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First steps: Taking parts from their frets, cleaning them up, and dry fitting ALthough it's a 1:350 model, it is small, especially compared to the Tamiya kit I've been working on. The details are pritty good, fitting of pieces is beyond what I expected. The minor thing about it in my eyes are the number of points with which parts are attached to the fret, a lot of cleaning to do
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Ken, Why not have a go at it ...? As an old time railroader you should be grand at it!
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Not much bending to do what I've seen for PE. Stair handrails, which you can do with flat pliers. I think a PE tool would be an overkill for the bending you'll do on this one. I would advise you to buy one for e.q. a 1:350 Hood, or Yamato, but for this one ... nah, no realy I've decided on the pre WWI, mebby I buy another one and do the WWI also. Although, I've got that monster on the table too
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You still can make a diorama with a cutaway model, why not. First get her into the cutaway shape you want, you can always fit here into a diorama ... besides, once you have her like you want, it is easier to picture her in a fitting surrounding
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Just to show you, I've got the same kit ... There is a paint scheme in the box included, Popeye. You'll need to convert to the enamel brand you're using Hope you can find some if not all in your stash
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John, I don't know about specific RAN models, but you can make quite a few based on their British counter parts, which are available. Here is a discussion on it. Greg will probably know more on the subject
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Hello Mark, A bit less noise whilst crunching, I'm trying to concentrate Dunno, on what, but it did sound rather nice when I first wrote it Welcome to the multiple-build Nearly forgot, Dennis. If you use acrylics, prime first. As many before me, I switched to Tamiya rattle cans, they do have a small bottle of their ptimer too, for acrylics do not adhere to well on plastic and brass ... once primed, it doesn't matter to much what you spray, or smear on the parts ... if I think about something else, I'll just post it. Cheers
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Welcome back Piet, and thanks for the thumbs up. Seats are filling up quickly! Jungle drum is working fast
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Always welcome OC. Popeye, there is some PE in the kit. I am not far off by saying that Greg will probably have a large stash of PE remaining from previous builds, I do have some, almost an extra Musashi set, and a bit extra for certain items like stanchions. You could consider getting a few rods to replace a.o. those lovely out of scale plastic masts. Greg will be weathering his, I'm not entirely certain if I will. Maybe I'll build it on the slip/in the dock.
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Well that's the advantage of being the cook too ... although ... that does have it's downsides as well ...
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Thanks Greg, still a ways to go ... the PE stash doesn't seem to shrink ... I keep on bending and sticking parts together ... this ship will sink just by the quantity of brass stuck to it!
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How quickly time passes ... even if you're not having fun! Finally I got some time at the "bench". Had some restorative work on the hull, finished the decks, front and rear, as far as possible to be painted. Masked the decks, partly with tape, partly with an extra wooden deck I won't be using. Dragged the monster to my spray booth for priming. Hope to do some shading this week, but that depends on the boss, and the additional freelance work I got presently. Please, don't mind the very poor quality of the images. I'll try to get some better quality shots tomorrow if the weather cooperates ... Decks have not yet been glued down. First shading on the bit of super structure fixed to the deck, then the hull. Haven't decided yet if I'll get the colour (grey ... very colourful) on first before I mount the decks to the hull or after. The main problem will be putting on the wooden deck if everything is attached. So some minor headaches before I'll be ready with that ...
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Nicely done Ed ... A real joy to behold ... you make me smile!
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74-gun ship by Gaetan Bordeleau - 1:24
cog replied to Gaetan Bordeleau's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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I do have to say the lighter shade of grey gives a better contrast for the grunge and weathering than the darker ones, at least in the pictures. You have again made another very realistic build. Well done! quite the fleet ... any room left for another two? What's the airplane in front of the dreadnaught ... made a nose dive off it's catapult?
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King Arthur's Gwenivere You really showing off old-timer ... I can feel the pain ... remember it all to well. I wish you lots of strength, and a even more TLC when the job is done Cheers
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