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antbkny · 18 March 2016, 03:58 AM

really amazing once you dive into the details of these

TheBluePrince · 18 March 2016, 04:02 AM

Fantastic work, thanks for sharing

datejust24 · 18 March 2016, 04:19 AM

Amazing work Joe...absolutely awesome man!!

joe100 · 18 March 2016, 04:33 AM

Good lookin TiE fighter there Jim!

Thanks guys, this how I spend my evenings most nights. Very stimulating.

The decks on most of these ships are real wood. Basswood to be exact. I try to be as accurate as possible with the details and paint schemes too. Almost as much research goes in as actually construction. Some ships look very clean like Roma and Graf Spee. They're depicted just after leaving dry dock and I wanted that freshly painted route. Others like Malaya look a little worse for wear. The British had bigger fish to fry than worrying about painting battleships. Some of their heavies would port looking like floating scrapyards. More rust than paint! It only takes a few days in the harsh North Atlantic for rust to set in. The Germans got pretty bad by the end of the war with some of their ships but mostly the surviving capital ships looked pretty good. They were constantly changing the camouflage schemes so they looked pretty fresh mostly. The ones that didn't get new camo tended to suffer.

I build each ship in sub sections with an emphasis on painting. Complicated camouflage schemes like Roma or Malaya will have more sub-sections than say Graf Spee. Then I have to worry about the wood decks, which are the second to last thing to be laid down. Lastly comes railings and rigging.

joe100 · 18 March 2016, 04:43 AM

Rust on the bow of USS Alabama

I paint the rust using a mixture of acrylic and concentrated water color paint. Each rust streak is a layer of 4-5 colors from dark brown to a yellow ocre color. Some Modelers simply use rust colored paint and make streaks but rust doesn't really look like that. It's splotchy and tends to form on weld lines or where paint has chipped.

RichM · 18 March 2016, 05:20 AM

That's just amazing.

stockae92 · 18 March 2016, 05:21 AM

Nicely done!

Benolio · 18 March 2016, 05:25 AM

I've just bought two kits to try modelling again after a few decades since childhood!
English Electric Lightning and a Mk I Harrier

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joe100 · 18 March 2016, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benolio

I've just bought two kits to try modelling again after a few decades since childhood!
English Electric Lightning and a Mk I Harrier

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If you need any tips, tricks, or advice, lemme know

Benolio · 18 March 2016, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by joe100

If you need any tips, tricks, or advice, lemme know

Thanks mate will do.

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TheBluePrince · 18 March 2016, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benolio

I've just bought two kits to try modelling again after a few decades since childhood!
English Electric Lightning and a Mk I Harrier

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Lightning mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Do show us when you've done it

I used to have a whole airforce that I built hanging from my bedroom ceiling when I was a kid.

Benolio · 18 March 2016, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBluePrince

Lightning mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Do show us when you've done it

I used to have a whole airforce that I built hanging from my bedroom ceiling when I was a kid.

Sounds familiar. Pride was the Lancaster!

Will definitely post results, maybe progress of me gluing myself to things...

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TheBluePrince · 18 March 2016, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Benolio

Sounds familiar. Pride was the Lancaster!

Will definitely post results, maybe progress of me gluing myself to things...

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Haha, yep, Lanc flanked by Halifax and B17 escorted by Spits, Huri's and a pair of Mossies

hsfrank · 18 March 2016, 08:35 AM

Beautiful and skillful work. Thanks for sharing

joli160 · 18 March 2016, 08:41 AM

Amazing, I am impressed

TheRolexKingofLV · 18 March 2016, 08:53 AM

Wow! Great job Joe

joe100 · 18 March 2016, 09:10 AM

Thanks guys!

Dyim · 18 March 2016, 11:16 AM

That is amazing detail. Very impressed with the fine detail, especially your painting skills.

Cato · 18 March 2016, 04:26 PM

What a wonderful hobby!

joe100 · 18 March 2016, 05:47 PM

1/700 German destroyer Z39, a Type 36. This ship survived the war and was taken over by the US Navy and used for testing. We gave her to France to use for spare parts and she was scrapped in 1964. An extremely uneventful career really.

dddl · 18 March 2016, 08:15 PM

Capt. Slade Cutter skippered the USS Seahorse ... google; an interesting read.
Terrific Work Joe thanks for sharing...

incontrol · 18 March 2016, 10:52 PM

Wow, amazing work and great story about the Idaho. I learned something today. Really great work on all your ships!

