Very true, the bow of the real ship is shaped differently, the hatches on the deck are massively in the wrong scale, those are the worst points off the top of my head. In this case I just didn't want to fight with all the inaccuracies. I have some majorly detailed projects coming up, so this one was more for fun. I toyed with the idea of turning it into a RC sub as well but I don't know enough about RC subs. LOL

Sorry about that, I hope my production has gotten better over time. Appreciate the feedback.

@@chrismodelingworkbench5640 I'm sure it will improve. I apologize for my snarkiness earlier. Keep up the good work.

honestly I thought the line "1969-era video aesthetic" was funny as hell! No worries!

I started out with assigning the flags with the units that fought at Gettysburg. I agree it can be quite confusing with the Confederate armies. Unless you're going to be a complete stickler on historic accuracy, and can recognize regimental & company flags at a glance I'd advise you choose a army/division to model (like the Army of Virginia) and just use the flags associated with that army group. As you build your collection you can model other armies in the Confed.

@@chrismodelingworkbench5640 Thanks! Paolo

This was a very basic kit.. I usually do larger ships in bigger bottles. That might be a good idea for another video. Good point on the smoothing for the sea! Thanks!

yah I'm still working on my narration... thanks for the input I appreciate it!

Sorry it's been so long in coming!

@chrismodelingworkbench5640 I'm just glad that I didn't miss it. I have wondered from time to time. Coming along nicely!

I'm sorry, I don't have my copy anymore.

It's a fun build, I wish I'd added some crew to mine.

My pleasure, I'm glad I could help!

Well crud! Ahh well I’m better at rigging tall ships. Lol

At 81 you can bet that I have made those kind of boo boo's many times but now am in no rush to complete projects. Am now building that same kit and my approach is to read the instructions 10 times and watch the applicable you tube videos several times before diving in. In your video, I liked the red lettering with a yellow border idea so I did that on mine. Will also put lighting and a micro bluetooth unit in it to play "Waiting on the Levee" Calliope music. That's the benefit of watching great build videos like yours! Thanks and keep up the fine work!! @@chrismodelingworkbench5640

The one I used is from TenaControls… here’s the link: tenacontrols.com/product/war-of-the-worlds-martian-war-machine/

Thank you for the thought! Welcome to my page!

Thank you!

Glad you liked it!

Weird, Not sure why, sorry about that... I've adjusted some settings seems to be working.

The flags are printed on paper, I use white glue, for the flags and shape them while the glue is damp once dried I use super glue to affix the flags to the masts

Thank you!

Oh I remember Testors tube glue. What a mess! Thankfully we have much better glues now! Have fun building!!

Thanks! No worries I’ve acquired an new on and will be revisiting it in the New Year!

Thank you! To be honest I love doing the rigging on tall ships I have serval more in the stash!

Thank you! Have a fun build!!!

Hay there fellow VP-90 allum! You were there just before me! I was in VP-90 in '88. This diorama is based on this lithograph: planejunkie.com/sorry-charlie/ and the story my father told me about a deployment of his on LX00 to Misawa Japan, (I never got to Misawa myself). I believe they dropped the Lambert patch in late '84 - early '85. not sure exactly when, while I served we had the lion stabing the sub and then the brown and orange lion face. I left VP-90 in '93. I hope you enjoyed the video!

I wish I had the video, but it was while setting up and I got so mad I just chucked everything! lol

Lucky!! Have fun it’s a nice kit!

@@chrismodelingworkbench5640 your video inspired me to do it asap!!! 👍🏻👍🏻

Wow thank you! That has to be the best complement I've ever received!

Many thanks!

Thank you! Welcome to my channel!

Thanks for subscribing!

Oh and your wife has excellent taste!

Thanks! I'm been out for a bit but, I'll be getting back to work on Baby very soon!

Thank you! Welcome to my channel!

Yes I did prime, the primer was pretty much the came color as the unpainted plastic. I did not know that about the gaffs/booms. Thanks!

@@chrismodelingworkbench5640 Cool. Thanks. One time-saving trick when you prime is to use, e.g., Army Painter Daemonic Yellow primer on the masts for most ships, so you only have to do the yards and furled sails. You can also use this on the hulls, as the yellow on French ships is very close to the same. I haven't see a "baby vomit" (yellow ochre) primer to do the same time-saver for British ships. Oh, and if you look more carefully at the gunwales (bulwarks) of the frigate between the fore and main masts, you'll see that it was actually a pile of netting, not wood, so it really ought to be some shade of white.

Thank you! I'm coming from a model building background long before I was a wargamer. It's so much easier to paint small sub-assemblies that trying to get into those tight little spots of an assembled kit. Hope you enjoy your ship painting!!

The numbers are from a set of modern navel numbers decal sheet I got several years ago the numbers are in all different scales. For the VP-90 (lion) design I found the correct image online then sized it to the correct scale and printed it on decal paper.

Do you mean on game playing or miniature painting and scenery, or both?

@@chrismodelingworkbench5640 both

LOL Well thank you for the vote of confidence! I'll see what I can do!

@@chrismodelingworkbench5640 Me? I plan on using these models with a 1980's rule set called BEAT TO QUARTERS by Command Decision. Thanks for the Video, and I hope you go on to make more videos - especially of your wife playing the game as well. My wife also games, although she's never played a wargame. She is however, REAL interested in painting the Black Seas warships. She does NOT want to do the rigging however. One thing I don't like about the rigging of ships with plastic ratline sheets is - they're sheets. I am SERIOUSLY considering trying an experiment where I cut out as much of the "space" between the lines - paint the acetate so it doesn't reflect a shiny light, then mount ratlines for each of the steps of masts involved. I'm also considering an old modeler's trick of heating the plastic (carefully!) and twisting the yards on the upper parts of the mast so that instead of being perpendicular to the center of the ship, they slant a bit, as if catching a wind off the quarter. I also plan on trying out the idea of using uncooked tea bags (stealing from my wife's tea consumption a bit alas) - and using my own sails. The idea I have for the flying jib sail (and other jib sails) is to cut them in such a way as they can fold together to form the jib sail. This way, I can have the sail wrap around the stay and be better anchored. For what it is worth, I've picked up the merchant ships from Black Seas, the Schooners, as well as various fleet boxes. I plan on using some of these ship models for a rousing game of GURPS SWASHBUCKLERS where the players have their own privateer. Of course, the Spaniards will still hang their characters as pirates if they're caught... Dang, now I have to watch the movie SWASHBUCKLER again.

LOL I'm naturally ambidextrous (except when writing) I favor my left for most things.😃

Thank you very much!

Thank you I appreciate it! It was a really fun build.

That is a very cool idea! It could be a display for a fleet.

Thank you! I paint in groups of 10 stands one cannon stand and a commander. All in the steps I took... makes mass painting pretty quick I do about a brigade in 2 days. :)

@@chrismodelingworkbench5640Honestly I'm still doubtfull that 15mm is for me while I'ìm used to 28mm ...I was given a free sprue such as yours with a specific set of colours for ACW and I'll give it a try just to make up my mind but I do find them so small and I don't like guns to look like broom sticks :-)

@@giancarlopaolini7529 I also play 28mm Ancients Roman and Briton, and am going to be starting a German army for WW2! I agree the at the 15mm scale the details get a bit clunky (like the guns) for for really big battles you can get more out on the table. ;)

Thank you so much!

Thin paints are your friend!

I love seeing those old filming models! I saw a Star Destroyer on display once and could pick out cannon sprues for WW2 battleships, tank parts etc... very cool.