I'm 73, and looking for something to keep me occupied when I finally retire. I remember building plastic ship models as a boy, and a few balsa and tissue paper aircraft, and enjoying a model railroad. I never achieved anything like the standards of your model building, but the way you present your videos is very encouraging and I'm preparing to invest in my first 1/350 warship kit. Which one? Well, that's not quite decided yet. Like my Dad used to say...."It's the decisions that kill ya!"
Very nice collection - your own Naval Review! The Belfast is always a good looker, but the paint scheme of the Italian ships is striking and brilliant 😊
Great collection ! 👍👍👍 first thing came to mind , dusting all of them . 🤔 I only have 4 big ones and was a pain in the caboose until I started to use my airbrush to blow the dust away. The rest in 1/700 are in display cases. Thank you for sharing and hope you have a great/safe week, Tony
I usually keep them in a shelf where they are protected from dust to a certain degree, and from there on, they are on their own, I usually dont dust off any of my models, I'm too lazy for that :D Thanks tony, have a nice week as well!
Hi Chris! Thanks very much! Do you play World of Warships, or did you play it in reality enough? :) I still have to make the Oliver Hazard Perry Frigate, i will include her in the next poll, hopefully she wins! Greetings to the US
You need more rainy day's if the result is a video like this.... Great collection.... I now know that PE stands for photo etched after watching "Fun In Scale" I love the Olympia model, it's not the biggest but there is just something about it. At 7:08 I think that is the Brooklyn Bridge. Thanks for all the work that went into the making of this video, that was a lot of models to gather up, clean/dust, layout on the floor and then make the recording, then you had to pick them all up and put then away. Thanks for your time and work......
Hi mike! Thanks very much! I am really happy with such nice comments! The olympia is definitely one interesting ship, with the camouflage and her unique shape amongst mostly 20th century ships! Gathering them was fun, though, because i didnt even remember i had some of those, but putting them back,... I'm glad they are safe again, more than one mast was killed making this video :)
Stig Svanberg,Sweden: I'm really impressed ! Great builds. Noticed the "Olympia". I built it a couple of years ago,but I didn't like the railings,so I tried to make my own,but it didn't look well.
Hello Stig! Thanks very much! I only recently finished the Olympia and have made a separate building video of her, if you are interested! The railing posts are quite thick on the kit, thats true. But i used them anyway, was too lazy to make new posts :) with railing rope around them, it made for a nice addition to the model
Hi Greg! Thanks very much! But the time is well spent when modelling, its fun and helps me concentrate and one can really train the fine motorics of one's hands!
I loverd the Hood, well done weathering at the guns. One question, are you a german guy, too. I didn't know other people which didn't show the swastika. ;-)
I must say that is an impressive collection. U do very nice work (hobby) and it really shows well. I didn't see a video on the Gato class sub in your list, did u not do one at that time?
servus und Hallo Peter, Respekt zuerst, ganz schöne Modelle sind das geworden, super all die Flugzeugträger und Schlachtschiffen , auf meinem Kanal habe ich auch Videos von meinen Modellen und dioramen, mach weiter so lieber gruß aus der Schweiz 🇨🇭 Peter 😉 👌 👍 servus
Hallo Peter! Vielen Dank für die Komplimente! Deine Titanic ist wirklich wunderschön! Sind die Yorktown und Enterprise auch von dir? Grüße in die Schweiz!
Hallo Peter, ja die sind in den letzten 30 Jahren entstanden, ich habe schon als Kind die Titanic fasziniert, und mit modellbau angefangen, dankevielmals 👍 Peter 😉 👌 und ein servus aus Kloten Zürich Peter
@@peterwonisch3975 Ich habe vor kurzem eine Entex aus dem Jahre 1976 in 1/350 gekauft, so ein schöner Bausatz, die möchte ich auch demnächst bauen! Habe noch nie ein Kreuzfahrtschiff gebaut! Mal schauen ob ich an deine herankomme! :)
da Zweifel ich garn nicht, dass machs du mit links, ja ich habe jetzt mein neues Hobby das malen mit Öl Farben, es wird in der nächsten Zeit erscheinen auf mein Kanal, mein Sohn muss in noch bearbeiten, aber ich werde immer freude haben am modellbau servus und bis bald Peter 👌 😉
That would be a cool idea! I also have a 1/700 Nelson sitting around on a shelf that i forgot to display here, but its from Tamiya and Waterline, so they would be a nice pair!
Hi. Nice vid. Question: generally what scale ship is best buy WRT value? I am thinking of a 1/350 DD to start. They do not seem to be over the top with the railing which is intimidating to me.
