Graham D

True. Nail varnish remover is a lot more forgiving, if messier

You can also use heat to unstick CA. I use a hot soldering iron against the joint until you get a small puff of smoke, which is the glue evaporating. Just don't breath in the fumes. On larger pieces ( for 1/72 and larger) I use a small butane power blow torch, which I wave over the joint, until the glue evaporates.

If you can get the 1/200 HMS Hood for £130, then that is a very good deal, I believe that the normal retail price over £300

I use LifeColor paints, they have a good range of colours, here are the life color paints: Admiralty Light Grey 507 C [UA633] Dark Blue Black MS1 [UA634] MS2 [UA 605] Dark Blue-Grey B5 [UA636] Hope this helps Graham

Very nice clean PE

Thanks for the info.

Hi just seen your excellent build. I am currently building this kit with GLS photo etch. Doing the bandstand and the shell carriers. What I would like to know is the thickness of the rigging thread you used? Thanks

I forgot to mention that I used 1/350 eyelets from L'Arsenal to attach the rigging to the superstructure

Here is a model I did a few years ago, the Trumpeter 1/350 HMS Hood. A great model to build. It came with a small amount of PE, but I bought the Pontos detail up set for it, and the Eduard set, as my cat knocked it onto the floor while I was still building it, and destroyed some of the PE that I had already used, so I replaced the damaged parts with the Eduard PE.

Yes, the Revell kit is the one to get if you are thinking of getting a Bismark. The detail is far superior.

Here are some pictures of the Tamiya Bismark. The amount of PE I used to improve this kit, I should have just bought the Revell kit. I use White Ensign decking, Flyhawk and Eduard PE. I know the guns are showing brass inside, but I did not notice this until I took these pictures!

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Thanks for letting me know I will try to fix it this evening

As the kit is the B variant it only had one float. If I wasn't doing the conversion I would have used the kit float. The float is quite detailed, not quite as detailed as the aftermarket ones. The rudder detail is a bit lacking, but you can get after market ones.

Thanks. The floats cost 17€