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USS West Virginia 1-700
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Posted: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 10:44 AM UTC
Mark,

sorry, I entirely missed your commissioning of your West Virginia! Great model! And congratulations on commissioning! Very swift and clean work!

I love your pictures with the Arizona next to here!!

Cheers,
Jan
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Posted: Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 04:28 PM UTC

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Another impressive build, Mark ! Good masking job and you get the relative stiff brass to perfect looking lattice masts !

Good job on the Arizona as well,i did the Dragon Pennsylvania some years back and the kit was a pain to build for me, which can be seen


Thanks for the comments Bernd. The Lattice Masts were fun to do As I have not done the before. I shaped them around a tapered Paint Brush Handle. The Arizona was a nice Kit to build and I have the Penn to do also.....Cheers mark
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Posted: Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 04:29 PM UTC

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Just getting around to this, they both look great. The cage masts really set the Wee Vee off don't they?



Thanks for the comment Mark. Those Lattice Masts worked a Treat Much appreciated......Cheers mark
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Posted: Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 04:32 PM UTC

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Love this build... may I ask what paints & mixes you used for the hull? That's how I want my build to come out!


Hi Bryan. I used Vallejo RAL 71.115 Blue Grey for the Hull and Tamiya Wood Deck Tan XF-78 for the DEck. Both were straight from the Bottle.....CHeers mark
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Posted: Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 04:33 PM UTC

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Mark,

sorry, I entirely missed your commissioning of your West Virginia! Great model! And congratulations on commissioning! Very swift and clean work!

I love your pictures with the Arizona next to here!!

Cheers,
Jan


Thanks Jan much appreciated......Cheers mark
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