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  1. CDW
    I need to get my head examined (and my eyes, too). 😄
  2. CDW
    I glanced down at the floor and the light that reflected off a gold colored part caught my attention. When I got down close to examine, sure enough it was one of the hose reels I lost a couple of days ago. Unfortunately, it was smashed flatter than a pancake. That's a tooth pick laying there beside the flattened reel for reference. Meanwhile I am working to add the brass details to the superstructure. Everything being so small, it feels like my feet are stuck in the mud and am moving ever so slowly to get the little things done. Every now and then, it feels good to dry fit it together to remind myself what is at the end of the rainbow.
  3. CDW
    I haven't yet found a way to remove all the remnants of the attachment locations when parts are cut from the sprue. As seen on one of the AA gun barrels, some excess remains but the barrel is so small and fragile, I am afraid I will break it if I were to try to sand or cut that away, even with a brand new scalpel blade. As for those binoculars, if one goes flying off the tweezers, it's game over. Too small to be found it it ever goes on the floor, or maybe even the desk top for that matter.
  4. CDW
    It's hard to believe Flyhawk has found a way to cast even the smallest parts in styrene plastic in great detail that once was only found in machined brass, photo etch, and resin. Take a look at the ridiculously small binoculars, rangefinders, and anti aircraft guns, straight off the tree, out of the box. Sheesh. Man, this thing has the detail.
  5. CDW
    Thanks Denis. Good idea with the stocking and vacuum cleaner. I made four tiny hose reels this morning, dropped two of them and lost them. I guess the brass color is too close to the tan color of my floor tiles and makes it difficult to see. Camouflaged.
  6. CDW
    I should have mentioned above but forgot...on some of these extremely fine brass detail parts such as the rails that go around the funnel, I am using Mr Color clear lacquer as the "glue" to attach the parts to the plastic. I think that CA glue or acrylic glue tends to obliterate the details too much and I want to keep the molded details intact as much as possible. I believe they will stand out nicely once it's all painted and pin washed.
  7. CDW
    The small size of the details are forcing me to work in shorter durations to give my eyes time to rest. Parts fit are very good so far. Well engineered kit, but as it always is with detail sets, cross referencing between the main instruction sheets and the detail set instruction sheet proves to be a hassle to say the least.
  8. CDW
    Beautiful work Denis. Love it!
  9. CDW
    Superstructure parts being readied for paint.
  10. CDW
    Mosquito eyelashes. 🤥 They are parts of the superstructure support gussets components.
  11. CDW
    I have reached my small part size limit. Anything smaller than this, I cannot do. Too small. Need to have my head examined for attempting these.
  12. CDW
    Some of the superstructure photo etch is small and tedious (understatement).
  13. CDW
    By the way, I acquired a conversion chart that gives the correct correlation/cross-reference of the many various paint colors that match Mig Ammo paints and their color numbers. I am not going to post the chart here as I am afraid it may be proprietary and not suitable for posting on the net in a public forum. If you want a copy of what I have, send me a PM and I will share it with you.
  14. CDW
    I've learned that when working with a detailed model on this small scale, it's important to work over a surface that will catch your small dropped parts and not allow them to bounce and wind up in places unknown. If you are anything like me, you will drop parts. They are so small, it's just part of the game. I found that laying a white terry cloth towel over my work surface will catch the parts when I drop them and make them easy to spot, gray parts on a white surface. This funnel is nowhere near complete, and it already took seven separate parts to arrive at the stage as you see it here. Lots more parts to finish it.
  15. CDW
    Got a bit of bad news from my local hobby paint supplier when I learned that there will not be another shipment of Mr Color paints for another 6 - 12 months. Not certain of the cause, but it might be Covid related. On a positive note, my supplier became the US distributor for Mig Ammo paints. I've had good results with those in the past but they were hard to come by. Now they are here in my town in full stock. Will have to learn the conversion for them as almost all Asian models give color call outs in Mr Color reference numbers.
  16. CDW
    Yes, the pieces for the upper decks are included.
  17. CDW
    The secondary and main guns got a coat of light gray, then the tops of the turrets will be done in a medium gray.
  18. CDW
    The rear deck now in place, the main deck is ready for guns and superstructure components.
  19. CDW
    Those are not the photo etch chains. Those are the molded on chains which I chose not to remove and replace with two dimensional photo etch chains. The wooden deck calls for removal of the molded chains and replacing them with photo etch. I think that's a bad idea in this particular case because of the quality of the Flyhawk molded plastic details.
  20. CDW
    I mixed three parts Tamiya flat white with one part Tamiya flat buff and I think it's pretty close for a match. After it dries, will use a little dark wash and it should be good to go. Need to come back and detail touch-up those molded chains.
  21. CDW
    Started laying down the wood deck pieces. The molded anchor chains are quite good and acceptable, but unfortunately must be removed in order to install the small wood deck pieces around them/under them. The replacement for the chains is photo etched chain and not quite as nice as the molded chains because the PE chain is 2 dimensional. Maybe I will test some paint to try and match the color of the wood deck and just paint the small deck areas around the molded chains and that way leave them in place.
  22. CDW
    Main guns ready for paint. There are more secondary guns to do.
  23. CDW
    I can hardly believe how small some of the parts are cast. Parts 10 and 11 are so small, they are lost in the creases of the face on the coin.
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