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Played with making the hose masts and booms from bits of brass rod & tube. Each has 9 pieces, four booms. This is what I cut - Got some soldering done. Just gotta solder up the base rings and make a pin to fix them in the hole on the deck. I think I'll try bending up the hose and...

Thanks. I think reposting is worth the effort. Imjur I find easy to work with and it certainly brought the thread back to life. I've got a couple more threads of incomplete builds on here that I will do the same with when I resurrect them. Thanks for your comments. EJ

Now, this is what she looks like now. The vents and masts are not glued in place. The hose masts and booms, I don't like them. I want to show them as ready to deploy, with hose. Looking kinda like this. The rigging and hose work will have to go together hand in hand. I'm gonna...

OK, Friday I edited all the old posts and deleted the Photobucket placeholders. Those things take up space and are ugly as, well, you know. Today, I downloaded all the pics from my hard drive to Imjur, sorted them and put them in a "Mattaponi" folder. Then, went back and edited all my posts in...

Gonna get this build done!! Been sitting on the bench for a while now. Figure I'll do it while I'm waiting for aftermarket stuff for my Missouri build. First, I deleted all the placeholders for the Photobucket pictures. I was so ticked off with PB, I closed my account. Who knew they would allow...

The hull, about 30", not much detail on it except lines for the waterline that I'll sand off. got a bit of flash. The foredeck, chain will come off and be replaced. After deck. Center deck Two frets, mostly gunnery stuff. 16" barrels will be brass, using the plastic blast bags...

Thanks for the comments guys. Because the kit is for the 1944/45 version, I'm going with the 1945 to eliminate all the changes that would be required, (Paulw). I've searched for build logs with limited success. As popular as this kit seemed to be, there don't seem to be many really good builds...

As I referred to in the Latest Acquisitions thread, I was given a Tamiya #78018 1/350 Missouri kit by a friend in Australia. The parts are all fine though, didn't even knock a part off a sprue. It is the 2005 issue and I've heard good things about this kit. Lots of questions though...

Latest Acquisitions Got a few things in the Q, plus I've been on a building slump. Maybe this stuff will get me going again! A 1/525 fleet oiler, being converted to a T2-A Mattaponi for a friend that served on her in the 60's. A 1/12 wood "Lightning" sailboat that is supposedly a commission...

Latest Acquisitions Should buy a lottery ticket. Got this on sale because it had no instructions. A guy at the club had built this and gave me the box with all the paperwork and extra parts. This from a garage sale for 3 dollars This from the Club raffle for 3.00 worth of tickets This...

Very Nice! EJ

Got the results from Tuesdays meeting. These four little boats took first place in open. EJ

Well, after a long time, I finally finished this little fleet and took them to the club to show last nite. My new years resolution was to clear some of the projects off the bench this year, and this was a good start. Since the old picks are gone re the Photobucket incident, I'm just posting the...

I really like that bird farm. Looks great! EJ

Very nicely done. The paint, details and deck decals really look good. Thanks for posting! EJ

Boy, that Ruski flattop is looking great! I'm in awe of the decals on the flight deck. They turned out great. Great job on this kit. Carriers take me a year to build cause I can't stay on them long. So I have several going at once. Maybe I should try building something else along the way to...

What kit is the phib?? EJ

Great looking Flat top there. Nice deck markings. Well done.

Coming along nicely on the bird farm Duke. I nearly went blind doing a deckload of birds for both my ESSEX and Yorktown. It's well worth the effort though. EJ

That Russian bird farm is looking good! EJ