Healy - Very nice work on the Yahagi. I agree that there is something very appealing about some of the Japanese ships. One of my favorites is the Takao. This is a GHQ model. It was done several years ago.
Posted 20 September 2023 - 12:45 AM
Healy - Very nice work on the Yahagi. I agree that there is something very appealing about some of the Japanese ships. One of my favorites is the Takao. This is a GHQ model. It was done several years ago.
Posted 21 September 2023 - 06:43 AM
Just lovely...the Takao-class and the Myōkō-class before it were just some beautiful ships; love the clipper bows. Really nice job on the model, especially those floatplanes!
On the table, I have found Takao's arrangement of five turrets of twin eight-inch a decided advantage over three turrets of triple eight-inch of the USN's New Orleans-class, for example. Lose two turrets on Takao, you still have 60% of your main armament; lose two turrets on San Francisco and you only have 33% of your main armament remaining. That can make for some tough going.
Posted 21 September 2023 - 11:21 PM
Healey, that is excellent work on the Yahagi. Begemot, your Takao is superb. Both are examples of 1/2400th scale modeling at its finest. Well done!
Posted 04 October 2023 - 08:43 AM
Very nice work on those U.S. DDs, Healey. I just happened to have painted a Mahan class DD several years ago. It is in the GHQ catalog.
I also painted a Farragut as well.
Those 2 along with my Fletcher are the extent of my currently painted WWII USN destroyer collection. I have about all the classes GHQ makes but need to put paint on more of them one of these days. Your work in inspirational, Healey.
Posted 04 October 2023 - 04:12 PM
Thanks, Peter; I love the prewar classes of USN DDs. They might not be the most capable on the table, but they look great.
Who's your supplier of Humbrol, Peter? The outfit I'd been ordering from just dropped the line.
Posted 04 October 2023 - 09:30 PM
Thanks, Healey! I have been ordering my Humbrols from Burbank House of Hobbies in CA. We also have Hobby Depot in Tempe, AZ that carries them as well. It is easier just to order them as Hobby Depot is about an hour from where I live.
Posted 06 October 2023 - 07:36 AM
Thanks for that...I'll look them up. An order of Tamiya acrylics came in yesterday, but I've been wanting to get back to some enamels for awhile. I've had some issues recently with painting acrylics over a flat enamel basecoat, something I've not experienced for quite some time.
Posted 27 October 2023 - 08:49 AM
I've been having some trouble keeping the Zeppelins attached to their plastic-disc bases; nothing seems to want to hold the wire in the hole in the clear plastic base. A friend of mine, a professional model-maker, recommended watch crystal cement, specifically G-S Hypo:
Posted 30 October 2023 - 08:24 AM
Here's a pic of a jig design I use for basing aircraft; it's just a couple bits of corrugated, with a pin-hole drilled down through the center:
Posted 31 October 2023 - 01:04 PM
Very nice work on the Zeppelin, Healey! It looks great.
Posted 14 November 2023 - 05:07 PM
That is a very nice looking USS Minneapolis, Healey. It looks like it would look great on any gaming table.
Posted 29 December 2023 - 10:51 AM
Intended as a placeholder for the WWII fleet-cabinet until a better version comes along, Panzerschiffe's HNLMS Java, as she likely appeared in early 1942:
Posted 30 December 2023 - 03:23 PM
That looks very good, Healey! I think I only have the de Ruyter for the Dutch so far. I have lots of other GHQ ships, especially American, Japanese, Italian WWII with lesser numbers of British and German ships. I also have a large collection of GHQ British and German WWI ships. Sadly most are still unpainted as I have been focusing on getting my WWII and Cold War land forces up to speed.
Posted 07 February 2024 - 06:55 PM
While the table is silent, we'll make a run at knocking down the lead/resin pile...first up, a 1/100-scale FV104 Samaritan:
A 3D print by HQMinis.com, with a base-coat of ModelMaster 1910 Flat Dark Green, a bit of Americana burnt sienna craft paint on the tracks, then three washes of Vallejo olive green (76.519), black (76.518), and European dust (76.523), then a dry-brush with Vallejo off-white (70820). Decals by I-94 (missing a small one for the front valance). Added a whip-antenna of brass wire.
Posted 08 February 2024 - 11:57 AM
Nicely done!!
Posted 09 February 2024 - 09:23 PM
Very well done, Healey!
Posted 11 February 2024 - 09:53 AM
Thanks. Found a cache of H-35's I didn't know I had. Not enough decals to finish them. Moving on to other stuff.
Posted 09 March 2024 - 02:38 PM
Nope, painted the H-35s after receiving a few more decal sets. Here's two pair, one by Miniature Tank Company, the other by HQMinis. They are virtually identical, although the print by HQMinis is a bit more refined:
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