rumbeard Posted June 24, 2022 Share #1 Posted June 24, 2022 I started this one back in 2018 as my first serious foray into ship models of the metal sort after I had already built a Hindenburg and USS Enterprise from Star Trek for practice. This kit caught my eye and I loved the brass highlights. Old Collingwood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted June 24, 2022 Share #2 Posted June 24, 2022 Hello, Andrew. First, welcome to Model Ship World! These are interesting models, but posting a single link in a post is not really what we intend a build log to be. Because metal models are kind of a niche medium, we don't have a designated area for them. I'm thinking the best option would be for you to create an album in the kit models gallery and show us some of the finished models. You could certainly provide the link in the description of your album. In addition, your description should tell us something about the Piececool kits in general, as I doubt that many of our members know of them, but they would probably be curious about them. Cheers! mtaylor, rudybob, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Salmson 2, Speeljacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snug Harbor Johnny Posted June 24, 2022 Share #3 Posted June 24, 2022 There is a brief build log of a small-scale metal USS Arizona I posted ... it was a 'break' from a much longer project of a wooden model. The the metal medium may be of interest to some (like me) who would never attempt metalwork if it were not in kit form - thus fully engineered. Canute, Old Collingwood and mtaylor 3 Quote Completed builds: Khufu Solar Barge - 1:72 Woody Joe Current project(s): Gorch Fock restoration 1:100, Billing Wasa (bust) - 1:100 Billings, Great Harry (bust) 1:88 ex. Sergal 1:65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snug Harbor Johnny Posted June 24, 2022 Share #4 Posted June 24, 2022 2 hours ago, ccoyle said: Hello, Andrew. First, welcome to Model Ship World! These are interesting models, but posting a single link in a post is not really what we intend a build log to be. Because metal models are kind of a niche medium, we don't have a designated area for them. I'm thinking the best option would be for you to create an album in the kit models gallery and show us some of the finished models. You could certainly provide the link in the description of your album. In addition, your description should tell us something about the Piececool kits in general, as I doubt that many of our members know of them, but they would probably be curious about them. Cheers! Ahoy Chris! 'Had to do a double-take on certain metal ship models offered by the Piececool brand, since I have a couple by Metal Earth (Iconix) kits that are 'ringers' for the photos in the link. So I did some research and found that Piececool and Metal Earth are different brand names for the same products engineered by Tenyo, a noted Japanese manufacturer of an eclectic variety of 'thin metal' assembly models (ships are a small subset) ... there is no piracy involved. Metal Earth is intended for U.S. sales, whereas Piececool is marketed in China - same ship kits. You can get either legitimately on-line, and Amazon carries some of the both brand's product line. The quality level (according to a metal molders' review) sets the standard, whereas the ARE some 'other' brand names that are copy-cats with lower quality (e.g. thinner metal that breaks easier). Old Collingwood and mtaylor 2 Quote Completed builds: Khufu Solar Barge - 1:72 Woody Joe Current project(s): Gorch Fock restoration 1:100, Billing Wasa (bust) - 1:100 Billings, Great Harry (bust) 1:88 ex. Sergal 1:65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted June 24, 2022 Share #5 Posted June 24, 2022 Greetings and welcome Andrew. Go to the New Member Introduction area and introduce yourself. Tell us a little about yourself. This is where you meet the folks. 👍😀 rumbeard, mtaylor and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Dave Current builds: Rattlesnake Completed builds: Lady Nelson On the shelf: NRG Half Hull Project, Various metal, plastic and paper models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumbeard Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted June 27, 2022 I'd love to do a specialized area for this genre. The Piececool kits are like Metal Earth but a lot more detailed. If you look at the Missouri which is printed in both brands the Piececool one is far more detailed, better textured, and has more sheets. In the card genre where we translate from Polish a lot the Piececool sheets have to be translated from Chinese or Japanese sometimes and there are folks that do pdf translated instruction sheets for the kits that don't have english specific releases. Old Collingwood and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumbeard Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted June 27, 2022 I did a lot of the kit reviews on reddit but I can post some highlights and commentary from those in a special gallery soon. Old Collingwood and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumbeard Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted June 27, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 12:38 AM, Dave_E said: Greetings and welcome Andrew. Go to the New Member Introduction area and introduce yourself. Tell us a little about yourself. This is where you meet the folks. 👍😀 Thanks, will do shortly. Old Collingwood, Dave_E and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumbeard Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted June 27, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 12:24 AM, Snug Harbor Johnny said: Ahoy Chris! 'Had to do a double-take on certain metal ship models offered by the Piececool brand, since I have a couple by Metal Earth (Iconix) kits that are 'ringers' for the photos in the link. So I did some research and found that Piececool and Metal Earth are different brand names for the same products engineered by Tenyo, a noted Japanese manufacturer of an eclectic variety of 'thin metal' assembly models (ships are a small subset) ... there is no piracy involved. Metal Earth is intended for U.S. sales, whereas Piececool is marketed in China - same ship kits. You can get either legitimately on-line, and Amazon carries some of the both brand's product line. The quality level (according to a metal molders' review) sets the standard, whereas the ARE some 'other' brand names that are copy-cats with lower quality (e.g. thinner metal that breaks easier). The one thing often sold by third parties is taking a kit and recoloring or colorizing the silver only or silver+brass kits. In this genre also some people paint them and discuss their experiences as the material sometimes doesn't take paint well and you have to do some things to get paint to stick. Old Collingwood and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumbeard Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted July 13, 2022 Had to buy tools Cutting is fairly easy and straightforward as is sanding the burrs. I got quite adept at using the straight flat edged tweezers for a lot of crease work. Don't bend more than 1 and a half times or things do snap. That's when I bust out the Weldbond. Canute and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumbeard Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted July 13, 2022 Starting to take shape. The superstructure gets assembled top down to the deck and then the hull is formed and attached. Old Collingwood, rudybob, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumbeard Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted July 13, 2022 For Nagato I don't have as many build images as I do for the later kits. rudybob, Canute, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted July 13, 2022 Share #13 Posted July 13, 2022 Nice work! rumbeard, Canute and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Salmson 2, Speeljacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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