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  1. 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.
  2. RGL
    1943
  3. RGL
    Nearly there! Well done.
  4. RGL
    Some gun platforms and multiple doors
  5. 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!!
  6. 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.
  7. RGL
    Disruptive pattern, much like you........
  8. 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.
  9. RGL
    Thanks P, dryfit it comes up OK.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. RGL
    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
  13. RGL
    Don’t know yet, shouldn’t be too hard I’m hoping. It’s still going to take a while.
  14. RGL
    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.
  15. RGL
    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.
  16. RGL
    Plastic blobs or bathtub toys really.
  17. RGL
    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
  18. RGL
    With the added benefit of making beer taste better
  19. RGL
    30 degrees and you Northerners lose your heads. Perfect weather.
  20. RGL
    Sigh, I meant you two
  21. RGL
    So, add the Pontos Fire controllers and a lot more PE to bash it to a respectable level.
  22. RGL
    The rear superstructure, this is a 1941 photo, and the fire controllers were updated by 1943. The kit is fairly bland.
  23. RGL
    Once it’s all prepared it comes togeather very quickly, it’s a very small kit and the others are doing a great job.
  24. RGL
    Daughter can drive! Eldest Son’s coach is his best mates dad letting me avoid a 5 hour trip in a car yesterday to the snowy mountains. 3rd generation Rowers and rugby players. Having days off during the week helps get stuff finished.
  25. RGL
    Yes, son number 2 played 2 games, his team is undefeated so far this season then he had to play up a grade as they were short handed and they got flogged. Son number 1 won their first game this season and daughter had a bye.

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