The Ship Model Forum

Brett,
You keep getting after it, man! This is fantastic. Your progress and photography are great. Keep the build up, man! I am going to be able to re-engage my 2017 USS Iowa/Wisconsin build in 9 months. I hope you have a finished project by then!

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Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

Thanks sir! I did painting on the CIWS aft deck last night. Deck is painted, storage lockers painted. Railings and blending are done. I'll get the deck masked and the inside of the railings sprayed haze grey tonight.

I started looking at purchasing some clear acrylic sheet.......so, that's pushing me to be done before you start your project! ha!

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Brett Matthews

Starboard side cleaned up. Boot stripe fixed. Coming together! I added the stencils just after this for numbering.....but then the sun went away!



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Brett Matthews

Cannot say how impressed I am by your paint work- it is so even, crisp and clean. I wish my 'touch-ups' were as invisible as yours! Have any tricks to share?!

Best regards,
Timothy

Hey Timothy

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it! As for the paint....I've just been making sure my surface is smooth and clean, tape (Tamiya) is burnished down down for crisp edges. I make sure the paint is thinned properly. Though, harsh language comes out when the airbrush spits on my ship!

That's really it!

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Brett Matthews

Wow Brett! Now that is a very impressive model. That's the kind of work I see under glass in museums. Everything is so crisp and sharp and clean. You do beautiful work! I'll be satisfied if mine turns out half as good as this.

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Larry Steiner


Completed: 1:200 USS Missouri (Monster Mo)
Next project: Definitely NOT another big ship!!

Thanks Larry! I don't know if it's museum quality, but for my first ship model, it's not half bad!

Thanks again

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Brett Matthews

Ya know, Brett, that last photo you posted is really something. You can clearly see the dark smudges of smoke coming out of the stacks. But, what I don't quite understand is the 2 outrigger fishing poles sticking up from either side of the aft stack. First I ever knew that they used battlewagons to go tuna fishing!

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Larry Steiner


Completed: 1:200 USS Missouri (Monster Mo)
Next project: Definitely NOT another big ship!!

its funny you say that, because those parts futures are clearly not part of the model. However, on the real ships, there are outriggers approx 20' long on the sides of the aft stack. They are used for loading the Harpoons onto their racks.

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Woah woah woah....this was blue whale fishing, not tuna!

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Brett Matthews

I may need to find pictures of this......since I'm working on this area now!

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Brett Matthews

While this is an impressive build in it's own right, I have to give you serious kudos for it being your first ship. Lots of experienced modelers give up when they take on a ship of this scale and detail for their first dip into the ship pool. Hell, lots of ship modelers give up on large scale battleships and carriers. Good for you man, really!

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Enlisted men are stupid, but very cunning and deceitful and bear considerable watching." - Marine Corps Officers Manual, 1894

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Thanks, I really do appreciate the comment. I'll be honest, I had to stop now and then and build something simpler/easier (always turns out to be a starship, weird!) to break up the time. And reading through hundreds of threads and getting to the last page, but no finished ship....I didn't want that on mine!

Now......to slowly rehost all those photos from the last 2 years......ha!

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Brett Matthews

Yeah, I totally agree. This is impressive in it's own right, but for Brett's first one of this size, well, it totally blows me away. I can't wait to see what his next one looks like!

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Larry Steiner


Completed: 1:200 USS Missouri (Monster Mo)
Next project: Definitely NOT another big ship!!

...............1/350 WW2 Missouri is in the stash.........

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Brett Matthews

Slow but steady wins the race?











And from our visit to the zoo while it was in the low 70's...

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Brett Matthews

Your work is coming along very well, Brett! I am impressed by the wood deck every time I see your pictures. Of course the crispness of your work is always rewarding. Keep it up!

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Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

Thanks Dave. I feel like it's in the home stretch, getting closer and closer.

More work to come this weekend, hopefully the missile decks completed and attached. I'm still not sure how I'm going to drill the hand rail holes on the Veteran Models Tomahawk launchers. I can barely see the tabs as it is!:)

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Brett Matthews

Ah yes, my bottle of haze grey (Model Master Acrylic Neutral Grey, was told this was very close to actual haze) ran dry.....so, get out the spare bottle. Start some airbrushing.....hmm that seems light. Stop, check label...torn off during shipping. Check old bottle. Numbers don't match (the few remaining on the new bottle).

Crap.

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Brett Matthews

New paint being picked up later today....but in case you want to see the difference, the everything other than the Harpoon blast shields and the railings on the same deck are Neutral grey. Turns out that I ordered Model Masters Acrylic Haze Grey instead of Neutral. Too bad I kind of like their take on Haze better......but I'm not repainting the whole ship!

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Brett Matthews