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  1. RGL
    Well it was just lying around. I think if I was true to scale it would be a little deeper with2 levels. I’ll see how it goes after paint.
  2. RGL
    The hangar deck. There are three elevators, so I thought I’d have one half way up with an aircraft and park some more inside. Added a few interior details too.
  3. RGL
    Thanks Pat, the Port side done. Davits and cable reels to go, but I’ll add them when the hull is painted as they will jut out from the hull.
  4. RGL
    Are you going to etch in hull panels?
  5. RGL
    As this is the starboard side, it is taken up with a lot of uptakes for the stack. It’s quite nice to do a bit of scratch building again, that no one will ever see.
  6. RGL
    bit of background detailing for the boat decks. The vents come with the upgrade, the rest is scratch. The winches and glad it’s are yet to be done.
  7. RGL
    the plastic is quite thick. By the time I get a first layer of primer on. I can draw some armour panels on then etch them into the paint. There are other kits out there that have massive raised panel lines which in real life would be 15cm or about 5in high .
  8. RGL
    They were recessed quite nicely so they drilled quite nicely, with no burring. German efficiency saving on light bulbs I believe as that’s a lot of holes in a hull.
  9. RGL
    Only broke 1!!!!
  10. RGL
    Nearly 900 portholes. All drilled out.
  11. RGL
    I don't think so, there would only be the tiniest glimpse of the internal hangars anyways.
  12. RGL
    The Hangar deck/boat deck. I’m thinking of having at least one of the elevators lowered, so some internal details will have to be fabricated
  13. RGL
    This is a big kit. Same length as Yamato which was at the time the world’s largest battleship. Lots and lots of portholes to drill. The PE set comes with lots of porthole eyebrows but the ringlols are moulded on and really should not be needed. There are blueprints of the ship floating around and it probably was 80% complete before being abandoned, but it gives me a lot of leeway to invent and add.
  14. RGL
    No mate, I just read a heap of alternative and in particular how it would make sense as the US would slap them silly by 44 as they (Nazi’s) would not have the resources without Sovist non intervention. Never heard of Luft ‘46, is there a reference?
  15. RGL
    I wrote the script for its’ status on the log. It’s the only way it would have sensibly have been tenable. I’m Getting my head around the usually poor Korean instructions and wondering how the hell I’ll paint her but get silly with superdetailing her.
  16. RGL
    The kit, extra planes and replacement anchors, extra life rafts, range finders (not included) and a metal crest . Lots of PE. It will be the same length as Yamato but this was the tallest of all the aircraft carriers.
  17. RGL
    So, the next major build and my first aircraft carrier. Trumpeter 1/350 Graf Zeppelin, with the MK 1 design detail up set which is significantly more complex than the Infini set. Extras such as more aircraft, range finders etc. The history, well, it never fought, but, after a lifetime of reading history, I’m now a bit of a fan of alternative history now. Setting the stage for where this build will lead; Just imagine, no Operation Barbarossa. No 2 front war with the Russian bear, France held captive, England slowly strangled, no diversion of resources from the Middle East to support a Nazi seizure of middle eastern oil fields; Egypt overthrows British hedgemony blocking the Suez Canal and become a Vassal state. Spain isolates Gibraltar, Malta, under constant barrage from Italy and Germany, catipulates, the Mediterranean becomes an Axis Lake. The US continues supporting the UK but Japan’s atrocities in Hawaiian islands see political passion aim at Japan first. Germany does not declare war on the US. Soviet Russia invaded China, joining the Axis in 1942, sending hoards of men to the edge of their nation to blockade and US footbridge near Alaska. Hitler had flown to Moscow that year, seeing nothing he wanted, Living room could be achieved elsewhere. The buildup begins to defeat Japan but the Royal Navy struggles to keep trade lanes open, their vast armies of the commonwealth now in India having been blocked from returning home and not strong enough to force the return to Australia. Tirpiz, and the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin attempt to strangle the trade routes to the UK, decimating undefended or poorly defended convoys with air power and Uboats. The new Aircraft carrier Peter Strasser comes online and with the pocket battleships Hipper and Scarnhorst, England is incredibly isolated. US escort carrier pilots now face elite multiple aces from the Luftwaffe. Summer, June 6, 1944, worn from continuous operations in the North Sea, DKM Graf Zeppelin, Along with the other carriers, Elbe (ex passenger ship Potsdam), Seydlitz , Peter Strasser and Gneiseau, prepare to send a hoard of near obsolete Ju 97’s to sink the last British aircraft carriers as they return to try and block Sealion 2, with BF109T’s for top coverage. And it starts
  18. RGL
    The is an Infini set
  19. RGL
    This is the only 1-350
  20. RGL
    Allegedly Trumpeter are going to make one as it’s in their upcoming projects in their catalog it they have a habit of falling through. I’ve seen the resin one and it’s a tad expensive.
  21. RGL
    I don’t even know Very Fire made one? I’d love to see some photos.
  22. RGL
    This is a massive build
  23. RGL
    Hint
  24. RGL
    And off to the digital graveyard
  25. RGL
    Now some comparisons

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