HMS Hood by dragzz - Trumpeter - 1/200 scale - PLASTIC

[dragzz]

here a new build  I'm going to be doing this is a plastic model which I have done lots of these I've had to put my other ones aside right now cant wait to get stared

[Louie da fly]

The Mighty Hood. What a classic ship. At 1:200 she's going to be pretty big, isn't she?

[dragzz]

51 inch long shes a beast this going to be a great build

[dragzz]

So as of right now I'm starting to get rid of the mold lines on the hull as you can see in the picture so far things going well 

[popeye the sailor]

appears to be a fairly clean hull     are you going to order the wood decks for her?  PE perhaps??   following along.........should be a fun jaunt    

[Nirvana]

HMS Hood, I remember when I built her as an Airfix model but much much smaller size..... back in the 70's

This build is one I am looking forward to.

[Old Collingwood]

Thought you might find this useful  as it shows different mods  to improve the kit  -  gonna be an epic build.

 

http://www.hmshood.com/hoodtoday/models/trumpeter/trumpeter200.htm

 

OC.

[dragzz]

hello popeye not to sure about pe stuff and the wood deck will cost me 125.oo in canada thats a bit much for me i will try and get as much pe as i can for it

 

hello thank you for following my build log nirvana

 

 

 

old collingwood welcome to my build log  and yes i will look into the link for mods thank vary much

[Old Collingwood]

22 minutes ago, dragzz said:

hello popeye not to sure about pe stuff and the wood deck will cost me 125.oo in canada thats a bit much for me i will try and get as much pe as i can for it

 

hello thank you for following my build log nirvana

 

 

 

old collingwood welcome to my build log  and yes i will look into the link for mods thank vary much

No problem at all.

 

OC.

[dragzz]

oldcollingwood i looked at that site wow what a site iam not to sure where a can get all the pe parts for that the hood 27 sheets of pe parts lol

[Old Collingwood]

13 hours ago, dragzz said:

oldcollingwood i looked at that site wow what a site iam not to sure where a can get all the pe parts for that the hood 27 sheets of pe parts lol

Yep its brilliant for info, check sites like Ebay  or direct for makes like Lion Roar,   Pontos,   White Ensign,    there are quite a few companies who do detail sets.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Found these for you  -

 

http://pontosmodel.com/html/23009f1.html

https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/mk1-design-1200-hms-hood-armament-set--ms-20015-236712-p.asp

https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/mk1-design-1200-hms-hood-value-detailing-pack--md-20016-235424-p.asp

 

OC.

[dragzz]

Thank so much I will look in to that

[Old Collingwood]

6 minutes ago, dragzz said:

Thank so much I will look in to that

No problem.

 

OC.

[dragzz]

This is not what I want to see on the  hms  hood model the forward deck almost looks like a banana the rear deck is just as bad  the center deck has a small warp here a pic

[shipman]

As plastic models go............that's not the end of the world.

By the time you stop spending on this project I'd expect the good fairies would have been and finished it one morning.

[popeye the sailor]

not too bad....I've seen worse.   just weight or tape it down........it will stay   

[dragzz]

thanks shipman  i will just work on it day by day its all work just fine in the end

[dragzz]

hello popeye   its not to bad i went thu the box of parts late last night there a lot warp parts that i might to fix. i will try some tape see how it goes and let you all know hows it went 

[shipman]

Honestly, from my experience, your photo's don't really show an issue worth worrying about. The grape vine indicates Trumpeter have detail issues somewhere on every kit they produce.

From what I understand, THE big problem is the undersize rear funnel, though there are replacements available.

A lot depends on what you want to achieve with your Hood. A handsome model can be built with what came in the box. Many of the 'inaccuracies' detailed on the Hood site are there but they are pretty minor. Most people wouldn't even notice.

[dragzz]

hello shipman and for me pe parts that u can get for the hood can cost just as much as the model itself this just might be out of the box build for me i will take out all the mold lines and get as much detail in as i can .thank you for your info shipman

[dragzz]

This is the brace for the hull of the hood all 6 of them are to tall so the decks  dont sit down right when people are building this kit watch out for that 

[Old Collingwood]

Requires abit of  adjusting to get the fit right no doubt  - just apply the  notion   "test fit  three times  - cut once"    just keep checking  things before cutting material away  - saves many tears latter   (We have all been there)

 

OC.

[dragzz]

Been there done that to many time  old Collingwood just have to do lot of test fit is all

[dragzz]

I now have the  Hull braces  Installed on the hood hopefully I will have on white sealer primer on it tomorrow here some pictur

[RGL]

Does the deck sit flush?

[dragzz]

hello rgl welcome to my build yes the decks sit flush test fitted the decks two times so it all good there 

[RGL]

I find if the thin up the inner gunnel it will sit a little below the edge allowing the stick on deck to sit flush (if that makes sense). I don’t think I could fit a 1/200 beast! 

[dragzz]

Rjl  thay look just fine to me  As long as everything lines up on the decks when they're glued down that's a good thing

[dragzz]

This is the airbrush I will be using for my ships the is the iwata hp-th2 valt with .06 needle this works great