Heavens Eagle
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Good solution Laurence! Yeah I suspect some of the AM companies design the stuff but never actually build a prototype.
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Colossus-Building the Bismarck-Trumpeter 1/200th
- Thread starter White_Wolf
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Fantastic Lawrence!
This will definitely be your masterpiece, so far that is!
All those tiny details are very impressive!
Keep goin' my friend!
Bob
This will definitely be your masterpiece, so far that is!
All those tiny details are very impressive!
Keep goin' my friend!
Bob
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
I would have thought that they get some form of feedback. Fully appreciate them producing the kits, maybe I am just used to whinging a bit too much.
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
A while back I was avoiding the PE as much as I could. Then, practice, practice and more practice, I got used to some of it. I still swear a lot when doing it.Damn. Such finesse. My clunky fingers can't do such fine detail like that.
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Thanks Bob - it certainly is the biggest thing I have ever attempted to build so far. I am looking forward to finishing the model, so I could make a start on the water.
Laurence
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Right, time for a small update ...
Plane is dry fitted, everything else is locked in.
Turret A (Anton) is dry fitted - still needs some painting and weathering.
The smoke stack - instructions - all PE is from the aftermarket kit. Just to show what sort of madness this is. Platform marked b (above) has over 50 PE parts alone. All done now.
Thanks for watching,
Laurence
Plane is dry fitted, everything else is locked in.
Turret A (Anton) is dry fitted - still needs some painting and weathering.
The smoke stack - instructions - all PE is from the aftermarket kit. Just to show what sort of madness this is. Platform marked b (above) has over 50 PE parts alone. All done now.
Thanks for watching,
Laurence
Wow! She's looking great. The boats stand out so uniquely, all the effort is really paying of Laurence
Outstanding!!!!!!!!!
notworthynotworthynotworthynotworthynotworthynotworthy
I can't wait to see that in water!
I can't believe your rate of improvement since joining this website! It has been nothing short of fantastic watching it!
You Da Man Laurence!
Bob
notworthynotworthynotworthynotworthynotworthynotworthyI can't wait to see that in water!
I can't believe your rate of improvement since joining this website! It has been nothing short of fantastic watching it!
You Da Man Laurence!
Bob
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Thanks Mike !So impressive, Laurence!
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Thanks MP ! I have to add 4 more lifeboats that are nowhere to be seen - I decided to scratch them, they will be on the main deck with scratched davits. Joy ...Wow! She's looking great. The boats stand out so uniquely, all the effort is really paying of Laurence
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Thank you Bob, I appreciate that a lot!!! Having said that, I could have not done it alone.Outstanding!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait to see that in water!
I can't believe your rate of improvement since joining this website! It has been nothing short of fantastic watching it!
You Da Man Laurence!
Bob
I am really looking forward to seeing the ship in the water too, but I am afraid that might take a while still.
Things are moving ahead way too slowly .....
Laurence
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Absolutely stunning work Lawrence! I could've sworn I was looking at a real ship!
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Thank you Mark, realism is the best thing I can hope to achieve as a modeler.
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Mightly Impressive....MIGHTLY!!
Well, thank you very much !!!
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Normally I wouldn't post an update after sticking two more pieces together, but these are two big pieces that change the appearance of the whole thing - the two masts, another example of two pieces of madness, made of a ton of PE pieces, all from the MK1 aftermarket - the kit parts are all plastic.
Some of the turrets have been removed, to make it easier to install the handrails. More about that later, when I put in place the rails along the main deck.
One flaw with this kit is that there are not enough life boats if you chose to do it in the Baltic colors. Back then, there were life boats on the main deck, later removed. There are no boats in the aftermarket either, so I had to scratch some stuff.
The davits are present, resin, but so bent that are unusable, have to scratch those too. For the boats I used one of the ones mounted on top of the hangars as a sample, then sheets styrene, milliput and white paint. They will be covered and I will do some straps too.
They need some cleaning, but that's what they look like now.
Thanks for watching,
Laurence
Some of the turrets have been removed, to make it easier to install the handrails. More about that later, when I put in place the rails along the main deck.
One flaw with this kit is that there are not enough life boats if you chose to do it in the Baltic colors. Back then, there were life boats on the main deck, later removed. There are no boats in the aftermarket either, so I had to scratch some stuff.
The davits are present, resin, but so bent that are unusable, have to scratch those too. For the boats I used one of the ones mounted on top of the hangars as a sample, then sheets styrene, milliput and white paint. They will be covered and I will do some straps too.
They need some cleaning, but that's what they look like now.
Thanks for watching,
Laurence