gdollow Posted December 26, 2013 Share #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. WackoWolf, JesseLee, Captain Slog and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdollow Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share #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 hexnut, mtaylor, Captain Slog and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdollow Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share #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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdollow Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share #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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted January 4, 2014 Share #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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdollow Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share #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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdollow Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share #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. Brian the extraordinaire, GrandpaPhil, Captain Slog and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 18, 2014 Share #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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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