Alan M, the gun and emplacement looks superb mate.

Hi Alan,

Many thanks.

Al

Looking good Al.

Thanks Rick.

Cheers

Al

Meticulous work here, Si.

And the wood decking realy stands out without overpowering the rest of the build.

Great stuff Al, bags od character and depth.

Thanks Michael, I was wary of these wood decks until I bought the set for the Dreadnought that came with a deck, so I had to use one, and now I am a convert.

Onwards.

The rigging for the stowed derrick fitted.



work on fitting the etched anchor cables.



and done.



Finally the searchlights fitted to the after platform.



The boat sat by X turret will be hung from the starboard davits. Not much more I can do until the custom base Mrs Duster ordered as part of my Anniversary pressy.

Si

Hi Simon,

Looking good, excellent and detailed work. Thanks Mk 2 is coming along.

Cheers

Al

Been a while, but I have made some progress.





The interior detail is very good even though this version of the kit is missing most of it, but the scale thickness plates are a bit tricky to line up properly, and it gives a turret that is assembled like so:

Good progress.

Al

Hey you guys, I like what I'm seeing. Keep up the good work! FYI I joined this campaign last March. This is my first campaign. While I'm not new to modeling, I am new to this internet modeling stuff. I've decided on my project. I'm gonna build the 1/48 scale Eduard Albatros D-V of ace Eduard Ritter Von Schleich, but instead of the light blue fusalage, I'm making mine natural wood to look like the flying replica at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in NY State USA. This model will be a gift for my dad who was an award winning master model builder, but age and cancer have caught up with him. This is his favorite WW1 German aircraft and he specificly asked for this color scheme. I have just started the interior. You will notice two kits in the photo. I want to build a second one at a later date, so I will do the 2 interiors in assembly-line fashion and save one for later. Here is a photo of my father Hugh Hedges with the flying replica with the color scheme I'm modeling. Here is a second photo of the actual aircraft. I'm blessed to live only a few hours from where this aircraft is located at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. If you like WW1, it is worth the trip. Here is a small sample of what is there: All photos were taken in September 2012. Hope you liked them. God bless!!

Hi Daniel, coming along, nice pics too.

Al

Great progress since i last visited the thread, nice job everyone!

I uploaded a pic of my entry to the gallery, or… At least I think I did
https://gallery.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php/photo/419587

This being my first campaign and all, can anyone confirm that it's in the right place?

Great work, Daniel.

I've got to get to Rhinebeck this fall before their season ends. It's been years since I've been there.

Daniel, great pictures, thanks for the information. I've heard of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, but I had no idea what they had there. It's only a couple of hours for me, too. I need to make that trip.

Chris

I'm slowly making progress on my Saint-Chamond. I'm having a great time with this build.


Here's the completed upper hull. Pretty easy to put together. The Lewis MGs are great. I left the upper front armor plate off in case I need to make adjustments when lining it up with the lower plates.


Now the suspension. Every blog or article about this kit have described assembly of the suspension as "fiddly", and I agree. As we know, all tanks of this era were cutting edge technology, sent to the battlefield without a lot of testing, and having no historical data or lessons learned to draw from. In my opinion, it's one of the reasons that we in this campaign enjoy building machines of The Great War. The fact that the kit accurately reflects these early designs makes for an interesting and enjoyable build. It's not bad, it's just, well....fiddly. Those blogs and articles all stated that despite what you may think during construction, everthing lines up in the end. So far, yes, that has certainly been the case. My advice for anyone wishing to build this kit is to take your time. I found that it's better to read ahead in the instructions, and assemble a few components out of sequence. Here's what I have so far:



I have a couple of small parts to add today. The little u-bolts are giving me a hard time; I managed to break one, but I made a new on from brass rod.


So that's where I stand so far. I'm looking forward to painting this beast.

Thanks for looking!
Chris

Yes! It's in the right place.

Nice job on your diorama, Johan. It has a lot of detail for being such a small scale.

Chris

Congrats on completing John.

Nice pics Daniel, thanks.

I'm making progress slowly.





Cheers

Al

Time has not been on my side of late, but a little more progress.

The foretopmast has been adapted from the left over Dreadnought compontant, Topping lifts fitted as well, still haven't learned to do footropes yet.



and fitted in place.



After conning tower in place, and work started on the guardrails.



Si

Oops! I meant HOTCHKISS MGs.

Please forgive me!!

Chris

Aoplogies,

This should have been the final pic on my last post.



Si

Simon, I'm really enjoying your WIP mate.

Keep up teh good work as she looks stunning.

Thanks Alan,

This is an interesting build, not far to go now.

Si

Chris & Alan, Thanks!

The chamond is looking promising, plan a base for it as well?

Thanks, Johan.

No base for this puppy, though. Maybe down the road...

Chris

Calling my St Chamond done. Still have the figure to paint but that will have to wait until I do a group of figures.