Group Build: Historical Warships of WWII

[HT Scheg]

Can a new member jump in on this build? If so I plan on building the USS New York BB-34, with the Pontos upgrades

 

[Calico Jack]

Can a new member jump in on this build? If so I plan on building the USS New York BB-34, with the Pontos upgrades

Absolutely! I would love to see such a build and how does the Pontos upgrades look?

 

[HT Scheg]

Absolutely! I would love to see such a build and how does the Pontos upgrades look?

They look nice, I am almost tempted to leave it all nice and shiney!!! Now I just need to figure out how to create a thread to tie into this

 

[Calico Jack]

Well today is the day. We officially start the group builds! I hope everyone has smooth sailings and enjoys. Please don't hesitate to post here if you have any comments, questions or concerns. Happy building everyone!

 

[scottrc78]

I remember when Trumpeter first started coming out with their 1/350 scale CVs, they were few, but the fit was better. However, there were shape and scale issues that had to be retooled as they moved forward with later war CVs.

It seems that their CQ has definitely taken the back seat to the desire to put out more ships new to the market. I hope the shortcomings don't detract from your desire to build this ship. Just know with some patience, the corrections in the end will be worth the effort, as it will enhance your abilities as a modeler during the course of the build. Know also, there is a wealth of knowledge here amongst your peers that can always help along the way.

I mainly build 1/700, and something many of us found out was that the fit and scale problems we had with some the 1/700 kits were caused from tooling being copied from the 1/350 models and scaled down. I experienced this with the Prinz Eugene, Dreadnaught, and Banner's Arizona.
The good side is that Trumpeter has very strong, good moldings and little to no flash.

 

[TimM63]

Everyone who is participating in this GB should post their progress photos in this thread for a couple of reasons.
So we don't have to bounce all over the board to see each build.
All builds are conveniently located in one place. This is the point of a GB thread.
Also we don't want to overload the forum with unnecessary threads.

 

[michaelsatin]

Sounds like there are going to be some great builds here!

As I mentioned, I'm on the slow track with the I Love Kit 1/350 CV-6. The kit depicts the ship as of fall, 1942 at Santa Cruz. I want to backdate a bit to Midway, and happily most if not all the appropriate parts are in the box leftover from their CV-5 kit. Here are some pics:


The first thing I had to do was add de-gaussing cables. The kit supplied photo etch ones are, of course, flat. But they are also completely the wrong shape. No idea what they were looking at. Anyway, some .015 rod and patience later, here we are.


Here's where I am now with this one:



I'm going slow with this one. Ships are not normally my thing but I've always been a big fan of Enterprise and I want to do it right.

Michael

 

[Calico Jack]

So I have completed the prep for mounting the ship to the base. I normally wouldn't post a lot about this stage of the build, but since we may have first time ship builders or those that may not have done this before, I will share this step.

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First I marked a center line through the base length wise. I then placed the lower hull on the center line and measured to make sure the bow and stern were centered on the base and marked it off.

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I then drilled pilot holes in the hole base that were pre marked for the kit proved stand. I centered it on the base and marked it to drill out the base and counter sink the bottom of the base so that the bolt heads were flush with the bottom of the base.

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I then placed the brass pedestals onto the bolts and carefully threaded them into the hull. I drilled out the hole 7/32" allowing the bolts to thread into the plastic. The nuts actually weren't needed, but just incase years later the plastic gives, I used CA glue to set the nuts.

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All done and I did a complete test fit of the model to make sure all was secure and well fitted. Onward to the build....

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[Edbert]

I've never done a GB, are there rules, deadlines, deliverables?

Is this a thing?

I know this site is pretty much chillaxing, guess that is my answer

 

[Calico Jack]

Everyone who is participating in this GB should post their progress photos in this thread for a couple of reasons.
So we don't have to bounce all over the board to see each build.
All builds are conveniently located in one place. This is the point of a GB thread.
Also we don't want to overload the forum with unnecessary threads.

Great post, sorry I've been complicating post/threads for this GB. If any admins can, would you delete my other threads so we can keep everything posted here for the GB. Thanks

 

[Edbert]

Everyone who is participating in this GB should post their progress photos in this thread for a couple of reasons.

So here's my first major fookup. Sorry Tim, I was never in the service, but grew up (sort of debatable) with a lot of blue collar tradesmen, I almost ruined the smokestack/exhaust.

I put it in upside down due to poor instructions/manual. I discovered my mistake pretty quickly, but the solvent had done its thing. I tried sanding the damage down, and think that would have worked, except for the detailed bit near the top. Current plan is to cover it with some extra PE brass cut into a strip.