Hi! I think the best value to get into 1/350 ships are modern ships from Trumpeter. There is a kit of USS Independence or USS Freedom, both LCS types, which costs sometimes even less than 20€, but you get a nice model with even PE parts in the set. If you are more interested in older kits, i would either recommend Tamiya's very limited 1/350 range, they are expensive but have a wonderful fit, or a medium sized Trumpeter kit, like a HMS Roberts Monitor or a HMS Kent/Exeter, Town/county class cruiser in general, they also have great fit, PE parts included and more detail than tamiya. I would not start with 1/700 because there can be really small parts and tedious assembly
Great looking ships all. I notice none if your ships have rigging. What reason do you have for not providing rigging? For myself, I honestly suck at putting any kind of rigging on any ship so that is why I don't have it on my ship models. I do more damage than needed to have been done. I have enough fun with PE, I really don't need the hassle on running stretched spru between equally thin plastic pieces. Again, great looking ships - a nice collection.
Hi Bill! Thanks very much, i am glad you like my collection! I tried making rigging from pulled sprue but ditched that idea rather quickly because this was such tedious work, as you say, its not fun, its more like a chore. I used some lycra thread on some models at occasion, but its also very difficult and one has to concentrate as the lycra is so thin. And in the end, as it is so thin to be in scale, you dont even see it properly. So i usually skip this step as it is more of an annoyance for me, but it sure looks great for all the modelling masters, especially on sailing ships!
I would like to make an HMS Warrior, the Ironclad ship, but there are only resin kits available, or HMS Vanguard, the battleship, which would be very cool as well! Or a french cruiser, like the Algerie or La Galissoniere, there are so many interesting ships that no models exist of (that i know, at least),. What would you like to see as a model?
Hi! the one, very small carrier is actually an HMS Colossus in 1/1600 scale from Heller, i have written the wrong name there! But it is a starter set from heller
I'm 73, and looking for something to keep me occupied when I finally retire. I remember building plastic ship models as a boy, and a few balsa and tissue paper aircraft, and enjoying a model railroad.
I never achieved anything like the standards of your model building, but the way you present your videos is very encouraging and I'm preparing to invest in my first 1/350 warship kit. Which one? Well, that's not quite decided yet. Like my Dad used to say...."It's the decisions that kill ya!"
Very nice collection - your own Naval Review! The Belfast is always a good looker, but the paint scheme of the Italian ships is striking and brilliant 😊
Great collection ! 👍👍👍 first thing came to mind , dusting all of them . 🤔 I only have 4 big ones and was a pain in the caboose until I started to use my airbrush to blow the dust away. The rest in 1/700 are in display cases. Thank you for sharing and hope you have a great/safe week, Tony
I usually keep them in a shelf where they are protected from dust to a certain degree, and from there on, they are on their own, I usually dont dust off any of my models, I'm too lazy for that :D Thanks tony, have a nice week as well!
Must be nice to have your own navy. Thanks for the show.
Wow Peter talk about World of War Ships. Very impressive collection, and all the ships look outstanding. Awesome, awesome work and video. 👍👍🇦🇹🤝🇺🇸
Hi Chris! Thanks very much! Do you play World of Warships, or did you play it in reality enough? :) I still have to make the Oliver Hazard Perry Frigate, i will include her in the next poll, hopefully she wins! Greetings to the US
These models are absolutely beautiful... The detailing, is like wow !!!!
You need more rainy day's if the result is a video like this.... Great collection.... I now know that PE stands for photo etched after watching "Fun In Scale" I love the Olympia model, it's not the biggest but there is just something about it. At 7:08 I think that is the Brooklyn Bridge. Thanks for all the work that went into the making of this video, that was a lot of models to gather up, clean/dust, layout on the floor and then make the recording, then you had to pick them all up and put then away. Thanks for your time and work......
Hi mike! Thanks very much! I am really happy with such nice comments! The olympia is definitely one interesting ship, with the camouflage and her unique shape amongst mostly 20th century ships! Gathering them was fun, though, because i didnt even remember i had some of those, but putting them back,... I'm glad they are safe again, more than one mast was killed making this video :)
@@funinscale2892 Oh No, not a broken mast.... Well that's what glue is for. LOL
@@jetsons101 True, thats the good thing about making models, repairing is always easy! or at least, possible
wow truly outstanding builds there my friend
Stig Svanberg,Sweden: I'm really impressed ! Great builds. Noticed the "Olympia". I built it a couple of years ago,but I didn't like the railings,so I tried to make my own,but it didn't look well.
Hello Stig! Thanks very much! I only recently finished the Olympia and have made a separate building video of her, if you are interested! The railing posts are quite thick on the kit, thats true. But i used them anyway, was too lazy to make new posts :) with railing rope around them, it made for a nice addition to the model
Most all of my model ship collection is in 1/700, but I've begun building in 1/350 too.
amazing collection
...beautiful collection :)
What a nice collection! lord Bismarck is pleased.
, Also do you have any advice on how to paint my 1/600 bismarck from airfix?
What a fantastic ship collection there must be hours and hours of work put into all those builds but its certainly been worth it
Hi Greg! Thanks very much! But the time is well spent when modelling, its fun and helps me concentrate and one can really train the fine motorics of one's hands!
