Pontos 1 200 missouri

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It's me again. I must be crazy as a loon for starting two build logs at the same time, but I figured that hey, since I'm building both models at the same time, why not? Luckily, I've been posting tons of pictures of my progress on my model warship forum so I'm able to pick out some of the more interesting ones to post here. After I sold my Scarab, I was itching to build another big boat. I still may do that someday - if I live long enough, but now I'd power it with an electric motor.

Pontos 1 200 missouri

By wglasford July 21, in - Kit build logs for subjects built from - Present Day. I strive for museum quality construction so I needed a model with plenty of add-on kits and large enough to show the fine detail of the ship. In addition to purchasing the kit itself I purchased the following:. After gluing together the hull I oil canned the sides. With a model this large you want some realism and not large smooth sides. I included pictures of the original oil canning bow and stern. To accomplish this I drew grid lines on the model with a pencil and then used a large curved Exacto blade just like a cabinet scrapper, adding a burr to the blade. I like the effect with the lines sanded off. Once I start layering up the paint it will be a subtle detail. I added the hull plates using leftover styrene strips. You can see I used. The longer ones are 7mm long and the shorter ones are half that. First I drew pencil lines every 35mm along the hull, using those lines to position the long ones. I then made a jig to place on the long ones and the top deck edge to draw an angle positioning mark for the smaller ones.

Another was medium grey and another was a darker blue, but much lighter than navy blue. Very odd that the rigging does not appear in later BJM. ABER Set of metal gun barrels for

But I found a bloke who did a full build using this PE , so I sucked it up and got their kit , all was there this time round. You just saved me a bunch of money. If the Iowa is anything like this I won't be buying it either. For all that's Holy, why can't they get the Bow and Stem correct according to photos and plans. They also never include the Below the waterline Bulb, However small on any ship that has one!.

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Pontos 1 200 missouri

By vossy November 20, in Plastic model kits. Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on. I've got both; the Pontos kit is more complete especially with the "advanced detail set" and has a better wooden deck. Still, the KA set is not bad at all. I just have the Pontos for the Bismark. Thier first set,I still have to get theiur second set for the Bismark.

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You Know; You just saved me a bunch of money. Also, the Eduard PE set had 8 grab-irons for each of the 4 lights 4 in front and 4 in back. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships. I had to open up the holes in the deck a bit with a drill and carve out the hole from below to get the the shaft to fit. Wiertarka r? This is definitely NOT some kid's plastic toy boat! ABER Window and door frames for ships and Even the Large Fletcher by Lindberg is Wrong! Boy, this is like Christmas time, right? Canute , mikegr , king derelict and 11 others Like Loading Or, Page 64 of Seamanship , NavPers B, which has an aentire section on streaming paravanes. Sign up for a new account in our community. There are always those decisions as to what order you add parts to the model. Display all pictures.

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Next we have the Pontos Advanced Add-On set with even more goodies. As I am waiting for paint to arrive I have been looking forward, planning the next steps. See also Modele do sklejania. A lot of this was duplicates, but the Eduard set did have quite a few pieces of PE that were not in the Pontos set, nor the PE with the ship itself. Note that the one in front was the extent of the angle with the one in back has been modified. Squizzy 78 Posted June 19, Posted June 20, Absolutely amazing. Great subject and nice work. Go to topic listing.