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17 hours ago, wernerweiss said:
Hello Ian,
good progress so far.....I myself had not glued the railings at this time. There is still much work to be done on the superstructure, and there is always danger of accidently touching the railings resulting in bending
Your right the few bits I have done keep getting bent 😞
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absolutely stunning--- a true show winner..
PS My Wife is not happy with you!!!! I showed her your build and suggested I did one similar for the dinning room --- But it would mean moving her shiny display stuff-- so that's a 'NO' 🤣
Might I could fit a Sub on the long very narrow shelf...🤪
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I started marking out the stripes on the hull before I painted the grey so marking it wouldn't matter. using the instruction measurements it was clear the stripes if continued up the hull would not cut the superstructure in the right place. It would be ok for the painted out version they depict but would be a nightmare for a full stripe job. I temporary taped down the deck and using the AOS book I marked where the stipes cut the deck and worked backwards. On the hull picture you can see both my draft strip marks and the small marks are where the instructions have them
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6 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:
I don’t understand weathering of major warships. Manning guns and handling ammunition in battle required large crews that would be idle when the ship was not at General Quarters. This offered a large workforce for the First Lt. to use for spit and polish. These ships often embarked a flag officer and his staff. He could demand that the vessel be maintained to a level commensurate with his lofty standards.
Small ships like convoy escorts were different story. These vessels took a beating from wind and water. In port time was minimal and smaller crews had less idle time for maintenance.
Roger
Good point Roger..the super structure won't have any I just want to break up the mono slabs of colour on the hull.
Keep those comments and observations coming .👍👍👍
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15 hours ago, Joe100 said:
Looking good!
Don’t go too heavy on the underwater weathering. They ran her aground prior to Rhine Exercise and she was drydocked for inspection. The hull paint was touched up at this time too, so her bottom was mostly clean. She’d also been docked in December 1940 too, so no matter which period between December 1940 and her loss, she’s pretty clean underwater.
Hi Joe, it is just a light touch..one it's new to me and two it was just to add a slight contrast to slabs of colour..I'm only doing the hull,the super structure won't have it apart from I think some panel lines.
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Bismarck by Ian B - Amati - 1/200
in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day
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in all the rush to show it I placed it the wrong way around lol--- all the deck sections and funnel are not glued. I wont do that until they are all painted,