Treehugger I just realized that, spending some extra time with ship models, making sure they are primed well, so one can sand the primer smooth in places, is very imporant. I have some stuff to build, incl. a Liberty class freighter in 1:350 scale (the horrible hull in the Trumpeter kit, I have two of them, both, a little warped and annoying to fix).

Looks nice, what kind of gloss coat will you be using?

Treehugger Tip: You can airbrush the stand + brass nameplate black, then very gently sand off the paint from the topside of the letters on the nameplate, then sealing it all with a gloss coat. Looks very nice. One can also fix scratches in the black paint with a small brush before adding a gloss coat, and it all will look smooth black anyway.

Treehugger Btw, with ships and submarines, and planes, I like sanding the prop blades thinner. It is usually fairly easy, but one can expect a blade to snap off if not being gentle enough when sanding/filing. A good alternative to a thicker sanding stick, would be to use a sharp blade to simply scrape lightly over the surface multiple times, but make sure the blade isn't tugging on the plastic, or the plastic might snap around the weakest point.

James C That looks great Clifford. I'd like to have a go at doing something similar now myself.

Augie Looks good buddy very good.

Michael Hickey Well done Cliffy, she looks awesome.

Clifford Keesler Thank you very much James, Augie and Michael. I think it turned out pretty good for the first one I ever built.

Christian Bruer Very nice work Clifford

Clifford Keesler Thank you Christian, Your kind words mean a lot coming from one of the best ship modelers I know.

Christian Bruer Thank you Clifford. Your kind comment is much appreciated.
I just noticed that this was your first submarine (or ship model?). It would be fine to see some more in the future.
Cheers, Christian

Clifford Keesler Thank you sir. I have 2 Subs on the go at the present time, both in 1:350 scale. I will attempt to get some pictures up soon.

Christian Bruer That sounds good. There are some nice scale 1/350 kits available. Looking forward to your next sub. Cheers, Christian

Clifford Keesler Thank you very much Christian. I have a Russian 1/350 scale Kilo class sub ready for paint. I will try and get some pictures up tomorrow. My U.S.S. Greenville is not far behind.

Augie ooo thats good!

Clifford Keesler Thanks Augie, now if I can just weather it without messing it up.

Nikolaos Kouzinis Bravo Cliff!!!

Clifford Keesler Thank you Nikolaos. I am really starting to like modeling ships and submarines. I used to be just aircraft.

James C I completely missed this one. Looks awesome!

Clifford Keesler Thank you James. It is all weathered and finished now. I will get some final pictures up soon.

Clifford Keesler Thanks Roland.

Augie Lima's were carried during and after Falklands Roland.

Clifford Keesler I will be doing the one on the Box Top of the New Revell one.

Clifford Keesler Thank you all for the information.

Augie Both mine are airforce

Clifford Keesler Yea all of mine a Navy. Need some Air Force. LOL.

Nathan Dempsey Nice work as usual Clifford. Looks great in those colors.

Roland Sachsenhofer Wonderful work Clifford!

Slavo Hazucha Red 11 turned out really great The way the desaturated camo colors & the wash blended into the final result just could not have worked better.

+ In a few months, I'll add another VFC 12 brother in arms

Stephan Ryll Very good work Clifford

James C Awesome looking Hornet Clifford. Great job on the camouflage.

Clifford Keesler Thank you very much Nathan,Roland, Slavo , Stephan and James. Your kind words mean a lot, coming from such great modelers as yourselves.