USS Langley
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32 15 June 2024, 13:35
Steven Van DyckNice result. Is this the Trumpeter additional PE or another brand? I recently acquired that. I read about somebody assembling that from the upside down deck, and now I see it assembled from the hull up. What would be the best solution?
20 April, 22:38
Paul Moore 著者It is the Trumpeter PE set. As far as assembling it from the deck downwards …. Hmmm, I'd have to think about that…? That's certainly an out of the box solution. Off the top of my head, building it UP (the way I did) allows for a "multitude of sins" to be compensated for at the end when the flight deck is put on. You just don't notice glue compensating for less than perfect fit under the flight deck. It's hard to see and dark. Dropping the flight deck DOWN to the main deck will allow those "sins" to be exposed on the main deck where they will be more noticeable. Is that what you were referring to or something else? Some of the PE stantions just didn't fit perfectly. You can see it in a couple of photos. Maybe operator error.
2 20 April, 22:48
DaveAbsolutely beautiful work. love the details. just curious as to how hard it was painting the figures.
21 April, 00:53
Steven Van DyckThe build log for that upside down technique I found here:forum.finescale.com/..eakthrough/257372/28 . But it also has its problems because the columns for carrying the deck did not fit well in the hull. The author also replaced some of the cross latticework by heavier plastic parts, it might be the part you mentioned as error. I hope I will be able to use it, when I get to find an affordable ship kit. I love how you added the resin figures.
1 21 April, 09:46
Paul Moore 著者Dave,
Not as hard as it looks probably. I definitely used my head mounted super glasses. A quick swipe of flesh color for face and hands, brown for hair, dark blue for trousers and light blue for shirt and didn't worry too much about the details. It's a little difficult to see with the super glasses so it's REAL HARD for the naked eye to see when looking at it. So I'd summarize by saying it's actually not as challenging as it looks. That being said …some calm music and a cold glass of before is not a bad idea. 😎
4 21 April, 11:31
Paul Moore 著者Thanks for all the nice comments. It's very encouraging! I'll say this ….if you're going to do photo-etch, buy yourself some good Tamiya PE bending tools and MIG AMMO "ULTRA GLUE". It's just the cats meow for working with PE. I'd probably self harm myself if I had to work with PE without that glue. 😎
2 21 April, 16:29
Jörg SchäferThat looks fantastic, great work, Paul.
No, Marlin, the glue is acrylic. I use it too, Paul, and I'm thrilled with it. It's so much cleaner and easier to work with than superglue. And you need a really good bending tool. That's the only way to do decent work. I completely agree with you.
2 22 April, 03:00
