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Revell 1/375 Attack Transport....U.S.S. Montrose or Randall.
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Sorry, I forgot the sprue shot...
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Looks a nice kit Ron.
Are we going to see another master class in water diorama's ? or is it a stand alone on the stand ?
Are we going to see another master class in water diorama's ? or is it a stand alone on the stand ?
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Thanks Ian. It's nice having a one piece hull, and kit has gone together fine so far..
Don't know about a master class. But as you can see, she's a waterline model, so will probably look better in some kind of 'water.'
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Don't know about a master class. But as you can see, she's a waterline model, so will probably look better in some kind of 'water.'
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Looking very good Ron
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Thanks folks.
....an update.
Masts, cranes, derricks, guns etc., fitted.
Next, I'll get the brush out and finish painting the ship. The beauty of brush painting is the fact that (apart from obvious inaccessible places) virtually the whole ship can be built before any painting is required. Once done, I can then turn my attention to the rigging, landing craft and all the gubbins that goes with them.
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....an update.
Masts, cranes, derricks, guns etc., fitted.
Next, I'll get the brush out and finish painting the ship. The beauty of brush painting is the fact that (apart from obvious inaccessible places) virtually the whole ship can be built before any painting is required. Once done, I can then turn my attention to the rigging, landing craft and all the gubbins that goes with them.
Cheers,
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I've been tempted by this one a couple of times. Have you come across any build problems? Obviously if you had, you've solved them, but for those of us with more average skills ......
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The fit was generally spot on. The only negatives thus far are:-
A) loads of seams to clean up from where the plastic has 'Run'.....Old moulding, I suppose.
B) Lots of little raised circles of plastic ( I don't know what they're called) on the decks. Some of which were impossible to get at to file away without damaging the deck surface.
C) For some reason there are numerous locating holes in the decks with nothing left in the kit to shove into them!
D) The railing detail is solid plastic and looks naff.
For someone more fussy than me, the kit would be a ball ache and would probably end up in the bin, but as I just open the box and try my best, I'm not too bothered.
....but if anyone is very fussy about the end result - leave well alone.
Despite the above tale of woe, and because it's something different, I'm really enjoying the build - Honest.
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And it shows Ron some cracking work so far.
Thanks Ron. Methinks I'll give this one a miss. It's not as if I haven't got any other kits to do!
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Don't get me wrong, Dave, it does make up into a nice enough model. It's just all the excessive cleaning up etc., and some rather basic detail that gives it low marks.
But, if like me, you're not too fussy about end results, and just have fun making models, then it makes for an 'interesting' project.....
Well - p'raps if I find one very cheap ........
I'd like to have a go at some sort of ship that's not a warship or cruise liner. The other one I've seen is the Trumpeter SS John W Brown - and that's the opposite of this one with far too much fiddly detail!
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Nice work as ever Ron, I do wish there were more ships like this in 1/350 - I'd kill to build a mid-60s cargo ship...
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Here's the old work horse finished and ready for some water.
Good fun to build, and as there was no rigging plan, I made one up - No doubt nothing like the real thing.
P.E. wallahs would probably have a ball with this kind of kit, but I just build OOB. So, no frills, what you see is what you get.....
Thanks for looking.
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Good fun to build, and as there was no rigging plan, I made one up - No doubt nothing like the real thing.
P.E. wallahs would probably have a ball with this kind of kit, but I just build OOB. So, no frills, what you see is what you get.....
Thanks for looking.
Ron
Cracking work Ron. I really like the weathering on the sides of the ship. Looking forward to the sea scape to go with it.
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Thanks Ian. Although a bit lacking in detail (particularly the A.A. weapons) she does make up into a nice model.
Another little gem!
How about a shot with your giant hand for scale?
How about a shot with your giant hand for scale?