nearsightedjohn Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Here are a few photos of a recent shelter-in-place ship build, Tamiya’s 1/350 New Jersey circa 1982. I bought this older issue kit at a model swap meet for $40 USD about 10 yrs ago when I first got back into the hobby and since then added a WEM PE set, brass barrels and chains, an Artworx wood deck and an Infini PE Tomahawk cruise missile launcher, all ordered thru the years with the intent of building this as a “practice ship”. I’ve built several 1/350 ships before this one but none with a wood deck so I thought I’d do this one as a wooden deck learning exercise. I have a Hasegawa Nagato with a wood deck + other goodies in my stash but wanted more 1/350 ship building experience before tackling it. I’m not into modern ships so I figured no great loss (other than $$) if I screwed this up. I used Tamiya acrylics for paint and minimal weathering other than a light oil wash on the upper deck areas. What I learned: the Artworx wood decking was a breeze to install. I understand and agree with others who have said it’s way over scaled but bob-oh-boy does it impress non-scale modelers (makes it visually scream “museum piece” even when it’s not!). I’m sold on laser cut wooden decks! This build also reminded me to avoid using 40 year old decals (I knew this already but figured what the heck, it’s a practice ship!). John 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) Very nice work. Edited December 24, 2020 by johndon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Very nice work sir 👏 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Lovely. I have a soft spot for New Jersey, since she was in Subic Bay when I visited in 1988 (Ark Royal). They were unbelievably hospitable - when we sailed she dame with us and laid on a firepower demo; I still have photos somewhere. You have really done her justice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Excellent build.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I dig it! Thanks for sharing. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Very smart. Nice build and nicely displayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 John - I really like this - Lovely clean and detailed build Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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