BB-62 USS New Jersey ca. 1984

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April 30, 2020
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May 2, 2020
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May 2, 2020
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May 2, 2020
Details and highlights painted. Also fading and streaking with white, black and blue oil colors
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May 2, 2020
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May 2, 2020
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May 10, 2020
Progress on turret No.2
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May 23, 2020
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May 23, 2020
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June 17, 2020
WIP on the aft. smoke stack
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June 17, 2020
wip on the Harpoon launchers
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June 17, 2020
wip on the armored box launchers
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June 19, 2020
Armored Box Launcher from Infini. 83 PE parts, 5 turned brass parts and 6 hours of work.
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June 19, 2020
Armored Box Launchers from the Pontos set.
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June 19, 2020
Complete set of Harpoon and Tomahawk Launchers. Painted and weathered.
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July 12, 2020
SH-2 from Orange Hobby. All markings are painted by hand as OH does not supply any decals and I could only find low viz decals in my stash. From normal viewing distance you cant tell the difference.
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July 12, 2020
Tamiya and Pontos both provide Sea Hawks. As my New Jersey will be in a 1984 timeframe that is not an option. I'd love to have a Sea King on board, but the only available option don't look to great.
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July 26, 2020
The Phalanxes from Pontos have a stunning level of detail. A wash with black oil paint followed by some careful dry brushing was all that was needed
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July 26, 2020
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July 27, 2020
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July 27, 2020
Oil colors (black and some beige) were used to weather the deck and generate some shadows around the lockers and the CIWS
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July 27, 2020
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July 30, 2020
Some steel beams behind the Harpoon launchers were added from styrene stripes
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July 30, 2020
Necessary corrections on the 5 inch turrets
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August 2, 2020
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August 2, 2020
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September 2, 2020
There is a series of pictures showing New Jersey with SH-2 parked besides the aft turret and a SH-3 Sea King on the landing pad.
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September 2, 2020
I used the old Tamiya kit as starting point and added some details. Markings are mostly hand painted and represent the exact Sea King on board of New Jersey in 1983.
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September 2, 2020
Superstructure below the forward range finder. Besides Pontos PE I added: portholes with covers, 3D printed loudspeaker, some kind of antennas below where the SLQ-32 will be placed, and some doors that are not represented in the Tamiya kit.
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September 2, 2020
Changes to forward superstructure levels 06 to 08.
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September 13, 2020
Changes made to the main mast and radar platform
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September 13, 2020
Changes made to the main mast and radar platform
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September 13, 2020
main mast and radar before painting
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September 13, 2020
superstructure with main mast painted and weathered
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September 13, 2020
superstructure with main mast painted and weathered
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April 18, 2021
Turret No3 done
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September 13, 2020
superstructure with main mast painted and weathered
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April 18, 2021
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April 18, 2021
Turret No3 under construction. As with the other turrets, some modifications were needed.
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November 16, 2021
N.J. stern undergoing some surgery to add the Nixie systems doors.
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November 16, 2021
3D printed Nixie system added to New Jerseys stern.
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August 15, 2023
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August 15, 2023
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August 15, 2023
Some Details added to the aft gun tubs. More Details will be added after painting. There will be a reel with the fueling hose, some oil barrels and other small parts.
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August 15, 2023
Where there have been the forward 40mm guns the deck is covered with circular steel plates. So I cut out the Pontos wood deck and fitted two circles from styrene sheet.
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August 15, 2023
Improvements made to the bow.
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November 12, 2024
The pedestals the ship will be displayed on are designed in Fusion 360 and printed on my elegoo Mars 4 9k
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November 12, 2024
Removing the detail on the foredeck to then fit the PE part from the Pontos set. Anchor chains will be designed in Blender an 3D printed.
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November 15, 2024
I added hull plating detail from thin styrene sheet and also a lot of water outlets according to reference pictures
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November 15, 2024
I added tubing and other small details all over the superstructure
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November 15, 2024
Wooden deck masked off and everything ready for primer and paint
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November 15, 2024
Wooden deck masked off and everything ready for primer and paint
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November 15, 2024
After primer I applied preshading on the lower hull with stencils. In the end this turned out to be much tu subtle and I added a lot of effects on top of that.
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November 15, 2024
Colors I used for painting and shading the lower hull
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November 15, 2024
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November 15, 2024
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November 15, 2024
