Kyle Lord has started my Merit 1:35 Soviet Navy G-5 MTB. This morning, Kyle sent me an update, this is what he said this morning, “The parts are taped on and Tamiya thin wicked in to attach them.” Here are some photos of the build.









Tim

The blue Camouflage Looks a bit odd

watching this with interest!

Cheers

Thomas

Looking good Tim! Looks like Kyle as things well in hand!

Thanks, Todd. Yeah, he is. But, may I ask? What is Tamiya thin?

Liquid cement, comes in different viscosities. Al

Thank you very much, Al.

Just got this kit in the mail. My biggest complaint with it is the complete lack of any detail inside the pilothouse. I managed to scare up some drawings of the interior from a build on a Russian site. I'll be using them to add some detail to that yawning void when I get around to building it. Al

That sounds cool, Al. Good luck with your project. How much of the interior can one see?

Tony Chin sent me the kit as a total surprise to me. The hull shape of the G-5 reminds me of my first speedboat that I bought in 1984. That was a boat built in 1964 and had an old Chrysler 35hp outboard engine (and lost its compression) and in 1985, when an old guy in a rowboat on Cape Cod outran me, at full throttle, I bought a brand new boat with a 35hp Force outboard ... I still own that boat and she's just as fast as she was on day one! HA!

That sounds cool, Al. Good luck with your project. How much of the interior can one see? [Quoted]

You sure the guy in the rowboat wasn't Popeye?


There are windows around the front, and three openings in the top of the pilothouse that you can see through. So I want to have something in there. A deck, some controls, a wheel, and some other odds and ends to fill up the space.

This one of the drawings that I found.



References and images are hard to come buy. So, I'll try to be as accurate as I can, but I may have to take a little artistic license. I feel that anything looks better than nothing. Al

HA! No. I don't think so, he was old, grizzled and was smoking...................

Kyle sent me a number of photos this morning of my G-5. He’s definitely making headway on it. Here are the photos:











Tim

Next one up and another fine job by Kyle! He's definitely doing a great job there, Tim! Very interesting subject, by the way!!

Cheers,
Jan

Thank you, again, Jan.

Looking good Tim!! Kyle is moving right along now!

Yes, he is, Todd. Thanks.

Hi Guys:
This morning, Kyle sent me an update. This is what he said, “The props for the torpedoes went onto their hubs and were bent into a screw shape. Then the two torpedoes were seamed together. Last night I assembled the exhaust. This is comprised of 6 tubes and many junction points. I also glued the photo etch sights onto the guns. They are very small as you can see compared to my fingers.” You know what, Guys? There is something which impresses me about this kit and, that is the ammunition box(es) for the machine gun(s) has/have the Soviet star on the front of the box(-es). Here are the photos he sent along with the update:







Tim

Some nice work on the fish and pea-shooters!!

Ahoy Garth

Very very cool subject and the build appears to be shaping up very well.

Cheers


Sean

Thanks Guys.

Very nice work indeed! And truly a cool kit!!

Cheers,
Jan

This morning, Kyle sent me an update on my Merit 1:35 Soviet G-5 MTB, this was what he said; “I got in a couple evenings of work. I have a few more hours’ worth of gluing parts on, and still have to add finial mounts and glue on the bottom. I'm hoping to start paint within a week.” Here are some photos:






Tim

Kyle sent me a quick update just now. He is close to the point where he’ll paint the model. Here are two photos.




Tim

Kyle just sent me an update … and, here it is: “Major milestone last night, the mounting blocks were drilled and tapped then the hull was glued on. I'm going to work on making a sacrificial stand to hold it for painting then I'll be hopping back to the Saucy.” Here are two photos:




Tim

Kyle sent me two updates on Christmas Eve and yesterday. On the SAUCY, he applied a gloss coat on the hull in preparation to applying the decals. He is creating them with frisket tape, and he applied the draft/depth markings on the hull. I think they look good. On the G5, he primed the hull with black and he put white paint on the hull where the boot stripe will go.
Here are photos of both projects:














Tim

WOW...Primer and paint!! Two of my favorite things! Looking great Tim! Clean work all around!