U.S.S. Maine (ACR-1) Heinkel Models

[Michael Mash]

Nice "after sunset" photos.
The beginning of the superstructure is very well done.

[Dancooper]

Hello fellow modellers, due to the fact that I still have a full-time semi-gouvernment job, work on this ship has been slow but steady.
Today, the sun finally peeped just enough to allow a little outdoors photoshoot to show the little progress I've made so far.

I found the inner walls of the (whatever it's called midships "castle") rather daunting, but I think I've got it (time will tell).



The other parts (besides the little coverings and stuff on the decks) were the platings around the casemat-guns, I had to tweek those here and there and I tried to make the best of something I had no idea how it looked on the real ship.




(sorry for the weird angle of the last photograph, but even when rotating it, it just remained a weird angle all together).

[Dancooper]

Hello fellow modellers, today I haven't build that much but what I have done was really at the very edge of my skills.
It certainly doesn't need to become any finer than this...





To be continued...

[Michael Mash]

Nice spotlight assembly Dan.
And the frames around the gangway entrance look great too.

[Dancooper]

Hello friends, it's been a while since my last progress report, but I'm still working on this beautifull kit.

The aft has received it's searchlight as well now :

The coin you see is a 10 eurocent, I don't have any smaller coins since I hardly use cash anymore these days

And Maine has received her teeth in the shape of boomsticks :



Since I'm not a good enough modeller to make the vents with supplied paper parts I have opted to use resin parts from my spares box, otherwise my clumsy attempt would do injustice to this beautifull kit from Heinkel.

[Dancooper]

A little progress on the Maine : the base of the funnels have been made, now further detailling is at hand...



In dryfit on the the right location...


To be continued...

[heinkel111]

fantastic construction. Congratulations. plas! plas! plas!

[Dancooper]

Originally Posted by heinkel111

fantastic construction. Congratulations. plas! plas! plas!

Thank you, comming from the designer of the kit, that means so much to me because I somehow always feel I'm not so good at this as the other builders I see on this forum.

[Dancooper]

Well, gentlemen, another small update, the details have been added to the funnels and they have now been glued to the deck :





To be continued...

[Dancooper]

Hello fellow modellers, I'm now at step 28 (needs to be made twice) :



Wich gives us in real life :


and twice :

Installed :


To be continued...