Very nicely done Lawrence...Cheers Mark

Retrying with a photo this time. Have thrown my hat into the ring. I'll be building the Resin Shipyards 1/350 Oberon Class submarine as HMCS ONONDAGA which served the Canadian Navy proudly from 1967 until 2000. There is a bit of a family connection with this boat, my father joined her in build and served in her until 1973. I joined her 20 years later, serving in her from 1993 until 1997.

Great entry Tom, look forward to your build!

I,ve started the painting and almost done the basic first stages of the camo and also started on the base in which it will be displayed

O.R.P. Orzel Mirage 1/400
Well, I'm back at the bench now the nights are drawing in and the north wind is blowing.
I was trying to create a neat clean build of this kit. As neat as some of the work that is demonstrated on this forum. Yesterday was spent arsing on with the decals from hell which are supplied for the plimsole line and today as i used masking tape to secure the jump wires (stretched sprue), without thinking I laid it over the decals and when I pulled the tape off, yup you've guessed it, the decal came off too. DOH! stupid stupid stupid!!! grrr. an elementary error.
Today I removed the offending decals, masked and hand painted the plimsole line (is that the correct term?)
So here's a couple of pictures, Nearly but not quite there, a flag on a pole and some very light, subtle weathering or washes to bring out what little detail there is.
Please don't point out the decals with the number and name plaque are the wrong way round, I know.....its what comes of not looking at ones references.







I would point out, I usually build subs with all the periscopes, masts snorkels etc on display and there are other bits for the sail/conning tower supplied with the kit but nearly all my references showed the boat with very little except the mast as modelled. The sub appears to have been modified in its short career with the upper part of the sail really cleaned up of paraphanalia & clutter later in its deployment

Cheers
Adam

Great choice, Tom. Very cool to have that kind of history and connection with a build.

Looks good so far, Keith. Looking forward to see more.

Keith, nice paintwork, its going to look sweet with some weathering!

Adam, nice and clean Orzel - do you plan on a wash to bring out the details a bit ?

Cheers/Jan

Hi Jan
Yes I will be doing a little weathering. There isn't much detail on the model but washes would just make it a little more interesting. Oh and I will see if I can get some liquid glaze across the ports but they are quite small

Cheers
Adam

Gentlemen!

Great things are hapening here! Keep it coming!
We have but a montth left in this campaign, so there is goo time to earn your ribbon!

Cheers,
Guido

Keith – Really nice job; camo looking good and look forward to your base!

Adam – Good job and info on the Orzel; I have that one in my stash and made notes of what you found re: masts.

I am working on my 1:700 ARII Trafalgar. One word: do NOT get this kit! Fit is horrible and the conning tower is very inaccurate. I am now attempting some scratchbuild to modify the con tower a bit to at least resemble the real thing.

I will hopefully post some progress pics in a bit; wife left the dig cam at our daughter’s college on her last visit, so I need to find another cam to take pics.

ROLF
Did I say that out loud?

yes, very gooey time to... whatever. Anyway, better get mine done, its been hibernating for months now...

ORP ORZEL Mirage 1/400

There comes a point at which you say, 'Done!' finished. After some mild washes to try to accent what very little detail there is on the kit and putting it on a base, its time to stop and take stock. I will apply what I have learned to the next kit.

So without further ado and applying what I learned about Image resizer in another thread here is the finished model, not perfect, a models builder knows the flaws better than anyone. Doing a group build has been an interesting and slightly addictive process. It is also a good way of deciding what to build next. The Big Tubes, sorry Fish, campaign beckoning...

And for the first time I used a liquid glaze







The glue'n'glaze does seem to work.



Now where to put it? (sorry about the poor lighting)



here?



Here?



HERE!



I might move it again later and these and other subs may make a trek to a local ( or fairly local ) model show next year

Cheers
Adam

Nice, collection!
Well done with your Orzel! A ribbon well earned!
Cheers,
Guido

Nice collection!
Well done with your Orzel! A ribbon well earned!
Cheers,
Guido

Congrats on the finish! cheers

Gentlemen-

I was planning on finishing a Westland Wyvern Torpedo carrying plane within that time. However, life plays differently.
As my club and I will be exhibiting at Telford this year, I decided to get another project finished and put zthe Wyvern back on the shelf with just the cockpit and a few subassemblies finished.
I am returning to building my
DKM Leipzig.
Still, there are another 24 days until this campaign ends. Still time to get a small sub or boat on the way and finished.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
Guido

23 DAYS it may be pushing it to finnish the hole build for me but will deffinatly have the PT boat finnished for then but not the hole Dio I was plannig will tha still qualify for the ribbon or will I have to go without sleep until the end of the month

Just get the boat ready, Keith!
That's what is required for the ribbon!
Guido

Done, done and done ..... no trainwaggon, sorry. Got the feeling that it would be to massive.



Cheers/Jan

Jan
No railcar but that is simply inspiring modelling.

Adam

Excellent model, Jan!
Nicely simple, but effective presentation.
Cheers,
Guido

Thanks guys - I like the figures as they lend some scale to the model - the Seehund is a relatively big midget, which I think the figures helps showing.

Cheers/Jan

Another stunning but effective way to show your excellent skills Jan my hat is off to you sir very well done
Keith

Jan – Beautiful work as usual. Congrats on the finish!

I am still working on my ARII 1:700 Trafalgar; basically putti-ed over (is that a word? ) the whole conning tower so that it at least resembles the real deal. Some minor detailing and will prime this week. Should be done on time; still have to work on the presentation.