RGL

I really have not had much time, primer coat down, hopefully fixed the imperfections. Black bootstrap next using a Tamiya Laquer paint which is a beautiful matte black. 

Getting my primer on 

Dryfit. That’s the bulk of the building done now. 

To answer question 1, this is the clamp. Question 2, the boom rigging is PE, it won’t masked much difference when painted, the rest of the rigging will be denier line. 

Mainmast done up for paint, still can separate it into 3 pieces 

The boom, plus the telegraph indicators 

Foremast in progress 

I saw some fighting last night but they **** through before I could get a photo!

mainmast done, foremast is absolute pain to align. Bluetack and glue finally got me there 

Back to the ship, mainmast made up 

Some nature from the suburbs 

It does not seem much, but the bridge structure, lots of clean up needed on the supports, wood deck down with a clear coat and masked for later painting. My plan is to pretty much have every structure painted before adding to the hull.  When I did it the first time I paid no where near as much attention so this time it will work better I hope. 2 days work ! 

Boat deck continues, range finder, flag lockers, Radio cage, admirals walk and radio room 

So 2 days later, I’ve done up the funnels, they have pulleys and ropes that go on them as well but I’ll add them after I’ve painted them. 

Slowly slowly. Micromaster doors, eyebrows, ringols. You have to be wearing an optivisor to see the details 

So I finally found (from EBay of course) a set of ringols from Alliance Modelworks (I think they’ve shut these days). Each PE set has portholes as a ring but that’s not how they were. You can hardly see them from a distance but has to be done. 

So the first of the 3D pieces arrived today, coal scuttles, hatches, propellers, anchors, doors 

Primer coats, built up some panels. Next is marking out the holes for scuppers, eyelets for the torpedo booms, rigging points, side booms. Nice to be back on an over complicated warship ! 

So generously sent to the other end of the globe by @Egilman, the final 2 of the 1975 production runs of the AMX-13 has arrived ! You rock mate! 

Hull together 

I got it at a very good price. I won’t build it for a while mind you. It’s won’t be a difficult build but a great weathering challenge 

Might have bought another ship….(or a boat really) 

Yes it’s on Utube but mixed up with Clayton Ockerby. 

There was a lot of people there, 700 plus models 

Well I got best ship (for my Borodino) first for my Panhard and a commended for Artillery (I think) 

So day 1, subs and ships, over 700 models in total registered.