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  1. RGL
    This is the Trumpy painting guide and I quite like it.
  2. RGL
    I see what you mean but I won't bother as the camouflage on the starboard side will be a very dark blue over this section and not really noticeable. More importantly they completely left out the anchor on the bow (Which I only just noticed today). Simple fix to drill a hole though.
  3. RGL
    15 cm gun housings. I had to cut the barrels off at the stem and drilled holes into the stem to place the aftermarket barrels. I then had to file the tops so they can actually move / rotate inside the hull. The colour photo shows one of the ship’s real guns in Norway.
  4. RGL
    I need new CA. Maybe it’s the turning of the season but it has turned to sludge. I managed to add the gantries and a lot of door that are on the original blueprints but not the model or the upgrade. I’m awaiting new glue before I add 100 or so gussets.
  5. RGL
    It’s just HUGE!!!!!
  6. RGL
    So the real thing looked like this. Remember it rusted a lot and never went to sea. In this timeline ah will be a bit more active.
  7. RGL
    When the GZ was being built, they had to replace the bow as it was rubbish in rough weather and placed a large cap on top of the funnel as the smoke obscured the island. By adding the cap it became top heavy thus the bulges added on the hull for stability. I have etched in the panels which are’nt too obvious on the existing photos, but I think after some time at sea it would beat it up a bit and oilcan it. Next are the gantries that will have spotlights and guns. These will all need gusssets which are after after market.
  8. RGL
    It’s like Gaffa tape for modellers
  9. RGL
    I used Zap on my Endeavour for everything
  10. RGL
    I use Zap which has always been great, just the recent batches haven’t been very medium or thin.
  11. RGL
    I’m of the opinion sone bottles just go off. I just got a ‘new’ bottle of medium CA which is thicker than off cream. I think it has just sat around in the heat for too long so going to get some from a new source as the thin stuff I also bought is just as thick.
  12. RGL
    Very sorry mate.
  13. RGL
    So the panel lines are done. I can now etch in the vertical lines and try and understand the engineering as there are platform that run alongside the deck for guns and spotlights that will need a heap of gussets added. Once I’ve gotten my head around that I can give her another primer coat to cover up all the raw areas.
  14. RGL
    I’m going to do it a bit different this time as I want the hull plates to be a bit more defined. It will more or less just give me a guide when I airbrush and weather.
  15. RGL
    Hull taped up ready for the first layer of primer
  16. RGL
    So that’s how @cog threw his back out then....
  17. RGL
    Then you throw your back out....
  18. RGL
    Welcome back and very nice !
  19. RGL
    Well you know what happens if you don’t eat....
  20. RGL
    The platforms on the sides need lots of triangular gussets to be added (which are not included) and I think I’ll have to add the deck first as it will never align properly unless I do it then BUT! The lattice support wort under the deck at the bow and stern will have to be pre painted and weathered. So many chickens and so many eggs.
  21. RGL
    I’m not sure yet, I need to consider scribing the plates in first.
  22. RGL
    They’d be some around somewhere I imagine. Hull glued and joined up. Wooden blocked bedded down for the stands. I’ll let it sit and harden now.
  23. RGL
    Ships boats done and placed into storage.
  24. RGL
    Boat decks painted and enclosed. I’ll have to mask these sections off when I join the hull. I’ll now finish the davits and ship’s boats that will be added upon completion.
  25. RGL
    Steven, I think it was around .6mm? the ship’s davits are actually quite a nice bit of PE. The cable drums are also part of the davits. You have the option of having them in or out (Out is a bit better so as to display the interior details). Next I’ll do up the ship’s boats. None of these will be added until the hull is completed. The booms arms you can see in the drawing for the long boats forward of the davits? The kit does not provide them, there is a photo on the MK1 instructions but no number and I just cannot find them on the frets so I scratch built them.

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