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Hi Rod, Thanks for your comment regarding my PE journey!! 🙂 (I'm learning and the positive comments are really good.) Yup, I saw your photos and realized that the Funnel was incorrect, carefully prized the top off and re-attached.... 🙂 Cheers....HOF. -
Hi Rod, Thank you for your response, much appreciated. I an now wondering if the Inboard side of the Hangars are sloped to accommodate as per the PE detail in your photo. That would indicate why they don't fit for me. My Hanger "Substrate" is all square and vertical. I'll check today. Cheers and Regards, Harry.
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Hi Rod, Could I please ask a favor? Could you measure the width of your Hangars? (Just the wooden shell, outside edge to outside edge.) I have just fixed my Funnel orientation.... Oops.... 🙂) Anyway, when my Hangers are placed on either side of the Funnel, they appear to protrude 2.0mm or so past the edge of the Forward Superstructure. I am thinking that I may need to reduce the thickness of the "Inboard" Hangar sides. Many thanks in advance. Cheers and Regards, Harry.
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Hi All, Small update: Completed and cleaned up Rangefinders. Issue # 77: Bridge Wings constructed (2nd orphan.🙂) (Issue #77 had some Decking pieces that I wanted some time ago) I think that these components are my best PE effort thus far. I'll probably have a go at this tomorrow, PE boat/launch skids on roof of central Hangar. (Found a plastic organizer for the growing quantity of sub-assemblies. 🙂) Cheers....HOF. Photos:
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Hi All, Small update: Primed the Mast, it looks heaps better than the confusing color of different materials used in its' construction. (Not really 100% chuffed with the diameter of the uppermost Yards but I'll live with it for now.... 🙂 Worked on Rangefinder PE. This was originally domiciled with issue # 113 which I opened to get to the Hull Portholes. So, it was good to get an "Orphaned" issue more or less complete. (I have several more of these "Orphans" that I will work on to get them complete.) So, the Rangefinders are complete with the exception of four PE pieces that I'll add and clean up the structures tomorrow, Cheers....HOF. Photos:
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Thanks Rod, Yup, I agree that the tiny bits are good even though they can be frustrating. I primed the Mast, it looks heaps better. The Tug is an AL Sanson, something that I made a bit of a hash of a few years ago. It's a complete tear down/Rebuild with LED lighting. There is a build log somewhere here. (I must finish it one day. How did the Plastic components go? (Adhesive.) Cheers....HOF.
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Hi Rod, Just assembled the Funnel and used Tamiya Thin cement. (Brush applicator.) One the Pieces were together for a few minutes I "Wicked" in the cement along the seams. (Yup, the plastic components are a little "Strange." CA to Plastic/Brass seems to work o9.k.) Cheers.... HOF.
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Hi All, Update: I think that I am progressing. Interesting, you want to assemble something, i.e Funnel and you get hit with a sheet of PE to detail Hangers, I guess that's part and Parcel of the Part works doctrine. I call it down a rabbit hole.... 🙂 Aft Superstructure: Added Vents Exhausts, Radiators, etc. (I think that's all for the short term anyway.) Mast: Is this the Main or Mizzen? (Seems to be the Main at the rear of the ship.) It took me some time to assemble, again.... Patience is definitely a virtue and so is knowing when to "Walk Away.... 🙂" The "Cross" Yards are 2.0mm dowel and they were supposed to have a series of 0.5mm holes drilled along thier length to accommodate the PE "Footropes." I grew tired of trying to drill these and lucky that I have plenty of spare dowel!! I tapered these Yards and notched one side to accommodate the PE. It look o.k and after filling the excess "Slot", you do not notice at all. (I think anyway....) Funnel: As per the intro to this post, I wanted to get tis on to see what it looked like. The ship now a little more "Purposeful" with this placed on. (I guess I'm going to start the Port and Starboard Hanger PE next.... 🙂) (Please forgive the quality of the photos....) Cheers....HOF. Photos:
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Hi Rod, Thank you tor your considered reply. I'll have a think and how to approach the task. (I still have the luxury of time at the mo.... 🙂) Cheers and Regards, Harry.
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Hi All, Small update: Aft Starboard Superstructure Side Railing, (Already completed), got damaged.... Not all of it but about 60mm of the curved pieces.... 😗 (How did this happen? I thought I'd be smart and hold the structure in a Dremel vice while I attached the Port side Rails. All went well until the Jaws "Slipped" and the Starboard side impacted the base of the Vice. Not happy about this and took me a couple of hours to carefully "Tease and Coax" the Railings back into shape. I think a good save!!) Continued with Port Side Railings and completed. They are not perfect but they are o.k. Added some components to the Aft Superstructure and I think that that's all the PE for this, perhaps? (I lost one Resin Exhaust above the Hangar door, it "Pinged" away somewhere into another dimension. I should be able to duplicate a plastic replacement. 🙂) The way my instructions are, the next task over three issues is the Mast and its' many components. So, I intend to do this over the next two or three of days. I then would like to return to the Hull, get some traction, install Aft Grab Rails and get some paint on the Hull. That's the plan anyway. Cheers....HOF. Photos tomorrow hopefully.
