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  1. RGL
    Damn if only I had such skills!
  2. RGL
    A simple Google search brings up a heap of photos of the luxuriant interiors of the Roma. Seems a silly expensive luxury but I supposed if they were parked up all the time …
  3. RGL
    Roma’s stacks. The MK1 PE is quite nice, as you can see from the original photos there are some extra little vents which I’ve added from spares.
  4. RGL
    That’s fantastic!
  5. RGL
    I got the plans from Morskie and there are a lot of ‘free to air ‘ photos on the internet and Facebook has an Italian model ship group that their translation system works OK who are very helpful
  6. RGL
    Sadly no but they are pretty good moulds. By the time I add a few flywheels on pedestals it will look ok. The 3D stuff coming for her will be a ‘worlds first’ in collaboration with Micromaster. If you have a look on the Micromaster web site you can see their Italian stuff (I am not in the pay of New Zealand !)
  7. RGL
    Searchlight stand and the second mast, the kit mast looks nothing like the references so I’ve basked her a bit. Cut and scraped off all the bits to be replaced too.
  8. RGL
    Yeah nice, rustier the better
  9. RGL
    I never do if using enamels on acrylics
  10. RGL
    Effective weapon really, a plane with a crew of 3 or 4 takes out a battleship as opposed to anther battleship in a fleet with thousands of soldiers
  11. RGL
    So the final shot of Roma in 1943; the Australian War Memorial has the same bomb used to sink her (it took 2), my plan is to get a boot with it and the ship when finished.
  12. RGL
    Yes, I had to buy both sets and an extra so I could open up more hull gun doors etc.
  13. RGL
    Apparently so, which means it probably had a lot of hull build up
  14. RGL
    If you could f afford it you’d afford the fuel
  15. RGL
    How good are the shots from the inside of this thing! Lavish! I bet the OR’s were treated like rubbish like their soldiers were mind you
  16. RGL
    So many good photos of her
  17. RGL
    Back to battleships for a while, Roma! It’s bigger than the KGV thus challenging my storage space.
  18. RGL
    Does the Emden kit have PE? Mine didn’t
  19. RGL
    The kit PE is Eduard but you pretty much need double the sets. The guns were pretty much scratch build around a brass barrel for the guns and thinning out the shields but If I did it again I would use Micromaster 3D printed replacements for the guns.
  20. RGL
    So a red brown undercoat and a clear matte coat over. This will allow for the chipping fluid when I put in on later. I’m going to pause this build and open up my next major build /builds
  21. RGL
    It’s a shame nothing lined up! Nice kit concept, poor execution, lots of flaws and a few bits missing.
  22. RGL
    Ok back the subs, a primer coat on each. The Growler kit is incredibly poor, so many alignment issues life is too short. This will be the first of the ‘mule’ kits as I cannot be bothered spending hours and hours on filling the horrendous gaps. It’s a cool kit concept but rubbish.
  23. RGL
    And in the theme of submarines, this one came up very cheap from a local club member, I’ve ordered at aftermarket too, next year!
  24. RGL
    Always think where metal will hit metal and where wear and tear will be, and any moving part that wears away paint. If you don’t want to use chipping use Ron Red/Brown to represent dull relished metal and some rust freaking from AK.
  25. RGL
    Cog brings up a really good point mind you, I managed to get a very hard to find 1/350 Heian Maru on the Facebooks for under $100 AUD (about 71 USD) which I will do in the future with a bunch of subs nestled beside her. So the sub thing led to another thing!!!

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