RGL
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Radio direction finder, tripod mast and mast placed. I have not glued it to the deck but it's the only way I can get it to align. A bit of touch up then weathering.
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Slowly layering up, I've added the housing and cupboards for this back deck from scratch, the added the MG controllers, the deck hatch and ladder, the hid it with the bridge deck. I've added the binnacle and ships wheel, binoculars and search lights.
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Mr Wako, they are from Alliance Modelworks but quite expensive so I am really going to have to figure out a way to make my own. I have added a neutral grey filter filter which appears to have worked as advertised. I then painted and washed the sisal bags bags and dry brushed them, and painted the dodgers white and gave them a brown wash and dry brushed white over it. Now ow I can start to thrown the bits and pieces on, and weather it when it's all togeather.
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Apparently they are sisal bags, and yes, but there is a lot of glue involved. When finished I will run some thin line around them to represent rope.
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I live close enough to his old stomping grounds! Horses hate me tho, every one of them I've been on has thrown me.
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Three shades of grey later, (the photo does not really show it), now I can paint the Lino decks and the wooden bridge floor grates. I'm hoping the filter will bring out some contrasts before pin washes then weathering. Let's see.
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So did I, but a career and kids killed that. A 10 year build of the endeavour and moving several states did as well.
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Hahaha, you'll eventually come to the dark (plastic) side Danny. Feel the force.
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About 60% of the deck fittings ready for the primer coat. It's amazing how all the detail gets away from you. Not included (nor started), lots and lots of guns and vents, 3 stacks, davits, stanchions and awning stanchions, depth charge stuff. Airbrush comes out tomorrow......
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Finally the radio mast! Just have to prep up all the binoculars and fire control sets.
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I'm sorry to bore people cluttering up your feed, but..it's a build log! Dryfit of the forward tripod mast to see how the balance is and I'm pretty happy, sanded off the ladder rungs which I will replace and the radio mast to go (which, I have lost or didn't get so I replaced it with a spare brass mast. Starting to come togeather.
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Yes mate, they are the pedestals for the fire controllers that I will plonk on top when I paint them. I have added hatches behind them otherwise one could not climb into them! I think EW was pretty rudimentary at this stage in 1945 as the IJN was struggling to keep its head above water!
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Foremast range controller and platform complete. Added a few details to make it look a little better. The platform itself has a PE deck and rails as part of the upgrade, with triangular gussets underneath it, and the railings sand additional gussets were shaped on brass rod to make the circle.
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Pat, they aren't covered domes, they are just platforms that will have binoculars behind them (I think that's what you mean), the radio DF finder is above it, and I've scratch built a vent that appears on the Morskie plans. The radar is in the back ground and the top bridge is done (if that's what it's called). Im now working on the very top range director that will go on the tripod mast, once that's done I'll fix up the mast itself and I think it'll be ready for a lick of paint.
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Only 2 decks to go on the bridge! If you zoom in on the original photo, you can see 2 doors at the platform with the 2 triple 25mm's. No one seems to have noticed this small detail. The two small range finders on the 1st deck have support struts (added),and there is a cable from at the rear on the edge of the first deck. Everything is now done for deck 1, 2 and 3, Just needs painting. As the deck will be brown and everything else grey, it will have to be piecework. The railings and dodgers (you can see some offcuts that are glued onto the rails in the foreground on the black cutting mat, whiched will be painted off white), will be added last to ease handling once I figure out how to get the tripod mast done. 2 to go.
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I had 2 left over, but it's waaaay too big. It's still far better then the kit one, it will get lost in the noise.
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Well done, that was a horrible part of my build.
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No, no dead bodies or body parts, the secret is to take them into the mountains where the pigs eat the bones too.....
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About 1.5 Cog. After a good 6 hours, I'm about a third of the way through the the bridge. I scraped off the handrails, ringols and pipes and replaced them, added the spotters nests, Arial and search light platform (with added dodgers over the top), a couple of cable reels (but wait, there will be more!), some water pipes, voice boxes and water pressure controls. Also some after market resin paravanes and Nav lights with proper lanterns. Later I will put voice pipes everywhere probably in brass rod. Finally, a dry fit of the forward twin triple 25mm platform ( whilst the instructions don't say sso, there will have to be some chain lockers below that and a door or two (otherwise how the hell would they get the ammo to it!!!). Fiddly.
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