gdollow Posted December 26, 2013 #1 Posted December 26, 2013 This is my progress so far on Academy's HMS Warspite special edition. It comes with extra PE and gun barrels. I also bought extra PE oelikons and pomp pomp guns. he oelikon body proved too delicate for me, so I used the shields and bases and the plastic gun from the kit. NMBROOK, hexnut, Captain Slog and 5 others 8 Current: Artesinia Latina HMS Victory Cross Section
gdollow Posted January 2, 2014 Author #2 Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) More progress. I bought an oerlikon PE kit, but the gun body was so delicate, that I could not bend it without breaking it, so I used the bases of the pe kit and use the plastic gun body. BTW to show the size of the oerlikon guns, I have put it on a 5p piece. The last picture shows the first bit of superstructure and the rigging of the booms. I am using E-Z thread for all the rigging. Edited January 2, 2014 by gdollow NMBROOK, hexnut, Captain Slog and 3 others 6 Current: Artesinia Latina HMS Victory Cross Section
gdollow Posted January 3, 2014 Author #3 Posted January 3, 2014 I agree, it wasn't until I started building this model that I discovered its history. Should have been a floating museun like the HMS Belfast WackoWolf 1 Current: Artesinia Latina HMS Victory Cross Section
gdollow Posted January 4, 2014 Author #4 Posted January 4, 2014 Here is an update. The bridge is now complete, just need to paint, fit and rig the fore mast. There is 20-30 pieces of PE in the fore mast. Captain Slog and NMBROOK 2 Current: Artesinia Latina HMS Victory Cross Section
Captain Slog Posted January 4, 2014 #5 Posted January 4, 2014 Hi, This is looking very nice. Photo etch adds so much to these ships. would you mind telling me the overall length of the model? Cheers Slog gdollow 1 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic)
gdollow Posted January 4, 2014 Author #6 Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) Hi, This is looking very nice. Photo etch adds so much to these ships. would you mind telling me the overall length of the model? Cheers Slog Slog, This model is 56 cm long, beam of 10cm and overall height 23cm Edited January 4, 2014 by gdollow Captain Slog 1 Current: Artesinia Latina HMS Victory Cross Section
gdollow Posted January 11, 2014 Author #7 Posted January 11, 2014 I have rigged the fore mast. The pictures make the rigging thread look thick, but I am using the fine E-Z thread. WackoWolf, Captain Slog, Brian the extraordinaire and 1 other 4 Current: Artesinia Latina HMS Victory Cross Section
kpnuts Posted October 18, 2014 #8 Posted October 18, 2014 This is looking amazing I have a model of this which I am putting in a dio so will be keeping a close eye on this.
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