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kpnuts got a reaction from EJ_L in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 30, 2018

Hi all well to say I'm disappointed with eduard pe is an understatement I've removed the plastic from the deck that the eduard instructions tell you to so how do I put the box when folded in the first two pics over the larger box.

There are several more folded boxes so I assume I will have the same problem with them, that is problem one with the eduard set number two the instructions show 2 part 30 and there are indeed two boxes on the deck which need those parts here is what eduard supply

As you can see only 1 part 30 and of course as I've already mentioned earlier in the build there are no where near enough scuttles supplied.
Number 3 their numbering on the frets has no logic at all number 84 being next to number 172 171 being next to 80 takes longer to find the part than it takes to atattch it.
Number 4 the folding instructions are pretty much non existent.
I've not had a lot of experience with pe but considering eduard are up there with the priceyest. I have to say it's the worst I've used so far. I think I will stick with mk1 and pontos from now on.
kpnuts got a reaction from EJ_L in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 30, 2018

Hi all the pe really does make a big difference, I'm still not great at it but even with my ham fisted efforts I still think it looks better (of course if I painted it it would help to hide my errors) I still like the improvements though.
The first 2 pics are how the parts would be oob that is the completed part.

And this is with the added pe

And here it is in place

That part is only 10mm so is really small.
kpnuts got a reaction from EJ_L in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 30, 2018

Hi all well this will probably be my last update before we get back from our hols we will be packing tomorrow night.
Got to say I'm really looking forward to a week in the sun doing nothing at all with a drink in my hand and my every whim catered for.

I'm thinking of drilling out all the portholes (I say thinking as there are a lot of them)
kpnuts got a reaction from EJ_L in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 30, 2018

Well it's been a long time since I put a ship on a stand (usually I have them in a dio of some sort) I think the last one I put on a stand was the La Royale de France.
I'm not sure I like the supplied stand maybe I will put her in a dry dock.
kpnuts got a reaction from mtaylor in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC July 1, 2018

hi all more PE done sorry for the glacially slow progress but I don't get much modelling time these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from EJ_L in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 30, 2018

Hi all here is an example of the eduard instructions.
The circle shows pe to be added to the top of the boxes (anything to be removed is highlighted in red) as you can see from the pencil arrow and as you can see from the fret it's not even the right shape the boxes as modelled by Tamiya (who I'm inclined to believe above eduard) are oblong eduard model them square. I'm using the eduard pe as I bought it but judging by what I've seen so far I don't trust eduard, Tamiya on the other hand are a well respected model producer with years of experience behind them. This is definitely the very last eduard pe I will buy. What annoys me most is they are supposed to be a premium pe producer as I've now discovered paying premium prices with pe dosnt mean you get premium products.
I've not had much experience with pe but the cheapest I've bought so far is the mk1 pe and it blows eduard out the water.
Someone said they do great aircraft pe (the best available, well I say to eduard stick to aircraft, I don't build aircraft so not a product I'm ever likely to buy)
kpnuts got a reaction from Jack12477 in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

Hi all well this will probably be my last update before we get back from our hols we will be packing tomorrow night.
Got to say I'm really looking forward to a week in the sun doing nothing at all with a drink in my hand and my every whim catered for.

I'm thinking of drilling out all the portholes (I say thinking as there are a lot of them)
kpnuts got a reaction from Jack12477 in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

Well it's been a long time since I put a ship on a stand (usually I have them in a dio of some sort) I think the last one I put on a stand was the La Royale de France.
I'm not sure I like the supplied stand maybe I will put her in a dry dock.
kpnuts got a reaction from John Allen in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

Hi all here is another update

Sorry if the pics don't show it may be tinypic fault don't know what to do(I can see the pics it's strange as I'm on other forums and this problem only seems to be on 2 of them.
kpnuts got a reaction from John Allen in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

Hi all well I hope you can see these pics, here is the next update.
kpnuts got a reaction from EJ_L in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 30, 2018

hi all more PE done sorry for the glacially slow progress but I don't get much modelling time these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from BenF89 in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

hi all more PE done sorry for the glacially slow progress but I don't get much modelling time these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from Jack12477 in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

hi all more PE done sorry for the glacially slow progress but I don't get much modelling time these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from John Allen in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

hi all more PE done sorry for the glacially slow progress but I don't get much modelling time these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from popeye the sailor in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

hi all more PE done sorry for the glacially slow progress but I don't get much modelling time these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from EJ_L in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 30, 2018

Hi all, well I seem to have so little time for modelling these days, i would have done double this in a day a yr ago, it's annoying how little time I get for modelling these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from BenF89 in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

Hi all, well I seem to have so little time for modelling these days, i would have done double this in a day a yr ago, it's annoying how little time I get for modelling these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from GrantGoodale in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC November 24, 2018

Thanks mate
Hi all well now we've got our phone and internet back I can start posting again
Here are the kit supplied pompoms

Which to be fair are pretty good
Stupidly I used the eduard ones to be fair they are amazing trouble is I have to now make 7 more of them.
kpnuts got a reaction from Jack12477 in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 29, 2018

Hi all, well I seem to have so little time for modelling these days, i would have done double this in a day a yr ago, it's annoying how little time I get for modelling these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from yvesvidal in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 27, 2018

Hi all, well I seem to have so little time for modelling these days, i would have done double this in a day a yr ago, it's annoying how little time I get for modelling these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from hexnut in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 26, 2018

Hi all, well I seem to have so little time for modelling these days, i would have done double this in a day a yr ago, it's annoying how little time I get for modelling these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from popeye the sailor in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 26, 2018

Hi all, well I seem to have so little time for modelling these days, i would have done double this in a day a yr ago, it's annoying how little time I get for modelling these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from Canute in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 17, 2018

Hi all, well I seem to have so little time for modelling these days, i would have done double this in a day a yr ago, it's annoying how little time I get for modelling these days.
kpnuts got a reaction from popeye the sailor in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 8, 2018

Only very basic internet searching
kpnuts got a reaction from EJ_L in King George V by kpnuts - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC June 30, 2018

Thanks mate
Hi all well now we've got our phone and internet back I can start posting again
Here are the kit supplied pompoms

Which to be fair are pretty good
Stupidly I used the eduard ones to be fair they are amazing trouble is I have to now make 7 more of them.

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