RGL

That sounds foreboding.....

Cool 

That looks great. Add some strips for rivet lines. 

That study is porn for married blokes 

Whoa! Back up the train! What’s the kit? Are you using aftermarket or Scratch? Tell us a story!! 

These  big BB’s are a massive bit of plastic (the bride would kill me if I went this big, I’ve got too much 1/350 in extra PE). 

Only 16,000ks to Berlin from here 

A major part of the build is now done. There are 4 radio masts on the side which I can’t do until the planes are put on the flight deck. 

Armament and fittings now, then the aircraft. , 

Kevin, 

there are several variants of denier rigging, Infini, Uschi etc. you just need to get different diameters, some are so thin you can hardly see them. 

I pretty much use CA glue for everything, using different quick or medium depending on the task. 

And there lies madness Yves with that level of detail......

Deck railings done on the starboard side, as well as nets, ammo boxes on the deck plus some additional life rafts on the railings from North Star. Ship’s boats slung. Tomorrow I’ll do the port side. 

Well done mate, what’s next?

Thanks.

the rigging is quite simple on this one. 

If I could find them....

Very small ones mate! Me’s and Ju’s. 

Masts attached, then stuck on the hull. 

I’m in 

Thanks for the likes and comments folks. 

Back to the funnel and bridge

a) throw it  together 

b) paint it 

c) start to weather and rust so tomorrow I can start rusting and weathering the three masts, then rig it. Progress is OK so far 

Deck wind barriers. As dirty as the deck is, I added some different  coloured brown planks at the arrestor cables, to represent what would be replaced at the arrester hooks. 

There will be a lot of planes on the deck. So busy the errors will be hidden I hope. 

Trails? Nets? They’re on the way 

Back to the flight deck. Soot, rubber steaks, stains at the end of each plank. I’m going to have to use a very fine set of lines for tail hook strikes. 

I’m not an addict as I can stop whenever I want 

Masts, 2 days work. 

I am a fan of alternative history, but I generally see a really good PE upgrade set that inspires me. This is the third German ship so it was a good option as Bismarck and Tirpitz are done to death and no one can tell me I’m wrong as it was never operational (except @cog) so I can beat it up a lot. Thus post #1 which shows it’s only viable use in any timeline. 

Strangely enough a novel came out after I started my build that included her. 

H&S Infinity with a .15 needle and a .5 needle for big works. It’s an amazing tool. 

Bridge and funnel thrown together, luckily it’s not glued as the funnel is on backwards. I only just noticed as the search light control room is on the wrong side. 

lots of little ladders for the side gantries