REVELL USS NEW JERSY IN 1:350

[Roger]

Excellent work!

[Bigkev]

Hi Haddock,
Another masterpiece in the creation. But this one has caused you more problems than the norm. I can see though that whatever the faults of the mouldings, they cannot compete with Haddock, and are ultimately defeated.
Cheers,
Bigkev

[Haddock]

Here's an antenna, then another one, assembled, painted and rigged. Think I should have use finer stuff on the smaller of the two.
Haddock.

[Haddock]

Just a couple of shots to show where I am to date. The largest antenna in the previous post fits on top of the bridge-like structure over the foredeck in the first shot, the smaller one, atop the square-ish deckhouse behind the main guns in the second shot.
Haddock
Still an awful long way to go. The devil is in the detail. 

[zak]

Looking very nice.

[Haddock]

Another little sub-assembly. The walkway perched in space needed a serious amount of "re-engineering" to get it to fit. This is where all the time goes.
Haddock.

[MSea]

Excellent -- you have a way with etch.

[zak]

Some very delicate work there.

[Haddock]

        Cable reels, large and small. large drum is 3mm dia, small drum is 1.6mm dia, supported on 0.5mm and 0.3mm dia spindles respectively. The "tube" is fabricated from suitable sizes of Albion Alloys brass tube, fixed together with Loctite then cut to the right length. Job jobbed. Lot of effort for such small parts.
Haddock.

[Haddock]

At the risk of being boring, here's the production line.

1) parts.

2)rough assembly.

3) nipped up and glued.

4) spindles trimmed to length.

Job jobbed.
Haddock.

[Bigkev]

Hi Haddock,
Love the way you make it look so simple............................
It obviously isn't, credit to you Sir!
Cheers,
Bigkev

[Haddock]

              Here's part of the bridge. Without the brass, the windows would be represented by a transfer, if the plastic was anything to go by they would look horrible. I think this is an improvement, one or two gaps to fill though.
Haddock.

[Bigkev]

Hi Haddock,
Neat, very neat.
More realistic than a decal.
Cheers,
Bigkev

[Haddock]

                Now then. Due to not feeling all that bright since the end of Feb, progress has been very slow, in fact non existent for about three weeks. Thought I'd better post something before I get chucked out of the club.
           Here's progress to date.
Main superstructure.
For'ard funnel and radar platform.
The two fixed together ready for more detail to be fitted.

Haddock.

[zak]

As always, you are a master craftsman, I can only look on in awe.
Look forward to seeing the end product.