Had a great time at Duckie's today. In addition to Duckie, Mikey, Mark, "Bats" Masterson and myself attended. Bats was helping Duckie re-sheet his 1/144 Treaty VU, but I think by the end of the day we convinced Bat to do 1/96. Woohoo! Today saw a LOT of building on 1/96 scale boats, including the assembly of the 1st 1/96 Baltimore kit from Mark (I traded him for it). Great kit, btw, went together really quickly, especially with Mark's expert tutelage. I highly recommend this kit! Mikey marked and cut the windows in Duckie's USS Artemis hull (a fiberglass hull made by Art from the now-defunct NZBG). That boat should go together pretty quickly now that the windows are cut. I also got a sneak peek at Mark's top-secret Axis cruiser prototype kit. The prototype was in 1/144, but Mark assured me a 1/96 scale version will soon follow... Duckie also took delivery today of a BaD Ships Model's USS Gato kit. So now Duckie has two 1/96 projects to work on! I had a great time and learned a lot. And Duckie makes some great pulled port BBQ! Thanks, Duckie, for hosting and feeding us! Carl 1/96 Viribus Unitis 1/96 Baltimore
Actually, I think Mark will get the first kit... The 1/144 prototype was pretty sweet. I don't think it will take Mark too long to get the 1/96 kits ready. Carl
I may get the first kit, but I doubt I'll have the first one on the water. Too many hulls stacking up in the shop and not enough components to fill them. But it looks like I need to build the Takao before the Baltimore, just based on the available room in my car.
