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It looks great.

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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Thank you, gentlemen.

The loose ends were trimmed, onto the starboard ones now.

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- David

Did you really sink the ship in your aquarium? Wow! Hahaha lol

What a fine aquarium piece it would make.
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Sure, the Revell's 1/570 Bismarck, Tirpitz, the Tamiya's 1/700 waterline Yamato and the Airfix's 1/600 Hood. All of them ended at the bottom of the aquarium. And then again and again and again. Poor fish, I admit

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- David

I thought it would last a couple of days yet before I'll be able to upload this final work-in-progress post. However, the USS Nevada kit from TMW that has been delivered yesterday, contained signal flag decals from Cartograf. I decided not to wait for the intended decals from the Five Star and the result is...here. The displayed NAN-ABLE-ROGER-CHARLIE code was the USS Maryland's callsign. This is my final interpretation of the "Fighting Mary" when leaving the Puget Sound Navy Yard at the end of the August 1945.

I consider the ship itself finished. I am completely aware of all the skill drawbacks (the insufficiently masked hull seam, slightly uneven front polemast etc.) as well as all the factual errors (the Mark 8 FCR instead of the Mark 13, too wide blisters and so on). As for a newbie, my ambitions were just to learn something and establish some basics for the future builds. And the BB-46 was just a victim of this

Well, and as I have a weakness for the Big-5s, the next one will be the USS California in her final configuration. In the meantime I will try to learn something about the model-water making so the Maryland may be placed into some reasonable environment.

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- David

Drawbacks be darned, that is a fine build!!! Keep at it!!

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Drawing Board:
1/700 Whiff USS Leyte and escorts 1984
1/700 Whiff USN Modernized CAs 1984
1/700 Whiff ASW Showdown - FFs vs SSGN 1984

Slipway:
1/700 Whiff USN ASW Hunter Killer Group Dio 1984

Soo bloody perb!

Cheers, Jabb.

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HMS Hood, the big one!

I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure.

Yeah, what Cliffy said. Excellent work, and a fine representation of a workhorse of the Pacific Fleet. Looking forward to seeing what you do with California.

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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Your Maryland looks real good. Hull seams can be a issue. I have one with my Colorado kit. Definitely wanting to see how your California turns out.

Thank you very much, your interest and nice comments really pushed me forward during the build! Moreover, Jabb, your HMS Dreadnought thread helped me to tackle the rigging worries, big, big thanks for this!

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- David

Just so pleased to have helped you to produce an absolutely wonderful model.

Looking forward with great anticipation to the next one!

Cheers, Jabb.

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HMS Hood, the big one!

I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure.