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  1. RGL
    Off to hospital for a week tomorrow so that should do it! Won't be getting anything done for a while.
  2. RGL
    I think that the aftermarket only gets better and better, and this is the latest, the turned barrels are fantastic but it's a lot of work. The resin is actually more expensive. The camera does not really show how tiny it is.
  3. RGL
    A major part of the build complete, 13 triple 25mm's and 17 single's. I used blackener to do up the 56 individual barrels and magazines and made up and painted the housings separately. I had had a plethora of ammo boxes left after my Yamato and this sucked up a LOT of them. Also added are 6 davits and the jackstaff and 2 smoke generators on the stern that I got from a very rare Japanese set.
  4. RGL
    Primer added to the next bits, and I've died the 6 splinter shields amidships for the triple 25mm's. I have to weather them yet, and some kind of gutters that run along sides as well. I have seen 1 video on Utube where a bloke weathers a ship's deck using pastels, so it's my turn. A mix of soot, rust, burnt umber and a touch of white ashes. It's filthy. Just the look I want. You can see contrast from port to starboard.
  5. RGL
    Yes mate, watch this space......
  6. RGL
    I've just put the guns together and I think my eyesight is going! The next tranch of stuff is ready for painting. The Flyhawk provided 12.7 guns are just poor copies of the Veteran models ones, I put them together and the tolerances were soo poor I gave up on them and ordered new ones.
  7. RGL
    Well done mate! Great achievement
  8. RGL
    Thanks, but no where near finished yet.
  9. RGL
    Starting to look like a warship
  10. RGL
    Isuzu Amidship housings and high altitude gun tubs.
  11. RGL
    Stacks and more deck equipment added. The empty railing boxes on the starboard side are supposed to carry lengths of wood as far as I can tell, which I will do up later.
  12. RGL
    A small update after a lot of off ship detail done up. The deck vents and skylights, and the rear deck depth charges. Lots and lots to go yet then more weathering. You can see from the base pre cut deck what a difference the aftermarket can make. Apart from a few moulded boxes everything else is replaced.
  13. RGL
    I'm in the process of quitting smoking pre surgery next month, the bride does not want to poke the bear at the moment so I'm getting a bit done. I'll be too crook to do much for a while.
  14. RGL
    Single strips, each cut to size, luckily I bought 2 sets as 1 is not enough. A tiny dab a CA to set in place on each, the gaps are where gun pits go. Whats doing with your build!
  15. RGL
    Jeez, that was painful. A full day. Next, a matte coat, then dabble in some pigments to dirty it up.
  16. RGL
    Thanks Pat, not as hard as doing up the brass strips for the Lino deck....
  17. RGL
    Well you couldn't NOT buy it at that price. Even if for spares.
  18. RGL
    Upper hull rust, getting there
  19. RGL
    Deck added and joins fixed (to a point), bit of touch up required before the brass tie down strips are added.
  20. RGL
    Continuing to grunge up the lower hull, overspray of very diluted grey, then black then green at the waterline (this time) dulls out the ribs. Salt to go then the upper hull.
  21. RGL
    And as you have to use the chipping product ASAP, the upper hull is painted, then chipped. It makes all the work on the hull plates worth it now (the glue on the bow gave way of course) as there was no detail at all. It looks a bit stark but this is the first level of weathering.
  22. RGL
    Her movements in the last 6 months of her life were non stop, thus the flogging it's getting. It's also nice to try some new techniques just takes lots of forward planning and components
  23. RGL
    I'm thinking 1945 in constant action would beat it up a bit.
  24. RGL
    There is method to my madness, some photos of what I'm trying to achieve (somewhere in between)
  25. RGL
    Now, just add water. The ribs have come up OK, and a lot of it will be covered up anyway. I'll let it dry for a while then a matte coat and do the upper half. Once that's done I can start to add rust etc.

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