hello James,
we have a lot of photo's showing the way the paint on the hull.and they show that the waterline as the same way the instruction are.so i am going to do it that way.i am probably wrong,but i do have the photo's for backup.
thanks for your info and help.
cheers,
Bruce

Thanks Kenny,

Got my kit in the mail the aother day and it looks good. I have to say that I have quickly become a fan of Hobby Boss. I have built a number of their little subs and that all have been very nice kits. If only they made an Ohio class SSBN.

Sounds great David. Looking forward to seeing it.

Kenny

Hi
Have just about finished the building of my Sub. Had to scratchbuild the ladder going up from the deck to the forward gun platform. Removed the main gun's as there are none of the sub in the film. The ladder nearly finished me off, got me fingers stuck with super glue got fed up with the tiny bits nearly threw it out.after about 3 hours it looks like this. resonably happy with the end result.

have since sprayed the sub with grey primer & looks ok. next stop mixing some pink.

Looking very good Shaun!

Kenny

Hi
Forgot to add a link to some more build photo's on photobucket.
http://s377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/muddyfields/operation%20Petticoat/

Ahoy mates! How are you doing with your builds?

Sound off mates!

hello Kenny,
my Pt-109 is mounted on the wood base and the hull/deck painted.slowly getting the other stuff painted and put on the deck.i replaced the prop shafts with brass wire,my first time doing that,and they look fairly good. i have to build the AT gun that was on the front deck.i got the White Ensign PE kit of the AT Gun.lots of little parts.after i build it,i am going to give it a cover coat,then paint it a olive green and mount it on some wood i got.it should look OK.
so,so far about 50% done.i need to take some Photo's of it and post them.hopefully this weekend.
cheers,
Bruce

Hey Kenny
My "Final Countdown" Nimitz is curently on hold as I finish the ColdWar tin cans GB. I also have to get pass the fact that the old monogram kit is very VERY old and lacks detail... trying to think of something "fun" I can do to tie it with the movie...

here are some pics:

sprues/box:


some work; I had to build up the attachment points and sand away a nasty raise mold line down the centerline



you can see the fit problems and lack of detail:



the base came out fine (I think), was playing around with making a "wood-like" base:



I will take this one up full time once I finish the Cold War tin can GB in a couple weeks

Looking good guys!

What about the rest of you?

Hi
I've done some work today ( been too cold in the shed ). I've painted the pink now got to do the weathering. Will take some pic's tomorrow with luck & post them.

Finished this morning, I feel funny submitting a model this small but all of my models are 1/700. This is the best my camera could do.

Hi
Here's my Pink sub.
Ready to start weathering & toning down the pink. don't look to bad.

Really nice job on the subs gents! I think you nailed the pink color Shaun

Hi
managed to get the sub sealed today ready to weather.
shall be having a go at that later this week.

hello all,
they put me in a private room and gave my the OK to work on 1 model.so i am working on my PT-109.i am not allowed any sharp items,paint/thinner or super glue.as most of the parts are all ready painted i can still do some work on her.hopefully we can get some photo's up as to my progress.i think i took some before the going in.
it looks like alot of the builders have done a great job on their builds,so Good Show.
have a safe and fun Sunday.
cheers,
Bruce

Looking good guys,

Bruce, good to hear from you.

Ahoy mates!

Two and a half weeks to go! Does anyone need an extension? Due to Hurricane Ike, I've had to scale down my Thunderfish to 1/144. I'm going to do the best I can to finish it by the due date, but I may need an extension.

Sound off with a sitrep, please.

hello all,
here are some photo's of what i have got done so far.

the PT is mounted on its base.i used brass wires for the propeller shafts.

close up of the props.

close up of rear torpedo tubes.

front of the PT where i am going to put the 37mm AT Gun with a wooden base.

i am just about done with this build.it should be done this weekend,i will post more photo's then.Miss Mary will take the photo's for the Official Gallery.i still have to do some paint touch ups to do and finish building the 37mm AT Gun and wooden base.i also have a few more parts to put on.
cheers,
Bruce

Looking good Bruce!

Hi
Small update with my build. At the moment my Sub is hanging upside down in my shed so that the Hull can dry. I base painted it black, this has now been weathered with oils so that it has a varied black, grey bluish colour. Will be adding some rust marks once I've weathered the Top area. At the moment the Top deck & all structure are in the base pink colour. I'll see if I can get some pic's taken later.

I've got the sail and the hull built on my Thunderfish sub. Looking to prime it this week.

hello all,
the 37mm AT gun is painted and ready to be put on the front deck.i have been looking at the movie(PT-109) and in some scenes it is tied on to 4x4 wood and in others it is on the deck.so i am not sure which way i am going to do it.if it is a pain to use the 4x4 i made,it will just go on the deck.
i just have a few more parts to put on and i should be done this week.
cheers,
Bruce

Sounds like a plan Bruce.

Kenny

Well mates, how are things progressing? I know that I could use another weekend to finish up.

Sound off mates!