JSC 1:400 HMS Norfolk and The Road To Recovery

[Teamski]

Whew! Now that I got the Hood done, I started JSC 1:400 HMS Norfolk. I have to tell ya, I was kinda wiped out by the Hood. However, Yesterday I started my Road to Recovery and got hull done on the Norfolk. I almost forgot how enjoyable 1:400 was.

Seriously, the Hood took a lot out of me. It was all-in-all pretty stressful. I didn't know if I was going to find fatal errors in the hull that wouldn't be found until it was too late. It also tested my patience to a high degree. Sure, it looks cool in a museum sort of way and I had my punching of fists in the air, but it didn't give me that fun factor that the smaller scale gave me. Add the fact that a 1:200 battlecruiser is uncomfortably huge, and that takes away some of the charm of card modeling IMHO. I have other 1:200 scale ships on hand, and the Halinski Scharnhorst has my interest, but I will definately hold off for a while; I've had my fill for the time being, hehehe.... I am just thankful that I was able to follow through with the build...

The Norfolk is a nice, easy, quick kit to get into, exactly why I love 1:400! I'll post more pictures as I work the ship. .....And thanks!

-Ski

 

[Gregory Shoda]

Wow! Hull done already! Looks interesting.

 

[Teamski]

Thanks! First decking done, now to work some more details....

 

[Teamski]

Moving along.....

-Ski

 

[dansls1]

Quick and clean - as always

 

[eibwarrior]

Moving along is right. And at light-speed too.

Good work Ski. I love these little JSC models. They can be fun.

 

[edi]

I like to see that you are back in 1:400sign1,
I saw your destroyers, the NC and your Dreadnought

will watch your report with great interest, because I never did the HMS Norfolk

cu
Edi

 

[Teamski]

Thanks everybody!

I'm not too happy with how the funnels turned out. The cardboard I copied to was a bit on the thick side :cry:.

They should look better when trimmed and painted anyways, hehehe.... I have them here just sitting on the ship.

-Ski

 

[Teamski]

Hilarious! I wasn't paying attention to the diagram and accidentally glued on the superstructure backwards! Luckily, I was able to cut it off and turn it around. Silly me....

The funnels are somewhat ok. They look a lot better in person, fortunately. I also found that the railing on the upper superstructure is too short.

-Ski

 

[airbob]

Ski,
Glad to see you're having fun on this build! It looks great and having fun making something like this is close to "heaven"!:thumb:

 

[Teamski]

After getting a good dose of strained eyes from repeatedly switching between college hoops on the TV and the ship, I was able to get some work done on the ship last night. I sure hate torpedo tubes!

-Ski

 

[barry]

Looks elegant like the original

 

[Bionic Modeler]

I like it when your done can I have it?

 

[eibwarrior]

Ski, those JSC models can be challenging. You're doing great.

Keep the updates coming.

 

[Teamski]

I had some time today to continue working the ship. I got the gun directors and the secondary guns done. I mentioned it before in regards to the USS North Carolina, but I compared the HMS Dreadnought to the Norfolk. It continues to amaze me just how much ship development went in 35 years! The Norfolk is quite a bit bigger and with it's directors, would have no problem taking out the Dreadnought just in shear volume of hits. I sure love this hobby just for the education alone.....

-Ski

 

[Teamski]

Yay,

I finally finished the ship tonight. I'm really happy how it turned out. No real sticking points to it at all, so it's a good ship for an older kit. The photos don't show much of the rigging I did on it, but it's there, hehehe....

Now to see what's next in my stack of ships.....

-Ski

 

[eibwarrior]

Very nice job Ski. These little JSC models can be fun.

Are those masts rolled paper? Or are they some other material? They look really good.

 

[airbob]

Great job Ski! ...a really clean job on this little "beauty"!....Hail Britannia!!!:thumb:

 

[Teamski]

Very nice job Ski. These little JSC models can be fun.

Are those masts rolled paper? Or are they some other material? They look really good.

The masts are strip stryene. There simply is no other substitute.....

-Ski

 

[Gregory Shoda]

Nice job on your model. The Norfolk is a very nice looking subject with her raked funnels.