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  1. DocRob
    Thank you Gary, the railing job was a lot easier than expected, luckily. I will finish some touchups and then decide about the rigging. I somehow have the strong feeling, I will destroy the ship due to clumsiness, while doing so . And this is what me actually scares : Cheers Rob
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    Thank you Dennis and Peter, it needed the start of the GB and the loss of my initial chosen kit's PE to get started with the USS Arizona. After some hours of building time, I asked myself, 'what have I thrown me into'. Endless PE sessions, uncountable subassemblies and complete inexperience with ship build in this scale were towering, but interestingly I got not completely demotivated. I had a picture of the finished model in my mind and that helped to lay the path for the building sequence and what was needed to rebuild this picture. When I first saw the ION Figures, it was clear to me, I had to give them a try and they were great to work with, but naturally very tiny and tedious to paint and place. This will not be my last venture into ship modeling, but for some time it will not be that small scale, maybe I find my Schneelboots PE and I have a Flower Class Corvett kit in 1/144 scale in stash, where I wait for a huge Pontos set to materialize. Cheers Rob
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    Oh, this one is tempting, I considered the Eduard 1/48 version as my next build with wood decaled fuselage, swirl camo and some resin updates. Such an interesting airframe. Cheers Rob
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    Phew, almost there. Some touchups are still to do and there are still some parts missing, like the anchors, which I forgot. I added all the railings, which proved easier than thought. I bent them to shape before carefully set them on a wooden board with double sided adhesive tape and then primed and sprayed the railings. Before installing the outer railings, I glued on the masts, cranes and superstructure, not to interfere with later. Lots of figures were added and I hope, they tell little stories with their poses, interaction and placement. Lastly, there is the question, if I rig the Arizona. I'm not so sure, if rigging would be visible in this scale, but this decision will be made later. It seems like I can think about new projects. There were times, where I couldn't think of getting to this stage, during the build and this feels good and satisfactory. Cheers Rob
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    One set was for highlighting Martin . Earnestly, that's weird. Cheers Rob
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    Muchas gracias amigos, It's actually fun to place the figures poco a poco and think of small stories, they tell. These ION figures are ahead of the game, so many different poses and the detail is very good for the scale. I will slow down a bit the next days, there is a good swell forecast and I will surf until I'm numb and I cannot lift my arms anymore . Cheers Rob
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    I was exaggerating a bit, they are only 10 times smaller than your actual 1/35 figure. I wasn't speaking volume, Hubert, re-smartassing off . Cheers Rob
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    Wow, stunning Kevin. a very dynamic display of your B-25. Cheers Rob
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    Very nice build and paintjob, your build looks magnificent. Cheers Rob
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    I have this kit and it's absolutely great. Mine is the early version of the S-38 and includes a lot of PE, metal barrels and wire for the railings. It would have been my entry to the GB, but I lost the PE and metal parts after some water damage due to a rainstorm, which deformed the carton and I took out manual, PE and decals to be never seen again. Cheers Rob
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    I added more and more sub assemblies to the mix. After a bit of detail painting with a brush, the numerous boats were glued to the decks, later followed by the gangways. More figures were CA-ed to their stations. The superstructure and the mast section are not glued in place yet, as I will add some railings first. Not shown on the pictures are the anchor chains, which I blackened in burnishing fluid. Cheers Rob
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    Thank you Gentlemen, these steps of assembly are quite rewarding as many parts klick together which were very tedious to assemble. There are still lots of things to do until I can tell the Arizona finished, but it feels good to reach this point. The weathering looks a bit over pronounced on the pictures. I can't explain why, but especially the hull looks less weathered to the eye than on my pics. Cheers Rob
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    It seems, you hurdled all the obstacles Peter. The bird is looking 109 now and this is what counts. With your skillful painting it will be a beauty. Cheers Rob
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    Fantastic rendition of a very unusual designed airframe, Sasha. The well modulated black is especially eye catching. Cheers Rob
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    Great looking early Stug. The weathered grey is running the show for me. Cheers Rob
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    What a fantastic result with the big Cat, there are so many areas attracting the eye, it's a pure pleasure to look at. The figures tell a story and that's always a good thing. Personally, I would have liked the Cat a bit more weathered though. Cheers Rob
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    Fantastic progress, Chris. Your build turns out more and more master class. Every step will bring you closer to the finish now, which means, Cheers Rob
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    It's a bit of cash in time now, as it's the time of the build, where all the pre fabricated sub assemblies got finally detailed and added to the decks. I mounted the planes on their sleds onto the catapults, dozens of bollards, winches, AA guns and mid artillery with their gun shields. Not all is glued yet, and I try to assemble in a logical order, without risking to destroy glued on details through bad sequencing. Suddenly the whole build appears to melt together with these very rewarding steps. Cheers Rob
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    Disclaimer : I'm not responsible for medical issues caused by my builds or comments here, as long as I follow the forum rules. Since now, I was never mentioned to a doctor as the reason for health problems. I will not stop using PE only for the sanity of other forum members. I will not refund your health insurance on the base of my build thread. With other words, reading is an unforced input of information and the author cannot held responsible for bodily reaction of readers, especially not, if the subject of nuisance is pointed out by a member I will not name, except the hint that his name starts with H and ends with ubert . Disclaimer off. Honestly Chris, I read about your health issues and it sounds frightening and serious. I wish you the very best on the way to regain your good health. Cheers Rob
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    Thanks Gary, the reason, some of the guys look incorrect is, they are pure fantasy products. After a quick search, I found many sources showing navy uniforms for certain years and there were lots of differences. I decided to go fantasy, as I don't want to dig deeper into the subject. What you see is what I remembered from photos and movies. Cheers Rob
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    The only thing amiss is real function, Gary . The way you made it explains how the mechanism works and I copy Chris about the appearance to the normal eye, which will look good and convincing. Cheers Rob
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    Phew, I painted up the figures. The printing quality is excellent for the scale and these little guys will bring some life onto the decks of USS Arizona. The figures were primed matte white with the airbrush and then followed by skin color, light blue and blue gray, brown for the shoes and some other details, applied with a 000 brush. Last, I brushed on a mix of grey oil paint and matte thinner as a wash, to let the detail pop a bit more. And here there are the first officers and sailors on duty (or resting). Cheers Rob
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    Nah Chris, there is nothing to it. All is about 100 times smaller, that's it . Honestly, I enjoy most of the PE work, as the quality and fit of these parts is good. The boats racks were an exception. They are a bit flimsy, but lastly they hold up painting and weathering. Where bad plastic meets good PE, there are sometimes fit problems, but all in all, I had expected worse. Good that you reference to the clothes pegs and tape, because it's not so easy to spot something above with the bare eye . Cheers Rob
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    I'm not good with 35 scale figures, what could probably go wrong with these 100 times smaller renditions . Cheers Rob
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    Muchas gracias Peter, the Kingfishers got decaled, but they will receive a matte coat and propellers later, but they went together faster than your one . Lets see about my hand and eyes. I wouldn't like to be the victim of myself, if I were a surgeon. Figure panting will be kept simple and effective, I hope. Cheers Rob
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