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  1. RGL
    What Canute said
  2. RGL
    Good to have it back. So tempted.....
  3. RGL
    It’s going to be a pain to do but now I’ve mentioned it I have to do it. Not much will get done this week due to work.
  4. RGL
    That looks really good. My only weathering suggestions would be to use some pastels on the rear or flight deck
  5. RGL
    White underneath, then blue with dark grey on top.
  6. RGL
    3 colour bands
  7. RGL
    This is from 1943 in the med (photo courtesy of the IWM), I’m going to have to figure out how to do a 3 tone barrel yet alone blistering it. I might await the next group build.
  8. RGL
    I think she was in the Med in this period to support the invasion of Italy so pretty calm
  9. RGL
    Oh yes! Awaiting the next PE stash when it’s fabricated. Anyways, we should wait for Popeye to finish his build.
  10. RGL
    Let’s just wait and see when it comes to our next group build...............
  11. RGL
    I have learnt a LOT from Mr K who is doing the big BB. He’s the expert on how to for big boats. There’s some really good videos on Utube for submarines weathering but we need to keep it in perspective that a ship of a few K men have to be kept busy. A 1/35 bit of large metal at 1/350 will look like a bit of spakle on a ship as opposed to lovely chipping on a tank.
  12. RGL
    Of course we’re fun! It’s the dead of winter here, got up to 18 degrees Celsius today. It was -4 when I was at work last night.
  13. RGL
    As tempted as I am to beat the hell out of her, being the King’s ship I just can’t imagine it being too bad. The pride of the RN would just not allow it. Ive started of the main superstructure but there is soo much small detail to add it should take a while.
  14. RGL
    Nice work! Looks like a space ship....
  15. RGL
    Vajello does not like me either, I just refuse to use it now. Unless your OCD is soo bad you just have to have exactly the correct colour near enough is good enough. There are so many shades of grey between Tamiya and Mr Colour and other colours they have nearly all you’ll ever need.
  16. RGL
    Throw them all together on the rear boat deck, OK so far, and I’ll throw the boats on later but I quite like it so far. I scratch built some ventilation shafts in the middle which are on the plans but not the kit.
  17. RGL
    OC has been putting me to shame with his build, and I’ve been pottering on small bits. I did up the Tamiya/Pontos high altitudes gun directors knowing they really are not that accurate until I found the North Star ones I knew I had to swap them. Not an easy build but amazing detail. You will not even. Price on the next post but I replaced the 44 inch search lights which unlike Tamiya and Pontos actually look like the real thing.
  18. RGL
    It’s a weathering dream though!
  19. RGL
    I must concede, I’ve bought kits from Russia, HK, Japan and bits and pieces from all around the globe and never had a problem. I’m not even sure where my Vendetta came from. I lile buying direct from North Star as he is the manufacturer and his stuff is unique. There’s an Aussie called Randall Wilson who I follow on FB who painted nearly all the box art for 1/350 and 1/200 kits for Hobbyboss and Trumpy, if you look up his stuff he also scratch builds some magnificent warships. My my wife thinks I’m something of a nerd but there really are a lot of us worldwide.
  20. RGL
    Ebay can be incredibly cheap, but I bought some stuff from Starling hobbies (UK) last weekend and it arrived in OZ on Wednesday, it’s all about shipping practices
  21. RGL
    Good to see the RN genre is strong here, with Cog’s Tribal class destroyers, a couple of RN Battleships
  22. RGL
    As I said, the Tamiya Prince of Wales Kit is what Pontos used as the base kit for their set. I got my Pontos upgrade from Korea (Hobbydecal) but I have no idea where you would get it in the UK
  23. RGL
    Feel free to join in, if you use the Pontos upgrade you’re better off getting the Prince of Wales as that’s is what they designed the PE for (and it has aircraft for it unlike the KGV. You have the option of 1940 to 1943 that ways. If you want to do the 44/45 version you’ll need more AA guns for the modified boat deck.
  24. RGL
    The light blue is Lifecolour B5, the dark is Tamiya. The light blue in the photo was brushed over an incorrectly applied black. Flyhawk makes some RN stanchions which are tiny 3 rail things. This is going to take a while. Lots of carley floats as well.
  25. RGL
    All spray so far, one black section is the wrong colour so I overpainted it by hand.

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