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You’re welcome, remember my erstwhile friends will PSO be adding their interpretations. 

 

Ive preshaded the guns and superstructures, added a German red/brown Linoleum and finished painting the railings which are the only full metal ones on the ship, the rest are stanchions. 

 

Ive replaced all the kit searchlights with North Star ones as they are beautiful. 

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At the start of the build I bought Gary Staff’s German Battlecruisers Of WW1.

 

it has a fantastic history and reference photos but very limited on painting. 

 

This reference http://german-navy.tripod.com/sms_paint-overview.htm really points out correct colours, thus I need to repaint the top of the turrets jet black but with no circles as that didn’t come till 1917 when the torpedo nets were already removed. 

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The aft funnel originally has two white bands added for identification, they were painted over as the war began but left in place. I replicated this with tape. 

 

The aft funnel was painted red when away away from the shore to identify her in the battle line then repainted grey when it came back to port. I’m going to leave it red because I can. I’ve added a platform not mentioned anywhere but the original photos and I’ll add a small brass steam whistle. 

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Shading is looking brilliant greg.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Don't forget the funnel was painted while at sea, so the red looks good.

 

The lino decks, maybe a skosh lighter. Is that the Tamiya paint, Greg?

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section

 

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very nicely done Greg!  :) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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As Carl already said: funnel looks better now.

could you do a pic with a referenceobject for size?

 

I am a bit lost when I look at those parts. You call them big guns, They look huge, but I suspect that is pure delusion.

 

Jan

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4 hours ago, RGL said:

Jan, this is the size of the Big guns 

That's the hand of your youngest? ...

 

Nice rigging. I did the verticals on my current build first too, added the bridge later. Worked a whole lot easier than rigging afterwards, which really is a pain. I presume it is how we evolve as a model bungler

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Carl

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Got the PE today ... an f-word lot of money for little PE if you ask me, Very disapointed when compared to the Pontos and Sky Hawk for Musashi to this

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Carl

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4 hours ago, RGL said:

It’s about the same as the Pontos Dreadnought I think and priced about the same. You’ll love it Carl. 

In your dreams mate ... in your dreams.

 

Tomorrow (Sunday) first some work to be done, after I hope to finish riggin on the H-class build. That would bve nice, I could continue with the SS after that ... - hull has been glued, and portholes drilled, not much to show yet

Carl

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Wow, you have been busy Greg and rigging looks marvy.

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

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                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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