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  1. RGL
    Continuing to work in the grunge, when upon close inspection I can see seam lines and putty. More sanding to do the patch work repairs and I’ll redo the boot strap and I want to make it a little more defined .
  2. RGL
    Starting on the alge. Given the scale it is sponged on and tomorrow I’ll start on layering overspray of black, grey and green
  3. RGL
    Starting in the lower hull, dark brown base, red overspray then pink fade. Next will be alge to a) cover up the sins and b) to make it look like a ship that travelled around the tropical South Pacific without frequent scrapes
  4. RGL
    Boot strap done! I’ll let it dry for a day then mask it off.
  5. RGL
    Primer coat down on the hull.
  6. RGL
    Getting closer to paint
  7. RGL
    So today we did fife rails. The kit provides 4, it needs 5, a bit more surgery required but I think once painted they will look better than the grey blobs
  8. RGL
    Main mast done
  9. RGL
    SMS Emden masts, 3 days and the formast is done, all the rigging points added sans navigation lights and search lights. For comparison the main mast !
  10. RGL
    Funnels done up
  11. RGL
    I used SMS paints for this
  12. RGL
    More bling, given the vagaries of painting the bridge will be piece work. the stern piece is a 3d print made by a club member. next I’ll start work on the funnels
  13. RGL
    And let the bling begin
  14. RGL
    Hull is now done, hull ladders and screw shafts added . Now the superstructures
  15. RGL
    Hull stripped back and joined up. Putty next
  16. RGL
    I got interviewed about ships!
  17. RGL
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/on-the-bench/id1262869310?i=1000702269610
  18. RGL
    Went to the Australian War Memorial today, a couple of exhibits you may recognise. This time next year they will have a whole new display for the encounter between Emden and Sydney
  19. RGL
    Starting on the hull, drilled out and cleaned the below deck gun hatches, drilled foundations for the hull ladders and started on the Rigols
  20. RGL
    1/350 is quite economical, big stuff will always be expensive as it takes a lot of time and resin
  21. RGL
    Ask him
  22. RGL
    Righto, the hull. Bow and stern chaser guns, the hull need to be cut open. Ladder holes to be drilled in. The stern pieces are clumsy became kit is designed fro both the Dresden’s (4 shafts) and Emden (2 shafts)
  23. RGL
    So this are the sprues that will be replaced with a lot of this stuff
  24. RGL
    No, it’s not brittle so breakages are rare, I’ve been using the stuff for a couple of years and it’s a lot better than some others with ‘hard’ resin which snaps very easily
  25. RGL
    The Micromaster stuff is stupidly good

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