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Yes, I do have it, but thank you very much for posting it, much appreciated.

Thanks Bob, I am looking at some 20-30 more "wires", then still hand rails to finish, weathering here and there etc

Another week another "not quite finished yet". Rigging continues, hand rails on the main deck has begun, but only a portion at the stern, because of the space I need along the hull to do the rigging. For now, I managed to finish all the rigging around the superstructure in front of the fore...

Thanks Terry, much appreciated.

Thanks Paul, that is true about refits / changes. In having said that, most photographs I found were taken during the build and possibly prior to the sea trials in the Baltic (which is what I was after to start with). There are so many different opinions about colors and stuff, but I have not...

Thanks Mike - don't let Feelix fool you though - he comes there, plays cute and cuddly, then he reveals his true intentions - FEED ME BISCUITS !!!!

Time for another small update. Most things done, scratch and all, but then there's the rigging and that will take a long time. The lack of reference is much worse than I thought. Although many have built the model (in different scales etc), when I compared their models with the very few photos...

Thank you Mark, but I beg to differ - we have our preferred subjects, you are building in a scale that is challenging to most - myself obviously included. I happen to like ships, and the submarine diorama was the first attempt at doing something this size (mind you, the sub is 1/72 scale, this...

I sure hope so MP, thank you !

Lesson in pastels, flat, gloss, high gloss and more - took notes :notworthy Laurence

Right, one more small update... My original intention to have the actual model done by the end of July is out the window. I spent a lot more time on the davits than originally estimated, and they are still not in positions yet. Part of the exercise was scratching the missing life boats. Back...

Thanks Bob, it is taking shape, but I think the fiddliest parts are yet to come.

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...

Well, thank you very much !!!

Thank you Mark, realism is the best thing I can hope to achieve as a modeler.

Thank you Bob, I appreciate that a lot!!! Having said that, I could have not done it alone. 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

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 ...

Thanks Mike !

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...

Apart from the mastery on display with these models, the tools, the techniques and so on (taught me so many great things and still learning), I really enjoy reading the extra info, stuff like this was sculpted by such and such who also wrote a gazillion books and created other things before...