Official Thread: Mighty Battleship
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 08:12 PM UTC
Hi Tom,
You could be right, most never re-appear. I dropped an undercarriage door for a 1/48th wingy thingy, I have since cleared my workshop completely, no sign of it. Could be evidence of the planet.
Belfast would make a fine addition to the cruiser campaign, particularly as she was in at the kill of my build:- Scharnhorst.
Si
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Posted: Friday, April 17, 2015 - 07:53 PM UTC
Si that sounds like a plan if the after market stuff is available. Plenty of time to gather it up. Was she still in the 1942 cammo? The Anatomy of a ship book is nice but no color schemes, and the front stack that everyone questioned is in the fold of the diagram.
At minimum I need brass guns and railings the rest seems okay.
Tom
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Posted: Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 01:48 AM UTC
Howdy Y'all
I couldn't understand from the tread if the end date will be extended. Is it still a possibility? I'm probably going to need more time as I've run into some family obligations this month. If not, I could finish it in the "Unfinished Business" campaign.
Thanks,
Don Smith
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England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 02:35 AM UTC
Great Tom,
I hear the Master set includes a resin correction part to correctly offset the centre barrel.
Good luck with whatever route you go down.
Si
TimReynaga
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Posted: Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 02:44 AM UTC
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Howdy Y'all
I couldn't understand from the tread if the end date will be extended. Is it still a possibility? I'm probably going to need more time...
Thanks,
Don Smith
I second Don's question - has The Mighty Battleship campaign deadline been extended? If so, what is the new end date?
(If it has been extended I can do a bit more on my Yamato, otherwise I'll complete her more simply and wrap things up.)
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Singapore / 新加坡
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Posted: Sunday, April 19, 2015 - 06:47 PM UTC
Hi guys, happy to say I manage to complete her in time:
It is DML's 1/700 Pennsylvania build out of the box
Cheers
Lawrence
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 01:03 AM UTC
Very nice. I'm looking on my phone I will check again on my pc. I have always been interested in the Pearl Harbor rebuilds. How well did the kit go together? Its in my stash. Again nicely done.
Tom
"ALLONS" 11TH ACR BLACKHORSE
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:00 AM UTC
Congrats on the finish Lawrence!! Fine job on the Penn!!
TimReynaga
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:50 AM UTC
Hi Lawrence, nice Pensy!
As for my own battlewagon, I wanted to avoid scratchbuilding for this quick project, but a shortcoming of this Yamato kit is the absence of any representation of the ship’s distinctive mainmast. That mast was just too prominent a feature to ignore, so I went ahead and built one up using Detail Associates (part 2505) .015 inch diameter brass wire. This makes for a scale mast about 1½ scale feet thick in 1/1200.
Since the complex-looking mast assembly measures a mere ¾ of an inch in height, I made only a simplified representation of it.
It should look ok once I get the ship painted and rigged.
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 05:00 PM UTC
Hi all,
Thanks for the encouragement
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Very nice. I'm looking on my phone I will check again on my pc. I have always been interested in the Pearl Harbor rebuilds. How well did the kit go together? Its in my stash. Again nicely done.
Hi Tom,
Its not a bad kit, but definitely not a Tamiya (if you know what I mean...lol) Test fitting/dry fitting of all the parts is an absolute must. Do also note there is an error in the instructions: PE for the foremast is included with the kit, but not mentioned at all in the instructions; I only realised this when I finish the build and there are leftovers on the PE set zzz.
Afaik, the kit allows one to build either a post-Mare Island modernised version (early 1943) or a late 1945 version; as usual DML does not indicate this in their instructions, so some research has to be done on one's part, esp on the radar setup.
Btw mine is the early 1943 version, or at least as accurate to that version as I can manage
Lawrence
bill_c
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:30 PM UTC
Folks, by popular acclamation, this campaign has been extended two months until July 1st.
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:33 PM UTC
CAMPAIGN EXTENSIONHowdy folks! Like Bill just mentioned before my post.. the end date to the Mighty Battleship Campaign has bee extended out to
July 1st, 2015!!! SO, Build 'em if ya got 'em!!!
Thanks to Bill Cross for all his help on this too!!
bill_c
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 12:50 AM UTC
Aye, aye, Admiral.
#123
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 06:25 AM UTC
Howdy Y'all
Yahoo! The Ise is saved from becoming a shelf queen. (I hope)
Thanks for the extension,
Don "Lakota"
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 11:58 AM UTC
I had given up on making the May 1st deadline. I have a ton yet to do, but an extension is appreciated on this end. There's still a chance for RM Roma!
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 03:13 PM UTC
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I had given up on making the May 1st deadline. I have a ton yet to do, but an extension is appreciated on this end. There's still a chance for RM Roma!
Hi Joseph!
good to see you back online mate!
How goes the Roma?
Russ
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#306
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 03:25 PM UTC
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CAMPAIGN EXTENSION
Howdy folks! Like Bill just mentioned before my post.. the end date to the Mighty Battleship Campaign has bee extended out to July 1st, 2015!!! SO, Build 'em if ya got 'em!!!
Thanks to Bill Cross for all his help on this too!!
Hooray!
not sure if it will be enough though
Russ
Stay home and build models!
In 1/72
Gloster Gladiator MkII for the Bi-planes Campaign
In 1/350
Airfix 1:350 Type 45 Destroyer
TimReynaga
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Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 07:33 AM UTC
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Posted: Friday, May 01, 2015 - 12:26 AM UTC
Congratulations to all those that finished prior to the original end date. Your projects all came out great.
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Posted: Friday, May 01, 2015 - 12:32 AM UTC
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Hi Joseph!
good to see you back online mate!
How goes the Roma?
Russ
Hi Russ,
Life has been kicking me in the pants for most of 2015 and the
Roma has been sadly neglected. However, I've just finished a project for work that started in December and I now begin two glorious weeks off. The plan is a heavy dose of working on
Roma. I still don't think I'll finish in time, but I'll move forward with the build regardless.
#306
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Posted: Saturday, May 02, 2015 - 05:26 PM UTC
I know what you mean Joseph-somehow I think I will miss the new deadline as well
Hopefully you can do a separate build log of the Roma anyway?
Russ
Stay home and build models!
In 1/72
Gloster Gladiator MkII for the Bi-planes Campaign
In 1/350
Airfix 1:350 Type 45 Destroyer
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Posted: Sunday, May 03, 2015 - 01:10 PM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, May 03, 2015 - 03:13 PM UTC
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Sticking to the original deadline, here’s my 1/1200 scale Yamato finished!
Tim Nice Yamato. Well done my friend.
Tom
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#306
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Posted: Sunday, May 03, 2015 - 03:25 PM UTC
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Sticking to the original deadline, here’s my 1/1200 scale Yamato finished!
You are the master of the miniature, Tim
Stay home and build models!
In 1/72
Gloster Gladiator MkII for the Bi-planes Campaign
In 1/350
Airfix 1:350 Type 45 Destroyer
