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Blimey! This gets fiddly

Put the two together and it starts to look not too bad

Oak decking paint was too yellow, so I changed it for a medium brown. Painted the decks green and put the main parts together and put detail on the wasp (minus its PE parts for now) And this is what the sea looks like now. I was originally thinking North Sea or English Channel, but I think this might have to be the Carribean!

Like this a lot, very good end result

An evening of swearing at PE and I've only got this to show for it I also added paper to the baseboard, but it still looks less than perfect Onwards and upwards...

Attempt number 3 at a base board Two coats of ghost grey and the first coat of oak decking:

Initial base board now abandoned as being too big. Cut a new piece and started roughing out the swell and wake

Well, the next project just arrived from Atlantic Models, a 1/350 scale type 81 tribal class frigate in resin, white metal and brass. I was a little surprised by the seemingly small number of parts, but its all about the end result and the initial inspection bodes well. Excellent detailing cast into the resin and the brass etching looks promising. The two halves of the hull would need a little fettling and filling, but I'm going to build this as a waterline model on a semi calm sea, so the lower hull will end up surplus. The kit: Stage 1 is to prep the base board for some water modelling; here is my initial sketch of the wake pattern. The end result won't be quiet so geometrical! To be continued...

Simply superb! Its the details like the laptop, the fire exit sign and the red tool rack that make this perfect. Its also a really clever way of showing off all the internal detail that these kits provide that is normally covered up. Me likey.

I'm firmly in the "anything goes" camp, if you don't like the subject then fine, move on and find the next model that meets your criteria, no need to moralise. I think the snow effect is effective, the plane is well finished and I like the way you use the fence as a support; there are some otherwise good dioramas around spoiled by sticking the plane on top of a large pole. Maybe the base could have been a little bigger? Anyway, good idea, well executed.

Lovely looking car, reminds me of working round the corner from a classic car restorers that had one of these (or a very good replica) and they would road test it outside. A straight eight through open pipes certainly makes your trousers rattle!

Wow looks phenominal! I'll be checking back regularly to shamelessly nick ideas

very impressive! Makes a substantial improvement over the original!

Thanks everyone.

2 years, but with a large break for moving house. Call it 500 hours actual effort. I found it rewarding to do as it took a bit of finessing to get it together neatly. Next up is something a bit more contemporary, a Atlantic Models HMS zulu, which I am going to try weathering and set in a realistic seascape. Should be fun!

11 done! Only 2 years in the making...

9 shrouds and ratlines 10 almost there...

8 Yards and bowsprit in place

7 Stepping the masts 7a making masts

Her is the tale of the construction of my Victory Models HMS Fly, a double planked ship kit from Amati, designed, I believe , by a BM forum member. 1 Ribs in place on keel and gun patterns added 2 first planking started 3 Gun deck planked and varnished 4 Second planking complete 5 Foredeck, guns and hull detail added 6 stern windows and decoration

Hi everyone. Here is my first model for over a quarter of a century (!), a Tamiya 1/6 scale Harley FLH. It went together extremely easily, in fact too easily, so I went off to try wooden ship kits instead. Gave a good end result though.

Hiya, another newbie here re-entering the world of modelling after 35 years. Things seems to have changed somewhat since I was buying airfix spitfires in a poly bag for 99p. I've got a couple of finished models to show off and i'll be looking for tips on making realistic seas. See you around Redshift