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Thanks Rod, Since my Printed Decks are flush with the Hull sides, I am in two minds whether I shave off a tad or just leave.... (What do you reckon? I guess I'm asking due to the fact that you have already affixed your Deck and might have some useful insights.) Cheers....HOF.
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Hi Chap, Nice work and good and compact workstation. Cheers....HOF.
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Hi All, Small update: Decided to do some "Plastic" components today, Aft Signal Station thingy, Uppermost Tier Aft Superstructure insert and what the instructions call a "Fighting Mast." (I actually think this is part of the Conning Tower.) Decided to push myself into more PE work and attached the 1st Tier, Aft Starboard Superstructure Side Railing, this went together quite well. (I surprised myself.... 🙂) (I'll do the Port side tomorrow.) Nice to see the ship grow.... That's me for the day. Cheers....HOF. Photos:
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Hi Rod, Looking really good. I like your "Drive-By" definition 🙂 Regarding your Decks, are they flush with the sides of the Hull or is there a slight space? Your Hull came out very nice indeed, crisp and clean. (I must get mine finished one day in the not too distant future.) Unsure if I'll do the Air Recognition markings. Cheers....HOF..
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Hi Rod, Pleased that this will be o.k. It was something that I thought I should let you know about. 🙂 Cheers....HOF.
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Hi All, Update: HOF has been busy, no too much to show for my efforts over the past few days but progress none the less.... Forward Gunnery Control Centre sheathed Aft Signal Station constructed, 58 PE parts to this, very fiddly and looks like something from "Tron." ( It took quite some time to construct, don't ask me how long, but too long. There were two tiny bits of Railing for the "Wings" of this structure that I just could not fit. No one will know and I decided not to after some other bits of Riling started to give way.... 😗 Allot of this will be concealed under other pieces of Superstructure. There's a bit of PE cleanup still to do.) Aft Searchlight platform completed (I get the feeling that the Searchlight Platform will require a millimeter or so packing in its location on the Superstructure.) So, more PE challenges yet to come I am sure.... 🙂 Onward and upward.... Cheers.... HOF. Photos:
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Hi Rod, Have a look at the URL below: Build the Bismarck - The Model Go to The model week by week Go to #72 for the reasoning Go to 79 on the left and select #79 Cheers....HOF.
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Hi Rod, Looking really good!! You are certainly making some excellent progress there!! Just something that comes to mind regarding the Forward Superstructure are the PE parts for the AA Platforms. Unsure if this is addressed with your version is that once these are on, you will end up with a 0.38mm "Step" between the Deck and platforms. In the Build Log by a Chap in the UK, (Incomplete), he solved this issue with a 0.38mm plastic card Deck on top of the ply Deck with cut outs to accommodate the AA Platforms. As mentioned, unsure if this has been addressed with your kit but information only that may or may not be useful. 🙂 (I have ordered some 0.38 Plastic Card to address this for my build. (Also some 2.0mm square strip for another issue for a Mast exhaust thingy.) Cheers....HOF.
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Hi All, Update: So, been pretty much "Under the pump" today fixing Aft PE Superstructure sides that I had been preparing for a the past few days. (Attaching doors, vents, windshields, etc, etc.) Adjusted some of the PE cladding for the 1st tier, wasn't happy at all but much improved now. Easy to prize off due to the epoxy that I used. I don't think I'll be using this again.... 😗 and CA to re-attach. What I should have been doing is cleaning up filler and cleaning up PE on this level, never mind, tomorrows another day and it's not going anywhere.... Started cladding with the 3rd tier, one piece that wrapped around the entire wooden substructure, nice!! No real issues here. Sized the 3rd tier Decking and commenced sheathing for the 2nd tier. Got this pretty much complete apart from other bits "That will be added later....😗" It's not perfect, some of the PE cladding joins have small gaps, 0.5mm or so that will require a judicious amount of "Squadron" Putty. Two or three details cane loose from the cladding, I found them all and re-attached, lucky.... 🙂 One issue was the Hangar fell off, another victim of the 90 second epoxy, no damage thankfully. CA seems to be the way forward now, i thought I'd give the 90 second epoxy a go, don't experiment "On Ship" something that I forgot about....😗 The only downside is that with all the Rails around, I have to be very careful handling stuff,,,, Cheers....HOF. Photos: The photos, attached, show some Deck detail, this is not affixed as yet.
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Hi Rod, Yes I did omit the pre-drilled ply pieces and opted for filling the locations, bow and stern, with Knifing Compound since only one row of Portholes were provided and a Porthole template was provided for drilling these anyway. (Resulted in a bit of sanding that I would have had to do anyway....) The Amati/Part works thingy gave me "Rivets" to insert in the holes once drilled. I don't think you are missing anything as you mentioned that your Brass insets had "Ringoles" (Eyebrows), on the Brass pieces so your Brass pieces are a "Fae de comple." (I think that's spelt right....) (Mine does not have Ringoles.... 😗) You also have to remember that my Bismarck is around 2008 many years away from a commercial Amati release. (Some things will have changed in the intervening period to make things better?) Cheers and Regards, Harry.
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