Hi all!

Hmm... Apparently everybody is working hard on their entries!
Any updates to share?
Any questions, problem/solution report?

C'mon Guys! We have to make this an Excellent Campaign!!!

Share your work!

Skipper

Greetings, Rui!
It does seem as if the banter has decreased lately, doesn't it? All in all, though, I do feel that everything's going well...How about it, mates? Speak up, tell us what's going on with your builds?!?
Gunny

Just curious Rui, is this the last of the Garry builds? If so, it seems a shame that this could be closing the doors on Garry's builds.

No Way, Robin! We're just gettin started Bro!...check this out;

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Campaigns&file=index&req=showcontent&id=84

Gunny


PS..and there's still LOTS of room for more entries!

Still hanging in there on the Bismarck. No promises but I might also want to complete a Warspite I started years ago, and maybe a Hood. We'll see.

As for the Flatops campaign I'm itiching to start an old Revell USS Yorktown I've got up in the closet.

Even though Garry didn't set them up we could also have memorial campaigns for Cruisers and Destroyers, and finish up the fleet.

Hi Robin

At the time Garry passed away (Easter friday, 2005) we were heavily commited with DDD (Dive! Dive! Dive! Campaign), but that didn't stop us and we were already talking about what more could be donne! Dreadnoughts and Flattops were "obvious" first choices and the Campign names were already "choosen and closed" (in a democratic way)... the Garry Beebe's was added later in his Honour.
Flattops is about to start in January 1st, 2006

I also have submited another Campaign DDD2, but with no feedback from the "Campaign Master"...
This DDD2 should start in the day that it will make one year since our Dear Friend has left us.

Skipper

Well, waiting for me PE railing to arrive, along with a German U-boat to join my Scharnhorst on a diroama!

Got to find some time to take decent pics...

Martin

The USS Pennsylvania is almost complete.

I’ve started on the mainmast and after that all I have to do is add some cranes and most of the AA guns.

Also the flagstaff snapped off the back of the ship and disappeared. So I’ve cut down a pin to replace it with.

She doesn’t need much more done but I don’t know when I’ll get to it with hunting season here.

Gunny & Skipper -

With things slowing down a bit just before the Holidays, maybe we need a little Christmas cheer and generate some more/new interest in "Dreadnoughts". We still have til April 2006 (thank goodness, on a personal note, as I've just opened the box for my USS Washington) for more entries and plenty of time to get things up to flank speed. So for a little "Ho, Ho, Ho" and "Fla, La, La", I'll re-offer my original offer of "FREE" 1/700th Waterline kits to anyone wanting to join in "Dreadnoughts" and continue Garry Beebe's tribute. The only "catch" is that you have to join the "Dreadnoughts" Campaign and complete your build. We managed to set up over a dozen entrants in the first go- around , and I think I have about that many more kits. With the Christmas decorations coming out, I'm getting a chance to get into those attic boxes and am discovering more of the "Battleships stash" I'd started several years ago. This offer is first for those who haven't joined up, but after the Holidays I'll open it to any who wants what's left. Sound fair enough?Currently, I have the following available for now and hopefully more to come (all 1/700th Waterline):

Aoshima - Japanese IJN Yamashiro
Fujimi - Japanese IJN Haruna
Fujimi - Japanese IJN Hiei
Fujimi - Japanese IJN Musashi
Fujimi - Japanese IJN Yamato
Fujimi - German DKM Deutschland
Fujimi - German DKM Admiral Speer
Hasegawa - USS Alabama
Tamiya - British HMS Rodney
Tamiya - British HMS King George V

Alright you salty dogs. Nobody is being "Shanghai'd" here so send me a PM and reserve yourself a "big floaty thing" and join up with "Dreadnoughts".

