Should have known there would be an Oz-style catch. I would probably end up being mugged by Koala's too
Cheers,
Julian

We do have koalas here, but they are more interested in each other than us.
We have a few spare bedrooms here so I think you would be fine.
But anyway, how is the Big B coming along Gentlemen?

Hi Warren,
approaching finals really. Fitting the main AAA with the railings at the moment. I will get photos up tomorrow, spent this morning writing the review and taking photos of the Kagero book for the HMS Dreadnought review which I hope will be put online this weekend.
I also ventured into the cobwebby, spidery and rather spooky attic domain where my stash resides to find the Italeri Vosper.
It is rather horrifying to see what you hamster away over the years, (probably could have bought a very nice Volvo with what I spent on pieces of plastic and PE).
At the moment also chilling an excellent Rosé to parry the extremely hot Dutch weather, well, maybe a glass or two while Mrs. Gremlin56 works her culinary magic

Cheers mate,
start warming up your Vosper, on September 1st we rock and roll with Daniel and his S-100
Cheers,
Julian

Someone said Rock and roll and rose wine ?? Jajajjaja

Yes Warren September 1 is the " Day D " .. you cannot make your companion of flotilla alone against my boys!!



In my case. I might not change for a volvo but to my bicycle I him would change the wheels ..... jajjajaja

Daniel

My plastic model stash pales into comparison to my diecast car collection.. Sad isn't it..

My stash is around the 200 mark,but I have 354 Monopoly sets!!!
does that beat you on sadness???

Julian
Love the build mate this must be the most hijacked thread on here!!,wine,weather,stashes!!!
My Pontos set arrived last week,brilliant pe ,Sh t instructions .
I'll get moving when I can sus out where all the parts that are (and there are lots) not listed on the sheets go
Wines and beers up
Andy

Hi Andy,
All about having fun mate, no place for rivet counters here
I downloaded the Pontos instructions to see what I was missing.
They are cryptic but not as bad as the Fujimi instructions, they were dreadful and Fujimi gave no support, didn't even answer my e-mails.
Cheers,
Julian

Julian
Have you seen this?

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=123012&sid=5b6f78ec22f2e5e5101765064539fced

you probably have but there are so many pages to troll back!!

Yes, saw this one too. There are many very spectacular builds of the Big B in progress around the Globe. Pontos does add some very tastey details,
cheers,
Julian

Please share the info when you get it Andy.

August 4th update:
My very sincere apologies for the long delay in posting more photos, real life caught up with me here. At the moment I am stripping down the Bismarck so that I can weather the hull. The deck has recieved a shading along the edges of the superstructure etc. using Tamiya "Smoke". The long railing runs have been fitted and painted and the Bismark's main AAA battery is now installed.
Photos:










More to come but please take note of the following two facts:

1. Please be advised that the photos stored on Photobucket will soon be pulled. I don't do business with PB anymore so it's their good right to pull anything not producing cash but pleased be advised that I refuse to make use of PB's services anymore. If you want to download photo's of my builds, (well, there may be one or two desperate builders out there), better do it fast. The "Slick Pic " snaps will stay on line, (nice guy's who understand what you want).

2. On September 1st all work on the Bismarck will be frozen due to a very interesting Blog that will go up called "Channel adversaries", Daniel Moscatelli, Warren Inman and myself will be doing dire things with Italeri's 1/35 scale S-100's and Vosper's. We hope to put on a show worth watching.

Cheers,
Julian

the 1 ° of September is the "D-day"
I wait to be at a height of the events!!

Darling Julian ....... there are many Bismarck in construction for the net but his this one in the Top Five!!!.......... And it being generous with the rest of the colleagues!!

Thank you very much Daniel,
You are too kind
I have pulled the Vosper from my stash and, as you suggested checking how the PE and the model mesh. Should be fun
Cheers,
Julian
P.s. In the photos of your "light snack"on your U552 build I noticed you are still drinking Cola in a wine glass. I hope you are thinning the Cola down with something suitable like Rum.
Have you ever tried "U-boat fuel"? It's Gin with a drop of Angostura bitters. Gets a pink colour like diesel fuel. Should be a fitting drink for the "Grey Wolves"

You have reason!! One bottle of wine Tanat divided between four ....not good but the controls for policeman of traffic are very hard!! The Jack Daniels I leave it for when I do my models in house ..... jajaja

Daniel

Just doing my part to help keep the most epic Bismarck thread on the net alive.

Here's where mine is at the moment:











I've still got a ways to go but at at least I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

That is a beautiful build you going there Jason,really great work. I'll get some photos of my progress,(riggging and AAA), up this morning.
Are you going to do any weathering or are going for the museum finish?
Cheers,
Julian

August 11th update:
Shipped the last AAA weapons on the superstructure. I have started adding the rigging now. This is a two step operation because the main deck and superstructure are still not glued together yet. I will put on the rigging for the fore- and mainmast and add the rigging between the two masts when evrything is a single component. I have held a sheet of white paper behind the build so that the rigging shows up better:










Cheers,
Julian

Wery well done both of you - am currently working on the hull giving it a bit of "life" before i can mount it and get along on the deck.

Hi Jan, nice to hear you are back on the build again.
Cheers,
Julian

Thanks Julian! I'm loving your work too, the rigging looks great!

I'm still undecided on the weathering; I did some light weathering on the hull a while back but I do like the "museum look" too. I'm thinking about weathering the decks like Michael did on his Bismarck as well; I still haven't found the courage to start yet.

I woud go carefully with the decks Jason, They are easy to spoil and hard to repair.
Julian

Hello friends!! I am not going to speak of weathering for obvious reasons jajajaja

Julian I do not have more praises its brilliantly!!
Jason... Making a great job too !!
Incredibly today early extract to taking air my big B to seeing if it gives courage to initiate it ....... My lady already does not say anything but .... only it laughs and thinks " this one this one madman "!!! Jajajajajja

Is not for boasting but that I have pretty foot of page

Daniel

Hi Daniel,
Thank you, the Big B is really approaching finals now.
I like your Channel adversaries banner Warren is also preparing for action. Should be fun and a welcome change from the Big B
Cheers,
Julian

August 18th update:
Most of the building time this weekend was spent on Bismarck's airwing: Arados, launch trollys etc. The area between stack and signal deck must have been a rather vicious place to work. The model is cluttered here, let alone what it must have been on the real ship:









Still getting the feel of my new Nikon here so please bear with me.
Cheers,
Julian