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Barry, keep me in mind for a copy of your plans....I would like to take a crack at building it before my hands seriously go the way of yours. I'm headed down that path myself....I find myself dropping things more and more frequently, and no longer need a weather man to tell me it is going to...

Barry, I had the same staining on the deck while rigging the Blue and Helena. About the only way I can see to avoid it entirely is to glue the rigging to the deck from the bottom of the deck platform. If one thinks far enough ahead, it would be possible to figure out where the attachment...

Works for me...Let's hope it never gets mixed with bellybutton lint.....

Jim, I still have a couple of weeks of computer time ahead of me to get to the point of cutting paper, so don't expect to have much in the way of pics until near the end of the month (of the Iowa, anyway). I am far enough along with the design work of the Mogami to start butchering paper on it...

From what I understand about the history of the site, the armory was over in Pocatello, and the guns were set up about where the Central Facilities Area is located at the Idaho National Laboratory. The South Butte was the most frequent target for the testing. We are still uncovering various...

Jim, since you expressed interest, I've started on a tutorial. I forwarded Rick a pdf file of the first installment, and hopefully he will post it somewhere it can be downloaded. As a teaser, here is a screenshot of the program.

Tim, you really know how to hurt a guy.....going back to the second law of thermodynamics (everyone should know these....zeroth law, stuff always flows downhill. First law....TANSTAAFL. You aint ever gonna get something from nothing....the best you can do is break even. Second law...you aint...

Leif, some day I'm going to remember how you spell your name. Hope you don't mind my taking your name in vain (particularly since I was blind to your reply whilst typing up mine own), but if one can't occasionally do a little teasing, what is the value in keeping up the hassle of drawing...

Jim, unfortunately, the second law of thermodynamics seems to apply to cardmodelling as well. No scan is ever going to be as sharp as the original, especially with equipment affordable to the average home user. The higher you set the resolution of the scanner, the closer it will be to the...

With my recent experience with the Blue/Helena builds, it seems to work better for me when I have two builds going rather than just one, so I dusted off the GPM USS Iowa kit I managed to score from Ted during his recent Ebay insanity. For some reason, I just can't bring myself to build a kit...

That's it. Now to go outside and see if the neighbor manages to light his pasture on fire again with the Wyoming illegals.

Two completions in one weekend....a new record.

Of course one finishes a model. I've finished the Blue....that has to be true, because I said so. Hmmm....there's a bare space along that bulkhead....it's close to a 50 caliber....maybe an ammo ready box would look good there. And maybe a couple of bollards here and there....and this photo I...

Th..thh....thhhhh....thhhaaattttts alllll, folks. Now that I've worked with the transparency railings a bit, I think I'm ready to finish up the Helena. Then, on to the Mogami (down, Ted.).

Well, it looks as if the Blue is finally a wrap. I think I will take a bit of a rest, and then do the second half of this string (the Ward, remember?).

Barry, yes, the mast ladder is printed on transparency film. The rigging is sewing thread. Just for giggles and grins, here is a piece of the kit I started from on this build. I think more went into the redrawing than the building.

Progress. I thought I had taken a very large step backwards when, while attaching the last piece of rigging, the model slipped out of my hands and went clattering down to the floor. The mast broke in two right above the middle stays. The rat's nest of strings that resulted almost had me to...

I hope my rigging comes out as clean as yours is....and I've nearly doubled the scale to work in. Terrific!

The guns came out so well I decided to at least try making the mast from paper. Didn't come out too bad....but I'm beginning to wish I'd rammed a length of wire down its length before gluing it in place. The mast stays will serve more than a decorative purpose on this one.

More progress. She now has all her teeth.