1/144 german destroyer class 119 revell

[kevin]

Thats looking really sharp, keep up the good work.

 

[domer94]

@domer94 How are you liking the kit over all at this point? Is the fit good? I'm very interested in giving a kit this size a try. Your build is looking amazing and the attention to detail is outstanding.

i was impressed with the kit quality. so much so , i think it would turn out really nice right out of the box as well and i dont say that about many. i believe this is the same hull as their 1/144 fletcher , which i have in the stash as well someplace.

 

[Calico Jack]

i was impressed with the kit quality. so much so , i think it would turn out really nice right out of the box as well and i dont say that about many. i believe this is the same hull as their 1/144 fletcher , which i have in the stash as well someplace.

That's great to hear. I've been looking for the Fletcher for a long time, but no one has it and it's discontinued.

 

[domer94]

That's great to hear. I've been looking for the Fletcher for a long time, but no one has it and it's discontinued.

there one on ebay , but its in italy and priced ridiculously...

 

[Edbert]

i believe this is the same hull as their 1/144 fletcher , which i have in the stash as well someplace.

It should be the same, these were Germany's early DDs after WWII (1950s) and the US leased six Fletcher-class ships to them as a base to build on.

Seeing your build caused me to pull the trigger and get this off my wish list. Then I saw the shot with all the clamps and wanted to see what shape mine was in.

First thought upon opening the box is oh damn what did I bite off here, almost 1,800 parts. The instructions were pretty modest, then I found the many pages of color instructions just for the PE! I think this one will take many months to complete.

So I dug in to find the largish part of the (sorry, do not know the right terms) upper-deck, and my heart sank.


A bit hard to see in that shot, but there's a few compound curves, simply warped into a mess.


This shows it a bit better. Think I have only two options; contact the manufacturer and show them this asking for a new part, or get the heat gun and hand-weights out. Those ladders will be an issue for option #2.

The box is quite large, but about 0.25 inch too narrow, two of the sprues had to bend to fit inside of it. That was NOT the cause of the warpage illustrated above, the sprues that did not lie flat inside the cardboard had smaller parts that seem to be okay.

 

[domer94]

It should be the same, these were Germany's early DDs after WWII (1950s) and the US leased six Fletcher-class ships to them as a base to build on.

Seeing your build caused me to pull the trigger and get this off my wish list. Then I saw the shot with all the clamps and wanted to see what shape mine was in.

First thought upon opening the box is oh damn what did I bite off here, almost 1,200 parts. The instructions were pretty modest, then I found the many pages of color instructions just for the PE! I think this one will take many months to complete.

So I dug in to find the largish part of the (sorry, do not know the right terms) upper-deck, and my heart sank.

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A bit hard to see in that shot, but there's a few compound curves, simply warped into a mess.

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This shows it a bit better. Think I have only two options; contact the manufacturer and show them this asking for a new part, or get the heat gun and hand-weights out. Those ladders will be an issue for option #2.

The box is quite large, but about 0.25 inch too narrow, two of the sprues had to bend to fit inside of it. That was NOT the cause of the warpage illustrated above, the sprues that did not lie flat inside the cardboard had smaller parts that seem to be okay.

thats a bummer... the ladders will come off anyhow for PE, plus you will have to remove all the molded deck boxes so you will be left with a mostly flat piece. i would try to get a new one , but in the meantime see if you can heat / flatten after all the removals. good luck. another note , there are spare sprues... they allow for another 5" gun , and another AA assembly

 

[domer94]

thats a bummer... the ladders will come off anyhow for PE, plus you will have to remove all the molded deck boxes so you will be left with a mostly flat piece. i would try to get a new one , but in the meantime see if you can heat / flatten after all the removals. good luck. another note , there are spare sprues... they allow for another 5" gun , and another AA assembly. they also call for removing the life raft racks for PE , i opted to keep the kit moldings