CraigVT Posted August 26, 2022 #1 Posted August 26, 2022 I bought this kit as a preorder and have been sitting on it until I finish my current build, the Panart HMS Victory. I'll be adding pics soon. In the meantime, here's a pic of my Vic. Cheers! hof00, Old Collingwood, mikegr and 6 others 9 Quote CraigVT @Pandemic Hobby What else are you going to do during a pandemic? Building: Caldercraft's HMS Victory, DiAgostini's HMS Victory Cross Section & Trumpeter's BB61 USS Iowa (its a big shop). Built: Occre's Prinze Eugen, Panart's HMS Victory, Corel's HMS Victory Cross Section & Flying Fish, plus a bunch of lobster boats and turtle smacks, model rockets, jet engines, etc. Waiting on the shelf: Amati's Hannah Ship-in-bottle, Occre's HMS Titanic, Caldercraft's Snake & the New Bedford Whale boat.
CraigVT Posted October 26, 2022 Author #2 Posted October 26, 2022 I ran out of scale rope for the Queen so I decided to unbox the Prinz. There is a better unboxing post that really explores the kit. I took a few pictures before diving in. The box is heavy. There are 8 or 9 sheets of photo etched brass! hof00, Old Collingwood, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote CraigVT @Pandemic Hobby What else are you going to do during a pandemic? Building: Caldercraft's HMS Victory, DiAgostini's HMS Victory Cross Section & Trumpeter's BB61 USS Iowa (its a big shop). Built: Occre's Prinze Eugen, Panart's HMS Victory, Corel's HMS Victory Cross Section & Flying Fish, plus a bunch of lobster boats and turtle smacks, model rockets, jet engines, etc. Waiting on the shelf: Amati's Hannah Ship-in-bottle, Occre's HMS Titanic, Caldercraft's Snake & the New Bedford Whale boat.
CraigVT Posted February 26 Author #3 Posted February 26 (edited) Time flies. The bulkheads fit tight to the verticals and there is blocking in all the right places. In the background is a DeAgostini HMS Victory Cross Section I've slowly been working on when I feel like dealing with a serious flaw in the design (but that's another build). I digress... My first impression is I like the kit and assembly. In front is a plank jig for the way-out-of-scale kit planking. Edited March 19 by CraigVT fixed image anchors Old Collingwood and GrandpaPhil 2 Quote CraigVT @Pandemic Hobby What else are you going to do during a pandemic? Building: Caldercraft's HMS Victory, DiAgostini's HMS Victory Cross Section & Trumpeter's BB61 USS Iowa (its a big shop). Built: Occre's Prinze Eugen, Panart's HMS Victory, Corel's HMS Victory Cross Section & Flying Fish, plus a bunch of lobster boats and turtle smacks, model rockets, jet engines, etc. Waiting on the shelf: Amati's Hannah Ship-in-bottle, Occre's HMS Titanic, Caldercraft's Snake & the New Bedford Whale boat.
CraigVT Posted February 26 Author #4 Posted February 26 (edited) Planking up the hull is also pretty straight forward, especially with the balsa blocking. Edited March 19 by CraigVT mikegr, GrandpaPhil and Old Collingwood 3 Quote CraigVT @Pandemic Hobby What else are you going to do during a pandemic? Building: Caldercraft's HMS Victory, DiAgostini's HMS Victory Cross Section & Trumpeter's BB61 USS Iowa (its a big shop). Built: Occre's Prinze Eugen, Panart's HMS Victory, Corel's HMS Victory Cross Section & Flying Fish, plus a bunch of lobster boats and turtle smacks, model rockets, jet engines, etc. Waiting on the shelf: Amati's Hannah Ship-in-bottle, Occre's HMS Titanic, Caldercraft's Snake & the New Bedford Whale boat.
CraigVT Posted February 26 Author #5 Posted February 26 (edited) If I keep this up I will need to think about a bigger spray booth. 😬 Edited March 19 by CraigVT GrandpaPhil, Old Collingwood, king derelict and 1 other 4 Quote CraigVT @Pandemic Hobby What else are you going to do during a pandemic? Building: Caldercraft's HMS Victory, DiAgostini's HMS Victory Cross Section & Trumpeter's BB61 USS Iowa (its a big shop). Built: Occre's Prinze Eugen, Panart's HMS Victory, Corel's HMS Victory Cross Section & Flying Fish, plus a bunch of lobster boats and turtle smacks, model rockets, jet engines, etc. Waiting on the shelf: Amati's Hannah Ship-in-bottle, Occre's HMS Titanic, Caldercraft's Snake & the New Bedford Whale boat.
Old Collingwood Posted February 27 #6 Posted February 27 No Photos just wording..... OC. Canute, mtaylor and CraigVT 3 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
CraigVT Posted March 19 Author #7 Posted March 19 Thanks Old Collingwood, your notification led me to fix the issue with the pictures. I will endeavor to post more from this build. mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote CraigVT @Pandemic Hobby What else are you going to do during a pandemic? Building: Caldercraft's HMS Victory, DiAgostini's HMS Victory Cross Section & Trumpeter's BB61 USS Iowa (its a big shop). Built: Occre's Prinze Eugen, Panart's HMS Victory, Corel's HMS Victory Cross Section & Flying Fish, plus a bunch of lobster boats and turtle smacks, model rockets, jet engines, etc. Waiting on the shelf: Amati's Hannah Ship-in-bottle, Occre's HMS Titanic, Caldercraft's Snake & the New Bedford Whale boat.
CraigVT Posted March 23 Author #8 Posted March 23 (edited) A very snowy day in Vermont today, about 18 inches deep. I could a., run the blower, b., go listen to Tucker and work on a boat, or c., sip my cappuccino and post a few pics. Here's a couple pics of my ADD in action, the assembly instructions make it easy to pic a page and build all the various sections. LOTS of clipping out brass parts and bending them to fit the mdf. My shoot-from-the-hip airbrush skills have mixed results although I can also blame the masking tape but its mostly my amateur knowledge of the art. This is my first crack at this, it looks great if you stand back about 10 feet. 😁 Edited March 23 by CraigVT Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Mike Shea and 5 others 8 Quote CraigVT @Pandemic Hobby What else are you going to do during a pandemic? Building: Caldercraft's HMS Victory, DiAgostini's HMS Victory Cross Section & Trumpeter's BB61 USS Iowa (its a big shop). Built: Occre's Prinze Eugen, Panart's HMS Victory, Corel's HMS Victory Cross Section & Flying Fish, plus a bunch of lobster boats and turtle smacks, model rockets, jet engines, etc. Waiting on the shelf: Amati's Hannah Ship-in-bottle, Occre's HMS Titanic, Caldercraft's Snake & the New Bedford Whale boat.
Mike Shea Posted March 24 #9 Posted March 24 Wow! That looks nice. Old Collingwood, Canute, CraigVT and 1 other 4 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted March 29 #10 Posted March 29 On 3/19/2024 at 8:39 PM, CraigVT said: Thanks Old Collingwood, your notification led me to fix the issue with the pictures. I will endeavor to post more from this build. Can see them now. OC. mtaylor and Canute 2 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
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