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  1. CDW
    Added the secondary’s, the rocket launchers, and Pom Pom guns. Added the rear superstructure with the “Hood” placard. Survived a “near death” experience when I nearly dropped the model on the floor. Caught it before it hit the ground and only suffered minor damage...now repaired.
  2. CDW
    Yes, it's much better than no tank. It keeps your compressor from constantly running.
  3. CDW
    I would choose the first setup, the compressor with the air tank attached. It's worth the extra money to get that compressor with the air tank. And by the way, that is a very good airbrush.
  4. CDW
    Think about it as learning to ride a bicycle. After you have learned to ride one and used it a couple of years, you can then appreciate a higher quality one. Until then, you are concentrating more on learning to use it than you are the quality of it. So I would say yes, a cheap one should be fine to get you through the learning curve which will take a while. I'm going to be honest and tell you it took a year or more before I ever got the hang of proficiently using my airbrush. And even after that, you learn more and more the more you use it year after year.
  5. CDW
    It's not as simple as using a CAD plan. To be suitable for 3D printing, special attention is required to massage the CAD plan so it can "guide" the 3D printing process. The holy grail is learning to prepare your own 3D plans so that way you can model anything you wish, but man, that is an intimidating and long process learning to do it not to mention the cost of the drawing software. Purchasing a tried and proven plan such as Yves has done is the way to go, but there are a lot of CAD drawings out there not suitable at all for 3D printing.
  6. CDW
    That is very impressive. The inner detail makes it extraordinary.
  7. CDW
    I feel bad for the gentleman because he's not likely to get more than a 1/3 of what he's asking for the items, if that. My best guess is he will be lucky to get $200 for the lot locally unless someone feels some compassion and gives him more just as a gesture of kindness. Going rate is .10 cents on the dollar when in a distress sale.
  8. CDW
    Thanks for your comments Roger, greatly appreciated. I would love to see photos of your updated Revell U-Boot. I have that same set and have never started it. Yours may be the encouragement I need to start mine. If you have questions, I will be happy to answer any if I can.
  9. CDW
    My grandson and I were looking at the Hood model tonight and comparing it with other battleship hulls in this scale. From top to bottom is Hood, Scharnhorst, Bismarck, Montana (a drawing board ship). Interesting. The Montana would have been a monster size ship had the war continued on longer.
  10. CDW
    Looking sharp and neat! Well done OC
  11. CDW
    Testing out a new shadow box I just made for this and future ship projects.
  12. CDW
    Thanks Roger. I am anxious to see how Flyhawk renders the details in their amazing tooling and injection molded plastic. Their work in that regards eliminates the need for a lot of tedious photo etch work to correct deficiencies in the original plastic molded parts.
  13. CDW
    With a lot of the hard work put in on the front end, building and painting all the superstructure and armament pieces, the Hood falls together quickly. there will be another slow period adding some of the other small deck details which are plentiful.
  14. CDW
    Thanks OC
  15. CDW
    You're getting such great results Yves. Very impressive model and the fit is superb.
  16. CDW
    Deck wood treatments applied, now ready to begin adding the various superstructure and gun details to the decks. Going to need a larger shadow box for photos of battleships and aircraft carriers. This one was built for model cars not ships, but they are cheap and easy to make from Dollar Tree products.
  17. CDW
    It's a great primer/leveler, so first coats should be Mr Surfacer. They make it in 500, 1000, 1200, and 1500. The lower numbers give the greatest fill capability for small scratches and imperfections, but it can obscure fine details. I used black1500 on the Hood.
  18. CDW
    Here’s my interpretation of a gray anti foul hull Hood. The last two photos show how little of the wooden deck shows up under the next deck level.
  19. CDW
    What do you think about a speculative all black HMS Hood? Just kidding of course. 😄 with the gray paint scheme, am starting out with Mr Surfacer 1500 as a base. Will add progressively lighter shades of gray to give depth and shadows.
  20. CDW
    Wood deck is masked off and model is getting ready for paint. Added some more superstructure first deck side parts, then staged completed sub assemblies for a dry fit.
  21. CDW
    Great news! From China?
  22. CDW
    Thanks for the research OC. I see a lot of "speculative" statement qualifiers in the text, though I cannot clearly make out all of it, it's blurry. I like the looks of the gray anti fouling and may go with that. it's just odd to me I don't see photos where modelers have followed this scheme. Usually, modelers are fairly hard core when it comes to color, but that certainly doesn't make them infallible. In the long run, no one who visits my home and sees the paint scheme on my Hood model will know the difference one way or another in any event. I have not attended or entered a contest with judges in years. If you did, the info you found would be valuable to back up a gray interpretation.
  23. CDW
    Thanks Yves.
  24. CDW
    That gentleman is an amazingly skilled modeler. Wow.
  25. CDW
    That hull turned out so nice. Congratulations on such a successful outcome and on your first try at that. The seller of the shape files needs to make you and photos of your work his advertisement.

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