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I've been away for some time, good to check back in and see all these ships. Excellent builds guys, all across the board.

Keep it up!

New projects. My fleet now numbers 430. I'm gonna catch ya Nektarios. Whatcha think??
Uss Sacramento AOE1



JMSDF Tokiwa AOE423



USS George Phillip FFG12


USS Enterprise CVN65



And just got this one in the mail. Bought it off Ebay from a guy in Australia making them out of his garage. Its a little rough but I expected that. I have others in the queue before it but I know some of you have seen them and thought about it. Definetly a nice different addition to the fleet.
HMAS Melbourne CV21

Nice builds Guys

Bob what a/c did you use on the Enterprise? what scale is Melbourne?

Happy Modeling

John

Hey John,
The Melbourne is 1/700. The air wing is the Fujimi 65' set with A4 from 1/800 Arii. The are over scaled and close to 1/730. I'm not sure where the E1 came from. Its been sitting in the spares box for years. It was just the plane and I scratch built the radar dome. Decals are Starfighter.

Thanks for checking it out

Bob J wrote:New projects. My fleet now numbers 430. I'm gonna catch ya Nektarios. Whatcha think??
And just got this one in the mail. Bought it off Ebay from a guy in Australia making them out of his garage. Its a little rough but I expected that. I have others in the queue before it but I know some of you have seen them and thought about it. Definetly a nice different addition to the fleet.

Bob your new builds look great. I d love to see more close up pics of Enterprise, especially the airwing. Is the Sacramento the new plastic Trumpeter kit??? What is your opinion on it???
I ll have to build more quickly so that you don't catch up with me.
I ve seen the kit you mention on ebay and the same person produces also another Australian navy carrier.

Bob J wrote:Hey John,
The Melbourne is 1/700. The air wing is the Fujimi 65' set with A4 from 1/800 Arii. The are over scaled and close to 1/730. I'm not sure where the E1 came from. Its been sitting in the spares box for years. It was just the plane and I scratch built the radar dome. Decals are Starfighter.

Thanks for checking it out

I m sure the E-1 is from a Skywave kit.

Hey Nektarios,
That is the Trumpeter kit. It built up nice and easy. Only complaint is there is no interior hanger detail and no hoses. Really, no hoses with a replentishment ship!! For the airwing, my camera isnt that good. When i use the macro to get pics of the planes it just looks like blobs. The Aussie guy made the kit to be built as any Majestic class. The deck, island, and all the sponson are seperate. So he ships the hull and then the deck and a bag of sponson for the ship you want.

Hey Bob,

Any work done on the Melbourne yet? i am looking forward to seeing her built up.

Happy Modeling

John

Hey John,
I put the Melbourne on hold for a while. I just scratch built Princepe de Austrius. I'll try to post some pics. Plus tomorrow is my bday so I hoping for some new aquistions.

Bob

Happy Birthday Bob I hope you got plenty of model related presents. i treated myself to a Compressor, thats an early Birthday present for next month and i have a show to attend that day Go Me

Principe De Asturias, thats cool, i hope we get to see her, and also it means somebody will release it as a model now

Happy Modeling

John

Thanks!
Here is Princepe. The camera really show the flaws. I kinda sped thru this one, just like you said John, figuring someone will come out with it soon. Probably Orange Hobby. I want their Juan Carlos. So this one will be replaced as soon as one becomes available.

Bob J wrote:Thanks!
Here is Princepe. The camera really show the flaws. I kinda sped thru this one, just like you said John, figuring someone will come out with it soon. Probably Orange Hobby. I want their Juan Carlos. So this one will be replaced as soon as one becomes available.

Fantastic job on this one Bob. I wish i could scratchbuild like that.
You should get both the Orange Hobby kits. I have them and i can say i am excited with them.

Thanks Nektarios! My wife and kids got me Dokdo for my birthday but it was back ordered. It now shows it shipped. I hope to have it soon. I also got a Dragon Essex and Battlefleet USCGC decals for my TTH Bertoff. My family rocks! Do you have anything going on now? I havent seen anything from you in a while!

Bob

Nice scratchbulid, Bob! I might be able to get my hands on one of Orange Hobby's Juan Carlos. Very interested in the quality of the kit. Would appreciate a quick information on the Dokdo, once you get her.

H.

Thanks. The Dokdo is really nice, with great detail. Especially for the price. I hope they produce a ton more kits. I'll try to take some pics and post them in a day or so.

Thanks Bob, that would be great.

H.

Bob J wrote:Thanks Nektarios! My wife and kids got me Dokdo for my birthday but it was back ordered. It now shows it shipped. I hope to have it soon. I also got a Dragon Essex and Battlefleet USCGC decals for my TTH Bertoff. My family rocks! Do you have anything going on now? I havent seen anything from you in a while!

Bob

I have some USN ships going on now DDG-101 to DDG-104 and a couple of what if Ticonderogas. I will receive in a couple of weeks LCS-1 from Dragon and i have also ordered LPD-21. I am building (less than i used to) ships but i do not post photos as often as i did.

orb wrote:Nice scratchbulid, Bob! I might be able to get my hands on one of Orange Hobby's Juan Carlos. Very interested in the quality of the kit. Would appreciate a quick information on the Dokdo, once you get her.

H.

Heiko, don t wait for the photos just buy the kits. The quality is equal to JAG kits and the price is very low.

Hey Nektarios, how have you been?

Nektarios wrote: i do not post photos as often as i did.

You should definitely change that

Nektarios wrote: Heiko, don t wait for the photos just buy the kits. The quality is equal to JAG kits and the price is very low.

I've just seen some pictures on their website and the kits do look very good. The PE parts are included, I suppose. A fellow modeller ordered both kits just to review them I think and he offered to let me buy them once he gets them, so it looks like I'll be soon building something larger again.

It's time to build some kits anyway, as I'm running out of decals that I can use for my scratchbuilds.

H.

This is my rendering of the modernised HMS Liverpool. It is not that accurate, since I used mostly parts from the Dragon premium edition kit, but I enjoyed it. I made it rather shabby looking and weathered, as if the ship was at sea for quite some time.



For more photos and in progress pics visit this construction topic at a Greek modelling forum but I must warn you, it will all look Greek to you...
http://www.modelclub.gr/forums/index.ph ... 995.0.html

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