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If you go for the 41 Bismarck period you can skip some pom poms. "The King George V-class design had four 0.5-inch quadruple machine gun mounts, but in 1939 these were replaced by two Mark VI pom-pom mounts. In 1940, to combat air attack, four Unrotated Projectile mountings were fitted, one on "B" turret, two on "Y" turret, and one replaced a pom-pom mount added in 1939 at the stern." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_V-class_battleship_(1939) And this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrotated_Projectile Also see http://ontheslipway.com/?p=1258 "HMS King George V 1940 4 x Mk VI* 1941 5 x Mk VI*, 1 x Mk VII* (Y-turret)"

Hey Chris any luck with the Pom Pom sets yet? Been looking around for you on the net.

Very nice, I built this kit for a gunner friend that flew with the spooky squadron. His mini guns had vertical ammo drums so I scratch built them. The AC-119 I built for him had massive tail warping; did you have the same problem with yours? Yes now you need the AC-130 to complete the set. Great job!

no matter what kit you get there may be missing parts if the box is open. I scratch built a number of missing items. The Naval gun was the most fun after removing the brass plating. The Civil War cannon required far more work. The wheels had massive sink holes that sucked up half tube of my testors putty. The Revolutionary war gun carriage matched pretty well with the few examples I saw in Camden SC. No scale is given (I guess you can say they are box scale), instructions said they were built from plan documents. Not sure what set of plans or where they came from. The Naval gun has a Spanish design gun and an American or British truck. The Civil War gun is a mountain howitzer. I used a brass tube to fill the bore of the Naval and Civil War guns. The Revolution was left as is with the brass plate. There are metal chains and rope provided as well. All in all great kits, fun to build and a fine display when finished. My three were all the original Palmer kits packaged as in the pictures.

I loved building these models. Palmer went OOB in 1972, but the kits were reboxed a number of times after. They are in the long forgotten world of models companies now, except kits will sometimes show on ebay.

with the kit scales getting smaller I can now pay in scale....

Dick I've been holding off sending pictures because I need newsletter content. Newsletter guys get that way at times you know..... BTW Gator Glue is the bomb for my builds! It's awesome stuff that I can't live without anymore.

For my application I needed the extra build up of matterial, the deck had a step down, I needed to convert that to flat. Plus I had to remove details moulding on that left gaps and holes and the planks on the kit were too large for scale as well. Super glue works but does not give you the working time so I went with 3M. The 3M is also more cost effective for large applications. (On a 1/72 scale build I went through a lot of super glue.) The deck I'm working on is 1/142 scale. I have used Gator Glue for thinner decks (i.e. Scaledecks.com) before which worked out very well, but I'm so impressed with the 3M that from now on I plan to use it on most of the 1/350 scale kits I have wood decks for. Everyone has there own way, but I found this to work as well with little trouble, more working time and less cost. 3M Super 77 cost 10.97 per can. Super Glue Gel range from 2.95 and up per bottle. I used 2 bottles of super glue on the 1/72 build. So far I have built three kits with 3M and have enough for many more in the can.

I took a swag using a picture and came up with 42' long by 18' tall. Not sure about the width but guess it to be about 9' at the widest point. The 42' seem to match up pretty well with what you came up with. Roadtrip is out but still hoping some ex-coner will chim in and confirm.

I’m into another scratch build project, which for some reason becoming more frequent, that required attaching a wood panel on styrene. The wood laminar came from Revell and sold at Michaels. Here are a few tricks I learned along the way that may help you if you try this yourself. I cut the panel using a new razor knife blade allowing for some overage on the edges. Cutting required three or four slices to get through the 1MM panel. Using 3M All Purpose Adhesive spray I applied a coat to the plastic and wood before mating. (Work quick before the glue sets) Clamps were used to hold the panel in place while the glue dried, took about 20 minuets to set. After dry I looked for any problems along the edge which I did find one spot not locked down. I used super glue to fix that area before sanding the edges. This was about 4 weeks ago and the wood is holding very well, no issues at all and I don’t think it will in the future. Now for a quick note: I did not cover the top of the wood and got a small amount of 3M on the surface. I had to use lacquer thinner to remove it which caused some discoloration of the wood. Not a big deal for my needs, in fact added to the aged look. But in the future I’ll use a mask before spraying the underside. Happy modeling

That will be good, most of my stuff has been OOP for years now, including me according to my wife.....

Thanks. Had fun with all these kits, lots of room to play around with painting.

Anyone know the dimensions of the sail on the SSBN George Washington? If you have the Yankee Modelworks or the older cut away version and could measure from those that would work okay too. Thanks

Hi Gil, no it's two sets made into one. The Greed base is made for Long John but without the figure. You can add him in or just leave it as is. Here is a picture with another Pirate figure from Verlinden in the background. Direct link to large size. http://i649.photobuc...II/GEDC0582.jpg http://i649.photobuc...II/GEDC0583.jpg

Verlinden figures 1/20 scale Greed and dead man combined with Long John Silver set Painted with acrylics and artiest oils.

Very nice, I remember those uniforms too..oops given away my age. Would you give us some more detail on painting???/ Great Job!

I hope they bring back some of the old stuff too, the quality was way ahead of it time. I had two kits from 40 years ago, hope they are equal to the task now.

hum I'm thinking your right, just concerned over the clearance of deck to edge and super glue migration on the wood deck surface. Maybe nail bitting for no reason but thought I'd ask anyway. Thanks

I have the WEM and Tom's set with Master guns so far. Thought of getting Artwox deck, but here is the real question. WEM had davits for the torpedo nets, I think over 90 of the little buggers, should I install the deck prior to the davits or not? It all comes down to how far the deck extends to the edge. (see picture) I tend to buy stuff as I can and then after I have all my parts build. That's why I have more parts and kits then stuff on the bench. ha I also seem to build stuff others shy away from, but I blame that on the loss of brain cells after sniffing glue and paint for 50 years.

Anyone built the ICM kit with wood deck and WEM PE?

Great job Adam, nice one for jumping in on 2013. Keep it up!

Jim Looks good, have you posted this on Model Warship site? You might get some orders from there too. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewforum.php?f=16

Here you go, early Texas, now if they made this one I would be happy too.

Richard said it will not be the same as the roll over cone version and he did say it would be correct.

I had a shelf drop on my work bench when I was in Iraq. The wife said nothing till I got home and I found the mess stacked up waiting on me. I lost a few models, one was the Huey crashed in the rice patty dio. The Huey is beyond repair and has been set back in the long forgotten area of my garage. Glad you were able to save what you had.