Jmstrick · 19 March 2016, 05:04 AM

Outstanding talent!

joe100 · 19 March 2016, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by incontrol

Wow, amazing work and great story about the Idaho. I learned something today. Really great work on all your ships!

Yep! A waste of 13,000 tons of steel, and the built 2 of them! Idaho and Mississippi.

TheBluePrince · 19 March 2016, 06:19 AM

I saw this story in the paper today, kind of topical to the thread and an amazing tale -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...shing-net.html

"In September 1943, FO Hartley’s crew had sunk a notorious German U-boat that had destroyed 11 Allied ships and who captain was nicknamed Count Dracula....

But in the exchange of fire at just 50 yards, their Halifax bomber was hit, forcing the captain Hartley to abandon the blazing aircraft in the Atlantic, 400 miles south west of Ireland."

What happened next was pretty amazing...

joe100 · 19 March 2016, 07:55 AM

Great story there!

Boothroyd · 19 March 2016, 08:06 AM

Truly impressive, Joe!

never2late · 19 March 2016, 08:26 AM

Truly beautiful work . . . I love the Idaho model and have several computer drawings of pre-dreadnought battleships in their Spanish American War era configurations. I also have done several computer drawings of Russian pre-dreadnought battleships in the era of the Battle of tsushima. You certainly are blessed with a wonderful talent.

joe100 · 19 March 2016, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by never2late

Truly beautiful work . . . I love the Idaho model and have several computer drawings of pre-dreadnought battleships in their Spanish American War era configurations. I also have done several computer drawings of Russian pre-dreadnought battleships in the era of the Battle of tsushima. You certainly are blessed with a wonderful talent.

Speaking of Tsushima, I've considered building IJN Mikasa. Before that I have the Vittorio project and probably SMS Derfflinger after.

Fleetlord · 19 March 2016, 02:53 PM

Wow...this the coolest thread I have seen anywhere...

I love battleships....and these models are amazing.

18 March 2016, 04:33 AM	#34
joe100 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Joe Location: New Mexico Watch: Explorer Posts: 12,753	Good lookin TiE fighter there Jim! Thanks guys, this how I spend my evenings most nights. Very stimulating. The decks on most of these ships are real wood. Basswood to be exact. I try to be as accurate as possible with the details and paint schemes too. Almost as much research goes in as actually construction. Some ships look very clean like Roma and Graf Spee. They're depicted just after leaving dry dock and I wanted that freshly painted route. Others like Malaya look a little worse for wear. The British had bigger fish to fry than worrying about painting battleships. Some of their heavies would port looking like floating scrapyards. More rust than paint! It only takes a few days in the harsh North Atlantic for rust to set in. The Germans got pretty bad by the end of the war with some of their ships but mostly the surviving capital ships looked pretty good. They were constantly changing the camouflage schemes so they looked pretty fresh mostly. The ones that didn't get new camo tended to suffer. I build each ship in sub sections with an emphasis on painting. Complicated camouflage schemes like Roma or Malaya will have more sub-sections than say Graf Spee. Then I have to worry about the wood decks, which are the second to last thing to be laid down. Lastly comes railings and rigging. __________________ It's Espresso, not Expresso. Coffee is not a train in Italy. -TRF Member 6982-

18 March 2016, 05:20 AM	#36
RichM 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Real Name: Richie Location: "Nowhere Man" Watch: out now,take care! Posts: 28,483	That's just amazing. __________________ "I love to work at nothing all day" TRF #139960

18 March 2016, 05:21 AM	#37
stockae92 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 4,887	Nicely done! __________________ 135 ├┼┼╕ 246 R

18 March 2016, 08:35 AM	#44
hsfrank "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Herbert Frank Location: Middletown,De Watch: President Posts: 1,641	Beautiful and skillful work. Thanks for sharing __________________ Time and Tide wait for no man Rolex Cellini 4133 Tudor North Flag HERS: Rolex TTDJ

18 March 2016, 08:41 AM	#45
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18 March 2016, 03:58 AM	#31
antbkny "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Real Name: Anthony Location: Brooklyn, NY Watch: Dblue Posts: 6,723	really amazing once you dive into the details of these

18 March 2016, 04:02 AM	#32
TheBluePrince "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: London Posts: 2,081	Fantastic work, thanks for sharing

18 March 2016, 04:19 AM	#33
datejust24 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Real Name: Chris Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Watch: Rolexssss Posts: 3,504	Amazing work Joe...absolutely awesome man!!

