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    Welcome!
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    20 x 47mm guns, some assembly required: The straight pins are stock for the gun barrels. I have already folded over all pieces that needed doubled or in the case of the shields, tripled. The Russians adapted this ship from a French design, hence the French whale-back design, so I’m assuming that the 47’s are the same weapon that the French, and those they supplied, used up until the beginning of World War II as an antitank gun. That line of reasoning would also indicate that the 75mm guns on the hull casemates were the same weapon that the French used as artillery up until the beginning of World War II as well. They weren’t as good as Krupp, but then nobody out-Krupped Krupp until the modern day.
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    @Keith Black, Thank you very much! The stack stays are up and installed (first actual rigging of this model): Moving on to the 47mm guns and the search lights!
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    @Keith Black, @Coyote_6 and @king derelict, thank you all very much! Thank you to all who have hit the like button or just stopped by! Those railings are quite time consuming, but worth it. It lets me make “photoetched” parts without the photoetch. The turrets definitely gave me a run for my money, but I am very happy with how they turned out. Here is the Oryol with the secondary battery complete and installed! I am currently working on installing eyebolts to take the rigging. Then I will rig the stacks, make and install the 47mm guns and searchlights, install and rig the masts/yards, add the ship’s boats, add the rest of the fittings away from the main superstructure to include the hull fittings and then add the flags, tentatively in that order. I’m working from the inside out to avoid having to work in an any more enclosed space than I have to.
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    Welcome!
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    Mark, Thank you very much! Half of the turrets are fully assembled with railings, handles and ladders now: The shaping of those railings is tricky. They still need painted and sealed.
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    Ferrus, Very well done!
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    Bob, Golden Hind turned out amazing!
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    Alan, Thank you very much! The main structure of all six secondary turrets are done: I need to clean them up, paint them all and make/add ladders & railings. These have been very slow going. Each of those turrets will have about fifty pieces each when complete. That makes for approximately 300 pieces between the six turrets. That’s just part of these models though. I am enjoying this build very much! It is a good challenge!
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    I brush on the Folk Art Clear Primer. It works great!
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    Jeff, The Baltimore turned out great! I agree about most card model instructions leaving a lot open to interpretation. I have been coating both sides of a card model with sealant (the generic Folk Art variety from Hobby Lobby or Michael’s) prior to cutting anything out. That saves a LOT of aggravation with small/intricate parts delaminating.
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    Congratulations! Very nicely done!
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    Alan, Very nicely done!
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    Incredible work!
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    Congratulations! Incredible work!
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    Bob, Very nicely done!
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    Alan, Very nicely done!
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    Excellently done!
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    Very nicely done!
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    https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/HMS-Victory-Construction-Plans-Set-911.html#SID=135 This is a link to the plan set from Cornwall Model Boats.
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    Bob, That looks like the figurehead on the Golden Hinde replica in London. Your Golden Hinde is looking great! Also, I’m glad to hear that your arm is feeling better!
  23. GrandpaPhil
    Absolutely amazing work, Greg!
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    I have made more progress on the secondary battery: And here they are now: I discovered a series of games called “Bioshock” and played them all the way through. I greatly enjoy the steampunk and diesel punk genres of science fiction. I think that is closely related to why I like ironclads, transition era warships and predreadnoughts so much.
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    Welcome!

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