Guys:

best Ship at 05 Nats was the BB16 New Jersye, scratchbuilt by Gary Kingzett.

Sorry my photos don't do it justice & believe me talking to Gary is a thrill because he is really a great guy.

Here are two shots; I'll put more contest ship pix up in next day or so ...





John
PS, in additon to the YMW 1/350 CL-51 Atlanta I picked up, I also got the ISW PCE-827 and lots of WEM paints for my Dreadnought entry ...

Wow, that's some model. When I first read your opening sentence I missed BB 16 and thought, ho hum, another USS New Jersey. Then I saw the pictures. Very impressive, even if it was from a kit, let alone scratch built. Thanks for sharing.

By the way if you don't mind my asking how much was your Atlanta? I've always had a weak spot for the Atlanta and Juneau, certainly two of the noble and brave ships of WWII. If I ever were to do a resin kit, knowing full well I could never afford the 1/350 Hood, that kit might be one I'd like to give a go.

That certainly deserves the best ship award ! Thanks, I saw a picture of it on the IPMS Site and it didn't do this magnificent piece justice.

Oh my lord! it's beautiful! Man...looking at it really makes me wish that somone would come out with a kit of that class of battleship. Then I could have my USS Kansas (Yeah that's right John, even named a battleship after this landlocked state... )

Tell Roy hi for me.

True Masterpiece and although I didn't saw the other entries, hat off
(not a hat with plumes)

Very good looking model and lots of work on it
John, can you give us a hint on the scale?

Skipper

Its impressive, that's for sure. I wonder how long it took him to make it?

I'm telling ya Skip...you'd look good with one and coat with braded shoulder boards and a cutlass! Perfect!

Rodger:
Atlanta was $145, but I bought it on day one & should have waited later to get 25-50% off. I'm no expert on this stuff, but I think there are also models of the follow-on Atlanta-Oakland class. I also asked ISW about the Cleveland class & they told me be patient ....

Skipper:
The price of age is forgetfulness & I do not remember the scale & am very embarrased for such a simple omission. From the size, it has got to be in the 1/96 range I'd think ...

EasyOff:
I think five years in the making ...

ALL:
Rest of my photos are in the album in my gallery. This link http://photos.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php?cat=14930 ought ot get you there directly.

Couple notes.
I just shoot stuff I like & so ignore a lot. I loose alot to bad photography. Thus it isn't much of a slide show.
Check the Mayflower -- that isn't wood, it is the Trumpeter kit !! Paint job is so good, you'd swear it was a wood kit till you get up close.
The China Gunboat is one of my favorites, just because the whole dipslay was done so well ...

John

John

Thanks for answering our questions and for sharing your pics

I was thinking about 1/96 - a common scale for scratchbuilders

Skipper

Hey John, thanks for the photos, I checked out each one of them in detail. I loved them all. I've purchased several bb's from Craft Tech Hobbies in CT. but I haven't got the courage to assemble them yet. Jimmy gave me a price there that I couldn't refuse. I spent six years on the seas and your shots touched a spot in my heart.

WOW, color me green with envy that you got to see of those great models. Very impressive. Nothing wrong with your photos either.

Yes, that China gunboat was very well done. I thought at first it was supposed to represent the San Palo of The Sandpipers movie but I don't think that boat had guns fore and aft, just fore.

I liked all the ships and boats shown. I think at least one was inspired by one of my favorite websites, http://www.combinedfleet.com/furashita/furamain.htm That site is full of "what if" ships in a hyperthetical world war.

This is the model from the show.


Here is a hypothetical battleship/carrier from the website.


Thanks again for all the pics.