Steve's Models

Sailor Steve · 05-31-14, 12:15 PM

I've never had a model of USS Olympia. If I mentioned that ship at some point I don't remember. Color me confused.

nikimcbee · 05-31-14, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I've never had a model of USS Olympia. If I mentioned that ship at some point I don't remember. Color me confused.

memory fail on my end? I thought you had a photo etched/Resin kit of one of those classic Great White Fleet BBs. I think you're like me and you collect kits (that need to be built

). I'll laugh if you forgot you had one... or I could be thinking of somebody else?

Sailor Steve · 05-31-14, 01:49 PM

I had to go into my closet and dig out all my recently purchased resin kits, all in 1/700.

HMS Royal Sovereign
HMS Mars (Majestic class)
HMS Dreadnought
SMS Weissenburg (Brandenburg class)

I have a 1/720 Graf Spee and a 1/200 u-boat, and that's about it. For my naval game I plan to paint a whole lot of different ships from all eras, but those are and will be 1/2400 scale, so they are tiny.

nikimcbee · 05-31-14, 03:27 PM

I must have been thinking of the Dreadnought.

Atleast you have a model ship inventory now. Your welcome.

Sailor Steve · 05-31-14, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I must have been thinking of the Dreadnought.

Atleast you have a model ship inventory now.

Not like I'll ever get to actually build any of them. On the other hand I keep seeing new ones I want.

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Your welcome.

Cool! I'll be by for dinner tonight!

Sailor Steve · 06-03-14, 08:40 PM

I was only able to rig a little at a time, but it's finally done. The model represents an early Scout 'C', in early RNAS markings. This particular aircraft lived out its life in home defense over England.

Close-up showing spare drum stowage for the gun. This is rare, and later they always stowed the drums inside the cockpit.

Sailor Steve · 06-04-14, 07:10 PM

I was going to post this Sunday, but spaced it. It was one year ago, June 1st 2013, that I started building models again in earnest. In that time I've had bursts of energy that left me building a model every week, and I've had times of no energy that left me not touching one for up to more than a week at a time.

So far I've built 26 new planes for our game, averaging just over two per month. I've repaired and rigged 11 old ones, not counting the original repair jobs I did two years ago. I also built several 1/2400 scale ships, all for tabletop gaming, but haven't touched those since late last year.

All this and I still haven't built all the planes for the first period of the game (July 1915-May 1916), but I'm close. Then again, there are six periods in the game. I have two repairs and three new ones to go. After that the planes will start to change a lot. New ideas, new concepts, new strategies and new designs. I'm looking forward to it. But then I know what's coming.

05-31-14, 12:15 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I've never had a model of USS Olympia. If I mentioned that ship at some point I don't remember. Color me confused. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-31-14, 01:49 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I had to go into my closet and dig out all my recently purchased resin kits, all in 1/700. HMS Royal Sovereign HMS Mars (Majestic class) HMS Dreadnought SMS Weissenburg (Brandenburg class) I have a 1/720 Graf Spee and a 1/200 u-boat, and that's about it. For my naval game I plan to paint a whole lot of different ships from all eras, but those are and will be 1/2400 scale, so they are tiny. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-31-14, 03:27 PM	#4
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I must have been thinking of the Dreadnought. Atleast you have a model ship inventory now. Your welcome. __________________

06-03-14, 08:40 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I was only able to rig a little at a time, but it's finally done. The model represents an early Scout 'C', in early RNAS markings. This particular aircraft lived out its life in home defense over England. Close-up showing spare drum stowage for the gun. This is rare, and later they always stowed the drums inside the cockpit. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-04-14, 07:10 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I was going to post this Sunday, but spaced it. It was one year ago, June 1st 2013, that I started building models again in earnest. In that time I've had bursts of energy that left me building a model every week, and I've had times of no energy that left me not touching one for up to more than a week at a time. So far I've built 26 new planes for our game, averaging just over two per month. I've repaired and rigged 11 old ones, not counting the original repair jobs I did two years ago. I also built several 1/2400 scale ships, all for tabletop gaming, but haven't touched those since late last year. All this and I still haven't built all the planes for the first period of the game (July 1915-May 1916), but I'm close. Then again, there are six periods in the game. I have two repairs and three new ones to go. After that the planes will start to change a lot. New ideas, new concepts, new strategies and new designs. I'm looking forward to it. But then I know what's coming. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo