RGL
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Bit more to the layer cake, the awning stanchions and the boat booms. I know it kinda looks messy, but to the naked eye it's not that bad. Next will be the torpedo net booms.
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The final boat davit done, this was the broken set that sit behind the bridge, also a close up of the rear set.
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Now to the Davits. They are a layer cake construction making them thicker. They have tiny little brackets to attach them to the hull. The rigging was replaced once I constructed them with Ezyline. Some bits are still hanging loose which i will place rope coils at the ends. There are two resin ones as well which sit behind the bridge. All 4 of them were broken on the resin fret when I opened the box and had to be repaired.
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Ok, the last of the railings are complete. Given it is soo tiny, it just takes ages to thread these needles.
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Nice work, this upgrade kit is definitely in the cue for me
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Well done Dave, worth the effort
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Slow plod, I have added the stanchions for the stern, bow and amidships. They come with a 0.1mm copper wire which does not blacken well and does not run as well as a 0.01mm rigging line. My eyes hurt this is so small now. 2 hours to do the bow. To the naked eye it looks great compared to the etch railing.
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I'm of the belief of going inboard to outboard. Everything that can get in the way will get in the way once you start the running rigging, I did the cannons and boats as they had to be belayed/lashed down. Once the standing rigging in place it just gets harder to touch the deck. The anchors I did fairly much last, as they really snag everything but if you look at how I did the cables it was painful as I had to steer them around the rigging.
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I left mine off for a long time to keep them out of the road. Looking very sharp though.
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The last of the prepared stuff, being little funnels along the ship, the capstans which I have not painted in black and white stripes, as I tried and it looked crap, nothing detracts from a model than a crap job! the Captain's cabin skylights on the rear deck and the maxims at the bow. Back to the grind now of railings, but I think I'll take a break for a while and do some gardening.
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Big guns attached to the deck. I have decided to completly re do the 47mm and 37mm, as I'm just not happy with them. There is plenty to do in the meantime.
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I'm happy with the cans at the moment, as it's a big commitment to go the whole hog! But it's good to know which one to buy as there are so many of the things and the prices of them can vary greatly as well as expense, they are fairly expensive in Oz with our dollar bouncing around.
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Just as a comparison, I found an old photo of my swivel guns from my Endeavour, then compared the size of these things to it.
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Then the paintjob, the 2.5 inch barowski, the 37mm (I have done them in all black but may use a gun down version of the 47mm yet), the 47mm which have some white on them as they will be going onto white pedestals, , the 75mm and the showpiece 152mm. I'm not sure if I want to just re do the 47mm all over again and just order another set.
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I'm just using the Tamiya rattle cans at the moment for Primer, black and white and red. They don't do a Matt yellow so I use Humbrol spray for that. I intend on investing in an air brush if I continue with the evil plastic models but I really need to be more organised in the build schedule. The scale is 1/350, 1/700 is too daunting.
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And off to the paint booth. I did forget, there are also 2 landing guns which is under the flybridge, given their white colour, there is no point in taking a photo until they are painted as they are all resin.
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The Hodgkiss 47mm quick firing gun and the 37mm (which is provided in the kit but there is no reference in the instructions). The metal barrels are minute, and just do not sit without too much glue making an unsightly bulge. Whilst Artwox provide the photo etch shoulder frame? it is out of scale compared to the North Start models one, and they also have a separate trigger assembly (which is about 1mm). The little white piece is the Artwox 37mm gun on a different pedestal. The masts have 4 guns which already have pedestals built on so i will gut 4 guns off the pedestals when painted,
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The 75mm Cannons are good on both kits, but the Artwox metal barrels do not sit flush and the Model master ones are obviously designed for the original Zvesda kit and are also out of scale, as such I have had to use the Komplet Zip gun in it's entirety adding on some Photo etch and will add flywheels when painted. You can see from the first photo the silly little pedestal (white resin with an unfortunate bulge on top) provided by Artwox compared to the after market one. I put them on top of the instructions photo to give an element of scale.
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First off, the 152mm cannet Gun.The Komplet Zip offering is much more defined (dark grey) than the Artwox 3 piece. I will add the wheels after painting, and the metal barrel from the master models set.
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