lapausky Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 hi,cant seem to post.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngtiger1 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 This is a nice build. It sure is coming along very nice and that Pontos set is awesome. They make great stuff, but sure is expensive. Your doing great, so keep up the good work. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder Kennset Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Got something to post real soon! The thing is, SWMBO and the kids are eating up my time here but pics taken and PS'ed.....Just need time to put it up on photo bucket and then here....Ohh, some mistakes made, and also a couple of things that almost made me want to throw stuff up against the wall! Ponto's instructions and sometimes cutting corners BITES to say the least! Ohh, check Rick's concurrent builds also.......I'm taking his experiences into my own build also. It's a good comparison! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickbcolorado Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 the early versions of the guns take a lot of time. I still haven't started the 40mm....doing the reels and bitt details....lots of time..... Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder Kennset Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Hello, administrator......Something seriously wrong with the site! Paste will not work....Both right mouse button or "CTRL V" will not work and the image button is broken. I can paste the HTML link into the slot but the "OK" button does not work....Something broke during the new year holidays? Hello? Can't post pictures worth a damn here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickbcolorado Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Hello, administrator......Something seriously wrong with the site! Paste will not work....Both right mouse button or "CTRL V" will not work and the image button is broken. I can paste the HTML link into the slot but the "OK" button does not work....Something broke during the new year holidays? Hello? Can't post pictures worth a damn here! confirm that, Stryder....can't use the CTRL V or even the "Quote" button in the lower right hand corner of the screen....I am forwarding this to tech support... looking forward to seeing your work. I am assembling lots of subassemblies (guns, reels, catapults) of BB-63, using a mix of Pontos and Trumpeter PE....having fun cutting the styrene off of very small parts in order to glue on PE...but it's a slow slog, and taking lots of time. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder Kennset Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Ohh well! Guess till they fix the issue, I'll keep on slogging away at it. Yeah, a lot of small parts that goes just about everywhere, especially when you add in that pontos set! Plugging away at the 2 turret. This Sat. will head to my local IPMS meeting...I'm hoping to get turret 2 finished then and then get started on turret 3 before getting started on those pesky dual 5 inch turrets!...I might not even try to get those hand holds on there though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Nothing has changed here. All the functions work for me. What browser are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder Kennset Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) Internet explorer on Window 8 with the latest update. Edited January 3, 2014 by Stryder Kennset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hi there, I had issues with pasting and quoting when IE updated my system. The good folks here suggested uninstalling the update, which I did and all is now well. Other good folks also suggested using Firefox or Chrome, but that was beyond my skillset with computers! Hope you both get this sorted, as BOTH threads are great! Fab work both of you. All the best, Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 There is not much detail on the hull I would of expected quiet a lot in 1/200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 The Iowa class were very clean ships so there's not a lot of "detail" to be had on the hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickbcolorado Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 enough for me to handle....http://pontosmodel.com/manual/23002f1-page1.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 ERR you had better look at a hull then I can see a lot of detail there which lets face it on a 1/200 scale model should be there. There is no excuse for it not to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 note hull detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Wrong era. She didn't have the strengthening beams during wwii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g700000/g700862.jpg http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/016306a.jpg http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/016333b.jpg http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/016310c.jpg theres many more on the net these are pre surrender 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 There is no excuse for it not to be.Gosh, I never realised model manufacturers now had to provide excuses for missing detail. Is it scale-dependent? Can I insist on an excuse if there isn't one? Maybe the dog ate it. I guess they then ate the dog in retaliation. Maybe Trumpeter could ask Revell for some of their excuses, after building some of their 1/32 jets with non existent details, they must have loads! Al 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Sorry Graham, I must be having a thick moment. Which details are you actually referring to. The plates, the fenders down the sides or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) The fenders are temporary. The bilge and pump drain housings were fitted after the 1980s reactivation and suffered badly from crush damage during transit of the Panama canal as the ships were designed to just fit through as built. For that reason they were built clean sided without downpipes, the pump and bilge outlets just poured straight out of discharges in the side which are replicated in the kit. There is plating if you look under certain light, my walkround of New Jersey is in the walkround section and there's not much to see. I reckon detail like that could be replicated using Tamiya masking tape even in 1/200. Edited January 11, 2014 by PHaTNesS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I guessed it was the plating. In 1:200 you could use melted stretched sprue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 just feel that in 1/200 the plating detail should be there after all this is a mega buck kit, yes I know you could add it but why should you have too hell theres 1/350 kits that have this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I see what you're saying Graham, I'll have to check my 1:350 models to see how they've done it. TBH though, how much of the weld lines and plates would you see even in 1:200? What do modellers want, scale details or representative details? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 . Cheers foxy PS. where here to enjoy the hobby, 'not blither about it'. This is getting as bad as the aircraft thread used to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Yes true Shar but then why do they put end butts on deck planking , now that is hard to see and not worth the time to do but they do it Right back to finding another fault to find, its not like I have a model to make ERR well the stash would like to be reduced better get back to some building ships then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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