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Hello MSW,

 

as it is tradition and good etiquette, here is my Member Introduction. Even if I'm not posting or commenting a lot on the internet, I really enjoy reading the fine buildlogs and discussion on this side which is really helpful for my own endeavor and in general.

 

I'm from central Germany and build shipmodels together with my father in my younger days but that eventually ended with puberty if I recall correctly. In the last years I got the "itch" again but was never in the position time and money wise to get back into the hobby. This changed and last year I started a semi scratch build of German destroyer Z-20 "Karls Galster" in 1/200 with the aid of a epoxy hull from "Modellbau Lassek" from Germany (For those interested: http://www.modellbau-lassek.de/Neuheiten/Neuheiten-2019/GfK-Rumpf-Karl-Galster-1-200.html) and really old plans from Loefs Verlag.

 

Here is a photo of the hull with the aft superstructures from styrene:

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For fittings I use various parts from Aeronaut, GPM and Veteran Models. Some needed extensive overhauling, e.g. the torpedoes:

 

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And here with some color (background is only basic colors, front with wash and highlight:

 

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And some lighting scratch build with GPM photo etch:

 

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And with color:

 

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I hope this is sufficient as a member introduction 🙂

 

Thank you for looking and happy modelbuilding!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 HWM, welcome to MSW. Nice modeling, you'll fit right in. 

Current Builds: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver 

                             Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee

                             Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia

 

Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration

 

 

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Welcome to MSW, HWM.   Looks like an interesting project and not one that we've had before.   Do give some thought to doing a build log.  We'd love to see it.

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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2 hours ago, HotelWiskeyMike said:

I have to wrap my head around the question if this is scratch or kind of a kit bash build 🤔

Maybe you will find the answer in this topic 

 

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:piratebo5:and welcome to MSW,  HWM

Current builds;

 Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25

Providence whaleboat- 1:25     HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished    Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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The answer that Baker linked to above addresses mainly wooden kits. In your case, you don't really have a kit, even though you are using some commercially available parts. Since you are essentially cobbling together a model from a variety of sources, I'd classify this as a scratch build, though plugging the phrase "semi-scratch" in the title would alert the reader to its true nature.

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
- Tuco

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix

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Welcome aboard!  Your username reminds me of a really poor joke I heard the other day:  Two robbers were robbing a liquor store when one robber grabs a bottle and asks the other robber "is this whiskey?"  The other says "yeah but not as whiskey as wobbing a bank".  Sorry!  😁

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3 minutes ago, Glen McGuire said:

Two robbers were robbing a liquor store when one robber grabs a bottle and asks the other robber "is this whiskey?"  The other says "yeah but not as whiskey as wobbing a bank"

 

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Current Builds: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver 

                             Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee

                             Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia

 

Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration

 

 

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