It's slow going right now, I've been pretty busy outside of my model life! Some of the pieces have alot of resin 'stubs' that have to be cut off, but the detail on them is great. A few fit problems, but I'm working on that right now. The PE is going on AFTER the compartments are mounted in the hull.

I was wondering from some of you fellas with more resin experience. Would you 1) build the compartments then paint, 2) paint then build, or 3) build sub-sections then paint and then make final assembly? Feed back is great appreciated!

Thanks for the feedback Doug - keep those updates coming!

Hi Doug,

Personally I build and paint as I go, sort of in sections, or vice versa particularly if it's an inside part that's going to be difficuly to paint when assembled.

It means cleaning up the edges but that's not a problem and I just find it easier.

I got MIGs FAQ recently, I mainly build armour and he seems to paint in the same way. build a section, paint it and move on.

I see a lot of kits that are built and then painted, it must be extremely difficult unless your using a spray gun and even then getting into all those nooks and crannies with a paint brush is a nightmare. I tried it that way once and never again.

I'd look at each part and think what's the easiest way to do this. Any excess paint can always be removed before fitting.

I tried building my Wee Boat first and then painting it. What a pain trying to get under the seats, almost impossible with a paint brush. Normally I would have painted the seats first. I'll not make that mistake again, I kept spotting little bits that had been missed, normally I'd have done it the way I always have but having seen so many unpainted builds though I'll give it a try LOL, LOL.

It's easy to touch up any parts you need to and then blend it in with your weathering.

My 2 pence worth anyway.

Cheers

Al

Nope. You're ok Mark. Post what you got on the bench. We went into the Midway thang because I'm wanting to build all the carriers at Midway.

My latest project is an Academy M48A5 that I picked up in Korea earlier this month.

Midway CV's ought to be a lot of fun just trying to capture what each one might have had on deck at what time.

A local modeler (Seattle) is building 5 flavors of Enterprise for the Enterprise Association, including Midway, seems like he had a lot of research to wade thru.

Wasnt "Wade" Mckluskey aboard the Enterprise? :-) :-) :-)

Wait a minute! That's the type of line I'm supposed to come up with. Maybe I should say he had a 'Gay" time doing it?

Nope. If he was researching the Hornet he would be having a "gay" ole time though. :-) :-) :-)

it took me 10 seconds after I rad it to "get it. That's even better than mine :-) :-)

Ok, Ok!

Is that the "Best" you guys can do? :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Tom

Geez, what do you want, a "Thatch" roof? Give me a "Ring", and I'll tell you more.

:-) :-)

TOOOOOO much!

You TOTALLY WIN!



Tom

We are not worthy! We are not worthy!