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USS Colorado BB-45
Gunny
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Pennsylvania, United States
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Posted: Monday, May 03, 2010 - 10:42 PM UTC
Crew-mate Kostas Katseas (angeleyes) shares his latest 1/700 scale wonder, this time, USS Colorado BB45, in this MSW "On Display" Feature!

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Thanks!
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bigal07
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Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 12:52 AM UTC
The only thing I don't like about it is, I couldn't build anything this good, and I do love the way he manages to make plastic/resin look like rusting metal, I'm quite sure I haven't seen this build from Kostas before, a new model maybe, the light either way really makes this stand out, and swap the lighter, a tin of Revell paint maybe ? A great build
treadhead1952
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Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 01:33 AM UTC
Another divine scale wonder, congratulations on a fine build.

1/700 scale builds like this act as an inspiration to push the envelope to produce models that show off details often limited to larger scales.
djandj
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Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 07:17 AM UTC
Obviously very well done. Small points of critique. I love the weathering and I have never seen rust patches done that way. Love to see how he did that. However, just as I said about his Missouri build before, I have NEVER seen a US capital ship in that state of disrepair. During WWII the camo patterns changed on US ships nearly yearly. So no ship would go more than a year /o a total repaint and usually a refit as well.

Kostas: seriously, do a tutoral on your water and weathering tech.
Angeleyes
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Drama, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 08:23 AM UTC
Thank you all.
Just a note on the weathering , i have used as a guide this picture
JMartine
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Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - 02:54 AM UTC
Another great buid, thanks for sharing!
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