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Movin' on up.... This ship is pretty fun and interesting. I have a lot of edging to do on this one! -Ski

Welcome to the board! Looking forward to seeing your work!! -Ski

Now that is a deck!!!! :) -Ski

Excellent job on it!! I like the turtle decking..... -Aki

More progress on the ship. As I had hoped, the deck straightened out for me....:thumb: -Ski

Thanks for the tip. The waviness doesn't usually bother me as it usually gets worked out as the superstructure gets built up and straightens it out in all but the worst cases. I've added frames myself in the past where it needed it. -Ski

Next one up: HMS Dragon. Started on it tonight. Except for the usual waving, no problems so far..... ;) -Ski

Such detail..... Sweet!! -Ski

Thanks guys! Well, I'm Done!! I finished the ship today with my usual simplified rigging, even though this is still pretty detailed for yours trully. After all of the ships I built, I finally found out the simple secret to rigging: half-hitches! I wish I learned this sooner.... Silly...

Happy New Years everybody!! I finally got the main armament done along with the searchlights and some of the Javitts. Getting close to getting this one in the books..... -Ski

Excellent job! Nice and clean..... -Ski

Thanks for the complement. This ship is REALLY small, almost as small as a Fletcher Class Destroyer. So, with all of the details, it is really a challenge. You can see how small it is here with the recently completed HMS Norfolk.... It amazes me just how far Cruiser design advanced in 37...

I worked on the masts and some of the ship's boats today. The powered boats are the most detailed I have seen in 1:400..... -Ski

Starting to get to the end of the build. It's turning out pretty well. I used strip styrene for the boat rack and added the torpedo booms to the ship (not required, but look cool). Once again, these computer designed models are quite a bit more challenging than the earlier hand-drawn...

Well, there is the 1:200 USS Leutze, a Fletcher class destroyer.... Paper Model Store -Ski

Wow, exceptional work there mate! Beautiful job.... :) -Ski

More work on the ship. With the computer designed ships, you have to be really on the mark when cutting the pieces out. I will be using strip styrene on the torpedo booms. Their not required for the model, but they add a lot to it. -Ski

Another ship on the blocks. This time it is the 2nd edition Askold. The deck turned out pretty wavy, but I hope to straighten it out as the superstructure gets built up. This one will be as tough as the HMS Hood due to the complex framing that covers the lifeboats. It should be fun, though...

There definately should be a strip that fills in that area, at least that's what the Digital Navy's one shows.... You should have no problem fabricating one if you still can't find it.... -Ski

The masts are strip stryene. There simply is no other substitute..... -Ski