PvG Aussie Posted April 14 Share #1 Posted April 14 At long last I have finished this model. After all the cutting, grinding and reshaping I have finally managed to put the pieces of this jigsaw together (approx 150 hours). I would NOT recommend this kit to anyone unless you are good with metals as many of the pieces simply don't fit and you have to settle for second rate joins or try and modify the diecast and PE pieces. Looking at the images, it has come up reasonably good as it is difficult to see the problem sections! Landlubber Mike, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 12 others 11 4 Quote PvG Aussie (Peter) Started modelling Jan 2022. Joined MSW March 2024. Quote: Rome wasn't built in a day! Current Build: Das Werk WWI German U-Boat SM U-9 (1:72) Past Builds: Artesania Latina (AL) Belem (1:75), AL Vasa (1:65) , Scratch build Australia II SIB (1:225), AL Bluenose II (1:75) AL Bounty (1:48), AL Endeavour (1:65) Trumpeter Bismarck (1:200), Border Models Avro Lancaster Bomber (1:32), AL Fokker Dr1 (1:16) PLUS approx 13 ships in bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted April 22 Share #2 Posted April 22 Wow, that came out great Peter! I saw your other thread and thought you had placed this one on the shelf of doom, but then saw this one and was very impressed! Fantastic job! Egilman, Old Collingwood and Canute 3 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...
PvG Aussie Posted April 23 Author Share #3 Posted April 23 Thanks Mike. I fully appreciate encouraging words from my modelling peers. I l don't have a 'shelf of doom' because I refuse to give up on models that cost more than they are worth! Cheers, Old Collingwood, Egilman, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote PvG Aussie (Peter) Started modelling Jan 2022. Joined MSW March 2024. Quote: Rome wasn't built in a day! Current Build: Das Werk WWI German U-Boat SM U-9 (1:72) Past Builds: Artesania Latina (AL) Belem (1:75), AL Vasa (1:65) , Scratch build Australia II SIB (1:225), AL Bluenose II (1:75) AL Bounty (1:48), AL Endeavour (1:65) Trumpeter Bismarck (1:200), Border Models Avro Lancaster Bomber (1:32), AL Fokker Dr1 (1:16) PLUS approx 13 ships in bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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