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To let my brain re adjust to normality after the Prince of Wales mast, I have masked the deck and sprayed the paint on my calmer project of the Flyhawk 1/700 HMS Lance. not glued down yet This is why I love Sovereign's Colourcoats, 3 different shades of grey in just over 1 hour. Mick

Managed the aft mast 🤯, still may have to cut off the supports unless I manage to straighten them some more. They didn't look that bad till i saw the pics. Forgot to do the cat hair scan so apologies for the furry intrusion. Leaving it for a few hours to get my brain back in order, so masking and spraying started on HMS Lance. Thanks to Jamie, Guy and Joel for the inspiration to try to match the quality they turn out. Mick

Guy, you should do the camo version, I chickened out and mine was finished in the grey scheme. Hope you will be rigging the Seafox 😛

Hi Guy, I have not long built this myself, after seeing your progress and your Prince of Wales, I am now going to hide mine 😂.

Hi all, I have managed to get back to where I was a couple of days ago, plus added the rigging to the cranes. I am about to start the masts 🤯, I do not have very steady hands, so this may be a long process. Will try to post an update later. I could do with Guy's (@Gisbod) or Joel's (@OutcastJoel) hands and eyes for this.

Had a bit of a SNAFU today, I decided to do all the life rafts so I removed all the turrets to get them in place. Glued the rafts to the ship, then I tried to put the turrets back. I had glued the rafts in the wrong position by about 1 mm and as a result could not get the 5.25" turrets back on. In trying to prise the rafts off to reposition them, I have manages to damage, destroy or lose the rails around the turrets. I have plenty of spare rails but it will take some time for me to calm down enough to do it. Rafts now in the right place 😂 🤯. Going to mask the decks on HMS Lance in the meantime.

Looking good Joel, send me those masts 😂.

A little more progress, started with the dreaded photo etch. At least she has guns now. I am trying to work out the masts, as both the supports are badly distorted and i don't know if i can save them. If not i will attempt to replace them with brass rod. Spent over an hour with tweezers and optivisor removing cat hairs for the pics 😂 😹

Guy, that is amazing, I wish you would give lessons in photo etch and even more so in rigging, I have quite a little fleet waiting to be rigged. This is what inspires me on my builds, when i see something as great as this. Now get on with the next one 😂. Mick

Joel, that photo etch is fantastic, I am struggling with mine. The wooden deck should be fitted before all the vents and other deck furniture. If you have a way of sorting that and would like to get on a little quicker, I have a Flyhawk P.O.W deck that i will not need for a good while, if you would like me to send you this, you are more than welcome to it and you could just send me the other one when it arrives. let me know, and keep up the great work. Mick

Would like to see you finish yours Jamie, but I know how busy you are. Just waiting for more supplies to start Naiad, Aurora, Lance, Legion and the J class. Mick

No thread sorry, this is my first build post. The bottom two are IBG's Hunt class destroyers built out of the box ( they include the PE ) and all paints supplied by Jamie@Sovereign Hobbies. I can recommend the IBG kits, including the HMS Zetland that you like. Mick

Yes, but this one still has L plates on it 🤣

During furlough from work i have been building up my RN fleet, mostly destroyers. I decided to try something bigger. After looking at the excellent WIP builds by Gisbod and OutcastJoel, I decided to have a crack at the Prince of Wales. I am very much a learner and make many mistakes but I enjoy myself. part of the fleet POW forward superstructure boat deck. None of the superstructure is fixed as yet. Lots of touch up to do, but i do this as i go along. I am not very good with photo etch but i am learning as I go along and very slowly getting better. All comments and criticism really is welcome as this is how I learn. Mick

Have you looked at your masts yet ? I have both the Denmark Strait version and the as lost version and in both kits the mast supports, Parts X43 and X44 are broken in both kits. How are yours ?

Hi, what a great build so far, I am building this myself at the moment. Many thanks to your pictures as I had somehow managed to swap the main directors with the pom pom directors, now sorted thanks to you. As a side note, and this is by no way intended as criticism, the handling davits on the searchlight platforms should have the little cones cut off, they are part of the sprue. Keep up the great work, following closely.

Hi Jeff, sorry, yes they are all 1/700 scale. Just started the IBG HMS Ithuriel and Glowworm, both in 1/700.

Lockdown is driving me nuts, need to find the patience to rig and weather this lot. 🤯🤯. Back is Aoshima Dorsetshire, in front of that Flyhawk Penelope, 3rd row left Flyhawk Kelly, 3rd row right Flyhawk Lively, 2nd row left Tamiya E class, 2nd row right IBG Hotspur, front row left IBG Zetland and front row right IBG Badsworth.

Don't know if this is any help but they are paper models of all shuttles and payloads, not sure if you could scale up and make from scratch using the templates. http://axmpaperspacescalemodels.com/?page_id=10 hope its of some help Mick

Simon has posted on facebook that Totterdown will be open as normal. Mick

My Sigma 150-600mm lens turned up today, will need to build some muscle up before 3 days at RIAT.

Hi Graham, the pattern in your picture is very similar to the new IBG 1/700 HMS Badsworth. the colours on the instructions are AP507c pale grey, MS-3 medium green/grey and AP507a dark grey. Mick

Will be there, Thursday till Sunday at Totterdown as usual. Will probably end up with another 5000 or so photo's to sort out. Mick

Welcome to the nut house Mike. Already bought your RN battleship sets and must say they look brilliant and the service was also excellent, Thank you. A bit of a cheeky question, if you don't mind. Are you going to be stocking any 1/700 wooden decks in the future? I wish you all the best with your venture and will certainly be making more purchases. Best wishes Mick

As Mike says, if you do a google image search for Buckley class escort destroyer, you will find the images show a black waterline and red lower hull. I would imagine it was the same in RN service. http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/images/051/06051nya.jpg Mick