18 March 2016, 05:25 AM	#38
Benolio Banned Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Brisbane Watch: Tudor Pelagos Posts: 31	I've just bought two kits to try modelling again after a few decades since childhood! English Electric Lightning and a Mk I Harrier Sent from my Wileyfox Swift using Tapatalk

18 March 2016, 08:53 AM	#46
TheRolexKingofLV "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Real Name: Trace Location: Vegas/Bay Area Posts: 9,234	Wow! Great job Joe __________________ Official Host "The Penthouse Party" Las Vegas 2018 Instagram @tracenunes

18 March 2016, 09:10 AM	#47
joe100 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Joe Location: New Mexico Watch: Explorer Posts: 12,753	Thanks guys! __________________ It's Espresso, not Expresso. Coffee is not a train in Italy. -TRF Member 6982-

18 March 2016, 11:16 AM	#48
Dyim "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 2,230	That is amazing detail. Very impressed with the fine detail, especially your painting skills.

18 March 2016, 04:26 PM	#49
Cato Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Land of the Lost Watch: 116610LN Posts: 2,201	What a wonderful hobby!

18 March 2016, 05:47 PM	#50
joe100 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Joe Location: New Mexico Watch: Explorer Posts: 12,753	1/700 German destroyer Z39, a Type 36. This ship survived the war and was taken over by the US Navy and used for testing. We gave her to France to use for spare parts and she was scrapped in 1964. An extremely uneventful career really. __________________ It's Espresso, not Expresso. Coffee is not a train in Italy. -TRF Member 6982-

18 March 2016, 08:15 PM	#51
dddl 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Conshohocken Watch: What? Posts: 813	Capt. Slade Cutter skippered the USS Seahorse ... google; an interesting read. Terrific Work Joe thanks for sharing...

18 March 2016, 10:52 PM	#52
incontrol "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: Kevin Location: Somewhere in PA Watch: All of them... Posts: 10,355	Wow, amazing work and great story about the Idaho. I learned something today. Really great work on all your ships!

19 March 2016, 05:04 AM	#53
Jmstrick "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Real Name: Jason Location: North Carolina Watch: 216570 Polar Exp. Posts: 7	Outstanding talent!

19 March 2016, 06:19 AM	#55
TheBluePrince "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: London Posts: 2,081	I saw this story in the paper today, kind of topical to the thread and an amazing tale - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...shing-net.html "In September 1943, FO Hartley’s crew had sunk a notorious German U-boat that had destroyed 11 Allied ships and who captain was nicknamed Count Dracula.... But in the exchange of fire at just 50 yards, their Halifax bomber was hit, forcing the captain Hartley to abandon the blazing aircraft in the Atlantic, 400 miles south west of Ireland." What happened next was pretty amazing...

19 March 2016, 07:55 AM	#56
joe100 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Joe Location: New Mexico Watch: Explorer Posts: 12,753	Great story there! __________________ It's Espresso, not Expresso. Coffee is not a train in Italy. -TRF Member 6982-

19 March 2016, 08:06 AM	#57
Boothroyd 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Daniel Location: Minneapolis, MN Watch: Wilsdorf(s) Posts: 10,190	Truly impressive, Joe!

19 March 2016, 08:26 AM	#58
never2late "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Real Name: Jerry Location: Cleveland, Ohio Watch: 116610LN Posts: 818	Truly beautiful work . . . I love the Idaho model and have several computer drawings of pre-dreadnought battleships in their Spanish American War era configurations. I also have done several computer drawings of Russian pre-dreadnought battleships in the era of the Battle of tsushima. You certainly are blessed with a wonderful talent. __________________ "You, you and you, panic . . . the rest of you follow me!" Unknown Gunnery Sergeant, Vietnam 1966. Rolex, Sub 126610LN Omega Seamaster 300M Diver, Doxa Sub 200 Tudor Black Bay Bronze, Tudor Pelagos, (Blue).

19 March 2016, 02:53 PM	#60
Fleetlord "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Vain Posts: 5,951	Wow...this the coolest thread I have seen anywhere... I love battleships....and these models are amazing.

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