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This is with the addition to parts of the foc's'le' deck on bow and stern.

Irish, this is looking really good!...WOW!...you're doing a most excellent job!....this is a monstrous model of this very famous Russian sub! jawdrop

Ski, A beautiful and marvelous job!...very clean and precise! Strike up the band! :band1::excited1::excited1::excited1::band1:

CV-6 Enterprise below waterline frames This is completion of the frames below the waterline...

I "second" that idea, Barry...this would be an excellent choice!:thumb:

I have been working on designing the hull for my 1:400 CV-6 USS Enterprise and have begun construction on the hull up to the main deck line...these are based on plans from The Floating Drydock ...the tough part for me will be the external hull plating...since I don't have any computer drafting...

Rick, maybe try one of the destroyers....I have the 1:200 "Military Model" DD USS Heerman- Fletcher class in my build pile...it seems to be excellent....maybe a challenge...but good for 1st full hull try!:mrgreen:

Nice job your doing on this classic WW II BB!:thumb: I toured the Alabama many years ago...and was impressed by the sheer bulk of these "little" BB's....the side armor was like knocking on two foot thick concrete:eek:....there was a cool B-52 there then also....a lot of shade under those big...

great job!! Padre, I love this project!, and a great job you are doing:mrgreen:....you mentioned that you got the 1.5mm card at Office Max....what was the product called?....I tried to find this online and could not:cry:

Nice clean build....most impressive build of a very unusual and exciting subject!...I am considering a 1:400 build of this ship sometime in the future...again thanks for allowing all of us to view this beautiful build!::thumb::wave:

WOW!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: GRRRREAT JOB!!!! BARRY!!!

railing production method Barry, I have loved to see your progress on this thread!....you are really working at a "feverish" pace, mate!....Your destroyers are just superb!!! I have for sometime wanted to tackle the "problem" of making 1:400 rails for my "little" ships...and think I may...

continuing build on USS DE "Jaccard" I have redone and re-skinned the color on the hulls to more closely reflect the 5N Sea Blue more closely than previous...much more blue now...and have began construction on the superstructure... Jaccard port superstructor begins Jaccard starboard...

Wow!!! eib, This jumbo Arizona is looking really good!!!:thumb::thumb::thumb:...however, since I build at the other end of the scale....I keep seeing this at 1:400....similar probably to your plastic model in size....however, you are doing a superb job on this massive project....my hat is...

continuing on hull of Jaccard and now Hughes... I have decided to build the Jaccard and the Hughes DE as Don B has suggested...they are identical except for "reversed" camouflage.... so I am building the DE Jaccard as per plan and have "reversed" the camouflage and will build the DE Hughes in...

Naw! I have deceided that I will restart this hull...although this is intresting...and I think it would be wonderful for a hull, say like the "Cutty Sark" where you have copper plates for the final hull dressing....this is not appropriate for a DD or DE:cry:...should be smooth...maybe...

Barry, Nice to see that you also are seeing what it's like to have to fill that carrier deck:eek:....I still really have to make about 6 more Zeros, Vals, and Kates....I may complete this someday!:p:p:p....You're doing a great job...I loving watching you complete this...

continuing on hull of Jaccard I've decided to use 3mm hull plates on the hull red areas of the hull of the Jaccard over the red hull sections with this result....interesting to note the effect....

DE hull construction begins on Jaccard These are pictures of the beginning of the construction of the hull on the DE Jaccard at 1:400 scale...with the added reinforcing/binding strips on the bulkheads of the hull red areas of the hull and the placement of the main deck on the hull....I hope...

:announce1I have selected the Fly Model kit USS DE Jaccard and the IJN Matsu...kit was at 1:200 scale that has been recolored (I thought the IJN "deck tan" was too dark)...and reduced to 1:400 scale for my flotilla of these "littler" ships....will send you pics as I assemble these two little...