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    in General Maritime modelling chat

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    3 hours ago, grahamwalker said:

    is the revel HMS Dreadnought 1/350 a reboxing?

    Don't quote me on it but I believe it's a reboxing of the Zvezda kit, likewise Revels 1/350 Gangut is a rebox of a Zvezda kit of a ship of the same class, 

     

    I've built the Zvezda Dreadnought, thought it was a pretty good kit but I'd likely scratch build the mast tops if I did it again, 

    HMS Hood May 1941

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted

    Looking good Jeff, indeed a milestone getting the main decks fixed in place , , I think my wife would rather I built 1:600! It's good to see a good taking shape with the updated knowledge on her likely colours, the grey antifouling sets her off nicely, in some ways it's easier to appreciate the hull lines without the red pulling your eye towards it all the time, 

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    Hobbyboss 1/350 Dunkerque

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted · Edited by S-boat 55

    So onedrive is working again - for now...... i think, 

     

    Tried the tricolour marking on turret B, - hasnt gone wonderfully well, 

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    The lesson appears to be don't use generic modelling masking tape from hobbycraft, - never had this issue with Tamiya's so some 2mm is on its way to me, hopefully a second attempt will yield better results, 

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    Hobbyboss 1/350 Dunkerque

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted

    Thanks Jeff,

     

    Those range finders are kind of what makes the ship in some ways with them sitting so high. Their height (the lowest was 30m above the water) was to avoid interference of smoke and the designers estimated that they would be virtually immune to receiving a direct hit/splints from hits. Given the heaviest was 40 tonnes adding a lot to the top wieght the designers must have been pretty sure of the benefits outweighing the affect on the ships stability/handling. The different directors handled different calibre guns, the fwd tower handled the main armament with the bottom director and then the top two handled the 130mm guns, the rear tower handled the main armament as well with the lower director and the one above the secondary armament again. So each would/could operate independent to the other. They also had range finders in the turrets themselves and a couple of the sides of the superstructure for specific night fighting. According to the book by Jordan and Dumas i read they put a lot of thought into the way these different positions would communicate and work in tandem and if one were lost how they would reassign primary responsibility. 

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    Hobbyboss 1/350 Dunkerque

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted

    So a little progress, although it doesn't really show much, its largely just a case of a bit of paint here and there, 

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    I've pretty much all of the 'major parts painted now, (not that its taken months!), rather annoyingly though found one section of rear range finder that I'd missed! 

     

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    The lower half of the forward S/S is not fixed together properly, this week I'm hoping to finish painting, glosscote the front section of S/S and the Hull and then get the main areas pin wash done, 

     

     

     

     

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    MK.1 Design, Flyhawk etc which is preferred,

    in General Maritime modelling chat

    Posted

    Howdi all, 

     

    I've been looking at an MK1 set including deck for a kit in my stash and thought I would fire this past your good selves. So a quick question to see what the general consensus is on who's after market sets are best to look for. I know there will always be a case of which are the most accurate for a given year etc but on a general level who offers the best quality, ease of working with, cost, value etc. Thanks 

     

    Hobbyboss 1/350 Dunkerque

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted

    What is this - 2 nights in  row! 

     

    Last night was sorting this bit of photo etch railing, it was actually okay, I'd previously bent some of it a while back and then discovered my daughter had decided to 'help', to be fair it was only a bit bent so last night i decided to bite the bullet and get it done;

     

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    It didn't like being put on though and in the process having had to of been bent a few times one 90 degree corner gave up, then I ended up having to cut it so as the stanchions don't quite match up to the corners so one piece was now three but it came okay I think;

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    I tried side moutning the rail as that's what it was on the real thing, its certainly easier to get a good bind but harder to make sure its sitting true, 

     

    Will it be three nights in a  row.... we'll see

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    Hobbyboss 1/350 Dunkerque

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted

    45 minutes ago, ArnoldAmbrose said:

    Gidday, she looks good with all the parts fitted, albeit dry fitted. Is that a Tribal class in the background? Regards, Jeff.

    Hi Jeff, thanks she's certainly starting to come together, .. it is indeed, HMS Zulu, had a promotion at work so the wife got me a surprise, its a nice little kit, certainly small compared to the others I have but doing a little bit on her got my mojo back to get on with Dunkerque after I stalled. I know there are issues with the kit but thought I'd just knock it together OOB (+some extra railing) for a quick bit of fun, in an hour and a half I was to this stage;

     

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    Problem is I'm now tempted to try and detail her up a bit, I know WEM do tribal class etch but I cant get on with their website and it would defeat the object of a keeping it simple really, might well do a second one and go for it more in the future, would make a nice companion piece to Hood and Warspite (both in the stash) 

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    Hobbyboss 1/350 Dunkerque

    in Work in Progress - Maritime

    Posted

    So days turned into a month but hey she's back! Yay!

     

    So not done a lot really, just ben painting a few bits but thought I would post to show the project hadn't disappeared into obscurity, 

     

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    Dry fitted everything so far that is readyish and she's looking good I think;

     

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    Hopefully more in somewhere less than a month!

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