Recent content by NavyShooter

The good news is that ANY ship can be a minesweeper. Once.

They're part of DND now, so, not really....we're all 'one big happy family' now, right? ;-)

They were sending them into Libya in 2011 off HMS Ocean as I recall. Interesting times.

Is that not a pretty clear statement on the state of the world today, and the potential threats we may face?

Decals are done (mostly) and I've started adding detail bits around the edge of the flight deck.

I'm outside my lane with this, but....Canada needs 88 F-35s. That's 88 5th Generation fighters with networked datalink, stealthy platform, low probability of intercept RADAR systems, and an integrated supply chain. If we don't get 88 F-35's, how many of another type of fighter do we need...

Yikes....not like it's supporting anything, right? No snow load in the winter either, right?

OK, so why are we even wasting time with SAAB and Lockheed, when all we have to do is turn around, give the Avro Arrow blueprints to Mikey McBryan at Buffalo Airlines, and they'll resurrect that project for us and we'll have a great home-built option for national air defense in a matter of...

Did you notice the R2D2 deck crew with the F-35?

I do not believe in weathering....I tried it a long time ago, and very badly overdid it. I'm going 'pristine' ish for this model. Ish.

The decals for the flight deck included 85 individual decals - the elevators too 8 pieces to surround in white having to align and join the decals carefully. Good fun.

When you're painting a model, there are very few feelings as good as that when you peel off a mask, and things are nice and crisp with practically no bleed under the tape.

If you're visiting in Halifax, HMS Puncher is on display for the next few months at Greater Hobbies in Dartmouth.