It is indeed its certainly kept me occupied
Amazing my fleet is gonna grow like dat toi
Great
I loverd the Hood, well done weathering at the guns. One question, are you a german guy, too. I didn't know other people which didn't show the swastika. ;-)
I must say that is an impressive collection. U do very nice work (hobby) and it really shows well. I didn't see a video on the Gato class sub in your list, did u not do one at that time?
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servus und Hallo Peter, Respekt zuerst, ganz schöne Modelle sind das geworden, super all die Flugzeugträger und Schlachtschiffen , auf meinem Kanal habe ich auch Videos von meinen Modellen und dioramen, mach weiter so lieber gruß aus der Schweiz 🇨🇭 Peter 😉 👌 👍 servus
Hallo Peter! Vielen Dank für die Komplimente! Deine Titanic ist wirklich wunderschön! Sind die Yorktown und Enterprise auch von dir? Grüße in die Schweiz!
Hallo Peter, ja die sind in den letzten 30 Jahren entstanden, ich habe schon als Kind die Titanic fasziniert, und mit modellbau angefangen, dankevielmals 👍 Peter 😉 👌 und ein servus aus Kloten Zürich Peter
@@peterwonisch3975 Ich habe vor kurzem eine Entex aus dem Jahre 1976 in 1/350 gekauft, so ein schöner Bausatz, die möchte ich auch demnächst bauen! Habe noch nie ein Kreuzfahrtschiff gebaut! Mal schauen ob ich an deine herankomme! :)
da Zweifel ich garn nicht, dass machs du mit links, ja ich habe jetzt mein neues Hobby das malen mit Öl Farben, es wird in der nächsten Zeit erscheinen auf mein Kanal, mein Sohn muss in noch bearbeiten, aber ich werde immer freude haben am modellbau servus und bis bald Peter 👌 😉
I also have a HMS Hood in 1/700 although not from trumpeter it is from Tamiya also can you please make a diorama of the HMS Hood????? Please?
That would be a cool idea! I also have a 1/700 Nelson sitting around on a shelf that i forgot to display here, but its from Tamiya and Waterline, so they would be a nice pair!
I am thinking about how much time I need to make such a collection
Hi. Nice vid. Question: generally what scale ship is best buy WRT value? I am thinking of a 1/350 DD to start. They do not seem to be over the top with the railing which is intimidating to me.
Hi! I think the best value to get into 1/350 ships are modern ships from Trumpeter. There is a kit of USS Independence or USS Freedom, both LCS types, which costs sometimes even less than 20€, but you get a nice model with even PE parts in the set. If you are more interested in older kits, i would either recommend Tamiya's very limited 1/350 range, they are expensive but have a wonderful fit, or a medium sized Trumpeter kit, like a HMS Roberts Monitor or a HMS Kent/Exeter, Town/county class cruiser in general, they also have great fit, PE parts included and more detail than tamiya. I would not start with 1/700 because there can be really small parts and tedious assembly
Wow
Very nice how do you display them in your home?
Great looking ships all.
I notice none if your ships have rigging. What reason do you have for not providing rigging?
For myself, I honestly suck at putting any kind of rigging on any ship so that is why I don't have it on my ship models. I do more damage than needed to have been done. I have enough fun with PE, I really don't need the hassle on running stretched spru between equally thin plastic pieces.
Again, great looking ships - a nice collection.
Hi Bill! Thanks very much, i am glad you like my collection! I tried making rigging from pulled sprue but ditched that idea rather quickly because this was such tedious work, as you say, its not fun, its more like a chore. I used some lycra thread on some models at occasion, but its also very difficult and one has to concentrate as the lycra is so thin. And in the end, as it is so thin to be in scale, you dont even see it properly. So i usually skip this step as it is more of an annoyance for me, but it sure looks great for all the modelling masters, especially on sailing ships!
Супер🤝👍!
Do u make waterline models
Hello. Great. And where do you keep all this stuff???
Thanks very much! I have them spread all around my flat, but most of them are in shelves to be safe from dust
What are some ships you would like to build, but no one has made models of?
I would like to make an HMS Warrior, the Ironclad ship, but there are only resin kits available, or HMS Vanguard, the battleship, which would be very cool as well! Or a french cruiser, like the Algerie or La Galissoniere, there are so many interesting ships that no models exist of (that i know, at least),. What would you like to see as a model?
@@funinscale2892 I would love to see the HMS Vanguard as well, but also dreadnoughts like the HMS Neptume and HMS Orion
What’s the scale of the USS Montana?
Where did you find your hms Hermes?!!
Hi! the one, very small carrier is actually an HMS Colossus in 1/1600 scale from Heller, i have written the wrong name there! But it is a starter set from heller
Bro i have this x4
Where to buys this stuff?
Do you mean the kits themselves? i usually get them either at a hobby shop or 2nd hand from other modellers