Great build so far. The Veteran gun is the most accurate of the three, so maybe you can take one of the guns from the Orange Hobby set and make it fit. As to your question about the crest, sorry, no, the ships don't have it on them anywhere.

Jesse

Still slowly progressing. There are so many teeny little bits....

Hey Sean! Really coming along. Give the vent covers a nice dry brushing and don't forget to paint the AEGIS panels light gray.

Jesse

Nice work!! Your Nathan James looks really good!!

Cheers,
Jan

Thanks Gents. The SPY-1 panels are a lighter shade of grey. It's turning into a 50 shades of grey build 😃

Sean, just noticed something. The white stripes on the hanger bay doors should actually be on the hull, just inside of the edge of the doors. Not on the doors themselves. Does that make sense?

Jesse

I was hoping no one would spot that Jesse

I was having too much difficulty getting them straight over the contours of the flight control booth and the section that sticks out between the hangers. Wasted too much of the decals so then decided to move them onto the actual hanger doors for ease of fitting. It's Hollywood....that's my excuse for every compromise

Hey Sean! "Artistic Liberty!" It's not a real ship, so you can do whatever you want, right? I didn't notice until I was working on the real thing and saw it. Sorry to blow your cover!!

Jesse

That's quite alright Jesse.
This ship building Mullarkey, especially at this scale, is a bit trickier than 1/35 armour, my normal preference. It's been an education so far.

Just to show that Nathan (we're on first name terms now) is not being ignored.

I have procrastinated long enough on this step of the build. Time to start....



.....tomorrow! 🙄

Nathan looks pretty good!!

Don't be too afraid of the rail, they are not all that difficult to put on. I tend to paint them on the fret, so I have only some touch ups to do once installed.

Cheers,
Jan

Thanks Jan.


That Uschi line is very fine and awkward to manipulate in tight spaces but it does look better than ordinary household thread



But that's the last bit before the railings so no more excuses. They are painted and putting them on will keep me busy for the weekend.

Finally started the railings. Using tiny dabs of superglue. Bit of cleanup required but pretty pleased with the result so far.







But these were straight lengths. Rest will need bends.....

Hi Sean

just found this build of yours! Great progress so far-I will be following along

Russ

Looks good, Sean!

You'll master the bends as well - it's not that difficult once you've started!

Niece work!!

Cheers,
Jan

Thanks Russ, hopefully a few more evenings will see the end of this build.

Cheers Jan. My real concern on doing the bends is trying to measure the lengths between the bends exactly right.

Great job so far Sean! What I did for the bends was to set the railing in place and mark where to make the first bend. Make the bend, then put it back and mark for the next one, etc. I'm sure there is a better way. Maybe make a template out of index cards or something?

Jesse

Still working away on the railings a bit at a time. Lots of cleanup to be done and touch-ups on the paint. But I'm getting there.











I really should focus on one project at a time. Currently too many on the bench. This, a Puma AFV, a figures vignette with some DevGru operators and a secret little project for our next club Newsletter.

Sean,

she looks really good - you're doing a fine job with the railings!

Cheers,
Jan

Thanks Jan, they were not as bad as I feared.

Railings cleaned up, life raft pods attached and started on the flight deck safety nets. Two more evenings should see the end of it.





Just need to finish and tidy up the rear nets, add the 25mm chain guns and a very light few streaks down the side. Add the helicopter also. And front and rear flag-staffs

Hi Sean,

nice work!

As your are building the safety nets on the flight deck 'down', i.e. in the position ready to operate helicopters, there would be no aft flag staff. And if you want to show here at sea underway, there would not be a forward flag staff, either. Well, you would bring up the forward flagg staff immediately before pulling into port, but without an ensign.

Cheers,
Jan

Cheers Jan. Do they just fold down or would they be put away?

That's a little depending on what you're doing out there - you'll try to avoid unnecessary work as good as you can

So for the aft flag staff, when you're operation helicopters in a ship with a flight deck like the Arleigh Burkes, it will definitely be stowed away, otherwise it would be a hazard for the helos. For a Spruance / Ticonderoga type flight deck it might be different, but I do not know that.
For the front flag staff, there are set ups where it is simply folded down and tied to the forecastle deck to secure it. But it might be stowed away as well. For a FFG 7 or a Spruance / Ticonderoga style bow it normally can be stowed inside 'raised hull' around the bow. But I have to admit I am not up to speed on current USN policy, not even talking about future USN policy

Cheers,
Jan

Great, thanks. I'll just leave them off so.

coming together very nicely Sean