Group Build: Historical Warships of WWII

[Calico Jack]

Hello everyone. I hope everyone is having a good start to the new year. Putting together a group build for any and all interested, and as the title suggest, it is open to all warships of WWII era in any scale. Mark2 and myself have selected our models for this build. All are welcome to join in for a casual group build, there is no set time for completion and progression of the builds can be kept here or a separate thread can be posted and linked here to be followed along. We will probably kick off the group build in about a week or so, allowing time to gather everything needed to start building.

I hope anyone interested will join in and have fun. Happy modeling.

 

[scottrc78]

I'm in, I have a line up of battleships and a destroyer I am hoping to build this year.

 

[Calico Jack]

I'm in, I have a line up of battleships and a destroyer I am hoping to build this year.

Great to hear. Look forward to see what you're going to build.

 

[Calico Jack]

Everyone participating in this group build, please take a moment to confirm and list the scale and warships you will be building. A few of us are still gathering materials, so there is still time to jump in if you'd like.

Official launch date is tentatively 24 January if that works for everyone. If not, please suggest a start date that works best for everyone. I hope I'm not stepping and any toes considering I'm new around here, but I'm just excited about a new build, a new year, and a great new place to share the modeling hobby.

 

[mark2]

24th is good for me.
I'll be building the hasagawa 1/350 nagato 1941 with a few extras.

 

[Calico Jack]

Thanks Mark. I was reconsidering my build to a BB, but decided to remain steadfast on the cruiser. I've been wanting to build this one for a long time.

So it will be the Academy 1/350 USS Indianapolis along with the Pontos Models Advanced upgrade which includes brass and resin 5" 25 guns, bofors, 20mm double mounted, as well as full deck metal plating and wood forward deck. A lot of goodies throughout.

I'll also add some extras from the two Eduard PE sets for the Academy kit. Along with Flyhawk portholes set.


There are a ton of small brass for this kit, so having some extras will be good for me incase I get some of those tweezer shooters that look for a new home in the carpet in another room...lol.