RGL
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Torpedo tubes cut in. I placed some card behind them and will add hatches after the primer coats are done. I nearly chickened out but there is no excuse for that. There is a port and a starboard side tube. When I did my Emden even Revell had the decency to cut them in.
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I wasnt aware of it! Thanks. Dont forget the comedy duo who are also joining me on this build! Anyone can join!
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And of course just to prove me wrong there are some steps on the starboard stern. You can also see how the vents can be seen through
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Now another shot portside and forward if this. Notice the ventilatiors? The kit has the vanes but no holes which will need to be drilled out.
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In the process of researching the shop, I have discovered the hull has no ladders regardless of that the plans or kit says. The kit has them near the prop guards and stern but there’s are not on the original photos. There are sheaves all over the hull not on the kit or upgrade kit but required for the torpedo boom rigging. I hate to say it, but there’s far more unpublished photos on FB than on the www. I found this one yesterday I’ve never seen before that actually depicts the red aft funnel, and notice no ladder near the prop guards.
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So today I’ve started. Upgrades not out till the end of the month but alignments to be made. port holes drilled. Deck need to be less than flush to allow deck to sit below it. Ladder holes to be drilled, torpedo hatches to be added.
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It’s amazing how time just evaporates when you try and get the end of rubber rope into a metal hole, like a marshmallow into a coin slot!
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Fellow Canberran, welcome
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What’s your next build then? You move at an inhuman pace old boy
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Thanks mate, unfortunately unless I ever invest in a decent camera with a 50mm lens (closest to the human eye), and a decent set up with a light diffuser etc they will only ever be so so. This build was only really an effort to try camouflage. Battleships are just so much work with all the details but I’m still drawn to the old Dreadnought type ships and even the pre Dreadnoughts which are like steam punk cities.
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For the next one you’ll be on stage facing the crowd.
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Well done mate, you wouldn’t think those railings are so nerve wracking but they are.
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Some light weathering and I’m finished. Parked up beside Yamato. .
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Thank you all, Cog, I only use CA and fat fingers, that explains why autocorrect did not pick up Davits and placed habits.
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Glad you’re back. I love the deck, but for some reason my last deck was ever so slightly uneven as well whehich makes it difficult when you drill the stanchion holes. If I can suggest, Eduard 1/350 German railing stanchions are actually 1/200, are perfect for you build AND have real chain (ish). They would be perfect for this build. Trust me on the scale I measured it. Greg
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I seriously never want to see one again. For some reason it didn’t like CA (I think it’s gone off), V1 got knocked off the desk by (I suspect) the wife turning off a lamp, smashed to bits, V2 would just not stick and V3 is barely satisfactory. The Pontos set does not include ships habits and the kit ones are horrible. I had some spare from my Dreadnought build but need a lot more, $6 worth of davits hopefully arriving tomorrow to finish this build.
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