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  1. RGL
    Cog, according to the internet, if you don’t grow up by 50 you do’nt have to, 2 years to fight it.
  2. RGL
    Now, the aircraft, decals to add, then weather them.
  3. RGL
    I seem to have achieved very little recently with work, coaching kids sport and tiny details. The ships boats are now complete.
  4. RGL
    Hot dog bun
  5. RGL
    A ‘Subway’ wrapper!
  6. RGL
    Cigar case?
  7. RGL
    Well that was easy......
  8. RGL
    You can never, NEVER, have enough aftermarket
  9. RGL
    Do not start me on cats and ships
  10. RGL
    The whole thing was a failure really, the cats were removed and it didn’t achieve much. I will put planes on the cats, just not the ones without the floatplanes.
  11. RGL
    The last bits put together for the ship, the back veranda gets very busy very quickly with the aircraft. There were apparently 2 types of aircraft, one with and one without float planes, the latter could only be recovered on a proper aircraft carrier or airstrip. Whilst the kit does provide teo of these I cannot find any reference on how they went on the catapults so I’m just not going to do them. A fair bit of work to do to paint them yet, which I will not have time for this week or next.
  12. RGL
    You can also try some of the chipping fluids. Works nicely and on a big 1/200 should work well
  13. RGL
    Very sneaky Cog, you got distracted!
  14. RGL
    Looks good mate, it’s easy to get distracted doing the tiny details and we forget it’s hardly noticeable on the finished product.
  15. RGL
    It does, but in the photos from Kure Harbour in 1945 have it under water. There are no cranes nearby, and it appears to be a big clear area so the rear main gun barrels can traverse. The casements for the rear removed guns stored fuel for the aircraft and aerial bombs.
  16. RGL
    I have no idea. There is bugger all reference and they conflict somewhat.
  17. RGL
    I love it how Cog, OC and I are not the only ones with the PE addiction. Looking forward to us plastics group growing.
  18. RGL
    Thin glue! Use a scalpel to cut a groove for it and the support struts. I hated this bit on my Varyag.
  19. RGL
    Ok, the main ship is now pretty much done. Davits and Cats added, rigging done. I’ll touch up the paintwork at the end.
  20. RGL
    I’ve got a shed load on this to go yet. I’m hoping to get the rigging done today, then I can add the davits, then throw on the catapults then start on the back ate and aircraft.
  21. RGL
    So, that’s it, all the armament added, 8 big cannon, 8 12.7cm high altitude gun mounts, 31 triple 25mm’s, 10 single 25mm’s, 6 rocket mounts.
  22. RGL
    Fantastic news old boy! So much more important
  23. RGL
    Yes mate, the next build.
  24. RGL
    I got three base boards made up, deciding if I should use it on Isuzu plus the new one which I bought on eBay
  25. RGL
    So, throw a few guns and ammo boxes on, set the TV aerial up...

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