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So I got the airbrush out today. They seem to need to warm up a bit, so black preshading and the bootstrap done then masked over. Next will be the lower hull.
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Sir Humphrey; “Well that is certainly one option prime minister “
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The hawser holes have a lip which was obviously removed when I moved them, and the lip of the hole in the focsle (I’m sure it has a name), both replaced with plastic card. you can see from this late war photo of a damaged bow on a Tribal the lips, and also the 2 smoke pots.
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My local hobby shop has very few paints available, and even online there is not a big selection. If I painted with a hairy stick I’d be quite concerned I’d run out.
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So you’re seeing double, HMS Eskimo (I’ll do her as a late ‘44) with a different porthole ratio as she lost her bow in 1942.
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Well done mate! I’ll make a start on the next one soon.
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Didn’t like the bracing so I replaced it with metal. The guns are from Micromaster which came with a second hand HMS Eskimo kit.
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I was fortunate enough to be with the UN in East Timor at the turn of the century, and a African bloke asked me why I couldn’t speak French, I tried to explain that Australia is the middle of nowhere, we don’t need to. He wasn’t happy with that answer but I didn’t have to go back to Africa.
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So finally arrived from France today (the French post office sent it back to the shop once because apparently Australia does not exist) I got a twin flack for Z-25 (I’ll get to it) and some signal lamps and Hedge hogs for the next Vendetta. Nice touch the chocolates
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This is my digital graveyard here. God knows what the kids will do with them when I drop off the twigg
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I got an Eskimo as well on the way. Well, maybe she’ll be an Eskimo, maybe something else.
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So I’ve lifted the bow, drilled new hawser holes, drilled out the portholes. I’ll need to replace ringols from spares where I’ve sanded them off. Serious it’s a pain to have to do this but can’t be helped.
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Time to start on the Zulu hull, apparently the bow is wrong so bash time. @cog did a really nice photo on his bow modification on his conversion of a Tribal. The stern needs work too. The hawser hole is really out of line so I’ll fix that and I’ve flattened the focsle so I intend to scratch a fair bit on that.
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