1/350 1964 BigE beehive waterline
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Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:21 AM UTC
I have order the Shapeways 3d beehive. In the meantime I also order the Tom's model works hangar deck and cut the hull. Fun times ahead for the 1/350 Supercarrier guys.
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Posted: Sunday, November 01, 2015 - 10:51 PM UTC
Got a email this morning. Beehive was shipped. Post when I get it.
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Posted: Sunday, November 01, 2015 - 11:04 PM UTC
I assume this is a conversion of the Tamiya kit?
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Posted: Sunday, November 01, 2015 - 11:16 PM UTC
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Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 - 08:25 AM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, November 08, 2015 - 08:01 AM UTC
Just wanted to see what it look like on deck.
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Posted: Sunday, November 08, 2015 - 05:01 PM UTC
LOL...I like the looks of the raised hive!

Time to get chopping!
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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2016 - 06:23 AM UTC
Just wanted to see how it looks. Nav,bridge and beehive not glue down.
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Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2017 - 04:53 AM UTC
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2017 - 02:54 AM UTC
Photobucket is down. Almost 2000 photos mostly of my builds. I'll see if I can recover them. P.S. Wasp is almost done.
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Posted: Sunday, July 30, 2017 - 10:00 AM UTC
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2017 - 08:01 AM UTC
Okay started on sanding down all the weapons location points. Also put in the hangar deck.
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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2017 - 06:05 AM UTC
Hey Mardis:
Good to see you back on this one. I was able to get a good price for the old academy beehive "E". So i pillaged those parts form her before kicking rest of kit to the curb. Got way to much in the stash and as I am planning move in future...I have put ship building on a hiatus...just accumulating kits this past year. Doing some partials of tanks and airplanes to maintain sanity
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Niedersachsen,
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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2017 - 09:27 AM UTC
One more carrier on your production line - looks pretty good!!
Cheers,
Jan
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Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 07:27 AM UTC

Working on the fantail.
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Posted: Sunday, August 27, 2017 - 08:17 AM UTC

Added stiffners and more detail to the fantail.
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Posted: Friday, September 01, 2017 - 07:23 AM UTC
Massachusetts,
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Posted: Saturday, September 02, 2017 - 04:32 AM UTC
Some fine looking details being added Mardis!
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Posted: Monday, September 04, 2017 - 07:28 AM UTC
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Posted: Monday, September 04, 2017 - 10:32 AM UTC
That's some impressive modeling
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Posted: Thursday, September 07, 2017 - 05:29 AM UTC
just wanted to see what the island looks like from the rear

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Posted: Friday, September 08, 2017 - 11:30 AM UTC
Some great scratch building there. The big E looks amazing so far.
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Niedersachsen,
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Posted: Sunday, September 10, 2017 - 09:35 AM UTC
Hi Mardis,
I absolutely second what Michael says, great work!!
Cheers,
Jan
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Posted: Sunday, September 10, 2017 - 10:17 AM UTC

Thanks! Taking a break!
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Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 - 06:16 AM UTC