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  1. RGL
    Nice work on the davits Cog. Talking about food, you do bite very well. Railings are on, re did the flag as the ensign with the southern cross apparently didn’t come into service till 1967 ( I think the year Cog left school), and apparently there is no clad on the main mast, the national flag only goes on the bow. At this scale you can stick the decal onto tin foil then bend as to have it fluttering but the kit ones are a bit small so I used a ensign from the Dreadnought, not as sharp but folds better. I used the kit liferingwhich aren’t that bad. Ready to weather.
  2. RGL
    Dead right Mr D. I have already stripped them as a) they looked crap and (b) they are wrong.
  3. RGL
    SMS, short mans syndrome then
  4. RGL
    That’s what my kid do say, they’re poisonous
  5. RGL
    I’m only 6’3”, you Northern Europeans are supposed to be tall. And yes, it’s a capsicum
  6. RGL
    See! My point exactly; is it a height thing?
  7. RGL
    I did had to explain to a Ralph’s grocery manager in San Diego that humans actually eat pumpkin once. Maybe it was the Australian accent that made him believe I was winding him up.
  8. RGL
    Well, I did have a burger for dinner last night. Diced onion, capsicum, lean beef, marinated in Soy, Worcestershire sauce, paprika for a few hours before making the paddies. Burgo s must have beetroot.
  9. RGL
    Well it’s Sunday for another 45 minutes
  10. RGL
    I’m holding gardening off until I finish her. As it’s winter nothing grows, trees to prune etc. this is is my Wednesday
  11. RGL
    Isuzu is finished, just needs the base.
  12. RGL
    Still picking on me I see Cog. I can’t start on the railings for a couple of days, so you should catch up. I’ve promised myself to clean up the garden before I start my next one. I’m awaiting the PE from Korea and a reference book from the UK. This is such an international sport. The bloke who makes my wooden bases is busy at the moment so that final bit may be a while. I still need one for Isuzu. Popeye, you just can’t rig something like this without using the Elastic or Denier lines. One roll lasts forever.
  13. RGL
    Look up North Star Models turnbuckles and eyelets.
  14. RGL
    Couple of Australian flags, railings to go.
  15. RGL
    Rigging based on the box art, I’m just not going to make it complicated, a couple of flags to go.
  16. RGL
    Ships boats and carley floats done, rigging next.
  17. RGL
    The kit provided some PE chain, which crosses over on the capstan which does not make sense. A few photos back there is one of the anchor deck where 1 chain goes around the capstan and 1 is lashed. I used aftermarket RN anchors cut so I could actually fit them in, tied them to rusty chain, wrapped one around the capstan and dogged 1 to the deck, there is some CA shining which I’ll hit with matte varnish at the end.
  18. RGL
    The barrels are probably a bit too long but it was available in spares and not plastic, I think that there was probably only 2 paravane a on the stern not 4, as it is just too busy and the crane is probably a bit too big but I like them. The funnels/ vents down the sides are resin spares and probably about 1 to 1.5 mm too highly, but once the railing goes on it won’t matter. I imagine the rear rear cannon would be a broadside weapon or if being chased.
  19. RGL
    Guns, vents, paravane sand winches, the back deck is soobusy the machine guns won’t fit. Bridge equipment and signal lights. Liferafts, liferings and railings to go.
  20. RGL
    All the ladders added, stays added to the masts as per the plans. Catching up Cog.
  21. RGL
    The superstructures added
  22. RGL
    Popeye is catching up very quickly. The masts are now stepped, and I threw in a ship’s bell. Just have to rig them now, but just the stays, the upper stuff will come later.
  23. RGL
    Small soft brush, only needs a tiny bit.
  24. RGL
    No, it’s for oil. The secondary bridge, about as small as o can manage. The photo is from WW2 with a seized Italian gun as AA
  25. RGL
    The first of the rigging, stays for the funnels and the davits. I also added a few scuttles / Fuel caps beside the aft funnel which are on the plans

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