Graham T

SNAP (almost) I recently stuck a toe in the water of maritime modelling & picked up the Tamiya 1/350 King George V (same class as PoW). I grabbed a timber deck for it & am looking at replacement Pompoms, Bofors etc. There is a wealth of updates/upgrades for these models - no doubt a more experienced ship modeller will chip in with the necessary. I'll be looking at Colourcoats paints https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk

Very nice. I had an example on my shelf until a couple of years ago but I really made a pigs ear of it I'm afraid.

I think I've got this in my Merc. Hope never to find out!

Cracking job!

I am aghast at that paint job! Just brilliant!

Nothing wrong with your build & finish but I still think the early Merlin engined Fireflies looked awful!

So, I picked up one of the above for the Tamiya 1:350 KGV from a Chinese seller on eBay. Arrived promptly enough but there are NO instructions. How does the deck fit to the plastic parts? Should there be a glue of some sort? My concern is that the packaging states "for sale in mainland China only"!

Holy Mother of God, that's a shed load of blue-tac!

Class myself as semi-retired as a business venture I started a year back has failed to go anywhere. Not quite there with the mortgage etc. & was getting seriously hacked off doing nothing at home so I took a part time job as customer delivery driver with Waitrose (four days, 0730-1430). Ironically, really having trouble with the early starts which is something I've NEVER had to cope with in my previous working life!

Thanks for the advise. I think I'll pick up a wooden deck for it. And....er......the pointy end is the...er....front?.........Right?

What I was going to say. I've used it many time, including MY Italeri Sunderland!

Never even heard of some of them! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/britons-raf-needs-have-say-vote-forthe-peoples-spitfire-pilot/

Brilliant job(s)!

Oh no it isn't. takes me to the FT!

So, as a committed aircraft modeller, I've decided to take a crack at a ship & have ordered the above from Jadlam for a very reasonable £41.15. Now, anything I should know? Paints from White Ensign (although I think that might be Coloucoats nowadays?), any other AM goodies I can splurge upon? Also what would be a good reference book? Enquiring mind wants to know!