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  1. RGL
    Now, after much consultation I believe the next bit is gasoline lines. The kit gives a half baked attempt at them, so a little bit of plumbing work ....
  2. RGL
    Thanks, now the hull is together it’s fun again, The level of detail is somewhat limited by how much reference I can find.
  3. RGL
    Port side catwalks. I’ve added details like microphone boxes and speakers, with controls for the arrestor cables, fire hydrants and gasoline stations to be added later after painted off ship. I’ll probably do the gasoline pipes on this side next before moving to starboard as they have some somewhat “complex” radio towers which I need to figure out how to sling outboard. These is a LOT of detail to go yet. IMG_1323.MOV
  4. RGL
    Well done mate, it’s a particularly small kit and lots of fiddly bits. What’s next?
  5. RGL
    Well done, always good to have another plastic person here
  6. RGL
    Thanks Bob, it makes sense as they are obviously armoured in places.
  7. RGL
    There is very little detail on the catwalks details, mainly from crashes.
  8. RGL
    I’d say they’d use condensers for that given the large crew. I was wondering if they were seawater pump lines for fire fighting equipment at the deck level.
  9. RGL
    Now, a question to the gallery, there are a series of pipes running alongside and down the hull. I don’t know if they are water or fuel?
  10. RGL
    Gasoline station , there are 8 of these spread around the catwalks
  11. RGL
    Wasn’t good enough so re did it. 16 pieces all up as there is one for the barriers and one for the arrestor cables. Fuel next.
  12. RGL
    So I’ve scratch built from spares an arrestor gear station. I think it’s probably as much as is warranted given it’s not really visible with the naked eye.
  13. RGL
    This image from the AOTS shows placements on the catwalks for the Arrestor gear control stations, barrier control stations and fueling stations. I found the image in my previous post on Facebook (can’t find any other images anywhere) but I’m yet to find one of the barrier control station. This will all have to be scratch built but Pontos actually provides the Buts in image 2.What is not included is the fire hoses which I’ve found after after market Ive also found fire hydrants which I’ll add.
  14. RGL
    Javelin, the alignment sucked, required a lot of trimming and there are still some gaps. Meh, it’ll be fine. the next step is the catwalks. The kit has plastic ledges which I discovered today when I started the Pontos replacements need to be cut off. ive added a few reference photos here as they are an insanely detailed area which requires my imagination to detail up as there is nothing really showing this area in detail. this area has refueling hoses, firefighting equipment, Gun and storage, catapault controls And arrest or cable controls etc etc. the Pontos detail here is amazing but the instructions are somewhat “expert” level to guess. I want to do most of these off model so I can prime them before placement and still work the hull without risk of breaking or worse, bending them off.
  15. RGL
    The deck was already in three pieces, but adding the underside detail threw the specs out and it’s a clumsy fit anyway not designed for this much PE.
  16. RGL
    Quick lick of primer, supports added dry fit
  17. RGL
    Portside elevator, the little grey blob is the Trumpeter support and the actual platform has no details whatsoever. I‘ve had to burn and rebuild the actual support structure as the instructions are no poor.
  18. RGL
    Do a build log!!!!
  19. RGL
    The deck is on. Just a horrible piece of engineering, which is going to require a lot of work to fix gaps. Luckily there are walkways alongside the flight deck which will cover a lot of gaps, there is a massive gap in the deck which luckily will have a wooden overlay.
  20. RGL
    Fantail or back veranda
  21. RGL
    Focsle, lots of detail coming together once covered pretty much invisible
  22. RGL
    I have to do up the bow and stern areas before plonking on the deck. I’ll get this done soon. lots of dark blue which really hides detail. Hangar deck masked so I can paint the hull.
  23. RGL
    They are pretty universal in size, unlike coins which can vary a lot.
  24. RGL
    Flight deck revisited. I primed then painted the underside white and gave it a dirty wash. I’ll have to mask this piece so I can paint the outboard bits. I dry fitted it and as usual, nothing aligns. So I cut the deck back into three pieces and each piece has been trimmed with a razor saw so they fit flush. The alignment tabs also had to be cut off. I’m hoping this is the hardest part of the build as it’s not easy and other builds have had the same problem apparently.
  25. RGL
    Ready for some priming a few additions to the gun platforms just to get rid of bland

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