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  1. RGL
    Ps; enough praise, hurry up
  2. RGL
    It’s a good looking kit, I really like the camo designs they used, and I’m looking forward to how you weather her and the weathering between the colours
  3. RGL
    Bloody dangerous creatures, they’ll gut you if you get too close and love to jump in front of cars. Tough buggers
  4. RGL
    Yes, he does rabbit on a bit doesn’t he.
  5. RGL
    As long as you have a good set of flat noses pliers and /or a PE bender you’ll be fine. If you can do those Pom Poms so well you can do anything. When some of the PE is ludicrously small I don’t bother either.
  6. RGL
    Well, if you don’t ask....
  7. RGL
    The hull looks good
  8. RGL
    Fowl is a chook. A chicken. Delicious animal.
  9. RGL
    Oh, yes I can! Mr Taylor wants to join and tease you too
  10. RGL
    She just rolls her eyes at me usually
  11. RGL
    Yep, the teasing is free
  12. RGL
    You get to tease Cog for free.
  13. RGL
    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.
  14. RGL
    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.
  15. RGL
    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.
  16. RGL
    1943
  17. RGL
    Nearly there! Well done.
  18. RGL
    Some gun platforms and multiple doors
  19. RGL
    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!!
  20. RGL
    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.
  21. RGL
    Disruptive pattern, much like you........
  22. RGL
    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.
  23. RGL
    Thanks P, dryfit it comes up OK.
  24. RGL
    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.
  25. RGL
    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.

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