Impressive build ... you fixed the flaws really good.

cheers
Walter

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Now that the hard work's done she should start clicking along now:









And now on to adding the deck fittings and vents





Also added the PE Hose reels and the aft hatch



More soon

I are still watching..
I just went and had a look at my kit and I have the Eduard Super Set for mine. Will be interesting to see how it comes out. I have used Supersets on the USS North Carolina and the Tirpitz with good results... Probably why I bought this set. It is still a fair way from reaching the top of the build stash. You may even finish yours before I even start mine.
Cheers mate
Warren

ooo, I thought about getting the eduard set and using it as well as the GMM set, but backed off as it would probably tip me over the edge into insanity

I have not been affected affected affected affected affected by using PE at all.

Nice and sharp paintjob and the same goes for the build - I have a simmilar ship with the eduard superset, but i'm not sure I will use all of it as I find it somewhat overkill.

I will follow with great interest

The fun part now starts Russell and you have done a very nice job so far.......Cheers mark

PE makes or breaks the model. Some are champions at it others like me well we do what we can and hope that it is small enough to not be as noticeable...railings are my curse whenever I have to bend them more than 1 or 2 times....an that is limited on this kit...so have fun with it

Thanks for all your kind words guys! Hopefully I can put a bit more time in over the next few days and get some more progress picks up soon. Have been a bit distracted of late finishing off some planes that're on the go. Photoetch is a bit touch and go for me too so I take it nice and slow and work in small batches, otherwise I start on the slippery slope to loopiness,ness ness,

Immaculate work Russel, really impressive. Keep the photos coming sir, this is great.
Julian

great work!
I wish they made a 1/350 C2 class.

I don't know if you know this, but the J O'b is in San Francisco. Didn't go on it, but saw it pretty close up

I will post some progress pics again soon, I promise! We've had family from O/S visiting over the Christmas/New Years Period so it's been hectic to say the least!

Hi Guys

Just a small update today-prepping up the cargo hatches, anchors, spare anchors, rudder and propellor to finish off the hull before moving onto the superstructure.


These are the PE hawse pipes

For the canvas covers for the cargo hatches I used humbrol 101, with a couple of drops of matt black. I think it's close to the real thing

Once dry I'll mask up the hatches and finish off with USN 5-0 ocean grey. The other parts are already finished in this colour and ready for attaching to the hull!

More soon

Going overseas is no excuse!! I had to go overseas just to go and buy a generator yesterday.. Luckily they were only about 12 inches deep.

Am still watching with great interest. Might build mine with the Eduard super set one day... Might..

Keep at it mate and no more excuses!!

Just to spur you on and to show how much I have advanced in the last few years, here is one I prepared earlier..


Notice I even went to the trouble of painting the two boot tops? Silly me!
I am sure yours will look 500 times better than this one mate.
Cheers
Warren

A couple of points "for what it's worth."
Liberty ships were used both by the Merchant Marine and the US Navy. *Initially* the Navy would not share paint or formulas with civilians or civilian paint manufacturing companies, so the Maritime Commission ships would not have been painted in Navy camouflage schemes or paints. They started changing that in 1943 and allowing civilian manufacturers to produce paints for the USN, but I don't know how that would have translated to MC ships.

The Navy did operate some Liberties, as the Crater class, and those ships did have boot topping in some, if not all, cases:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/13/130137.htm

Hi guys!

Thanks for the heads up Tracy. To be honest, I was just quoting the colour id from the WEM paint tin. The reference i used for the colour choice was here http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=16742&start=20
I was happy to go with the 5-0 Ocean for the grey and with their recomendations on the height of the anti fouling red and lack of boot topping as per the civi ships. After all, we're in it for the fun

Wow Warren, that looks pretty awesome! I hope I can produce something as good as that!

Mate, half of it isn't even painted!! Yours in its half-finished state is already much better than that one!

ok, at last, an update from the slowest builder on model shipwrights!



These cargo holders were one of the most difficult items I've ever had to mask up. I had to use a combination of masking tape and Maskol!



I decided to paint the tarps a dark green with a few drops of black.



The spare anchors are now mounted.





The anchors are added



The rudder and propellor are added too. I had to add a small piece of styrene as the strut did not allow the rudder to sit correctly.

More soon!

Nice, sharp painting Russell! Looking good (you aren't going to leave the propeller painted in red lead, though, right?)

Thank you Tim I won't be leaving the propellor that colour if you can tell me the correct colour?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/agrinberg/3490895864/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Weathered bronze?

This is a tough question Tim. As I'm going for the museum look there'll be no weathering. Here's the pic I have



Is it bronze or is it anti fouling red?

Go for weathered bronze Russell,
cheers,
Julian

Bronze it is

pics coming soon!