Madhatter

that is one swish looking machine! Pretty awesome colour too. Great job on this one

Hey everyone I have just finished my HB Alaska after quiet a 3 month stint away from the pressures of the WIP thread and I must say, I really enjoyed it. The kit itself is fantastic and it's got what all ship kit makers should include in every kit - a decent array of PE. The only AM parts I bought were the metal gun barrels from Infinity Models and the Toms Model Works Mk8 Fire Control array ( I thoroughly mucked up the kit part) I've always thought the Alaska was a sleek and aggressive looking ship and when I saw the Black ship on World of Warships, I knew what I was going to do. I swapped out the white highlights for red and used Nato Black and Flat black for the rest. I wanted the camo to look used and crappy - but in reality, it was all an illusion - suckering destroyers into thinking she's almost dead in the water, drawing them in closer then letting rip all 12x16" goodness that were those awesome main batteries I need to apologise for the dust that has made its way onto the deck. We are having renovations done and there is a lot of plaster dust still hanging around, despite my best efforts to keep it clean and a brush off before the shoot, its still found time to settle at the worst possible time. This is my 4th and only surviving 1/350 ship kit, so be gentle. I am painfully aware of the not so good build quality in places. That's enough photos I think. I am pretty happy with it regardless of the faults. The camera makes them look worse (its my excuse and I'm stickin' to it!) As always, thanks for looking Si

Hi Ian, and thank you for actually reading it from the start - that would have been a time consuming event I'll be coming back to this as soon as I have finished off a couple of other items - and they're nearing completion, so not long!

hey Juergen No, your not pushy at all. in fact, I will need some encouragement to get it done as I haven't touched it since the last update thanks to real life issues. I am also trying to complete a side project in order to free up bench space I will be coming back to it, but not just yet. Thank you though for checking in - I really appreciate that See you again soon Si

Very nice colour choice! It looks very crisp and sharp. My son and I are currently working collaboratively on this same car - except it's the 2nd version - which looks identical to this but a different rear wing Are you gong to build the new LB Aventador as well?

sorry I'm a bit late here David - have been away. Mate, that looks so cool! Makes me want to get one. So, have you hit a target with it?

just catching up with this epic project of yours Dann. I like how you've retained some of those classic 80's angles. I'm with you on the new version not exactly looking that amazing. Can't wait to see more of this

This'll be cool to watch! Great to see your posting again Dann - I have missed your work.

that is super cool David and very unique. I love it! I like the stain as well - good choice

I 'm still waiting on my pre-order delivery. Gonna be a long wait with the current postage issues In the mean time, if you want more info about this kit and the Round 2 version, have a look here: https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/revell-release-schedule.337461/page-4 there is a heap of good pics and info etc in there. I'm super excited about the prospect of doing one in another colour other than bare metal. Naturally, I'll have to build 2 so I can have an original version as well as a WHIF

thanks guys SMS paints are very good but I've found you need at a .5 nozzle to spray with otherwise it can be a tad intermittent.

thanks very much guys! I don't like lots of decals either, but in this case, I had to add a few. I am pretty boring that way As for the green exhaust tips, yeah....they're meant to be burnt blue but for some reason, they came out more green than blue. I used Tamiya's weathering set for them too. I think it looks different to the norm, so I'm going to leave them as is. I did have a lot of issues getting the windscreen to sit inside properly and the A pillars do not hug the glass properly - despite the amount of time I spent trying to get them to align

thanks very much guys! Its been my best car paint job in a long time

Thanks guys Yeah, I really like that shade of blue. I also have another shade called Tropical Blue which is lighter shade and I wasn't sure which one to choose as I liked them both. I'm going to save it for another car down the track. SMS have some really cool paint colours. They spray nicely for the most part but you definitely need a .5 needle as I was finding .3 kept blocking up

thank you for the kind feedback guys. Its quite a bit shinier in the plastic despite taking those pictures outside. It was my first go at polishing using a Dremel and it came out nicely IMHO. I struggle with cars and should probably stick to sci-fi

hey everyone Thought I would post some pics of my just finished side project. I'm really happy with how it came out. As you'll see, I have elected not to cover it in decals - just a few to add interest Painted in SMS Paints Electric Blue as well as Tamiya and Alclad. I have a Version 2 on pre-order to go with at a later date Anyways, that's all the pics I took. I thought I had taken some of the interior but I was wrong. Too late to do anything about it but it's all good As always, thanks for stopping in and having a look Si

thanks Pete! I picked it up by the sleeve last night and it held perfectly. No creaking or stress noises present, so that's a good sign

Oh ok, I get you. I used 8 because I thought it was the simplest way I could run a negative and positive wire to each part on their own switch. It was the only way I could see to make what I had in mind happen with what stuff I had available to me. I could maybe have gotten away with making it 5 but its all done now. I am not overly savvy with electronics and so on - I am a caveman in this respect I also see your point about the connector fulcrum but I am short of space. About 1 cm away from where the edge is, is where the center cross-brace support sits. I'm hoping it's close enough to the center to hold it. Once everything is dried, I'm going to do a test run with the top off to make sure. I would put a brace over the top but I have no room for it. Despite it's massive size, it doesn't have a lot of room on the inside. Another thing I have found a challenge is trying to find a shop that stocks bracing plates with pre-drilled holes in them. I live in Australia, so if any Aussie's here know where I could find such plates, please let me know as I have tried a lot of places and I've had no luck at all. To say I'm not a bit nervous about how this is going to work is an understatement to say the least, but I am also pretty confident it'll hold. (famous last words!) If all else fails, I'll resort to the standard pole in the belly but I really want to stay away from that if I can.

Thanks Peter. It should hold pretty well. I've run CA all over the joints and I don't anticipate it will need to hold more than a kilo or so I needed 4 sockets so I can turn on or off each individual component (ie, engines, flood lights, hangar bays and main superstructure lights). Each component is powered individually to allow me to choose whatever lighting configuration I want. If I had the where-with-all to be able to program a board of sorts to do that I would but I still needed to be able to take the ship off the mount to transport it regardless.

Thanks David! Mate, I am super happy to have finally sorted that out as it was a large hurdle for me. The stand is even painted and clear coated !I've got the base back on the bench and I sanded down all the remaining tiles to go on the plate. I want to get this thing finished already. I know people are getting fatigued with this build - but I did say right at the start I am not a fast builder. Evolution works faster than me at times. So thanks to those of you who are still checking in and watching etc.

Hi all Well, I have finally sorted out my last remaining hurdle and it's onto the final stretch - more or less. Yep, I have finally sorted out my mounting device and at long last, I will be able to slip the ship on and off it's mount (I'm not sure how many times I would want to but for transportation this will be invaluable) all I have to do is attach the sleeve onto the bottom of the ship and we're good to go. I've got it so I have 4 separate power lines which I will be able to distribute to hangar bay lights, engines, superstructure and floodlights. It's by no means pretty but it works which is more important. The wires will travel down the back side of the armature into the base. Once I have the last bit of wire covered, I'll paint it all black As I said, not the prettiest stuff ever but I had to make do with what I had Anyway, that's it for now. As always, thanks for looking Si

Thanks David This is just the base paint stage. It'll look better once the wash etc have been applied (I hope)

the effect is a lot more subtle in the plastic than in this photo

oh very cool! I had no idea there was a kit of this subject. Who makes this one and where did you get it from?

thanks guys I gave it filter coat and it looks way better now. Very happy with that decision