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RGL
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Rust and salt streaks done, bit of grunge powder on the deck and tops of the stacks. Bit of rigging next.
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Grunge streaking done, 3 more types of weathering to go on the sides, I’ll use pastels/ Powders for the decks
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Weathering begins, grunge first, then some salt and later a few rust spots and rusty streaks. I’m going to have to paint all the railings Black to represent wire keeping the posts grey. I feel its it’s starting to look a little less like a toy now.
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You might have to narrow it down as to which piece you want to know about, but I reckon ChaB probably has it covered! I have the entire collection of AOTS but I doubt they will make any more. Profile Morskie has some excellent plans of a lot of WW2 ships.
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Nukla’s, chaff dispensers, ESm, stairs, chain guns, launchers, refueling ports etc. so much small detail.
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Mast stepped, CIWS and a few other things added. I’ll get to the rest of the stuff I’ve painted up tomorrow. That will just leave the ship’s boats, helicopters, railings and rigging. I can then finally start some weathering.
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The beauty of metal on metal is I can put it to the flame and restart, not so much met on plastic
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Now I’ve done a fair bit of PE over the past few years and this would just be the hardest/ most horrible piece ever. I think if the whole thing was metal it would be easier as it would align properly. Anyways, that’s the main structure done, lots of bits to add to the yard arms, but you can see the difference with the little grey circle in the pliers to what Pontos provides why I keep taking the pain.
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The photo of the completed mast is of a photo is from the instructions, not there yet, at least 2 days work I reckon.
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Ok, the mast on this thing is more complicated than a tall ship! At time you know when you’ve hit the level of incompetence. I think if Pontos didn’t reply on the kit mast to build upon it would have made the think possible to align at least. It’s pretty much a 4 day build, the other deck fittings and radar domes are ready for paint.
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I’ll buy in; do the bare brass. The difficulty will be hiding sins under paint like I do. Happy to see more 1/350 here. Eduard is fairly rubbish PE at this scale, Pontos and other Chinese vendors are lots better and a HELL of a lot cheaper
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Life rings and fire hoses added, plus some ammo boxes etc. I’ve started some weathering, in particular the back deck but I’m going to add some pastels later.
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Slow progress with so many little pieces to bend then paint. I enlarged the deck plans on a photocopier so I could place all the pieces in order for painting and placement. Once I have added them all and hand painted a few bits I can start weathering. Lots of pieces to go. The Spruance is a little different then the kit when it comes to placement of certain things.
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Welcome to the Endeavour club, great workshop mate!
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There is a lot of detail scribed on the deck which precludes that. I think the tape I used was too strong.
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Now this brass deck is a gift that keeps giving. No matter how clean little bits keep peeling off with the masking. Little bits of patch up to do, then more little bits of masking to do the visible deck hatches. Once that is done, I can start on filters and washes, then the dreaded decals. The clear coat coat on the fire deck bleached the paint for some reason so I have to mess around with that for a bit too.
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