augie Posted September 17, 2013 Share #121 Posted September 17, 2013 Very well done. And a great display spot. Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted September 17, 2013 Share #122 Posted September 17, 2013 It really turned out beautifully. I do hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. It was a fun project. Chuck Quote Chuck Passaro - MSW Admin Sloop Speedwell - POF scratch Block Island Boat - POF scratch HMS Winchelsea - POB scratch build HM Cutter Cheerful - POB scratch build Royal Barge - POF scratch Medway Longboat- POF Scratch SYREN SHIP MODEL COMPANY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 19, 2013 Share #123 Posted September 19, 2013 Really gorgeous work Rod! Very impressive! I love your case too. Just out of curiosity, did you cut the plexiglass yourself, or did you have it cut professionally? I'm trying to figure out what to do with my case, and weight is making me lean with plexiglass. I bought a case from Model Expo for my Badger, but I have to source the glass. Thanks! 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...
rvchima Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share #124 Posted September 19, 2013 Mike, I bought 0.093 in. thick Optix brand acrylic sheet at Home Depot. The total cost was around $90 so glass might be cheaper. The acrylic sheets come in widths that are multiples of 12 in. My width was 12 3/4 in. so there was a lot of waste. You can buy a tool to score and snap the plastic. If you score it many times perfectly along a straightedge and are very careful, it will snap right along the score. I screwed up my very first cut, so I gave up and used my table saw. I cleaned up the edge with sandpaper. The table saw turned out to be a good idea because I had to recut several pieces slightly undersized to make everything fit. Rod Landlubber Mike 1 Quote Rod Current Build - HMS Sphinx, 20 Gun Frigate from 1775 Previous Builds Bismarck, WWII German Battleship, Prinz Eugen, WWII German Heavy Cruiser (Aeronaut), U-Boat 47 (Amati), HM Bark Endeavour (Caldercraft), US Brig Syren (MS), Arno XI Ferrari Hydroplane (Amati), Osberg Viking Ship (Billings), Anteo Harbour Tug (Panart), Marie Felling Harbour Tug (Caldercraft), Arleigh-Burke guided missile destroyer (Bluejacket) Seguin, Steam Tug from 1884, Mississippi Steamboat Robert E. Lee (Amati) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopJack Posted September 25, 2013 Share #125 Posted September 25, 2013 very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thowen Posted October 7, 2013 Share #126 Posted October 7, 2013 What a great model and a beautiful case. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD11pilot Posted October 2, 2015 Share #127 Posted October 2, 2015 Love the case, Rod. Your finishing technique makes the case look like something you'd find sitting in the library of an English estate. Nice! Quote Eric O.<p>Current Build: US Brig Syren, kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jparsley Posted October 2, 2015 Share #128 Posted October 2, 2015 Congrats on the build she's a pretty lady and that case just sets her off wonderfully What's your next one going to be Quote USF Constellation 1/85 AL Jparsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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