RGL

She just rolls her eyes at me usually 

Yep, the teasing is free

You get to tease Cog for free. 

Ok, little reminder for our next group build, SMS Seydlitz. Infini Models has started the upgrade set to go with it. Love to see y’all join in. 

Yes, there are 2 large tripod masts to add. 

Given the difficulty level I’ll probably leave them till last. Lots of work to go on this bridge superstructure to go get, it will soak up a lot of PE and extra details. You’d be disappointed otherwise. 

Fore funnel done. The funnel grills are a stressful exercise but they really transform it from a toy to a model. I need to add a few more ladders but not until I know how the masts sit.

1943

Nearly there! Well done. 

Some gun platforms and multiple doors

It will be visible as long as the top coat is sprayed on. That’s why I modulate then use a piece of paper to use as an edge to highlight. You’ll be fine, then you can overspray the entire thing with grunge and barnacles!!

The b&w photo is a generic one, not of the KGV, so I’m going off the actual photos of the ship. 

The window to the left will will just be painted black as it’s very small. With the camouflage patterns a lot of this detail will not be discernible as it is overall the size of a human thumb nail. 

Disruptive pattern, much like you........

Thanks, it appears to have been grey, then camouflaged in 1941 which washed off pretty much on a trip to and from the US (lack of enamel in the paint due to wartime rationing) then grey, then camouflaged again in 1943 up to the major refit of early 44. 

Thanks P, 

dryfit it comes up OK. 

Shapeways make them but these things are tiny. So, I started stretching some sprue, thinking I could stack some up, but couldn’t get it thick enough, then I found some 1mm brass wire, cut it to 8mm lengths and did stacks of 10 then wrapped them in .1mm brass wire after a drop of very thin CA to bind them. They look OK. 

I have to use the flush cutters to get to get rid of the silly blob used by Tamiya to represent them, then add a few gussets. 

Royal Navy flota nets. I can’t get around avoiding these. As far as I can figure there are 6 sets at the front of the bridge superstructure. 

OC, it’s all good, just drill the portholes into the plastic at the correct place, throw doors on. The front section will be fine as there will only be one seam. It’s more the overhang areas

Don’t know yet, shouldn’t be too hard I’m hoping. It’s still going to take a while. 

So I’ve staryed on the main superstructure and bridge. Pontos has added some nice stuff like booms and a few doors but there is an enormous amount of superdetailing to go. I’ve added doors and portholes where the Kagero plans say, cut out some plastic that holds no relevance to the ship (mounds in front of plastic in front of where doors are), cable reels, more portholes etc. 

this is going to have to be built on on such a way I can paint it in 3 or 4 sections as there is a lot of details to add on the decks, 20mms, signal lamps, search lights, binoculars, gun directors, cabling, life rafts and floats and on and on. 

I use three types of CA, depending on the piece, the slow, medium and fast. If it needs to be adjusted I’ll use slow, but if it needs to be joined with very little movement I’ll use fast dropped on with an acupuncture needle. 

Plastic blobs or bathtub toys really. 

Aft funnel done, I was going to do the cranes next but the instructions aren’t that clear so I think I’ll just start the forward superstructures 

With the added benefit of making beer taste better

30 degrees and you Northerners lose your heads. Perfect weather. 

Sigh, I meant you two