Blade48mrd

Just out of curiousity Mike, whcih versions of those Fujimi Yamato and Musashi are those. I picked up an "initial" Musashi kit that was made by Tamiya. I have the large 350 scale final Yamato. If you don't get a taker for those two kits , I'll gladly add them to my Yamato collection. I finished my Bismarck, but am still fairly deep into a Viet Nam diorama . Which reminds me, I have to photo the jeep and submit for my Nam Campaign. Also have a M-3 Lee on the paint rack. Then we start FLat-top and I have a major challenge with the 350 scale Lexington conversion. So I have completed my entry for the Dreadnaughts with my 350 scale BIsmarck. I did just get the 350 scale NC, but am awaiting the PE for it, did finally figure out an acceptable paint scheme which will be post war around the late 45 early 46 time frame. (So sick of doing blue deck ships !)

Im currently trying to paint the deck of the sharnhorst Mike sent me. its a nice baby, building it was a blast, but... i made a mistake.. i should have kept it in sub assemblies before painting! lol :-) so right now im struggling, i figured out the color i wanted to use for the deck. once i finish the paint, il seal it with a few coats of future, give it soem washes and drybrushing, and by the time thats done il have recieved my weathering powders for christmas which i plan on trying.

In progress soon, my gallery was full and needed to be emptied before uplaoding.
Frank

Yamato finished and pics in the campaign gallery.

Mike, I just signed up for the campaign though I have never built a ship. If you can please send me the Yamato or the Alabama or the King George, in that order of preference I will be happy to build it. If all those are taken, either of the German tubs.

I have just PM'd you my address.I know Sri Lanka's a bit far away, and I'll be willing to pay for postage if you like.

Well David, welcome to Dreadnoughts, and the salty side, mate!
Don't be shy, first ship build or not, research your ship, and get busy when it arrives! Post lot's of progress pics in the forum and the campaign album, and don't be afraid to ask if you don't know...there's alot of knowledge lurking in these waters, mate!
Gunny


And Mike, thanks again, my friend!

Hey guys. Working on a 1/350 Arizona. Got most of the sub assemblies done nd getting ready to start putting on paint. I've done it water-line and going to have it moored at it's final resting place.

Subhunter

Still sloogoing through the "Potemkin" progress is slow due to the kit being of a very poor quality. I run into obstacles at every turn.

Thanks, Gunny. Standing by to board! As soon as the ship arrives in Sri Lanka, anyway.

Hey, Skipper....
something just dawned upon my mind, Bro...where are YOUR progress pics, sir??? :-) ...(tee-hee...sorry Rui, I just couldn't resist teasing YOU this time!!!)..But seriously, Skipp, when the heck am I gonna see this entry of yours, man? I've been waiting for soooooo long!
Gunny

I have done some small pre-lim work on my BB/CV Ise. I am using the older kit, so I am having to do a LOT of research...I just cannot let the model slide the way it looks...PE railings and crummy detailing would just be a big no no, so...

Now, Once I get the "flight deck" area scribed properly and have added the supports for the Pagoda's, then I have to worry about painting, and PE! Sigh.

Mike,

Sign me up for the Nelson / Rodney.

I'll PM to confirm

I've completed a fair bit of the 1/700 Fujimi Hiei that Blade48 generously donated. I'll try and get my camera working and take some in-progress shots but I warn you all that this is my first ship and won't be nearly up to par with you guys. Regardless, I am thoroughly enjoying the build so far.

Well after 16 days straight I counldn't be happier about the Thanks Giving Holiday!!!!!! Ate slept and got busy. The hull is painted and assembled given some touch up and the life boats are complete save tying down the oars. The deck is in progress of getting a wash and some of the masts are painted. Posted some pics....big kit need another shelf or three
http://photos.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5405

Well still technologically challeged and seem unable to post pic in the forum. However did manage to put them in the progress album.

Looks good, Rhonda...keep up the great work and the progress pics!
Gunny


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You've got the easy part done now. Get the masts in and then the fun begins.........RIGGING !!!!!!!!!!!