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Excellent!! Beefing up the Allied armor, eh? Despite the difficulties mentioned with the Sherman, I think a fairly good one is possible. I'm playing around with re-coloring one of the Yoshioka's designs and hope to get some time to try a test build to see out the M4A1 comes out, with the...

What?!? You have a life outside of paper modeling?!?:twisted: Welcome to my life...so many models, so little time...:cry: Cheers! Jim

A good bargain? Man, talk about the understatement of the year!:grin: Excellent work, Shaun...keep them coming! Any plans on doing a few more modern AFVs? Tirta's thread on the Angakasa models has me thinking there are a few potentially good subjects for current armor. I know the M1A1 is...

Well, keep at it, Chris, until it pleases you...I can think of few models I've built where looking at them later I wasn't reminded of a few things I thought should have been done better. Seems there's always one thing or another (often quite a few) that I thought I should have been done...

She's getting some awesome teeth, eib!:grin: Keep on rolling, we love her!! Cheers! Jim

Well, Chris, that pulley actually is rove...nah, I don't know, but I couldn't resist!:grin: She came out brilliantly, mate! I can feel your angst over the rack, it really doesn't look so bad but I see the joint problem once you explained it. Funny how we're often our own worst critics at...

Awesome effect Padre, even if there is the slight wisp of a ghost bow in the picture. Almost took that picture to be one of the real thing! Great idea to portray you build this way! Cheers! Jim

Great! I love seeing a new ship model build thread.:grin: She looks very good so far! Just curious, what size card did you use for the lamination on the forms? I have this model in my "to do" pile, and I believe it said use 1mm, but I'd have to dig it out to be sure. Keep at it, mate...

Wotcher, bazzer!:) Well, you have again shown us why you are the master of the rails...they came out great! Still can't believe how big this one is, mate. Great job, as always! Cheers! Jim

Hmmm...I wonder.:???: Just a suggestion, how about getting a piece of card cut to about scale 5'8" and put it next to the winch on your model to see roughly how a scaled sailor would look height-wise next to those brake handles. I can also suggest that normally a seaman would be working the...

You should be very pleased, eibwarrior...they came out great! Keep at it mate, we are all enjoying the build!:) Cheers! Jim

Wow, what a big match!:grin: Very nice work in such a small scale, great job! Cheers! Jim

Indeed! It looks awesome in place on deck.:) Way to go! Cheers! Jim

Just found this thread, Chris, and you're doing a great job despite the earlier problems you mentioned. Very neat and clean build, and I love all the photos you're posting. Keep at it! Cheers! Jim

She's looking superb, eibwarrior! Although building those bofors and other little details tend to be a bit tedious, don't you find you get into a groove of sorts half-way through building them? At least that's what I found when I was building the carronades on Constitution. Cool...

Wotcher, bazzer!:) Rest assured, I had no doubt as to your scaling, mate, it's just that the photo brought out how large Spruance is compared to the WWII ships. I love that line up photo! Quite a collection, mate! Cheers! Jim

Well, you're a braver man than I; I've so far been able to avoid doing any ship with a big red bottom to it! It is quite a task to get the hull formers just right and to have the plating fit well. Frankly, I think you are doing great! Keep at it, mate! Cheers! Jim

By all means, my friend, please work on your build for the competition; we can always catch up with you later and ask questions about what your photos updates show us. I'm just enjoying seeing you build her!:) Don't worry about the correct use of words, I only mentioned those last few...

At the risk of making it seem like there is an echo in here...great save on the hull! hull...hull...hull.:grin: Seriously, really well done...and those gun tubs look great too! Keep at it, mate! Cheers! Jim BTW here are the links to Tito's build...

I'm not sure if it's me and my eyes, but there is a very striking difference in overall size of the two models as well! They are in the same scale, are they not, bazzer? Beautiful work as usual, mate...really a nice looking model, very pleasing lines. I still can't get over how quickly you...