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22-06-2006
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA Real Name: Taylor My Models: cars & military Visit itsa_ss's Gallery
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| Revell U.S.S. forrestal
this kit was given to me by a friend, and this is going to be my first ship. i will probably be asking a few questions.  | 
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22-06-2006
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hertfordshire Real Name: Richard My Models: Special Designs and Patches to match Visit rjwood_uk's Gallery
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22-06-2006
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Halifax, Yorks: Nassau, Bahama's:Port Canaveral, USA: and all points in between. Real Name: Richard My Models: Robbe U-47, Deans Marine Cossack, Steam Coaster, Revell U-Boat, Motorcycles. Visit Bunkerbarge's Gallery
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This actually quite a large undertaking for a first ship model. To do it justice will require a lot of hours which you may find daunting but the effect when you finish it will be very satisfying.
Don't forget to ask questions before you commit to doing something that you are not too sure about. | |
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22-06-2006
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA Real Name: Taylor My Models: cars & military Visit itsa_ss's Gallery
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| i will be asking a few questions! how many hours do you have in the Musashi? | |
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23-06-2006
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Halifax, Yorks: Nassau, Bahama's:Port Canaveral, USA: and all points in between. Real Name: Richard My Models: Robbe U-47, Deans Marine Cossack, Steam Coaster, Revell U-Boat, Motorcycles. Visit Bunkerbarge's Gallery
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Richard is adding photo-etch details to his model which will increase the build time considerably.
Straight out of the box though a model of the size and complexity as your Forrestal could take over a hundred hours. You could of course simply glue all the bits together and spray it grey on one evening so it all depends on how much time you want to put into it.
As a guide the Revel U-boat has probably taken nearly 100 hours and I thought that was going to be a simple kit to put together. | |
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23-06-2006
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hertfordshire Real Name: Richard My Models: Special Designs and Patches to match Visit rjwood_uk's Gallery
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| well lets just say one of the turrets with the photo etched detail took me about 5 hours | |
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23-06-2006
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA Real Name: Taylor My Models: cars & military Visit itsa_ss's Gallery
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| wow that alot of time to put into a model! i don think tha ti have the skill to do somthing as nice as most of the models that i have looked in the gallery, but mabey with more time i will start to get better. | |
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23-06-2006
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hertfordshire Real Name: Richard My Models: Special Designs and Patches to match Visit rjwood_uk's Gallery
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| what scale is the model? | |
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28-06-2006
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA Real Name: Taylor My Models: cars & military Visit itsa_ss's Gallery
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| sorry richard i had not seen that you had posted. the scale is 1/542. i have been working on it for about a week now and i have most of the decks in place and tonight a put a coat of paint onto the bottom half of the ship that is a semi flat black, i think that if the ship were in water that you would never even see this. i think that it looks fairly decent at the moment but i have only just begun and im waiting to just screw somthing up. but i hope not! | |
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28-06-2006
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hertfordshire Real Name: Richard My Models: Special Designs and Patches to match Visit rjwood_uk's Gallery
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| im sure you wont!!!
just be patient!! if you reed through my musashi build thread you will read about a few erm....miss-haps that have happened. I started this ship at the begining of april (i think) and i will hoepfully have it done by christmas!!! | |
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