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Leander Class Cruiser, HMS Ajax
Gunny
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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 04:06 AM UTC
Crew-mate Andrew Ayling (jester_ara) shares a super scratchbuild image gallery of his 1/350 scale, HMS Ajax!

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 04:25 AM UTC
Bravo Zulu Andrew!

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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 06:15 AM UTC
That's a darn nice build and one of the most realistic finishes I've seen in some time. Excellent work.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 07:21 AM UTC
hello all,
great build,the cammo and weathering is perfect.Mark,maybe you can get Andrew will do a artist profile for all of us?
cheers,
Bruce
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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 07:36 AM UTC
There are times when basic adjectives just won’t do. But, I will do my best, she is on sweet looking lady. Thank you for sharing her with us.

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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 09:01 AM UTC
That's really impressive! The camo scheme and weathering are really well done, as is the rigging!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 01:36 PM UTC
Really REALLY nice, impressive.... thanks for posting and sharing, congrats! Cheers
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Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 12:20 AM UTC
Impressive ship Andrew, very clean build topped with a brilliant bit of camo work!

thanks for sharing,

Frank
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Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 07:55 AM UTC
Absolutely brilliant!
I wish I could do half as good a model as that.
Tom
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2008 - 01:09 AM UTC
Looks very good, Alan! The camouflage and weathering is very inspiring.

Thanks for sharing
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2008 - 04:28 AM UTC


still have a lot of before I accomplish this kind of results
Congratulations Jester - please keep us posted on future/current projects
Chees,
Rui
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2008 - 07:20 AM UTC
Awesome
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2008 - 11:52 AM UTC
Thanks very much everyone - sorry for the delay - I haven't been near a PC for the week...

Andrew
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Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 12:32 AM UTC
Very real, and very well presented, and excellent photo series, keep up the excellent work!
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