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Emdens deck, two shades of brown; this was linoleum and I imagine it would get a bit of fade in the tropics. It comes up black in the old photos but would have been burnt. I’ve given it a clear coat and will mask it when dry. Next is to paint the hull before I can remove the mask and add the brass hold down strips

Continuing to work in the grunge, when upon close inspection I can see seam lines and putty. More sanding to do the patch work repairs and I’ll redo the boot strap and I want to make it a little more defined . 

Starting on the alge. Given the scale it is sponged on and tomorrow I’ll start on layering overspray of black, grey and green

Starting in the lower hull, dark brown base, red overspray then pink fade. Next will be alge to a) cover up the sins and b) to make it look like a ship that travelled around the tropical South Pacific without frequent scrapes

Boot strap done! I’ll let it dry for a day then mask it off. 

Primer coat down on the hull. 

Getting closer to paint 

So today we did fife rails. The kit provides 4, it needs 5, a bit more surgery required but I think once painted they will look better than the grey blobs

Main mast done 

SMS  Emden masts, 3 days and the formast is done, all the rigging points added sans navigation lights and search lights. For comparison the main mast !

Funnels done up 

I used SMS paints for this 

More bling, given the vagaries of painting the bridge will be piece work. 
 

the stern piece is a 3d print made by a club member. 
 

next I’ll start work on the funnels 

And let the bling begin 

Hull is now done, hull ladders and screw shafts added . Now the superstructures 

Hull stripped back and joined up. Putty next 

I got interviewed about ships! 

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/on-the-bench/id1262869310?i=1000702269610

Went to the Australian War Memorial today, a couple of exhibits you may recognise. This time next year they will have a whole new display for the encounter between Emden and Sydney 

Starting on the hull, drilled out and cleaned the below deck gun hatches, drilled foundations for the hull ladders and started on the Rigols 

1/350 is quite economical, big stuff will always be expensive as it takes a lot of time and resin 

Ask him 

Righto, the hull. Bow and stern chaser guns, the hull need to be cut open. Ladder holes to be drilled in. The stern pieces are clumsy became kit is designed fro both the Dresden’s  (4 shafts) and Emden (2 shafts) 

So this are the sprues that will be replaced with a lot of this stuff 

No, it’s not brittle so breakages are rare, I’ve been using the stuff for a couple of years and it’s a lot better than some others with ‘hard’ resin which snaps very easily