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HMS King George V
Gunny
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Posted: Monday, December 21, 2009 - 11:07 PM UTC
Ahoy Shipmates!!!

MSW Crew-member Louis Carabott [loucar] shares with us one of his first ship builds, Tamiya’s 1/350 scale HMS King George V, in this photo feature!

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Thanks!
~Gunny
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Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 12:43 AM UTC
Beautiful build, particularly the water base and weathering. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 01:20 AM UTC
Wonderful work Louis.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 04:09 AM UTC
Very nice work! The quad turrets on the KGV are impressive, I really like how yours turned out.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 06:38 AM UTC
Ooooooh! This is one of the best weathering jobs on a large scale ship I've seen in a while. A wonderful tribute to the classic Tamiya kit.

--Karl
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