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1/700 Motor Vessel Steyning (sort of!)

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I think the Foc'sle (Forcastle. The front part of the ship) is busy enough in this scale. An anchor winch should install just at the ends of the chains. It occurs to me that a DKM Type VIIc U-Boat (U-21) like in the movie scene should be included in this kit.
The hull mold box is generous enough to accomodate the dinky waterline scale Untersee Boat. Dommit Stephen! You're still doing this to me!!
 
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Given the generous size of the 9th and final mold box, I decided to add eine kleine Notsi-boat. Hasegawa's 1/700 Type VIIc from their old school dual kit. If a Guy is going to build one dinky U-Boat, he'd just as well build them both, right? The rail-drilling idea didn't work so well on styrene plastic rails. I'll replace the railings on the type IX U-Boat with P/E parts.
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Given the bubble-trubble I've experienced of late with Mold Max 10, The idea is to mix all of a fresh 2 pound RTV kit after a thorough mixing of parts A and B and pour all the molds and throw away all of what is left over.
This goes against every "Waste not, want not" instinct, but I'm damned if I'll take any chances on ANY new mold after 4 failures in a row, using opened RTV containers.
There might be one more mold to prep........
or two.......
Mebbe.

This is KILLIN' me! I so love to enthusiastically pour the RTV in smaller quantities, a few molds at a time and cast them to admire my handiwork in cool, gray LPP castings! Then, the build of each project for instructions, in a logical. linear fashion.
MUTHERPUSSBUKKIT!
 
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