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gorby
😄 😄 😄
Sounds very much like the old me. The new me does relaxing faultlessly. 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Nicolas
Nice result.

gorby
How is your first experience with an airbrush going? It can be quite frustrating to start with but well worth it in the end. I found Tamiya acrylic the easiest paint to spray, with Vallejo a little less easy, Revell a lot less easy and Humbrol acrylic impossible.
Hope you get the hang of it.

NLAWScametovisit
It seems to be going well! learning the different pressures and thinning consistencies is difficult but its all part of the process, and I'm definitely starting to understand how much you need to keep the brush moving and not hold on one spot. So far I've used some Tamiya lacquer and some Vallejo primer, but im going to be using more tamiya acrylic soon! Thank you for the encouragement!

Alec K
Good call, thanks Michael. Probably a preferred method 👍

Martin Oostrom
If you're going for the paint-the-edge-shut method, you'll want to cut the tape loose after painting, instead of just ripping it off.

NLAWScametovisit
Update: At some point, the American OHPs were refitted from the weird curved strut split deck boat launch with overhead davit to a (possibly 2-ton) crane davit that sits to the rear of the ships boat on the raised deck. The raised deck also appears to have been unified in that refit, with the weird curved strut completely removed and the gap decked over. Unfortunately, the older davit appears to have exclusively used a whaleboat ships boat, and the new style uses the RHIB. The kit, however, uses the old style overhead davit and split deck, but includes the refit RHIB. So, I'm considering either buying a 1:350 scale whaleboat (still need to confirm what model boat it was) or use spare polystyrene board to unify the raised decks and scratch build the crane style Davit.

NLAWScametovisit
briefly pausing project as of March 2024. I want to knock out a few other kits and develop my skills a little bit more, especially as we get towards to detail and painting parts

Pierre Pierre
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CaptGPF
Welcome back to the Hobby! This is a solid build - each will get better and better till you can rival some of the Gods who post here. Many o father posters even show you how they went about their builds, so you'll have a lot of fun learning and growing. Remember this kit, because 5 to 10 kits from now, you will definitely see an improvement!

Mona
👍 🙂

NLAWScametovisit
Thank you all for the support and encouragement! This kit had me bashing my head against the table more than once and thinking about just giving up, but the way the whole thing ended up coming together feels so good!