Trying to apply the Pontos decals to the flight deck. They are dry transfer, so you have to rub then on.
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November 16, 2024
I sprayed the flight deck in white...
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November 15, 2024
I should have uses my metal primer on the metal flight deck! The mechanical rubbing also loosened the paint. Only good that I played it safe and scanned the decal sheet before applying it. This way I at least have a reference to work from.
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November 16, 2024
From the scan of the decal sheet I made a line drawing in Inkscape. My cheap Cricut plotter was not good enough to make the tiny parts. As my masking tape is translucent, I just stuck this over the sketch and carefully cut out the shapes with a sharp hobby knife. A bit tedious, but it worket better than expected.
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November 16, 2024
... and applied the masks, then sprayed dark sea gray over the masks
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November 16, 2024
...and with the masks removed. Some minor touchups required. But overall I'm very pleased with the result.
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November 16, 2024
The red and white line was not inclded in the Pontos set, so it was also masked and airbrushed.
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November 16, 2024
The Tamiya propellers are very basic. So I set out on the endeavor to model my own 3D printed parts in Blender. It took me many tries till I got to a point where I was satisfied. Only afterwards did I find out, that there is a online tool to generate basic propeller shapes: wageningen-b-series-propeller.com/
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November 16, 2024
Very fine and thin blades are possible with my Elegoo Mars 4 9K
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November 16, 2024
Painted up and weathered
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November 16, 2024
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November 16, 2024
Next I set out to design an anchor chain in Blender. Here you see one of the early test prints. The chain can be made fully movable. But I noticed, that it is very hard to get it straight on the model. So I planned to have it rigid for the straight parts an only leave it flexible where it needs to conform to the surface.
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November 16, 2024
First test fit to figure out the correct length.
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November 16, 2024
The complete anchor chain with tie downs and capstans
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November 16, 2024
detail of the tie downs
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November 16, 2024
detail of the capstan
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November 16, 2024
And the printed chains in place and painted.
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November 16, 2024
Assembling the base for the forward antenna is not for the faint of heart!
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November 16, 2024
Added details to the flight control station and more masking in preparation for spraying the haze gray.
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November 16, 2024
After a lot more of masking the haze gray is finaly on. Doing a pin wash around all the details. I using AMIG Panel Line Wash Blue Black.
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November 16, 2024
Neither is the antenna itself! But the Pontos parts already have tiny holes to pull your stretchable rigging wire through. So its mainly a question of patience. The antenna should have a horizontal wire, connecting all the vertical wires, but I was not able to get that on without messing up all the previous work, so I passed on this detail.
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November 16, 2024
assembling the Pontos breakwater with all its tiny PE parts.
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November 16, 2024
All together in place on the bow
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November 16, 2024
And in place with some weathering. from reference pictures I added 3D printed fire hoses to the breakwater.
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November 16, 2024
Weathering and streaking on the hull
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November 16, 2024
Weathering and streaking on the hull
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November 16, 2024
refinements on the ships boats
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November 16, 2024
Looking at reference fotos I added fire hoses (3D printed) and what seems to be some kind of lances to generate water fog for fire fighting (from lead wire). Also added lifebuoys (3D printed)
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November 16, 2024
refinements on the ships boats
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November 16, 2024
I could not resist and had to add tiny steering wheel (3D printed) to the boats.
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November 16, 2024
All the boats and davits ready for paint.
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November 16, 2024
UNREP mast with Pontos details
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November 16, 2024
Looking at my references I noticed I had overlooked a few support columns. They were quickly added from styrene rod.
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November 16, 2024
landing alignment lights on the stern. Scratch build from styrene sheet and rod.
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November 16, 2024
landing alignment lights on the stern. Scratch build from styrene sheet and rod.
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November 16, 2024
The helicopters found their place on the landing deck.
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November 16, 2024
When I started rigging, I noticed I was missing two additional 'yard arms' on the main mast for flag lines. This was quickly remedied with two pieces of brass tubing.
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November 16, 2024
aft flag lines on the main mast
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November 16, 2024
antennas and forward flag lines on main mast. Rigging was done with 'Rig That Thing' standard size from Uschi.
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November 16, 2024
Propellers and shafts in place. Here you can also see some of the more intense weathering I added to the lower hull. I was not happy with the look the preshading leftme with. So I held my breath and used a sponge to apply various red, pink, orange and brown colors. I also masked off the boot stripe and applied some 'chipping' effects with a sponge and haze gray there.
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November 16, 2024
Propellers and shafts in place. Here you can also see some of the more intense weathering I added to the lower hull. I was not happy with the look the preshading leftme with. So I held my breath and used a sponge to apply various red, pink, orange and brown colors. I also masked off the boot stripe and applied some 'chipping' effects with a sponge and haze gray there.

