mikegr Posted September 1, 2021 Share #1 Posted September 1, 2021 I am in the middle of process restoring about 30 pieces of 1/700 items built 25-30 years ago with brush and enamel paints. I decided to concentrate all logs on a single thread as some may not need heavy restoration and to save forum from opening too many threads, of mods agree. Canute, Baker, Boydie and 14 others 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted September 1, 2021 Share #2 Posted September 1, 2021 That sounds like an interesting project or projects, I should say. Yves thibaultron, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 1, 2021 Share #3 Posted September 1, 2021 Wow, good luck! Did you build those? mikegr, lmagna, Canute and 2 others 5 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...
Old Collingwood Posted September 2, 2021 Share #4 Posted September 2, 2021 Looking forward to this - I know how difficult it can be to re-work models. OC. Canute, mtaylor, mikegr and 1 other 4 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted September 2, 2021 18 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Wow, good luck! Did you build those? yes i built these at the age of 15-25. A couple of years ago i was browsing on ebay then bought a couple of kits. Now i have more than 100. But before start making these i decided to rebuild the old ones so i can practice with new materials and techniques (PE parts, rigging etc). I also doing scratchbuilt project which enchanced my skills a bit further. thibaultron, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted September 2, 2021 Before presenting my future project i will make a short review of some completed last year USS San Diego by Matchbox. Rebuilt with some PE parts (AA guns ,rails and sme radar). Actually the whole model except hull sides need PE replacements but anyway Alongside is DD 537 USS The Sullivans, named by the 5 brothers killed when their ship, USS Juneau, was sunk by a Japanese submarine thibaultron, Canute, lmagna and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted September 2, 2021 Share #7 Posted September 2, 2021 That's a fleet of built models! Do you have any plan on how much time you will spend doing restoration on each model? You could potentially sink a lot of time into restoration but it should be rewarding and fun. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Canute, Old Collingwood, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B Posted September 2, 2021 Share #8 Posted September 2, 2021 Its that age old problem, where to display everything we make looking forward to following this task. lmagna, thibaultron, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted September 2, 2021 4 hours ago, CDW said: That's a fleet of built models! Do you have any plan on how much time you will spend doing restoration on each model? You could potentially sink a lot of time into restoration but it should be rewarding and fun. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Time... Obviously depends in what are you want to achieve. Here's is an answer from a time expert along with his work "Painting is essential for the 3D look. I highlight and shade them like I would with any figure at any scale, according to the light coming from above. This emphasises the 3D-look very much, and makes the figures appear more detailed and refined. Only drawback to these techniques: it is time-consuming. When working in series, I spend 1,5 to 2 minutes on the tickening of each figure, while painting takes about 5 minutes per figure. Together with preparation and installing, this makes about 10 minutes per figure. Not too bad, but it adds up quickly. Morris has 59 on her now, and I estimate the diorama will take about 1000 more... But hey, good results do take some effort, don't they?" NavyShooter, mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and 10 others 8 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Next project was USS Independence CVL by Revell. The flyhawk kit of its time. Althouth there were some fitting issues, especially at the front, the overall details were exeptional plus it had several sprues of spare parts which i still use today sometimes. Edited September 3, 2021 by mikegr thibaultron, Baker, yvesvidal and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted September 3, 2021 Share #11 Posted September 3, 2021 Your display has also been upgraded (and will be certainly more space consuming than the old "display on a dusty shelf" Did you only clean the model, or did you completely rework the paint? Jan thibaultron, mikegr, lmagna and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, amateur said: Your display has also been upgraded (and will be certainly more space consuming than the old "display on a dusty shelf" Did you only clean the model, or did you completely rework the paint? Jan Yes I make plexiglass cases for my models from now on. But the chloroform dilute is a top secret among professionals so I glue it with CA thus case looks whitish at joints. The enamel paint lasted great all these years but new PE pieces added and since I didnt remember the code I had to respray everything amateur, mtaylor, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted September 3, 2021 Share #13 Posted September 3, 2021 There are special glue for plexiglass that will not whiten them, as the CA does. I think Micro-Mark sells these. Yves Old Collingwood, lmagna, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share #14 Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) Most recent rebulit was Yamashiro by Aoshima. Really bad and inaccurate model. Note the turret after the funnel. It points this way because there is not enough space between funnel and aft tower. Also the upper deck unlike forecastle and rear deck is smooth, without panel lines. Ordering a wooden deck sticker would set me back several weeks so i just painted it gray. Al least i was satisfied with the sea bed even if i didnt use any special materials. Edited September 4, 2021 by mikegr thibaultron, Javlin, Baker and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thibaultron Posted September 4, 2021 Share #15 Posted September 4, 2021 How about a tutorial on how you make the seas for your diaroma? Old Collingwood, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote Ron Thibault Shipjack Carrie Price from Pyro kit, with upgraded detailing and history. Going From A 2D Drawing To A 3D Printed Part Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share #16 Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, thibaultron said: How about a tutorial on how you make the seas for your diaroma? I will do so from now on. Each built will have a different make approach mtaylor, king derelict, Old Collingwood and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) Next project Prince of Wales by Tamiya Edited October 8, 2021 by mikegr mtaylor, yvesvidal, CDW and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share #18 Posted September 6, 2021 Reverse engineering. Start building the project...from the end. GrandpaPhil, Baker, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share #19 Posted September 7, 2021 i had to scratchbuilt some missing parts Canute, Baker, Old Collingwood and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share #20 Posted September 10, 2021 Model washed and stripped off partially Ian B, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 6 others 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share #21 Posted September 19, 2021 Most upgrade on PE comes from the crane set yvesvidal, thibaultron, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share #22 Posted September 20, 2021 I made the funnel caps. The ring where the cap will sit on, was not included in PE parts so I made them using 0.5 mm brass wire Next are the 8 pom pom AA guns. They are comprised from various parts, the base, the barrels, the barrel case and two ammunition boxes. Shaping the latter into rectangle was out of question at least for my level. I just cut the boxes from the plastic parts and glued them Canute, mtaylor, Landlubber Mike and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share #23 Posted September 23, 2021 I have finished the AA guns. The white marks are ammunition boxes made of 0,8mm rectangle balsa much easier than folding PE. I am now scratchbuilding the front mast with 0.6 and 0.8mm PE brass rods. Later i will use other material for the top antenna. mtaylor, Canute, Landlubber Mike and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share #24 Posted September 24, 2021 Done making the mast. Assembling the PE type 279 radar was a dirty job but someone had to do it. Lost few antennas, replaced them with brush hair. Will work on the other mast from Tuesday. thibaultron, yvesvidal, king derelict and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share #25 Posted September 28, 2021 Almost done making the rear mast Old Collingwood, thibaultron, king derelict and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share #26 Posted October 2, 2021 For the Walrus aircraft there is not PE parts. So I had to based on my skills. There is a set Walrus aircraft from flyhawk offering amazing details but waiting some weeks to get them is not an option. Besides this is an obsolete built, 100% perfection is impossible. I mostly use these models as a test field for materials and techniques that is haven't used in the past like PE, rigging and ofcourse making realistic sea bed. Baker, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share #27 Posted October 4, 2021 I upgraded the barrels. I make them from medical needles. They have thinner walls than brass. They even come in 0.03mm hollowed, make them ideal even for the secondary guns. They cost about 3$ per 100 Baker, Bob Fraser, yvesvidal and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted October 4, 2021 Share #28 Posted October 4, 2021 The medical needles make excellent micro drills for plastic, too. One of our little pooch has diabetes, and I save the U40 syringes for the needles. Lots of hobby uses. thibaultron, Old Collingwood, mikegr and 1 other 4 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veszett Roka Posted October 7, 2021 Share #29 Posted October 7, 2021 +1 vote for needles, i'm using them for drilling. They're extremely sharp. I started following the thread, as i have a couple of childhood ships to be restore and improve (a lot). (and sorry for remark, but i laughed when read Prince of Whales - if it was intended pun, then brilliant!) mikegr, mtaylor, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share #30 Posted October 10, 2021 Done with the barrels. Boats repainted with toothpick Old Collingwood, Baker, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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