RGL
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I saw this upgrade from 5 Star models when I was watching @Jack12477, 's build of a Fletcher. http://steelnavy.net/5StarFletcherUpgrade350FBustelo.html Then I saw a photo on the net of some oilcanning So I thought, challenging, detailed (seriously the hardest PE set I've seen to date), I can beat it up, and it's small so mistakes won't be so visible. As it's a US Ship there are a lot of photos but this one will be strait out of the boxes.
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Just place the net along hull at the waterline and there’s your template for the holes.
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It’s been a long trip Dave but you’re nearly there!
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Well, nearly done, the final cables and pulleys added. I want to rust up the nets some more then I can add the final anchor, strip the plastic wrap and await my colleagues
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Apparently they were only used when parked at Harbour, at a pinch they could steam with them but could only make about 3kts. The coal usage was prodigious at about 5 times the usual amount.
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Thanks OC. Last of the rigging, lines onto pulleys that pull out the booms from the hull and pull them back in, rigged to the capstan. Only a few hours to go now.
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There’s a very tasty MK1 design upgrade for it which is a lot more detailed than Infini Models. Keeping to my mantra of 3 per nation, as tempting as Yorktown is, Trumpeter have commissioned the box art for Langley in CV-1 from Randal Wilson (he does most of their box art, and displays his work on FB), which would mean it’s a kit I’d love to build asmy 3rd US ship. Graf Zeppelin would be my third German. I have no interest in Tirpitz etc as they’ve been done here already.
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Torpedo nets; matte black dark grey airbrushed down the parts where the lines will run, and the edges (it’s so dark you can’t see any details at all otherwise. dark grey light drybrush light grey drybrush dark rust streaks light rust streaks green slime along the base. Result? I just don’t know. No one had colour film back then. So, as I can’t upload any photos, I’m having the same issues as a lot of others; sideline question; USS Yorktown CV-10 1944 or DKM Graf Zepplin ?
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Each boom has 2 pulleys added (not included in the upgrade) and 1 on the hull. I’m thinking all up it would be a weeks work but I’ve taken to listening to podcasts or audio books which is a very good distraction. Once I’ve finishedd the booms I’ll add the nets, which I’ve primed but need to paint and weather before adding. When they’re on I’ll add more pulleys to pre placed rings on the hull (22 in total) and lines will be added then that should do it.
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