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  1. RGL
    Fantail or back veranda
  2. RGL
    Focsle, lots of detail coming together once covered pretty much invisible
  3. 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.
  4. RGL
    They are pretty universal in size, unlike coins which can vary a lot.
  5. 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.
  6. RGL
    Ready for some priming a few additions to the gun platforms just to get rid of bland
  7. RGL
    Always wanted to build the Atlantic. Very few build logs of it anywhere.
  8. RGL
    There’s a whole lot of things that need to be added as extras, bollards, cable reels, chain breaks and stoppers, paravanes, fire hoses etc.
  9. RGL
    Paravane rails, the kit instructions state they are stowed on the stern, it this shows them at the bow bulkhead, I’ll probably my just do both.
  10. RGL
    Oh, I'd sell to cover my next project, no man hours or profit involved, but as I live in Australia it would be a bit problematic.
  11. RGL
    Shhhh, the wife will hear.
  12. RGL
    Last part of the under flight deck
  13. RGL
    So the perforated bars look OK on dry fit
  14. RGL
    Every photo from WW2 shows a lot of people around.
  15. RGL
    Yes, yes, maybe and no. 900 crew would cost as much as the em whole model plus extras. it’s just plod work really but nessesary. There is a large about of detail to go but the flight deck does not sit easily on the hull so I need to do the interiors then mask them off so I can paint the outsides. The tricky bits are the stern then the focsle as they will be covered over by the deck,
  16. RGL
    Bit more detail work, underside of the flight deck. Most of this won’t be that visible.
  17. RGL
    The PE madness starts, the underside of the bow
  18. RGL
    Underside of the flight deck, starting on the support beams. I’ve had to remove some of the kit plastic so it will sit flush. Thank goodness there is a wooden deck to go on top of this monstrosity
  19. RGL
    Interior walls painted, some washes added, elevator pistons added (cut down main gun barrels). Not much visible through the side roller doors IMG_1076.MOV
  20. RGL
    Hangar deck continues, three shades of grey and some masking so I can paint image interior walls
  21. RGL
    If you look at Graf Zeppelin it was very high as well
  22. RGL
    Hangar deck - won’t really be that visible but a good muscle memory exercise for the airbrush
  23. RGL
    Probably something to do with the weight of the big guns that needed to be counterbalanced below the waterline and the magazines were safer and could be flooded if below the waterline.
  24. RGL
    Mr surfacer put in with a big brush to represent barnacles. Then lights coats of black, green then grey,a filter coat and that will until the boot strap and the rest of the hull is done. Now I can do the hangar deck.
  25. RGL
    Lower hull done. Red rbrown, then red, then pinkish red,

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