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  1. CDW
    Look at the first photos on page 2 of this build log. Popeye has good photos that show the S4 part locations.
  2. CDW
    With 99% of the PE railing completed, I am ready to move on to the final details including the ship's boats, the aircraft, life rafts, flag staffs, and rigging. A few other odds and ends as well. Almost there.
  3. CDW
    It actually has a very good bond once it's dry. The thinset version gets tacky quickly, within a couple of minutes.
  4. CDW
    The good news is, it cleans up with water.
  5. CDW
    Here are those railings after cutting, shaping, and attaching them to the secondary gun deck. Complicated shapes require patience, trial and error to get them just so.
  6. CDW
    For PE railings, I use Gator's Grip acrylic thin glue, from this fellow right here who makes it: (4) Gator's Model Studio | Facebook Cleans up with water. Very good alternative to CA glue, with more time to adjust and move things around, exactly where you want it. Any excess can quickly and easily be cleaned up with a paint brush dampened with water.
  7. CDW
    Might also mention that it's helpful to cut the long sections of photo etch railing into shorter lengths for better control and ease of installation. The long sections often just don't work well because of the lateral and vertical twists and turns of a deck. I cut mine right adjacent to a vertical post then give an ever so slight overlap when gluing them in place. It's almost impossible to detect they have been cut after assembly, but it sure does make the job of installing them so much better.
  8. CDW
    If you ever decide to build one of these 1:700 scale ship models with the photo etch railings and all, you may want to consider shaping the rail pieces prior to assembling some of the deck pieces. A case in point is the small deck on which the ship's AA - secondary guns are located. This particular deck is shaped with several compound curves, zig's and zag's on each side. Trying to shape the railing pieces after the deck and guns are in place will be much more difficult than doing it before assembly. I am installing the pre-bent, pre-shaped railing pieces now after deck assembly. Will have to touch up some paint work on the rails.
  9. CDW
    Excellent!
  10. CDW
    I'll have to check out their 1:72 armor. Don't own any of that yet.
  11. CDW
    No. There are standard and deluxe editions. The deluxe editions come with photo etch and brass barrels, sometimes resin pieces. Wood decks are extra, not included. Deck painting masks are another optional extra. It's far more economical to buy the deluxe edition rather than buy the PE and brass separately.
  12. CDW
    New release model kits from Flyhawk 2021 Flyhawk Model CATALOG 2021 – toylandhobbymodelingmagazine.com Will likely buy one of every new release unless I already have it. Most all the RN cruisers are new or a different version than what I have now.
  13. CDW
    I got news from my hobby dealer that Flyhawk are coming out with some new releases in 1:700 very soon. Among them are the HMS Hood, and other various aircraft carriers. My order is in for the new ones. On the shelf waiting for me to finish the Scharnhorst 1940 are the Flyhawk HMS Illustrious, HMS Hermes, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Agincourt, HMS Lance, various German Uboats, and more....gone Flyhawk crazy I guess. 😄 Beyond finishing the fiddly railings, have yet to do the seaplane (Arado) and the ship's boats. Some very tiny photo etch work on those as well. Amazing how mu detail Flyhawk was able to put into the boats and the Arado.
  14. CDW
    That's what makes it so impressive. Many of those skilled workers were made as I am sure there could not have been that many seasoned workers available when the war first broke out. Very mechanically complicated processes.
  15. CDW
    Thanks. I am definitely working in shorter durations with this scale. The eyes and hands need more frequent breaks away from the model. In the meantime, lost another small part today. Must have bounced far from where it was originally lost or I would have found it.
  16. CDW
    When you see these guys rebuilding a Corsair as in the video posted by EG, makes you wonder how they mass produced them so quickly during WW2. Skilled workers for sure.
  17. CDW
    Painted the red areas on the deck and added the swastikas. Ready for the remainder of the railing now. There are two bollards on the bow directly under the swastika, giving it a peculiar effect.
  18. CDW
    As a kid in elementary school in the early 1960's, I had a classmate from Honduras who told me they had Corsairs in the Honduran air force. I found this very hard to believe at the time and was surprised when I grew older to learn they actually did fly them just as my friend said they did. Growing up, I never saw a Corsair in flight, only read about them and saw photos in magazines and encyclopedias. The Corsair aircraft were used by the Honduran's as late as 1969 in the Soccer Wars.
  19. CDW
    You are doing a great job with that cockpit Edward. Very nice work. Looking forward to following along with your build of the Corsair.
  20. CDW
    The hand rail and ladder work on the superstructure is both tedious and time consuming but adds a lot to the model. I need to do some red paint work on the fore and aft ends of the main deck, then decals for the swastikas, before adding the hand rails along the main deck sides.
  21. CDW
    Wow OC. Impressive work being done on your armies! Really coming along beautifully. Quite a lot of work involved in detail painting a set like this. Hats off to you for all the time you're putting in to get it done. It's paying off.
  22. CDW
    I'll use almost any excuse to listen to Pink Floyd...but yes, I do hold my breath for some things along with finding other convenient ways to steady the hand for precise work. Thanks for sharing the pain along with me. 🙂 I am very much enjoying the slower pace as well as the outcome in this scale. Now I regret having sold off some really fine 1:700 scale models in the not too distant past without even attempting to build them.
  23. CDW
    Gave up looking for my lost rudder and made one from sheet styrene using the other as a template. This time I drilled and put wire in place of the plastic pin that broke off and resulted in a lost rudder. Car modelers frequently do this with door handles, side mirrors, etc., that can easily be broken off and lost when handling the model.
  24. CDW
    Thanks gentlemen. I don't plan to put this one in a water dio. Maybe another one down the road.
  25. CDW
    I can see the wisdom of that. 🙂

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