Nice work. The Trumpeter one definitely has more detail and finesse, but considering the age of the Ashanti that looks quite good for its time.
Like the completed bases which set the ships realistically.

On the PLAYDAY I drilled out all the portholes on the 1:720 Revell Ark Royal, I have now added a base - makes it easier to handle as well.

Quote from: Bigkev on September 29, 2025, 07:41:27 PMNice work. The Trumpeter one definitely has more detail and finesse, but considering the age of the Ashanti that looks quite good for its time.
Like the completed bases which set the ships realistically.

Thanks for the comments.

A lot of "Drill baby drill" going on. 

The fit of the flight deck to the hull was not great, some warping evident somewhere, so gentle persuasion was required!

Martin would have used a 4lb lump hammer!

Quote from: Bigkev on September 30, 2025, 03:25:51 PMMartin would have used a 4lb lump hammer!

That might have been better than the clamps!

Looking good Dave.

More progress on the Ark Royal, now the question is do I add some brass rails or is it really not wrth it.
I will think about this before i begin painting.

The Ark Royal has been undercoated.
Meanwhile.......

I had thought about scratch building a Class D destroyer and then came across this kit from NIKO models.
It is a waterline resin kit of HMS Daring H-16 in 1940.
The kit contains a double sided sheet of instructions as shown and the parts as shown below.

You're going great guns.

Quote from: chriswil42 on October 02, 2025, 02:30:10 PMYou're going great guns.

Here are some guns, each one made up of three parts, barrel, shield and base.

Some fairly small bits of etched brass to deal with, here are the torpedo tubes.
These require bends at 90^o to each other.

I'm gonna call you 'Macro-Man', doing all that tiny etch brass.
Impressive stuff.

Great work

Even more, etched stairs.