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I've started on the stern superstructure. Some nice raised detail here. Regards, David
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I've had a few pieces that needed painting, and since I put my spray booth away, I've been waiting for a good day to spray those pieces outside. That was today, so I've now finished the bow structure. New parts: mast, ladder next to mast, small catwalk, some braces, two turrets. I started the stern structure a few days ago, so that's underway. Regards, David
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And the funnel and hangars. Now I have to build and paint a couple of brass fixtures, mount them, and then mount some turrets and this structure will be done. Regards, David
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And now the tower is up. Regards, David
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Next set of levels mounted. I'm into painting completed structures, so this should go up fairly quickly, and I'll keep posting progress pics as I go. Regards, David
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Put up my spray booth and have now started to paint and assemble the bow superstructure. First and second levels shown here, in position and glued to the ship. Regards, David
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This is the starboard hangar in its position next to the funnel. An identical one goes on the port side, and I will build that now. Really nice detail here -- and of course all of this will be painted gray. A tip: there are notched slots in the roof to accept the brass pieces. I used a craft knife to widen them so they would more easily accept the fittings. Regards, David
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Cool little crane assembly. Goes on the funnel later on. Regards, David
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This is the funnel, in the position it will eventually hold. There are some very difficult assemblies in this, and I butchered one beyond fixing. See if you can find it. 😁 Regards, David
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Thanks, Ian. I've found the most challenging part to be the tiny little brass and plastic pieces -- the smallest ones. I've lost a couple that slipped out of my tweezers onto the floor, where I couldn't find them, but they are so small that I have said "to hell with it, they will never be noticed" and moved on. 😁 Regards, David
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More stages of the bow superstructure. I've added some closeups showing the new detail. The turrets have been removed here and "parked" on a piece of tape. It might seem like I'm going fast, but I had held the previous stage for about 5 days waiting for some paint to arrive, and was working on this stage during that time. Regards, David
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Bow structure continues to take shape -- the new layers are dry-fitted as things need to be painted in stages. The white patches on the top of the structure are putty. Regards, David
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More work on the lower level of the bow structure. The two gun turrets are dry-fitted for now. Some of the detail pieces are fiendishly small. I've lost a couple of the really tiny ones on my workbench, but you can't really tell. Regards, David
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This ship shows an incredible level of detail, achieved by using brass etched sections on the sides that will ultimately be spray painted gray. This is the first level of the starboard side. There is detail etched into the surface of the base plates, and then you add very tiny pieces on top to create additional raised detail. Regards, David
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Something I forgot to mention for any of you who might be using this build log as a reference for your own Bismarck build: The base frame for the structure in the picture above is initially built in two sections -- front and rear. Those are then joined by stringers on the sides of the beams that run fore and aft -- you can see the beam numbered 75 above, but the join is hidden now. You use the deck pattern to get the spacing of the fore and aft sections right before joining them with the stringers. But the picture in the manual is confusing -- it didn't seem right to me when I looked at my model. It was only after really close inspection and comparison (including using a magnifying glass on the picture) that I realized that the actual pattern I have is different -- slightly -- from the one pictured in the manual. So I then used common sense to do the alignment. Point of this is that you could make a really serious mistake if you just look at the picture and align the way it shows. Regards, David
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