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That is exceptional finishing and weathering, well done.

Very good, lots of nice detail in this legend of a battle cruiser.

I agree, those are very good looking well finished ships.

Good work so far. Those new gun barrels are a massive improvement over the originals, well worth changing.

This looks great, excellent work. Also, good to see her in those very early days while still flying the F-4s, very nice to see.

Wow, that Platinum kit looks really comprehensive - may add one to my wishlist. Will enjoy watching this build.

Looks like some prayers might be getting answered - as well as Exeter and York, it's looking like 1:350 County class cruisers may be on the way!

Excellent work all round! I do like to see well painted 1:35 figures .

Thanks for the above comments chaps. I'm finally starting the aircraft now, beginning with the TBMs. Now there's a new challenge - I love the glass canopies on the Trumpeter aircraft models, but they are all closed , however all the many photos show they are always left open on deck (even often flown with them open) - so next challenge is how to open the canopies on my little Trumpeter models. Some experimentation is going to be required. I don't suppose anyone else has ever tackled this before? Oh, and Season's Greeting to All

This level of scratch-building is not an area I've really strayed into before so am watching with interest.

Looking good, I think a grey option would be good (if I was choosing). By the way, the work space looks really smart; great framed pictures on the walls, and all the F-14s look superb

That looks a truly excellent build - top notch in clean precision, well done. Hope the virus clears up soon, I know what a miserable thing that can be, especially during the festive season.

Thanks All The Jeeps are from L'Arsenal, they are very nice little castings, and come ten in a pack, so plenty of spares for future diorama use. That's a good idea to do some tow bars, should be reasonably straight forward to make (and I have one or two reference photos) The figures are all North Star - I got a couple of sets recently (one from Starling Models stand at the last Great North Model show in Tyneside), they are very fine castings. I like L'Arsenal resin figures too, but will use mainly North Star figures for this build. Will add plenty more more aircraft deck team members when I've got the aircraft done and placed.

Knocked up some little 1:350 Jeeps for the deck: Getting on to the fun bits now

Although you are doing a fine job on this one at 1:350, it's looking very good.

Oh yes, good progress - and looking good.

This look like it's coming along nicely. Funny thinking about it's size, as after building the odd 1:700 sub, this would seem quite big in 1:350

Thanks Bendinggrass. Well, she has now been handed over to the Navy, the ensign has been raised and there's a small crew on board (about 20 figures so far). Time to start on the aircraft now, and will add a load more deck crew later.

That's a really good rendition of the classic 'S10' kit, very nice overall and lots of interest to keep the viewer engaged.

That is really neat! Loads of excellent detail, and looks good overall too, and the whole subject captures the imagination really well.

Excellent display base, very realistic bit of scenery.

Another rare but very interesting British subject, and also very well done.

Very good job in creating an interesting and fairly rare subject, all the extra work needed for this really paid off.

That is really good, very well finished, and interesting to look at with plenty of detail.

Oh, very good. Excellent finishing.