Landlubber Mike

Just saw this build for the first time this morning. Wow Martin, this is modeling at its finest! Amazing job! Hope you pick it back up!

Great job!

Wow, that's fantastic!

Nicely done Kevin!

Great show, thanks for posting the pictures! I have the AMK kit - was thinking about getting the Black Bird set but it's a bit pricey. Now after seeing the pictures, I might reconsider...hmm...

Thanks! Really appreciate it. I've got the catapult painted up now, just need to do a little highlighting, shading and weathering. Eventually I have to turn back to the Walrus itself - having little motivation to working out how to do the rigging. I might just try the AIMS PE rigging as one log I found said it made things much easier -- and then another said some of the rigging lines were too short -- so who knows.

Nice pickup Kevin! I have it the Roma in 1/700 scale. I was trying to limit the bigger ship models in the stash. The 1/350 kit works into a fantastic looking model though. I'm jealous!

Looking really good!

Harv, we are all pulling for you! Get better soon my friend!

Thanks Chris! We'll see how it all comes together. I could try a circular base, just need to find one big enough. Thanks for the suggestion!

Glad to see you pushing through with this John. Good luck!

Hmm that could work too - hadn't thought of that, thanks!

Thanks Chris! The Walrus is a bit of a weird bird, so it's kind of cool to be able to model it on the catapult. Speaking of the catapult, I ended up attaching the rear extension add-on to the main frame, and added the rigging. I'm really happy with how this is looking. I ended up taking off the wheels on the carriage as they won't be seen, and this is what the combo will look like: I ended up testing out my display idea. I was thinking about a squarish rectangular base, putting the Walrus on the back side towards one corner, and the Albatross on low brass rod pedestals towards the front side opposite corner. Something like this: I didn't realize the Albatross was almost as long as the catapult/Walrus, so I'm possibly rethinking how to display the two models. An alternative would just be to put the two models on a longer skinner rectangular base, side by side rather than stacked front and back. That might be a better approach so the Walrus doesn't get hidden by the Albatross as might be the case with my first idea. If anyone has thoughts or suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

I'm hoping it will! I did a little research and I'm not sure that I will model this on an actual deck. There was some kind of fixed structure on which the catapult framing sat that differed from ship to ship. I can't really find too many reference pictures. Also, the main catapult frame only represents about 1/3 of the full frame. NeOmega sells add-on pieces for the main catapult frame, but I'd need at least two of those, and would have to modify one of them for a full frame, which means I'd probably be better off scratch building the whole thing, which I don't feel like doing. On top of that, there is a lot of the piston hydraulics mechanism inside that I just don't think I have the inclination to figure out. This is what a Walrus looks like on the frame, but without the rear extension add-on: Here is what one modeler did by including it on a circular wooden base: I think I will just use a plain rectangular wooden base, and have the Walrus sitting on the catapult on the back half of the base towards a corner, and sit the Albatross on two brass rods on the near side opposite corner of the base. Since I'll have the wings folded on my model, and the Walrus will be sitting higher given the catapult, I think having the Albatross sitting on low brass rods should hopefully work.

Thanks! It's a nicely done accessory, should show off the Walrus nicely if I ever get around to finishing it! Ha! I had all these grand plans, but kids have been home from school for the summer and I've been too busy or tired to do as much modeling as I was thinking I could this month. But, I treasure every moment I have with them so it's not all bad

I've managed to put together the sub-assemblies for the NeOmega catapult. Seems like something that should take a day or two, but took me the better part of a week plus! Part of that involved cutting the resin parts off the plugs and cleaning them up, and part was having to go back to the NeOmega site for clearer pictures. All that said, the instructions are pretty clear in retrospect and this goes together very nicely. You can see in the background the jig I put together as recommended by NeOmega for the rear extension. At this point, I'm going to rig the cabling and assemble the main frame with the rear extension, add some filler here and there, and the prime the assembly. I'm having a bit of trouble with the wheels fitting into the combined main frame/rear extension when dry fitting, so I'll probably remove the wheels that will be hidden anyway (someone else seemed to have similar issues). Thanks for looking in!

Great work Scott!

Looks great Brad! I'm a big fan of Accurate Miniatures kits. Too bad they are out of business.

Sorry to hear this Peter, but sounds like it's for the best! This is supposed to be a fun hobby, and not a self-imposed torture chamber. I binned a wooden model ship kit years ago because I came to realize that to fix all the inaccuracies would take me way longer and would ultimately mean I would need to essentially scratch build the thing. Figured there was no sense in killing myself for many months on it, so instead, I'm hoping to be able to scratch build it down the line. Looking forward to your next build my friend!

That's really great news Peter! Best wishes to your wife!

Can you lightly feather some paint on? With all the straight lines on the decal, I'd consider trying that before more extreme measures.

Looks great Scott! Glad you stuck with it!

Best wishes to your wife Peter. We are thinking of her.

That's really nicely done Hubert. Love the extra details, fantastic work!

Nice subject Kevin! Good rescue from the SOD. I used Montex masks for the insignia and letter codes on my Buffalo build, and they worked great. I'm a big fan.