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  1. RGL
    Now a little bit of oil canning below the water line, when I grunge this up with won’t be so stark
  2. RGL
    Base undercoat, black with a red brown overspray
  3. RGL
    Oh absolutely, an under coat with oil canning in black and dark red, seal it, Chipping fluid then grey oil canned overcoat and then chipping. once that bit is done the rest will come together very quickly
  4. RGL
    Not getting a great deal done with other things on, but masked and over sprayed a hull plate belt, shows up a fair gap on the bow.
  5. RGL
    I've decided on the Borodino because unlike the french ships, there are a lot of upgrades for it. These kits are pretty clunky without them. Mind you, the Zvezda kit is very cheap but I've ordered some upgrades from Russia as you can't get them anywhere else in the world, I'll get the GMM PE and a wooden deck, new barrels. It closes off my 3 Russian ships that way. By the time it all arrives I will have finished the little torpedo boat and the next in the cue....
  6. RGL
    So, whilst I’m doing a distraction piece, What would you like to see, a big Sov battlecruiser like Kirov, their plagued aircraft carrier, a old French pre Dreadnought, but I can’t do German, USA or IJN, but something big and iconic
  7. RGL
    Hull joined up, base coat of primer on. Now I can start masking in the hull panels.
  8. RGL
    Masts made up from spares, it’s a pretty rough kit really , lots of sins to be covered up
  9. RGL
    As you can see, this is tiny after an aircraft carrier.
  10. RGL
    Ah, I have to go Polish as I’ve already built 3 German ships, Emden, Graf Zeppelin and Seydlitz!
  11. RGL
    I’m awaiting an upgrade set from EBay for my next build so this is the sorbet. I’ve wanted to build it for years but the North Star upgrade has been sold out for ages. I’ve got enough in spares to replace a lot above deck.
  12. RGL
    This thing is tiny. And very simple. A lot will need replacing from spares, but offers some significant weathering challenges for oil canning, rust, chipping
  13. RGL
    The A-class torpedo boats were a class of German single-funnelled torpedo boat/light destroyer designed by the Reichsmarineamt for operations off the coast of occupied Flanders in the First World War. The A designation was to avoid confusion with older classes and designs. They were known as "coastal torpedo boats" (German: Küstentorpedoboote) to differentiate from larger, ocean-going torpedo boats. Post WW1 it was awarded to Poland. From 1937 served in the Polish Navy as a target ship for aviation exercises and as it was unarmed. The outbreak of World War II found it in Puck (no idea where this is, sorry). During the September campaign it was persistent but ineffectively bombed by German planes. After taking Puck, it became a German prey. It’s fate is unknown, probably cut into scrap metal. There is very little history of this ship, but it cost $20 and I love this type. It’s cheap, nasty, needs work and the only aftermarket no longer is produced. Thus it’s a kits bash. Should be fun.
  14. RGL
    It’s the Pacific service medal (US)
  15. RGL
    I fixed it, you just can’t see it in the photo. I just placed a slightly bigger one in top
  16. RGL
    Aaaaaand parked in the digital graveyard with the others, that’s 3 of 3 for the USA, along with Germany, Japan.
  17. RGL
    Finally the counterpart, Graf Zeppelin launching aircraft
  18. RGL
    Comparisons to a fletcher class and the modern Spruance
  19. RGL
    Essex alone IMG_2013.MOV IMG_2012.MOV
  20. RGL
    Ok, job completed. If I was going to show this I would redo the aircraft with a couple of hundred $ in upgrades but I wanted to keep it simple and considering it’s going into a closed cupboard that’ll do. I’ll add a few posts now to do some comparisons
  21. RGL
    The little metal bits on the photo lifted up the cable got the hook, there are three along the line of the cable
  22. RGL
    Just having watched ‘Midway’ I reckon the whole dive bombing thing whilst being shot at would be overrated as well.
  23. RGL
    Yes, bought a replica off ebay in lieu of a nameplate. there will only be two planes on the bow plus the one landing, the rest will be under.
  24. RGL
    Nearly there
  25. RGL
    4 of each, Avenger, Hellcat and Dauntless.

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