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  1. king derelict
    Thanks very much Ken. I thought if she had seen enough bad weather to take the paint off she needed a greater amount of rust streaking. alan
  2. king derelict
    Thanks Mike. I’ll try that technique with the ca glue. I was taught to solder as an apprentice at de Havilland over fifty years ago, some of it stuck but I was untidy them too alan
  3. king derelict
    Thank you very much Andrew, the PE set is not perfect but it does elevate the build, the basic Trumpeter kit would be a bit bland. alan
  4. king derelict
    Thank you Chris. Another fun build alan
  5. king derelict
    Thanks Ken. Eskimo seems to be very similar to Zulu will less Carley rafts but some it’s are setting new challenges anyway. alan
  6. king derelict
    Thank you OC. I like the ghost camouflage on Eskimo. alan
  7. king derelict
    Thank you Andrew. Hopefully posing the trio is not too far away. Today was mostly PE wrangling which seemed harder than usual. alan
  8. king derelict
    This the last of the three Trumpeter Tribal Class destroyers, HMS Eskimo . Inside the box everything is exactly the same as HMS Zulu. I don’t like the box art paint scheme and it doesn’t seem correct for 1941 so I’m backing my RN WW2 camouflage book instead. Besides I really like the “ghost” scheme of Western Approaches Blue and White. The drawing also confirms the number and location of the ships boats and most of the armament. It does show Oerlikons on the bridge wings. I am not sure if they were really there or whether the artist used a generic Tribal to color the camouflage. hull has been primed, masked and painted with the AK acrylic RN colors. The WA blue seems a bit green in the photos but really is a very light blue in reality. The basic building blocks of the superstructure have been added and noi think this is where I start the PE details. Thanks for looking in. Alan
  9. king derelict
    Ships boats have been installed and the paint touched up on the details. Then weathering. I think it’s a bit too much but I was after a North Atlantic convoy escort look and went a bit further than usual. Looking at some photos it may actually be typical. I doubt anyone was hanging over the side in a bosuns chair with a paintbrush in mid Atlantic. Im calling this one finished and will now move onto the last of the three Tribals. Thanks for looking in, the likes and kind comments. alan
  10. king derelict
    Mike, I’m a bit nervous about using ca glue for the tripod legs of the foremast. Soldering them gives a strong enough joint to allow a bit of tweaking if the spread needs adjustments before fitting. I think ca works well for the yardarms, @mikegr shows an effective looking way of using ca glue on masts. alan
  11. king derelict
    Thank you very much OC. I forgot I hadn’t added the ships boats so that got done today. Weathering tomorrow I hope. alan
  12. king derelict
    I haven’t tried any IJN ships so far but have a couple in the pile. I might have to get brave Alan
  13. king derelict
    Thank you very much Mike. I seem to have accumulated several destroyers, Flyhawk HMS Kelly and Lance, also a J class. IBG Hunt and H, I class ships. Thankfully they don’t take up a lot of display space. Alan
  14. king derelict
    Thank you very much Andrew, my soldering has room for improvement but they are gradually getting better. I was hoping to get to use one of the PE lattice masts but they seem to be later war refits. alan
  15. king derelict
    The tripod foremast was painted and installed. It’s a bit nerve wracking threading it down between the superstructure and funnel. I may try to fit Eskimos mast a bit earlier in the sequence. All the railings are added now and a few fiddle bits like the two part PE anchors. A few areas of paint touch up and weathering to finish off. I’m happy the paint scheme is suitably different from Huron and Eskimo will be different again. Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments. alan
  16. king derelict
    Thanks Mike. I started off assuming the kit manufacturers were de facto the experts on the subject but I’ve revised my thinking. Especially when a series of a type are produced like these three Tribal destroyers. The Eskimo and Zulu kits are identical just different box art. The Zulu hull and other components are actually marked “HMS Eskimo “ alan
  17. king derelict
    I added the forecastle railings, always a bit of a milestone for me. I selected the three boats I want to use and started painting them The major project for the day was making up a brass tripod foremast. As usual the soldering challenged me but it’s not too bad and I have dressed it up with the PE supports and the radar. Compared to the kit mast I think it’s an improvement. A bit of paint will help too. Thanks for looking in, the likes and the comments alan
  18. king derelict
    Thank you very much OC. After Huron I sort of know my way around the kit and the PE now so it’s coming together. alan
  19. king derelict
    Thank you very much Mike. The camouflage scheme is pretty close to the photos and I think more likely than Trumpeters paint guide. I think the kit is stuffed with inaccuracies but the PE and a bit of reading around solves quite a lot and I don’t let the rest get in the way of enjoying the build alan
  20. king derelict
    The details are spectacular Phil. Beautiful work. alan
  21. king derelict
    Most of the details have been added and a black oil wash to bring out the details and subdue the very white areas. Carley rafts were painted and added. I need to fabricate a brass tripod foremast, add railings and boats. I had some reservations about the motor boats provided by the kit, trying to work out what the square part of the cabin roof was. Today it dawned on me, they are life belts, German life belts! Rather oversized too. I need three boats, the whaler at right is fine, I’ll try sanding the life belts off the Trumpeter boats and I dug up a couple of candidates from my Flyhawk spares. Time to get the HMS Eskimo box off the shelf. Thanks for looking in and for the likes and comments. alan
  22. king derelict
    Making some progress with the details. The IWM photos have been sufficient to identify the locations of the Carley rafts. Different to the kit configuration and requiring me to dip into the spares box again. Hopefully I will have enough extras for Eskimo because I suspect that will come up short as well. The main guns are the same and the quad Bofors is also present. Two quad 50 calibers complete the weapons. A bit more PE this time with an aft searchlight platform to make up. A few more details to add and then the first weathering before boats and railings are added. Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments. alan
  23. king derelict
    Beautiful work. Congratulations. alan
  24. king derelict
    I tidied up some details of the paint and added his sword. I tightened up the paint around his eyes to get rid of that slightly pop eyed look that he had. I think I’m happy with him. Thank you for looking in, the likes and kind comments. alan
  25. king derelict
    He’s definitely one of those benevolent kings 😀

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