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David I couldn’t get her all in…. She’s just over 1.3m Here’s the best I could get

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Hi everyone. This is my Trumpeter Hood finished this month after 10 months on the bench. It has the Pontos detail set and Micromaster HACs, Quads, Searchlights, 4" secondary guns, and 4" ready use lockers. There's a full 50 part Vlog at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWLcXWGXVcO3LZEJiwETkJ9eY_GZJBfI2 Hope you enjoy. Steve

Main top mast under way this week. All Pontos turned and etched brass

Thanks for posting the channel link Iceman I appreciate it. Steve

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I'm trying to post a picture as usual but the URL box turns red when I try to insert into the post - any ideas anyone. I've tried flikr and dropbox plus another host which worked earlier in the week but now nothing works. The links all look good.

This week Ive built the foremast starfish and spotting top. No real dramas but the Pontos etched brass is pretty challenging especially the parts for the maneouvering lights and radar arrays.

A bit late in the day but I’ll post the run in to completion of this model here over the next couple of months. Started in October last year and I’ve had a weekly build video on my YouTube channel (the model shed) since then. I’ve just finished the main 15” turrets and this week work moves on to the foremast starfish and spotting top.

Weathering wash done with MiG starship enamel wash. I’ll add a bit more grime here and there with oils but it’s nearly there for me.

Decals on today. They were a bit stubborn taking ages to release from the backing sheet and gripping the model very quickly. I had to use plenty of water to keep them moving until they were positioned. After a few coats of micro set though they settled down nicely - the kit’s fine rivet detail still showing through. Very few stencils so a quick job.

Gloss coat on. Should get some decals on tomorrow. I’m wondering about the spinner and backplate colour: the instructions give the option of green or yellow - the green to match the grun hertz emblem or the yellow to match the theatre markings. The only photo I can find only reveals the backplate which does look a much darker shade than the fuselage band so I’m tempted with the green. Does anyone have any better ideas. All the artworks I can find show yellow.

Topside done. I wanted a worn look to the white as per the photos of Philip’s aircraft at Krasnogvardiesk in 1942. I masked the undersides off and the yellow fuselage band before applying an irregular mottle of RLM 74 and concentrating more around the wing roots and hatches etc where the overpainted white has worn away. Then a patchy overcoat of Gunze Matt white allowing the RLM 74 to show though. The fuselage band showed signs of white overspray so this was replicated as well. I’ll put on a couple of coats of Gunze gloss later ready for the decals. That should be an easier job than usual with a 109 as the winter white appears to have been applied over the stencils. Anyway here it is ready for topcoat.

Gunze H417 RLM76 on the undersides.