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WWII '46 Contest

Started by Ed S, April 05, 2010, 06:21:49 PM

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#15
April 06, 2010, 08:26:25 PM
Quote from: seadude on April 06, 2010, 07:08:37 PM
Don't worry, guys. I'll still push forward with my Habakkuk. ;)  :cheers:

Glad to hear this.

A little info on this model.  The modeler who built it works part time as a professional model builder.  He has access to supplies and tools that most of us don't.  The basic hull is made from "sign foam" which is an expanded plastic which he gets in large sheets and cuts to size.  The deck of the carrier is sheet acrylic, cut on a table saw.  The bridge is based on the Midway class carrier, with some changes and was scratch built.  Many of the details and a/c are from commercial 1/700 ship parts or accessory kits, although some are scratchbuilt, such as the blimp which is a typical WWII convoy escort Navy blimp.  The destroyer on the base is a 1/700 kit of a British Destroyer that he added to show the scale of the carrier.    And I should add that he is a pretty damn good modeler with numerous awards at various local, regional and national IPMS events.

Ed 
We don't just embrace insanity here.  We feel it up, french kiss it and then buy it a drink.

seadude

#16
April 06, 2010, 08:35:05 PM
Just curious, Ed, but when did this modeler start building his Habakkuk? What information did he use and where?
Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.

Ed S

#17
April 06, 2010, 08:51:33 PM
Quote from: seadude on April 06, 2010, 08:35:05 PM
Just curious, Ed, but when did this modeler start building his Habakkuk? What information did he use and where?

He started on his model last spring.  We decided on the subject (WWII '46) for this year's contest in March last year.  For the few weeks after that, a number of us discussed some ideas for appropriate models.  So as I recall, it was probably late April or May when he started cutting plastic.  As I mentioned, he is a part time professional model builder, and no other full time job, so he has more time than most to build.  As far as information, I think he had some brief comments in some books and found some info on the internet.

Ed
We don't just embrace insanity here.  We feel it up, french kiss it and then buy it a drink.

seadude

#18
April 06, 2010, 09:06:27 PM
QuoteHe started on his model last spring.

Wow. That's about the same timeframe I started on my Habakkuk. No joke! I started collecting info. in late winter/early Spring 2009, then started construction sometime in Late April or early May.
Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.

MiB

#19
April 07, 2010, 12:39:26 AM
And the copters? Imagine....
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#20
July 23, 2010, 05:58:27 AM
Nice stuff, indeed! :thumbsup:
I love Rainbow. It is so elegant. :wub: :wub:
Will die without understanding this world.

James

#21
July 23, 2010, 09:04:05 AM
Wonderful builds.

I think the P-80 looks top noch!  :cheers:

Tophe

#22
July 31, 2010, 11:20:03 AM
Belated thanks, Ed, for the new picture of a Fw 190Z :thumbsup:
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]
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