S-boat 55

I'll follow with interest, I've seen this kit reviewed and it looks phenomenal, I've an eye on Very Fires DX myself,

These kits kind of remind on of a paint by numbers book,

Wonderful result, looks really good,

So,... AA guns... This is the photo etch parts for one of the eight quads intended for the ship. My understanding is that these came about because the existing guns they had weren't great and as they didn't have anything else, they essentially just strapped what they had together because more would be better. I digress though, there are also a couple of resin parts to these, They're the aftermarket sets from very fire which have largely be very good in my experience, WIP shot of one of the double fittings, And a completed quad, All 18 lined up ready to paint, All in all these took about a week of the 'hobby time', they're not perfect but still an improvement on the kit ones, Thanks for stopping by, Sam P.s. -As and aside I've managed to rectify the links on the first page of this thread,

Some of their stuff does look nice but the cost is....well it certainly ain't cheap

LI'm now a fully paid up user of hobby photo host, it will certainly take a while to get all the links from builds and RFIs sorted but I'm at least back and able to post, I've been using just about every spare moment to try and get Zeppelin finished, e.g here she is at the local IPMS group, I've never been sure of the proposed cradle for the ships boats, they appear to be sitting on a pair of ramps as if they are emergency escape boats from a ship of today, to my mind that makes no sense because a) it would have taken a lot of space and weight as a system, b) the only record I can find of it is in the kagero book which may have little grounding in fact, c) I can't find any photo of a similar approach being taken on either of the ships that the Germans used in their research, namely the Lexington's and HMS Furious. I believe the Lexington's had an overhead crane onan rail for each of the bays down the sides, Started getting the deck markings on, as with much of the build the markings are made up but who's going to prove me wrong right? Also slowly working my way through the last photo etch bits, these are the catapult cradle return frames that sit at the foremost edge of the flight deck, I've also been doing the AA guns, I'll share those later, Cheers for stopping in, after three and a half years I think I'm on the home stretch at last, Sam

Looking great Rob, gonna have to pick up one of these me thinks, the Type 42's have nice lines to them, I must learn to follow your example and be patient when painting, the finish always stands out on your builds,

Must say you're doing a terrific job with to her, really looking the part so far,

Very nicely done, top notch I'd say actually, I've built one myself, as you say the kit goes together very well, I hope Airfix re-release it as it would be very popular, Looking at yours does make me wonder if I should revisit the finish on mine actually,

Mine will be B.XVI No, 571 Squadron, No 8 (pathfinder) Group, Royal Air Force Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England, September 1944, Airfix 1/72 kit, straight out the box,

Coming together wonderfully, the extras details are really lifting it

There's some very impressive etch work there,

Look forward to seeing her come together

Believe it was felt that a general rumour thread/section was sufficient for new release discussion for all subject irrespective of modelling area, personally I disagree with that as it makes the thread essentially useless if all you build is maritime. I may be wrong but that's about the only place to post that kind of question now I think,

Those impulse engines look great, should imagine they look even better in the dark as well,