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Hi All Does anyone here have Modelcards USS Arizona? Its in measure 2 and the torpedo bulges look different than the ones on DN's Arizona. I was thinking that it might be possible to model the USS Maryland using an amalgamation of USS California and MC Arizona frames. The only Arizona I...

Hi All Does anyone here know of the old HG Watkins model of the USS Houston? I 'd love to find one because I'v been thinking of building a model of the cruiser in the Cavite blue/lt grey color scheme that it fought in early in 1942. I'm looking into plans from the University of Houston of...

Hi All Just thought that I would post a few pics of the latest model that I've been building of the CSS Charleston. I've had some question in my mind as to the shape of the bow and sincw there aren't too many/any plans or pics/drawings that clearly show the bow I've gone with the best...

Hey Guys I'm starting work on my second Confederate ironclad, the Columbia. This was a powerful 215 ft. ironclad built in Charleston SC in 1864. The Columbia was covered with 6in plate and armed with Brooke banded cannons. One 10 in Brooke was on display at the Washington Navy yard...

Hi All It's been a while since I've posted anything here and indeed I don't even get the opportunity to look alot. When the forum changed sites my work computer won't allow me to access the site and that is pretty much my free time. I was going to start on the Andreij Pervozwannej from...

Hi all I'm wondering if anyone here has seen a build thread of this model from GPM. It's a pre dreadnought Russian battleship that with it's sister ship Pavel I had cage masts that in the model are cut down. A friend gave me this model booklet that he had but it has apparently lost some...

Hi All I was surfing and looking for info on a French AS gunboat from the 1st WW named La Tapageuse and found a French website that has plans of many French Navy ships from the 1880's to 1960. Christmas came early and I have gotten alot of interesting material from this site. Apparently...

What is a good way to make stairs or ladders for 1/200 scale? any help is very much appreciated. Vernon

First of all let me say that I have a raging case of ADHD HA! I've been sitting and looking at my model of the Infanta Maria Teresa and I want to do something else. I've been building stacks and puzzling over building the overdeck framework for the boats so I took a side trip into my library...

This is my first build post here @ cardmodels.net and I'm excited to be doing this. i posted here a while ago regarding info on this ship and slowly began to gather information. The Infanta Maria Teresa was the flagship of R. Adm. Cervera at the battle of Santiago during the Spanish-American war...

Hi All I'm trying to find info on British Orlando class cruisers, as they are very close in design to the spanish Infanta Maria Teresa. I'm looking for plan drawings and hull lines. any help is appreciated...

Does anyone have or know of plan photos of the Spanish cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa or have photos of the gun deck? Vernon aka Paperboy

Hi All I was so impressed with Corporal Trim's Wien along with the fact that its my computer background that I've been trying to find one. I only thought that the Betexa model was the sole rep. Does anyone have one that they're willing to trade or sell? I've got some old Matys to...