Kommentare

51 30 April 2020, 19:37

Sven Schönyan
I´ll take a seat in the front row!

1 May 2020, 12:48

Ingmar Stöhr
You're welcome! I hope you brought enough beer and chips as this might take a while 😉
An please make sure you keep a safe distance of at least 1.5m.

1 May 2020, 15:16

Mike Kryza
Schau ich mir doch gerne an.

1 May 2020, 15:30

Acki
Bin auch gerne dabei, aber den Mindestabstand kannst Du vergessen. Da erkenne ich nichts mehr. 👍

1 May 2020, 15:55

Ingmar Stöhr
Willkommen an Bord!

1 May 2020, 20:31

Ingmar Stöhr
Progress on turret No.2

10 May 2020, 16:18

Ingmar Stöhr
Slow progress in the last days because of beautiful weather. Finally managed to finish No.2 turret

23 May 2020, 14:31

Ingmar Stöhr
A few days off and bad weather lead to some progress on this project. Pontos set misses some details and the resin parts are generally excellent. A few show more flash and other minor defects. But still a vast improvement over the kit parts.

17 June 2020, 07:42

Lochsa River
nice build...sitting in

17 June 2020, 07:46

Ingmar Stöhr
welcome on board!

17 June 2020, 07:56

Joerg R.
Hey Ingmar baut ein neues Schiffschebootsche, klasse 👍👍

17 June 2020, 09:30

Ingmar Stöhr
I managed to complete all the Armored Box Launchers and the Harpoon Launchers. I even put all my courage together and started the opened launcher from the Infini set. 83 PE parts, 5 turned brass parts, some plastic sheet an 6 hours was all it took to build an amazing tiny detail for New Jersey.
@Joerg: Herzlich Willkommen

19 June 2020, 19:21

Sven Schönyan
Very nice progress and good work on the launchers and funnel!

20 June 2020, 05:38

Łukasz Gliński
That Kaman looks like 1/144 or my 1/72 builds, respect! 👍

12 July 2020, 15:59

Ingmar Stöhr
Thanks a lot!

12 July 2020, 17:17

Treehugger
The smokestack work in photo 10 looks really nice I think. Fun to see others drilling out the holes in pipes and stuff. 🙂

12 July 2020, 17:21

Ingmar Stöhr
How can you not drill out all the pipes. That would be really insane 😉

12 July 2020, 17:25

Christian Bruer
I call it a promising start, excellent work so far Ingmar 👍

23 July 2020, 19:08

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you Christian! I'm very glad to have you on board!

24 July 2020, 17:55

Ingmar Stöhr
Today it was time to finish the four Phalanx CIWS. The detail on the Pontos parts is absolutely breathtaking. A was with black oil and afterwards a careful dry brush with light grey and white is all that was needed.

26 July 2020, 13:44

Thomas Bischoff
Amazing level of details 👍

26 July 2020, 15:45

David Taylor
Im in.

26 July 2020, 16:12

Fly By Jan
wooooooooooowwww, this looks very exciting! I am following!

26 July 2020, 18:53

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you mates!

26 July 2020, 19:14

Ingmar Stöhr
Finished the weapons platform for the aft. CIWS.

27 July 2020, 20:07

Ingmar Stöhr
Today I managed to complete all the 5 inch guns. The detail on the Pontos parts is superb! Only thing I had to change where the gun mantlets (not sure if that is what it's called for naval guns), as the Pontos parts are way to small.

2 August 2020, 11:26

Sven Schönyan
Great result!

2 August 2020, 11:45

Ingmar Stöhr
Finally some progress to show. I used the old Tamiya kit to replicate the SH-3 Sea King seen on board New Jersey in 1983. I added struts to the wheel sponsons an the fin on the tail boom. The MAD probe on the starboard sponson was made from styrene rod. The tail rotor is made from thin styrene strips. The main rotor came from my own Elegoo Mars SLA printer. The Tamiya rotors look more like bricks...
Most of the markings are hand painted to match the exact Sea King shown in a series of pictures from 1983.

