1895 Battleship Texas. Ready for Duty

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I’m slowly working my way through building all versions of ships named ‘Texas’ in 1/700.

Here is my 1895 Battleship dressed in her Great White Fleet colors.

This was a great kit, although my poor eyes need a break from all the fiddling bits. This is the first time I tried any sort of ratline rigging, and while not perfect, Im pretty happy. (could use some advice on these)

Any hints or comments?

In this shot I’ve included the old ironclad CSS Texas built for the Confederacy in 1865. Big leap in only 30 years.

Thats it…thanks for looking. Now onto finishing thier big sister…the 27,000 ton BB35

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cj95: Neatly done & looks very nice, especially the railings and painting.

I’d also forgotten how small those pre-dreadnoughts were compared to modern.

Anyone who can work on something that size has my admiration. [:D[[:D[[:D[[:D[

Question: a resin or pewter kit? Scratchbuilt?

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Neato! I love seeing offbeat or unusal subjects, and this one definately qualifies as one you don’t see every day!

Brian

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That’s really cool. I love those early ships. Is that a kit or scratch built?

Ken

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Oops, Sorry.

I forgot to mention that this is the Resin 1/700 Niko kit available from White Ensign. It had a very nice PE sheet and all the parts were nicely done. If pretty much invisible to my eyes.

They have a whole selection of early US predreadnoughts and Im happy enough that I’m looking to build another of their kits in between Texas-es. (whats the plural of Texas?)

My biggest failing was where the ratlines attach just under the crowsnest. It was such a tight space that it all came out looking like a tangled mess. How do you experts fit stuff into those crowded areas?

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A great build of an interesting subject. Fantastic work on the microscopic PE !

cheers,

Julian [Y]

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Nicely done - I haven’t worked up the courage to tackle a pre- WW II warship yet. As far as the PE ratlines go, though, several aftermarket companies make them, and in that small scale they look great. Gold Medal Models includes some on their merchant set, and I White Ensign Models stocks a much better offering from Atlantic Models? (going from memory here).

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What a great little Braille scale model of a worthy subject.

Plus, I’ve gotta love a battleship named after my beloved, native state of Texas![t$t]

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Absolute beautiful job!

I have these two kits waiting in my stash. I think my plan mimics yours - I am waiting on a decent priced --and readily available-- USS Texas (BB 35), then add USS Texas (CGN 39) followed by USS Texas (SSN 775). All in 1/700 of course.

Looking forward to your BB 35, which manufacture and what scale?

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Fantastic Job!!! Looks absolutely incredible

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Fantastic job! I am doing the same thing you are! I got all the Texas ships except for the 1895 and the SSN. Haven’t found one of the SSN yet, anybody know if its even available in 1/700. I haven’t started any yet, but I plan to shortly.

“Hurrah for Texas!” - Gen. Robert E. Lee

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PitRoad makes a 1:700 scale USS Virginia-class SSN. The kit was previously released under the Takara label and may not be up to PitRoad’s standards.

Love the camo scheme!

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Great! Now the problem is I can’t find one to buy.

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I have been trying to land the pit Roads model for almost a year now…it rarely shows up on ebay and when it does the price is out of this world.

I’ve heard rumors that there may be a resin kit in the making, but who knows.

In answer to the question I have Samek’s 1/700 BB35.

I know there used to be a 1/350 kit but it cost well over 300 dollars

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The 1/350 resin kit is still available at ironshipwrights.com: http://ironshipwrights.com/pages/Texas.html

They’re listing it at $325 (still way too much $)