Tamiya 1/350 king george v

[kpnuts]

Hi all well I finally got some modelling time and I've fixed what I can and I've now glued the sub assy's to the deck (I know it will make adding further pe problematical but I figure the whole ship will have to be knocked off the bench to damage bits in the future)

So now I have about a gazillion bits of PE to add to the  Oerlikons, then all the railings, build and add the last set of pompoms to the stern big guns, add the pe to those guns and the job should be a goodun.

[Jase]

Looking great, more so for your first venture into etch, keep the picks coming mate

 

Jase

[Courageous]

Great stuff KP. With all that PE, the 'carpet monster' must be well fed.

 

Stuart

[KonigsStreegan]

WOW. Here I am, first time PE user, having about 50% success with assembling a few German clamps for tools onto armor kit (other 50% of failure).

Quite astonishing. She's looking great!

[kpnuts]

I've seen some of that 1/35 armour pe and a lot of it is smaller than the stuff on here. I think they make some parts just to show how clever they are. There is a few bits I've left off here as you wouldn't even see them if they were there. I think life is too short to struggle for hours to get a bit upright, in  the right place and true, which after all that struggle won't be seen, and in some cases when brush painted will be lost under the coat of paint.

[Courageous]

15 hours ago, kpnuts said:

I think life is too short to struggle for hours

I tend to agree KP, a law of diminishing returns.

 

Stuart

[kpnuts]

Hi all well all the Oerlikons are finally done as is the last of the pompoms (I accidentally stuck the shields on the wrong way round on the first of this set of Oerlikons and thought the brass showed up better so I've done all the rest the wrong way round (if you use the etched detail side you can hardly notice the pe)(here's a challenge try to find the ones with the pe the right way round they hardly notice) 

[beefy66]

looking good there Ken  👍

 

beefy

[Courageous]

It'll be interesting to see how you paint that beast with all its very fragile PE, better you than me.

 

Stuart

[kpnuts]

Not painting it leaving it bare brass as I said at the start, so no problems there.

[Courageous]

16 hours ago, kpnuts said:

Not painting it leaving it bare brass as I said at the start

Blind as a bat me, how the hell do I build anything. 

 

Stuart

[kpnuts]

Oh how I wish I hadn't glued the sub assy's on putting the railings around them is proving to be a royal pita, I've even tried prying them off (why is it that you really glue something well and it falls off if you sneeze, you just tack something and it's stuck fast) grrrrrrrrr I think I've just made this a million times harder, i should not have got paranoid that the sub assy's would get knocked to the floor again.

[kpnuts]

Hi all here is the best tip you will ever get, never ever glue the sub assy's to the deck if you're using pe this piece of pe took 2 hrs and ive left a piece out as I see no way of bending it and getting it in place (tbh it's so small even if I added it I doubt it would show anyway) 

Once again DO NOT GLUE SUB ASSYS TO THE DECK IF USING PE.

[kpnuts]

Hi all that's all the PE attached just the rigging to do now (not looking forward to that) I say all the PE there are some steps and platforms to add to the sides but I will add them after it's on a stand as I already broke the platform off the one set of stairs which I added and lost the platform for them, i figure it will be safer to leave them till last.