2 September 2020, 20:01

Ingmar Stöhr
Upper superstructure with main mast and radars assembled, painted and weathered.

13 September 2020, 09:00

Sven Schönyan
Excellent paintwork! I like your highlighting!

13 September 2020, 10:49

Spanjaard
amazing job!!! the radar is fantastic. and i really like the SH-2 and Sea King

13 September 2020, 11:02

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you Sven and Spanjaard.

13 September 2020, 17:54

Thomas Rieck
Moin Ingmar. Wie bekommst du auf dem letzten Bild dieses "verwaschene" Grau hin? Lackieren und dann? LG Thomas

23 March 2021, 09:14

Slavo Hazucha
Just found this project - fascinating work, so much attention to detail and an absolutely clean results - I really like your painting & weathering weathering too, you strike a great balance between macro & micro and a great scale impression result! 👍

- happy to jump on board mid-project 🙂

23 March 2021, 09:31

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you Slavo! The project has been on hold for quiet a while now. But hopefully I will get back to it very soon.

23 March 2021, 12:42

Norbert Steffens
What I've seen looks fantastic. I predict that your USS New Jersey is going to be a excelent model

25 March 2021, 18:57

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you Norbert! Now I have to live up to those expectations 🙂

27 March 2021, 06:00

Konrad -
Very nice Ingmar. Count me in here as well.

27 March 2021, 10:29

Lenny Hoffmann
Wahnsinn, weiter so

27 March 2021, 10:47

Stefan Fraundorfer
Das sieht alles unglaublich genial aus Ingmar. Super Bemalung und Alterung. Nur eine Kleinigkeit ist mir aufgefallen. Die untere Stiege im Bild 36 ist verkehrt angeklebt. Oder hat das einen bestimmten Grund?

9 April 2021, 20:53

Michael Osadciw
Wow. What a lot of detail. How do you like the 3D printer you have? I've been thinking of getting one for creating parts and hopefully full 1/35 scale figs once I get some more Blender sculpting knowledge under my belt.

9 April 2021, 22:02

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you everyone!
@Stefan: Die Treppe hat es auf dem Fotor "nur" nach hinten umgebogen. Da ist schon alles richtig 😉
@Michael: I'm very happy with my Elegoo Mars. For around 250EUR it delivers very nice detail! I did a lot of modeling and sculpting in Blender the last months. Have a look at those two projects:
St. Mary's Church, Falklands April 1982 | Album by stugiii (1:350)
Lighthouse on Cliff 1/350 scale (3D printed) | Album by stugiii

18 April 2021, 16:41

Ingmar Stöhr
Today I was able to complete the main armament. Turret No3 also needed some modifications to resemble the prototype in the 1984 time frame.

18 April 2021, 16:44

Ed Batres
I'm curious, why are there handrails on the turrets? When would the sailors use them? How do they reach them? I'm primarily an aircraft builder, but appreciate great work. Thanks. Great attention to detail. Pleasure to see the work you do.

18 April 2021, 16:49

Ingmar Stöhr
Hi Ed, I'm not entirely sure, but most likely they would be used to secure a sailor with a rope when doing maintenance or some paint work. You find similar rails around the whole bridge, e.g. for cleaning windows or repairing something from the outside

18 April 2021, 17:07

navycod
This is awesome, serious approach!

12 November, 13:09

Jörg Schäfer
An excellent job. I'll stay on board.

15 November, 15:03

Michael Kohl
That's some neat masking job.

15 November, 15:39

Matti Thomaes
Permission to come on board? I'm planning to do the Revell Platinum version for my next large build, this is very inspirational...

15 November, 21:50

Michael Schubert
Wow..just wow!!

15 November, 22:15

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you all! I just added a huge update to the album. And no, this is not the progress of one night 😉 I was just way behind with posting updates here. Album with finishes build will follow soon.

16 November, 13:45

Matti Thomaes
Great stuff, Ingmar

16 November, 14:57

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USS New Jersey BB-62

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1:350 USS New Jersey BB-62 1982 - Detail up set (Pontos Model 35008F1)

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