Hi Al,

I couldn't help but notice your comment re small combatants in 1/144th scale and thought I should engage in a wee bit of trumpet blowing. I'm in the throws of producing a range of 'little ships' in 1/144th scale which will be 60-70% brass etch plus resin parts including the hull.
The model I've built mostly for customers (initially card models then resin hull, deck etc) is the Fairmile B class ML. If there is any interest here I'll happily post details of what I'm planning in another separate thread.

Roger in Oz.

Definitely an interest on my part, for this scale.

Any photos of your work...link ?

Cheers,
joe

Great stuff here Julian, and happy to see you continue - at least for now... I can only second everybody else here, don't let any rivet-counter annoy you!!! You would be really missed here!!

Jan

Hi Jan,
thank you. It would be rather bad manners not to finish the LSM.

Day after day I like it more!!! Very good work Julian ... since it is a custom

Cheers Daniel

Really really good to see you back Julian.

I am no rivet counter so I don't understand the mentality personally.

My emphasis is on finishing and I apply a cost/benefit analysis to the rivet counting process.

Remember I believe that on this forum you are amongst friends and like minded people.

I hope you have been enjoying that New Zealand Savignon Blanc?

Cheers


Sean

Hi Sean, Daniel,
thanks guys.

Halloween update:
Most of the deck fittings are in place. It's a very nice model to work on, compliments to Revell for this plastic hit. The camo is hand painted so not 100% accurate, (hell, have to feed the trolls someway). The decals are excellent, sheesh, for the price Revell are giving you great bangs for your Euros.

Camo looks great, Julian. Still gonna hold out for a LSM(R). But you do make it tempting. Al

Cracking job Julian

Sexy paint job, even if its done with a hairy stick

That's the way to get back at the trolls

Enjoy your modelling

Kev

Thank you sir! Will have the sods grabbing their dentists mirrors, magnifying glasses and calipers trying to find something a couple of thousands out of alignment

[Quoted] "You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself.", from 'Garden Party', by Ricky Nelson. Al

Julian are you planning a dio to go with this or just displaying as a static either way looks great with the war paint on and the details look spot on don,t let the B get you down
and what does a magnifier glass and caterpillar got to do with this build
Oop,s you meant caliper need new glasses

Keith

Thanks Keith, the caterpillar made my day
No, no dio. This is a static display if ever I met one.............

These soon for Iwo Jima coasts!!!!!
Nice cammo !!!!

Cheers Daniel

Hi Daniel,
Yes, Iwo and Okinawa.

Nice lookin camo!

I'm gonna do a LCM-3 with a WWII Dodge ambulance and a first aid jeep in it. Hope it comes out at least half as good as your work.

EJ

Julian,
I think you should take the above comments as a resounding welcome back to the real world, where each of us does the best we can with our abilities and information available to us


Kev

Julian....SUPER!.....LOVE IT!

Cheers,
Joe

If that is not a call to stay do not know what is

Check out the Truth ( The Jam 1984 )

I do like a bit of controversy.

Keith

I love how it turned out, especially the camo. SWMBO likes it as well, so I guess I will pick one up. Thanks for sharing the build and I really do hope to see more.

Julian,

glad to see that you did not let yourself getting distracted!
Great work as always from your projects, the camo looks absolutely stunning!! Absolutely no way telling form your pictures that you did that with the hairy stick...this continues to be an amazing and really special project and build log!

Cheers,
Jan

Great work with the 'hairy stick' Julian

I'm a big fan of anyone who can do camo by hand so well!

good stuff!

Russ

Fantastic job Julian, I'm always amazed by the rapid progress of your builds. What paint did you use for the camo colours (there are quite a few Tamiya paint jars in your pics but I doubt that you used these for applying a camo pattern by hand).

Groet,

Arjan

Great Camo Julian, looks really impressive.

I am going to have to give one of these a go.

Cheers.

Si