Holger Kranich Wow Will, that was a hard way to go to build her. The casting was "not good"... But a very nice ship you have there!

Bart Goesaert This will be a ship when finished with a building story... no shake and bake, but you've done a very nice job...

Will Dossel thx guys...much more to go but it's been a labor....lol

Will Dossel updated 29 Jan

Scott Dutton Love the CF Adams, wished it was in plastic, looming forward to your build

Will Dossel This is a very trying kit to work with. Much patience required.????

Will Dossel Clearly I have a bit of a challenge out of the box. Originally intended to be displayed in classic style, the bubble bath fest lower hull is driving me to a seascape display

Ben M can't you just putty it? I haven't built a resin kit before.

Michael Hickey Yeah a bit of Milliput and sanding will take care of those issues real quick.

Will Dossel putty for resin is different than styrene - the best actually is Bondo auto body filler. In this case it is also pernicious that I'm just pressing ahead with seascape instead and will team with another contemporary AAW ship

Will Dossel UPDATE - DECKHOUSE REPAIR
Iron Shipwrights DDG 6 Build...and right outta the box we have issues
-warped mainmast and support structure — scratchbuild new one
- bubbles in hull (lower side) - display in water diorama instead of full hull display
- chunk missing out of deckhouse - scratchbuild repair
- most of the small pieces are unrecognizable junk, so off to the aftermarket for suitable replacement parts. SMDH, nonexistent QA I guess...

Completed 1:1 drawing of replacement piece using instructions, photos and calibrated eyeball. used thin plastic to lay a foundation that replacement could lay on that relievies stress applied to the repair joint. It also filled a gap between the two deckhouses because i found the upper one was, surprise, warped....

Thomas Bischoff not many parts to assemle looks nice!

Maciej Bellos A full resin kit is something I want to see.

Will Dossel Other than some warpage in the front section, the most annoying items were the clear piece fits and the guns. Otherwise went together quickly and well, convincing me to try a couple of the larger kits they offer (IL-38 & KJ-200)

Thomas Bischoff Really 1:48? The Combat Model Vacu kit? This would be something to not miss

Will Dossel really 1/144 resin kit....

Thomas Bischoff 1:144 is not easier! Would be watching this also!

Will Dossel some minor warppage in nose section fixed with superglue and tape. "Ok" assemblage thus far, primer ready

Nathan Dempsey I'd love to have this one in either of those scales!

Will Dossel I should also note this is the first model in decades i am painting solely by hand.

Thomas Bischoff you mean you go for brush painting?

Will Dossel Normally, no. In temp quarters while waiting for new house to be built so limited resources. Given that and 1/144 scale thought I'd give it a shot, let it cure then finish off with fine mesh surface prep prior to decals and dullcote.

Maciej Bellos Following!

Łukasz Gliński Me 2

Nathan Dempsey Interesting build there. Looks like even Russia is finally giving up on the tail gun.

Ekki Watching.

Konrad Limmer Very nice and interesting! Following this one too.

Konrad Limmer Very nice Standard Missile! Count me in here

Maciej Bellos Taking a seat!

Ronny Verlaek OK , ... i'm watching this one.

Jos Jansen ...oh yeah, count me in!

Thomas Bischoff any seat left?

Patrick Hagelstein Wow! Those missiles look great!

Will Dossel hi all and thanks for the comments. A quick word about my projects - I am in the midst of a major display project for a Navy warfighting development center that ultimately will have 200+ singles or dioramas displaying the evolution of air threat to naval forces and the response, and then today's threat through the next 5 years. Those builds are included here and I will showcase these as i go along.
The A-6 is part of my personal display and will be tied in with my CVN-69 project where i build Trumpeters 1/350 Nimitz as IKE for my first deployment off Iran in 1980. Displayed in 1/48 scale will be reps from CVW-7 including my squadron, VAW-121 Bluetails (1979-1982) and this example, an early A-6E of VA-65 Tigers (need decals in high vis!)configured for an alert 15 SUCAP. With no Harpoon in 1980 surface strike was a combined A-6/A/7 evolution with A-6 carrying the big @ss Standard ARM and Rockeye/APAM or LGBs and A-7 w/Shrike ARM, Walleyes and/or Mk82 dumb bombs (no GPS the). When i came back for my 2nd sea tour w/VAW-126 on JFK/CVW-3 in 1985, my toolset for shipkilling as an airing strike lead had dramatically expanded to include HARM and HARPOON, the latter available not only with my A-6's, but by the dopen via B-52Gs from Griffis AB to go after adv threats like the KIROV CGN. That will be a future A-6 build

Patrick Hagelstein That's something for sure! 200+? Wow....