 2020 Incredible work Greg. Best Borodino I've seen on the internet. Very nice! cog, RGL, Jack12477 and 3 others 6 Quote 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kinglake Posted May 5, 2020 Share #162 Posted May 5, 2020 Fantastic work! the detail you have achieved is incredible, especially considering the small scale of this model. Some years ago I tried my hand at the Trumpeter Tsesarevich kit, but after a struggle (just spelling the name was hard enough), I abandoned it. Looking at your pictures makes me wish I'd kept at it, though I doubt I'd ever have got near this level of skill! Landlubber Mike, RGL, cog and 3 others 6 Quote Current Builds: HMS Pegasus; Russian Brig Mercury (Victory Models) Completed Builds: HM Bomb Vessel Granado (Caldercraft) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted May 5, 2020 Share #163 Posted May 5, 2020 Fantastic finale... RGL, Jack12477, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted May 5, 2020 Share #164 Posted May 5, 2020 This may be the last Zvezda kit you ever build but it is clear you hit it out of the ballpark yet again with this one. Rozhestvensky himself would have no trouble recognizing her. Canute, ErnieL, popeye the sailor and 4 others 7 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...
cog Posted May 5, 2020 Share #165 Posted May 5, 2020 Clean desk policy by the Admiral? And as said before me, another beautiful build. You can see how much you have improved over time, when you look at the middle ship of the three and the last ... a stunning difference. The white, being sterile, emotionless, and the Borodino all roughened up and raw. Great result mate. Time to start on space ships Jack12477, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 4 others 7 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted May 5, 2020 Share #166 Posted May 5, 2020 Well done! Amazing work! Jack12477, popeye the sailor, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted May 5, 2020 Share #167 Posted May 5, 2020 Superb work, Greg! That ship looks exactly whatever the opposite of ship-shape is. 😉 RGL, cog, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmosis Posted May 5, 2020 Share #168 Posted May 5, 2020 That is without a doubt the most disgusting nasty wreck of a model I have ever seen! WELL DONE!! Once again you have achieved a new high in modeling. ErnieL, Canute, yvesvidal and 5 others 8 Quote Art Smith Current Build: E.M. White Guide Canoe - Canoe Model Kits, San Francisco Cross Section - Artesania Latina Completed: Peterboro Canoe - Midwest , Hobbyzone Organizers and Building Jigs, Guns of History Naval Smoothbore, 1st Build: Midwest Sakonnet Daysailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringadingdong Posted May 5, 2020 Share #169 Posted May 5, 2020 Excellent, I just miss the sea bed base. Oh wait, she was still afloat in that state? 😨 Very nice and very inspiring! ccoyle, Canute, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted May 5, 2020 Share #170 Posted May 5, 2020 What a ship! I like those early battleships, especially after the special treatment you give them. (one question: did you use light grey/white thread for the rigging, or is it shiny as a result of the flashlight?). On the pics it looks so clean compared to al the dirt and rust..... Jan mtaylor, popeye the sailor, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted May 5, 2020 Share #171 Posted May 5, 2020 fabulous looking model Greg........come to expect nothing but the best from you very nice! lmagna, Canute, cog and 1 other 4 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErnieL Posted May 5, 2020 Share #172 Posted May 5, 2020 2 hours ago, amateur said: What a ship! I like those early battleships, especially after the special treatment you give them. (one question: did you use light grey/white thread for the rigging, or is it shiny as a result of the flashlight?). On the pics it looks so clean compared to al the dirt and rust..... Jan Probably the fresh air up there keeping the rigging clean. Even the coal smoke is clean compared to down below. mtaylor, Canute and popeye the sailor 3 Quote On the bench: Vanguard Models 1/64 HMS Speedy On Deck: Vanguard Models 1/64 Zulu, Vanguard Models 1/64 Fifie, Victory Models 1/72 HMS Bellerophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted May 6, 2020 Share #173 Posted May 6, 2020 Unbelievable. I had no idea the model was so small. That just makes your achievement even more amazing. Such a sad fate, though for such a proud ship. To sail right across the world to be so ignominiously defeated; and the whole of that fleet was either destroyed in the battle, or later at Port Arthur, or captured. Was that the beginning of the end of Tsarist Russia as a world power? Steven mtaylor, cog, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ras Ambrioso Posted October 6, 2022 Share #174 Posted October 6, 2022 I am getting ahead of myself. Haven't finished the Mimi but looking forward to future projects. A couple of years ago I bought the Zvenza kit of the Borodin. Now by following these MSW posts I have gotten acquainted with the extra details that are possible by using PE parts. In my research I came over you post and I love dit. I am also following your U-9 model that I consider the best plastic model presentation of a a submarine. Thanks for such great models for us to drool. mtaylor, RGL and Canute 3 Quote Ras Current builds: Stern Paddle Wheeler ZULU-1916-1/48 scale Previous builds: Freccia Celeste-1927 350cc racing motorcycle-1:9 scale-Protar kit Boeing B17F- 1/72 scale- Hasegawa kit HMS Mimi-scale 1/24-Fast Motor Launch Amapá 1907-1/64 scale-Brazilian Customs Cruiser Scottish Motor Fifie. 1/32 scale. Amati kit Patricia. Steam powered R/C launch. 1/12 scale. Krick Kit African Queen. Steam powered R/C launch. 1/24 scale. Billings ki Emma C. Berry. Sailing fishing smack. 1/32 scale. Model Shipways kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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