Sure is looking good Barry! If my Missouri turns out half that nice I will be happy with it. Keep up the good work and keep the updates coming when you can.
"Y" gun Vickers 4.72 single mounting nice design the filligree on the load/unload tray was a bit close to my abity to cut but it seems to have worked out OK.
Why is it whenever you take a picture right bang in the middle is the biggest mistake you can find. This one, some nerd rang the doorbell just as I was trying to finish the rail ropes so I wrapped the thread quickly round a stanchion and forgot about it. Why did he ring, he was delivering a curry I had not ordered.
Barry, at least your not trying to say there are no mistakes!
It takes a great guy to show his mistakes to the world :-D .
Keep up the good work, she is looking awesome!
This leaves the depth charge gear to be finished at the stern. I've stuck my finger in the rails again, belated New Year resolution stop straightening them until all the rest is finished and then put it down.
Nice piece of design on these guns detailed but buildable barrels need straightening a bit and the ammo drums are yet to be added. I left these until I had a more stable platform to hold onto otherwise I would be spended the night on the floor looking for them.
Not too many more of the cardboard bits to go now.
Sorry mate given up the struggle with the fingers and railings these are GPM plastic (oops !!!) from a sample Christoph sent me to try. Just got fed up of ruining models at the end.
They are good in that you can chop up the spare plastic to add in extra stanchions using PVA.
No worries, my friend, use whatever you have available to it's best advantage...no such thing as a purist in paper models, or else no one could use glue, what?
As always, with each update she is looking even more spectacular!
Keep at it mate, and treat us to more photos when you can.
It stopped raining for a couple of days and it warmed up a bit. Finally built the ships boats they still need touching up, not that the flash on the camera won't see right through it. The platform on the aft funnel will stop the siren pipes from looking so silly, when it's fitted. Now all I have to do is find the bridge sponsons amongst all the clippings plus adding an awful lot of individual shell holders.
It makes a nice change to build something and Gremir's boats are a real pleasure to do.