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Dry Docked 2018 campaign thread
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Posted: Saturday, January 06, 2018 - 01:22 PM UTC
This is the official thread for the Dry Docked 2018" campaign.

My entry will be the same as "Dry Docked 2017" campaign: Dragon's 1/700 HMS Trafalgar attack submarine.



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Posted: Saturday, January 06, 2018 - 08:17 PM UTC
Great!.....but where do we enlist.....?

Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Saturday, January 06, 2018 - 08:45 PM UTC
For some reason the campaign isn't showing up. I've put a call in for the campaign manager to look into it.
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Posted: Monday, January 08, 2018 - 03:31 AM UTC

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For some reason the campaign isn't showing up. I've put a call in for the campaign manager to look into it.

Try it now.
Grauwolf
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Posted: Monday, January 08, 2018 - 04:01 AM UTC
Great!...it is showing.

Thanks Bill,

Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Monday, January 08, 2018 - 06:57 PM UTC
I am in. Will hopefully complete Trumpeters USS England which I started with a bang and which has fizzled out.

This is my progress thus far:

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Posted: Monday, January 08, 2018 - 08:15 PM UTC

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I am in. Will hopefully complete Trumpeters USS England which I started with a bang and which has fizzled out.


Rory, it is looking like a Buckley DE! I've been contemplating taking on this very model, so I'll be interested to see how your build progresses!
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Posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - 11:10 PM UTC
Ahoy crewmates

I am in yet again with my Airfix E-Boat.


CHeers


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Posted: Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 06:50 PM UTC
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d6mst0
Deranius
Fordboy - Airfix 1/72 E-Boat
GaryKato - DML 1/700 HMS Trafalgar
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McRunty - Trumpeter USS England
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Posted: Friday, March 02, 2018 - 04:19 AM UTC
Proposed ribbon.

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Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2018 - 09:13 PM UTC
Have re-commenced work on my USS England. Superstructure and deck are now built and ready for paint. Weapons and mast to be built.


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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2018 - 01:19 AM UTC
Good progress. I hope to build one of these someday since one was named for a sailor from my hometown who was killed at Pearl Harbor.
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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2018 - 07:36 PM UTC
I’m in with Pyro’s Chinese War Junk in 1/87 scale. Begun in 2015, I restarted it again this month after drydocking it for nearly a year. Here’s how she looked at the start of this month’s reboot:
I have since been working on the masts and sails.
GaryKato
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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2018 - 09:28 PM UTC
Did Pyro make a "Monitor and Merrimac" kit? I seem to remember building one as a kid. My brother built the Monitor and build the (Merrimac) Virginia.



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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2018 - 09:32 PM UTC

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Did Pyro make a "Monitor and Merrimac" kit? I seem to remember building one as a kid. My brother built the Monitor and build the (Merrimac) Virginia.
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They did - the combo kit was later issued by Life-Like and Lindberg, as I recall.

So did you and your brother have your ships fight it out?

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Posted: Saturday, March 31, 2018 - 03:45 AM UTC
They were full-hull kits so I think they weren't played with much. Now, if they had been waterline ....
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Posted: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 - 06:01 AM UTC
Going to call this one done. Spent pretty much the whole weekend on her. I am not 100% happy but reached a point where the more I tinkered the more I messed up.

So here is the USS England, warts and all




I looked for the campaign gallery to post these in but couldn't find it. I will post them there once it has been created or I am pointed in the right direction.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 - 01:35 PM UTC
I didn't notice that one hadn't been created. A request has been made.

Congratulations on finishing!

I know the feeling of trying to fix things and making it worse. I spent a bit of time trying to put the wheel back on an leIG-18, only to knock yet another piece off.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 04:39 PM UTC
Rory,

She is a fine looking ship, well done.

Mark
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Posted: Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 05:23 PM UTC
Rory,
Your England looks great! The Measure 21 scheme is so dark, though, it is difficult to see against that white background - could you take some more pics against a darker backdrop so we can better appreciate your work?

From what I can see so far, it looks first rate!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 05:35 PM UTC

Subject to some minor adjustments by the sailor in the foreground, the junk's boom lashings are now done - ready for masts and sails!
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Posted: Thursday, April 05, 2018 - 01:15 AM UTC

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Rory,
Your England looks great! The Measure 21 scheme is so dark, though, it is difficult to see against that white background - could you take some more pics against a darker backdrop so we can better appreciate your work?

From what I can see so far, it looks first rate!


Its actually stopped raining here and there is some sun. I will take her outside and get some brighter pictures

*Later*

Took some better pics in better natural light.




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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 05:44 PM UTC
Rory,

These more recent pictures of your USS England are excellent - I can really see the details now! It makes me want to build one...
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Posted: Sunday, April 08, 2018 - 06:47 AM UTC
Done
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McRunty - Trumpeter USS England


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d6mst0
Deranius
Fordboy - Airfix 1/72 E-Boat
GaryKato - DML 1/700 HMS Trafalgar
goofmuilwjk
Lakota
steviecee
TimReynaga - Pyro War Junk

No word on the Campaign Gallery. It seems our Campaign Manager has been AWOL since March 31. No doubt, Real Life has his attention right now.

TimReynaga
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 07:33 AM UTC
The Junk is almost done...
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