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RGL

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  1. So those of you with reference books, do we know what colour the bands on the funnels were?
  2. Yes, battle damage, Not Zulu but shows the ventilation shaft under the guns
  3. Yes I made it smaller. Another few hours and nearly done on the funnels just the grills and ladders to go.
  4. Ships funnels. Lots of opportunities to improve them, basic plastic pieces and a bit of PE. Drilled out the tops and shorted the rear funnel (which was done during a refit and added some interior detail. It’s all going to be painted black but better than nothing to clear way for the AA guns
  5. Thanks. The first landing have 2 bar railings so I’ll use individual stanchions as they still look better. The Infini doors look so much better
  6. Thanks OC. Now three shades of grey and a blue filter and the base coat is done. Washes etc to go.
  7. Nice bit of progress today, dark grey decks done, modulation and added a blue filter. After it dries overnight I Can mask it and get these bits finished .
  8. Masts done (obviously not rigged, I replaced as much as I could with brass
  9. Searchlight and secondary bridge platform. The support struts are part of the WEM upgrade but the mast like structure is the base of the aerial supports (it’s only visible on her last photos in 1942
  10. So you can see the shafts have fold down doors and from a distance looks very different to what the kit does and an additional weapon which is kinda cool in this shot of Zulu in 1938
  11. Working on the centre bandstand where there will be 2 quad 50 cals. The Trumpy pieces are the platform on 2 boxes, where was the plans has this as a ventilation shaft and both platforms around the guns have fold down plates. Just scratch build with PE spares
  12. If you look at Koppalakki‘s work here, probably another of the top 10 in particular super detailing and painting with an airbrush. his yamato is the benchmark as far as I’m concerned.
  13. He’s certainly one of the best, there’s about 10 I reckon are world class in this sport
  14. So the winch / Capstan is solved, hopefully travelling from NZ to Oz soon
  15. A light filter added then Ships markers added (left over from Yamato - Rub on decals which leave no glossy outline) and ships numbers left over from my Vendetta build which are individual numbers and letters to minimise flash. weathering next.
  16. Now to start on Eskimo which had a CB3098 dazzle pattern according to Sovereign hobbies colour charts.
  17. I gave the deck a blue grey filter then spent the day on several layers of blues before a overspray of 507a (RN Admiralty dark grey) then added a bit of white to fade it. I’ll add a filter after it has a day to dry.
  18. Usually very diluted black then grey then a few types of diluted matte green colours till satisfied.
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