Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser

[RGL]

I don’t think so but China Attacks might be relevant 

[Tony Hunt]

1 hour ago, cog said:

(by the way, I loved Musashi from Eiji Yoshikawa, red it four times, do you have the book of five rings?)

SILENT VICTORY is a great read too, highly recommended!

[RGL]

Everything I read these days is pretty much E-pubs or Audible books. I have bookshelves full of books that are quite obscure and won’t ever go to digital though.  I still love my AOTS hardbacks, the reference is invaluable, there is a diagram how to rig and run paravanes for this class 

[cog]

13 hours ago, Tony Hunt said:

SILENT VICTORY is a great read too, highly recommended!

So is "Shattered Sword" but these latter two are quite a different genre

 

10 hours ago, RGL said:

Everything I read these days is pretty much E-pubs or Audible books. I have bookshelves full of books that are quite obscure and won’t ever go to digital though.  I still love my AOTS hardbacks, the reference is invaluable, there is a diagram how to rig and run paravanes for this class 

Not in the others like Yamato and such?

[Tony Hunt]

17 minutes ago, cog said:

So is "Shattered Sword" but these latter two are quite a different genre

I haven't read Shattered sword, I'll have to look for it. As it happens I recently read the account of Midway by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, giving the Japanese view of events, which was a fascinating perspective.

[RGL]

@cog this is one of the few books that actually shows how to rig and deploy them, but because these ships are so complex they can’t show everything, for example they don’t show the rigging for the propeller guards. 

[BANYAN]

That's looking mighty fine Greg; an unusual paint schema

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

One word describes the bridge; fiddly 

[yvesvidal]

10 hours ago, RGL said:

One word describes the bridge; fiddly 

Indeed. Not an easy one.

 

Yves

[cog]

"fiddly"!? You should be used to it by now ... Quite a lot of the fragile parts on that bridge

[BANYAN]

Fiddly it may be, but it doesn't seem to have slowed you down much - Looking good and nicely detailed.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

Range finders added to the bridge 

[mtaylor]

Beautiful work, Greg.   When I look at your builds, they seem to be photo etch with some plastic attached.  I've still amazed though at your builds.

[RGL]

Mainmast, part a. Tripods armrest horrible things to build, the housing is added to a bit as there appears to be another cabin added on top by wartime. Top mast next 

[RGL]

So, after all that, the range finders on the side were removed in 1939, so a bit more bashing required. 

[popeye the sailor]

very nice job on the bridge.........the funnels look really good too.   highly detailed..........    your usual standard of superb workmanship  

[RGL]

It does not look as good but the rangefinders were removed in 1939

[RGL]

As you can see, the side range finders are gone as of post 1939, there is a big fuel or water tank  underneath and a gantry alongside the funnel. 
 

the crew has places life vets on the railings and canvas dodgers (I’m not doing that) 

[lmagna]

That was a tough call. Removing the directors when it is probable that you would be the only one who would even know was quite a choice.

[RGL]

As much as I hate bashing kits, no one will notice until they do. I joined an Italian warship group on FB and it was correctly pointed out. 

[Javlin]

On 5/31/2020 at 9:01 PM, RGL said:

One word describes the bridge; fiddly

But that's a good fiddly Greg Kevin

[Tigerdvr]

Very well done Greg. May I ask how you manage to paint the decks the proper color with all the PE installed?

Thanks in advance.

 

Harley

[RGL]

Careful masking or add the pieces afterwards in part work 

[Ringadingdong]

I find it rather difficult to decide what to add before and what after painting. Anything added afterwards bears a good chance to inflict damage on what has already been good...

 

Nice, clean work, though!

[cog]

Some things you just cannot put on before hand, e.g. stairs coming down to a wooden deck you glue on after painting

[Ringadingdong]

Some things are obvious, but each railing keeps me thinking over it again. Yet, just working on my second ship, I still consider it as part of the learning process

[ccoyle]

I hadn't checked in on Greg's build in over a week, and now I'm thinking that all of his build logs should be tagged with "DON'T BLINK." 😄

[cog]

Even if you do not blink, you'll be bound to miss something ... so much happening

[RGL]

I’ve really had too much on at work and home to do much on her. Once I can finish the main top  mast I can go back to painting. 

[RGL]

Main topmast done.