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  1. king derelict
    The pipe work adds lots of visual interest and looks really good alan
  2. king derelict
    And suddenly Eskimo seems finished. I added the railings and boats, gave the superstructure a very thin black oil wash and then added the rust streaks to the anchors and portholes. And as promised here are a trio of Tribals HMS Zulu at left, HMS Eskimo centre and HMCS Huron at right as viewed. There are doubtless inaccuracies given the nature of the Trumpeter kits and photos only supply so much detail. I’ve read that corvette captains grabbed any secondary weapons going and the same for the Carley rafts so once in commission there really isn’t a standard configuration. I suspect that the same may be true for destroyers, so this is my interpretation at the end of the day. Thank you all for following along and for the likes and kind comments. Now, the question is, what’s next? A diorama is tempting and the miniatures are calling too alan
  3. king derelict
    Thank you very much Mike. I’m impressed with the Black Cat bits. The 2D look from PE really doesn’t work as well for elements like the guns although I like it for railings and support structures. A slightly larger range for 1/700 would be nice but I suppose there are limits to what can be done at that scale. alan
  4. king derelict
    Congratulations, Richard, looks great. The landing gear looks intricate but you made a great job of it alan
  5. king derelict
    Thanks OC, the Black Cat parts are tiny but so much better looking than the kit version or the PE ones. They mostly have 1/350 stuff but I did get the 1/700 Oerlikon, Carley rafts and 4.7 inch guns as well as the quad 50 cals. alan
  6. king derelict
    Beautiful work Phil. The rigging is so neat and it really makes the ship look alive. It’s going to look spectacular when the running rigging is done. Congratulations alan
  7. king derelict
    Progressing along the groove made by Zulu but changing the order of building around to reflect lessons learnt (or maybe not) from the earlier two builds. I made up the brass tripod foremast and installed it earlier this time. It was much easier to position but now I realize it’s going to interesting to place the forward funnel. Hopefully I can do it without banging the mast. Boats and Carley rafts are in progress now. i need to straighten the main mast which got touched while I was fiddling with the foremast. You can’t win sometimes. I was trying to work up the enthusiasm to attempt the PE quad 50 cals when the post lady brought a small box from France. A handful of Black Cat resin accessories including quad 50 cals. Amazingly tiny, they suggest the PE ones are over scale. The resin is quite flexible so cutting the guns off the supports was not too hair raising just tiny. They have been painted and added and look very nice- if you have good eyesight or magnifiers. Still a bit to do but it’s coming together. I’ll add the funnels and give the ship a black oil wash before starting the railings. Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments. alan
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    Thank you very much OC. Yep, the display space is filling up. I haven’t found a spot for Sargon yet either. alan
  9. king derelict
    Thank you very much Mike. I’m learning my way around the Tribals. alan
  10. king derelict
    Hard work but the results look terrific alan
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. king derelict
    Thank you Chris. Another fun build alan
  15. 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
  16. king derelict
    Thank you OC. I like the ghost camouflage on Eskimo. alan
  17. 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
  18. 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
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    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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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

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