RGL
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Cog, the answer is no, I also have the old tool which I bought second hand to practice painting, and the new tool does not need them as the detail is a lot better. The time spent in making the corrections would be saved with the new tool. Mr Taylor, Nothing is impossible but at this scale you use such tiny dabs of glue, they are very fragile and break very easily, not to mention that if you bend some etch the wrong way then bend it back they snap off. The designers have to be engineers to make it all work, and still do it economically. My biggest issue is the instructions seem to make perfect sense once you have finished making an assembly. I dare say it is the language barrier as well and lack of decent photos. I would be happy for Pontos to give me free stuff and I would do their instructions for them. There is a fantastic build on another site which I have been following,and the bloke from Pontos seems to drop in and out of their forum in the way of marketing his wares. Working rigging blocks on a tall ship are feasible but given the amount of crew they require, not possible for the single modeller to represent. If I hadn't made some wooden ships first I would never have the patience to do this one. -
Just drilled a hole to make them sit flush. I have a few ideas for you when you get to these.
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Next is the 25mm single(portable) guns. Thanks goodness I only have to do 6 of them. They are tiny, and whilst not perfect, will do and I expect they are a little too big. As you can see from the Pontos instructions, you need to be a bit of a mind reader, but keep referring back to the reference materiel. About a full day's work. The brass pedestals have four 1mm support struts each, and a base which the pedestal penetrates through which will go into the deck. Then lots of folding (some of the bends are <1mm). then throw it together.
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Mr Kim really is an artist. I'm making a start on the machine guns tomorrow and they are flat out daunting.
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On my previous builds it hasn't been a problem and that's been with rattle cans. Airbrushes are even finer.
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Next nomination for most complicated i the ships crane. The tower was removed before the final mission so it is a bit easier. As you can see there is one fret and a few bits of brass rod. Comes together quite nicely, but I I had to do it again, I would use the individual wheels and rig it later as it would go together a lot easier. I have placed it in an elevated position as I ant to sling a float plane from it eventually.
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So much easier than the grease proof paper I used to trace the things to make my templates!!
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Cog, hardly mastery, just slow and steady and lots of study, as the instructions are poor and I would like Pontos to buy a decent camera to show their assemblies. It's beautifully designed but poorly explained. I think their primary engineer is now at Infinty Models which might explain why their after sales service has dropped off. Mike, I pretty much built my entire Endeavour with CA, it's just applying the principal of less is more and using the adage of never bring the bottle to the model. Like a wooden ship, just keep making up jigs to hold stuff.
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The Pontos ones are mini kits in themselves,with etch and brass rod, not easy to put together, but neither is it impossible. Comes together beautifully, and I have left the lid off for the moment for ease of painting. It just requires soft hands. Next will be the crane, sans the Arial which was taken off before the final mission.
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First post of the year. I spent yesterday doing up the 2 catapults. The kit provided one is fairly simple, and as you can see from the AOTS, it is a bit more detailed than this.
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I go on 3 weeks leave after today but have so much in I won't get much done to warrant it.
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I'm putting off buying an airbrush until the bulk of the sub assemblies are done. As each piece takes days and days, there is no rush
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So, I did up the gun tubs for the 12-7cm AA guns, added footrails and splinter bags, which will be a nightmare when I add the support struts for these as they cover the bases. All dryfitted, lots of details to go but this is a fairly significant milestone. Happy Christmas all.
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Last one is the navigation rangerfinder, very bland but easy to fix up, I will still have to reduce the size of the little hatch.
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Then, the 4 Type 94 AA directors. There is only so much I could do with them but I added hatches and railings.
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Next is the second type of machine gun controller added after the refit. There are 10 of these and they were a pain adding the handrails.
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There are a LOT of gun controllers. First off, there are 4 of these type of machine gun controllers. I have added panels and hatches instead f the Tamiya blobs.
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Now, a whole lotta work with little to show. First off, the additions post refit for the extra AA guns. Pretty standard, added some doors, railings and rivet lines.
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