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Well, here she is at last! Considering this was started as a short term D-Day competition build it's taken a little longer than planned but in the end that was all to the good as I've included far more than I ever intended from the initial concept!  With all the little rubber moulds I've built up for resin casts on this one, I may well try some other builds in this scale in the future, and with the PE railings and figures I can see some of my decades old collection of Matchbox and Tamiya ship models finally getting out of the old garage workroom and seeing the light of day!  Many thanks indeed to all those who have visited the build over the months and for their greatly encouraging comments throughout. I hope you will enjoy the pics below as much as the process of 'putting them together'! Best wishes and stay safe to you all! Robin. Plymouth57 attached the following image(s): First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Robin Its been a treat to watch this one coming together and seeing the thought processes that have gone into getting some awkward build stages come to a great conclusion. Tony Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
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A truly outstanding piece of work Robin. The level of detail and skill you've applied has to bee seen as being amongst the best out there..... very well done indeed....  Regards Alan
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Hi been a joy to follow this,just a stunning piece of work in such a micro scale,cheers mick. Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
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Superb build Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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Absolutely stunning result .
Carl
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It's a really fantastic build. I am really impressed. I would have gone blind trying to work on such tiny parts. The detail you were able to achieve at such a small scale is impressive. Best Regards,
Ron
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Great end result Robin.  Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Congratulations on winning best of the best a well deserved win with this amazingly detailed dio (I could never dream of working in this scale) Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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Amazing Robin really enjoyed your build and how you made the various building tanks etc ,this a Museum piece  and congrats on the win also Regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Totally agree Phil, I think the Imperial War Museum would be interested in this. You might get asked to do a commission piece Robin. Superb work.
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Hi Robin, I've followed this from the start & I really love it. Congratulations on winning the best model competition. The detail is superb. A museum would love this. Thank you for all your hard work, it won me a prize. Stuart.
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Many grateful thanks to all for the above congratulations! I don't know what to say - I really thought the one I voted for would have got it instead but thank you all for the vote of confidence!  (I would have posted this in the winners thread but for some reason I'm not getting a 'reply' box coming up to click on!) The prize will be a big (pun intended) challenge for me, in all my modelling years I've only built about half a dozen cars, mostly the old Airfix vintage car series and that was about 50 years ago? The last one I ever did (40 years?) was I think a Monogram 1/35 scale something or other which I painted up with the Yellow, Red and Blue scheme of a Main Force Patrol police car from the first Mad Max movie (with a sawn off shotgun in the rear window!) This will be er, different! Many thanks again, and I'd better get on and PM 'the boss'! Keep safe All. Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Message for Mark (Admin) I've replied to your PM Mark (finally) but the PM is telling me your inbox is full and you won't receive the message until you have emptied some of it!  Best wishes to you all over there! Robin. First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Hi Robin,
All created out!
Shoot me a PM. It didn’t come through.
Best,
Mark
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I do hope we will see a full build log of this build mate. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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