ArnoldAmbrose Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Gidday All, I completed four ships and one miniscule aircraft in 2023, all in 1/600 scale. The first was completed in early/mid January, and was a what-if battleship I named HMS Cochrane. It was a modified Airfix HMS Nelson kit. More photos can be found here:- https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235120294-hms-cochrane-in-ww2/ The build process can be found here:- The next model completed in late January was a conversion of the Airfix HMS Daring kit into the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire II. The model depicts the ship after her mid-life reconstruction. More photos can be found here:- https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235121010-hmas-vampire-ii-in-the-1970s/ The build process can be found here:- In March I completed my first scratch built ship, a generic long-foc'sle Flower class corvette. She was scratch built from polystyrene for the "Salty Sea Dog" GB. More photos can be found here:- https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235122799-flower-class-corvette-long-focsle/ The build log can be found here:- And in July, the final ship I completed was another scratch built vessel, the Fletcher class destroyer USS Mullany. Again, this model was made from polystyrene. And as you can see from the photo the ship had an altercation with a kamikaze, a Nakajima Ki43 Hayabusa 'Oscar'. Here is a closer look at the aircraft. More photos can be found here:- https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235128174-uss-mullany-the-ship-that-out-sailed-time/ The build log can be found here:- Well, that completes my tally for the year. Thank you for your interest. Regards, Jeff. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 An impressive tally, too. Some ace scratch building there, and your little Ki-43 reminds me I must get on and finish the 1/72 Oscar I have started to build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 A nice collection of ships /P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 A cracking collection there Jeff, very impressive and the scratch built Corvette, awesome fella, great work. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Thank you very much, everyone. I have some more scratch built ships planned, getting larger as I go, one early this year I hope. Regards, Jeff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Brilliant work Jeff, the what-if and scratchbuilding really emphasises quality over quantity in this case. Look forward to seeing more of your scratchbuilds this year 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Impressive work Jeff, especially those scratch built ones! The Mullany looks really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Fantastic work. Amazing. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.R Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Very nice and clean scratchbuild models. I miss a little bit of rigging - You should trie it! It is not as difficult as you may think - i also did it yet, with encouraging results. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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