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1/350 scale USS Solace LHD Amphibious Hospital Ship

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NARSES2

#120
August 02, 2014, 04:37:39 AM
That's a pain. Hope computer fix goes well
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seadude

#121
August 02, 2014, 05:31:03 PM
Back! Got my comp fixed today.
New update to come soon next week. ;)
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.

kerick

#122
August 03, 2014, 06:15:28 AM
Good to hear things are back up to speed!
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
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NARSES2

#123
August 03, 2014, 08:53:57 AM
Great, glad fix was quick  :thumbsup:
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seadude

#124
August 05, 2014, 07:37:48 PM
A few pics for tonight. Got the upper vehicle storage bay and the LCAC well deck done.........sort of.
The side walls of the well deck are supposed to have decals added as shown in this pic:
http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/misc/amphib/350-lhd1-mrc/instructions-05.jpg
Number's 42, 44, and 45.

But if I were to add two LCAC's in the well deck as I plan to, then what's the sense in adding the decals to the side walls when the LCAC's are just going to hide them anyway from being seen? Anybody think I should add the decals or not? See below pic as an example:




I also added the ramp that goes down to the lower vehicle storage deck as shown in the below pics. I did not make a lower vehicle storage deck itself as that would've been too much work. I also scratchbuilt the two "balconies" so to speak on either side of the ramp that leads up from the well deck to the upper vehicle bay as shown in below pics too.







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.

kerick

#125
August 05, 2014, 07:50:26 PM
I hope all this excellent work will be visible later!!!!
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

Captain Canada

#126
August 05, 2014, 08:01:17 PM
Looks great just like that.....I wouldn't worry about the decals. You would hardly see them anyway and once the LCACs are in place there's almost no chance of seeing them.

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seadude

#127
August 06, 2014, 03:25:04 AM
Quote from: kerick on August 05, 2014, 07:50:26 PM
I hope all this excellent work will be visible later!!!!

Of course!
Quote15. To make the well deck, hangar bay, and upper vehicle storage deck more "visible", I have decided to cut certain sections out of the flight deck as well as the hangar bay floor, and replace them with clear acrylic sheet similar to what is shown here:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/am/ijn/shimokita-700-pv/shimokita-index.html


QuoteLooks great just like that.....I wouldn't worry about the decals. You would hardly see them anyway and once the LCACs are in place there's almost no chance of seeing them.

Unless a contest judge were to take a look inside and then I'd be screwed.  :banghead:
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.

seadude

#128
August 06, 2014, 06:13:21 PM
One pic for tonight.

Whenever I see cutaway models or pics of cutaway vehicles, sometimes the edges of walls and so forth are lined in red as in the following pic:
http://previewcf.turbosquid.com/Preview/2014/07/09__18_25_47/reagan23.jpg3a6f391a-33c0-448b-b74b-a5a4ec568adbLarge.jpg

I decided to do the same thing for the upper vehicle storage bay. I think it looks rather cool myself.  :thumbsup:

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.

seadude

#129
August 16, 2014, 06:45:52 PM Last Edit: August 17, 2014, 04:00:35 PM by seadude
Not much new to report. Progress has been slow, but steady. Right now, I'm multi-tasking on two different projects:
1. Currently working on construction of the hangar bay for this hospital ship, as well as more testing of EL wire lighting placement.
2. Construction and painting of the new 1/700 scale DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyer kit.

Some progress photos as follows. Sorry about the blurriness of the pics with the green well deck lighting. My camera isn't good in low light or closeup shots. But.......I think the results speak for themselves when you compare the below pics to the pic of the real well deck lighting which is in Post # 110 on Page 8 of this thread. ;)









































































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.

seadude

#130
November 09, 2014, 07:09:50 AM
Been a while. No major progress to report sadly. :( Being busy at work, plus the holidays coming up are keeping me busy and away from the workbench. If anything new changes, then I'll be sure to post an update.  :thumbsup:
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.

seadude

#131
November 30, 2015, 07:24:29 PM
Shame on me. :( I haven't posted in over a year. Life, plus other model projects have kept me from making further progress on my hospital ship project. BUT........I shall return!  :thumbsup: I hope to get back to working on this again in December, or January of next year. Seems there's a few modelers I know that have been pestering, prodding, and pushing me to get more work done on this subject.  :banghead: I don't like it when people do that to me. I prefer to model at my own pace. So anyway, here's some pics I forgot to include of additional work I did in early 2015.





















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.

seadude

#132
November 30, 2015, 07:41:13 PM
And a few more in-progress pics from early 2015.





















In these two pics below, you can see two openings in the black painted bulkhead in the middle. The opening on the left is for a ramp that goes from the hangar bay up to the flight deck level where the forward end of the superstructure is. The opening on the right is for a ramp that goes from the hangar bay to the upper level vehicle storage bay. Both ramps will be built and added.





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.

seadude

#133
November 30, 2015, 07:49:50 PM
Last of the pics from progress that was made in early 2015. More work to hopefully come this December, or January next year.





















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.

kerick

#134
December 01, 2015, 09:38:00 AM
Your pics look great! I'm sure your friends mean well. Once we see something this good we just want more! It's better to keep it a hobby instead of a job so I'll be as patient as I can.
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise
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