1/144 german destroyer class 119 revell

[domer94]

Amazing job... Never done a ship so far, and was looking at getting one similar, however, I would not go with so many PE parts.... Any other one without the PE?

thanks.. i found with this kit , you can use as much or as little Pe as you want. not sure if they make a non "platinum" edition of either this one or the fletcher , which are almost the same. the out of box pieces will make a nice model no doubt

 

[GCB]

Will check... and again, you have done a wonderful job!

 

[Edbert]

Amazing job... Never done a ship so far, and was looking at getting one similar, however, I would not go with so many PE parts.... Any other one without the PE?

I'm no expert on ship models, not even sorta, but I think anything larger than 1/700th is going to have some PE.

@Calico Jack, can you confirm?

 

[Calico Jack]

I'm no expert on ship models, not even sorta, but I think anything larger than 1/700th is going to have some PE.

@Calico Jack, can you confirm?

There are still quite a few 1/350 scale ships that come stock without photo etch. Tamiya kits unless marked deluxe or premium, will not have PE included. Trumpeter has a few as well as some other brands. There are a few kits that have very basic PE included, but you can build them without using them. HTH

 

[domer94]

finished her up tonight. installed some "guitar string " signal halyards. added a flaked out mooring line on the foredeck and some more deck fire stations and finished up decals. instead of my usual brass pedestals, i gorilla glued the kit stand to a piece of wood since the roundness of the bottom on this one doesnt lend well to the brass (which i use cheap drawer pulls from home depot). then cleaned up the "ways" for the next build.

 

[Calico Jack]

@domer94 That turned out stellar! Beautiful work and details.

 

[wjbrandel]

Good job on the destroyer

 

[kevin]

I really like how it turned out....well done.

 

[BarleyBop]

No end of superlatives. Beautiful execution.

And I have to say, scale does make a huge difference!
The leap in believability is comparable to going from 1:72 to 1:16 in armour. This ship has heft, and presence.
My favourite section of our science and tech museum as a kid had the large scale models of locomotives and ships.

 

[GCB]

Amazing. Great job! Deserves more detailed pictures...