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Of course, the two sides aren't exactly the same, but that's pretty much the effect! :grin:

I finished the depth charges last night! :grin: :grin: :grin: Whew! To see them, just look at the starboard side depth charge pics and reverse the image in your head to make it a port side picture. :wink: TTFN,

Thanks, eib. I presume you are referring to the couple of build reports over at kartonbau.de? I notice that I'm at almost at the same point in construction where the other fellows left off (gave up?...hope not). Since I'm building for someone else (and my own pet project is in mothballs...

I've not seen the double-planked method in a paper model before. I think it has a lot of merit. Your first layer looks very smooth...looking forward to seeing the second layer. Regards,

depth charges I finished the depth charges! Well...half of them, anyway. :cry: Even this much has taken me several days to complete. This morning when I looked in the mirror to shave, I didn't recognize the dazed, hollow-eyed, stubble-faced wretch staring back at me...and I noticed a twitch...

This site http://www.boatmodelling.com/content/view/30/lang,en/ is selling the kit for 149 Euro. Without the VAT, that works out to about $162, without shipping. Regards,

depth charges Work has commenced on the excruciatingly slow process of building the 29 stowed depth charges. Each charge, when built as designed, has 14 parts (first photo), which amounts to 294 total parts, IF one decides to use all of them. Problem is, the charges are one of those features...

hatches, hatches, and more hatches Hi, all. I haven't dropped off the face of the earth...it's just that fire season ended, and I've been busy burning brush and leaves (got most of it done before it started raining last night -- yea!). The next construction step, if one proceeds by part...

GPM also produces a substantial set of accessories for this kit, including laser-cut frames, metal gun barrels, and photo-etch sets.

Model warships don't really look cool until... Model warships don't really look cool until they have armament. 8) The 4" gun is now complete (excepting the gun shield -- next on the agenda). These shots show the port side, starboard side, and breech. I took the extra step of cutting out...

gun Here is the 4" gun. Some itty-bitty parts, but otherwise not too difficult. I removed the glue tab before rolling the barrel. There's some seam visible in the pictures, but it's not obvious when viewed from the side or from above. The tiny handles on the recoil cylinders are made from...

AOS book is invaluable! One thing I forgot to mention about the platform supports -- as I said before, each support is made from 6 pieces, and unfortunately, the diagrams do not show (as far as I can tell) how those six pieces are supposed to go together. Once again, the AOS series title on...

gun platform The forward 4" gun platform is finished (whew!). Here's a couple of shots, along with the gun mount. The platform supports turned out to be a bit of a chore, especially since I first attempted to attach them to the platform with the platform off the hull. Of course, once...

Here's a pic of the gun platform with the topside details added (hoist, lockers, shell holders, depression guard, railings). I ran into some minor fit problems with the platform. The skirt piece is a tad too long, and the netting is a tad too short. I used a highly sophisticated fix-it method...

gun platform Next, a few not-very-exciting shots of the 4-inch gun platform under construction, starting with the base and the platform itself with its supporting girders.

mushroom vents Now that the funnel is done, work on the fo'c's'le can commence. First come the mushroom vents, and here is a bit of potential dilemma for anyone building this model. There are 7 vents total (six small, one larger), but the locations for only three of them are indicated in the...

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Thanks, guys. My work area floor is concrete, so I don't usually have too much trouble finding the dropped parts...it's just that it's so annoying having to slide the chair back, stoop down, look around, put the chair up to the bench again. :mad: I have been working on the forward gun...

I finally got the rest of the funnel assembly completed. There are a lot of aggravating little parts in this assembly...said aggravation being worsened by the frequent dropping of tiny parts on the floor! :-D I noticed afterwards that the cowl ventilator tops should actually be round. They...

funnel Work is progressing steadily. The funnel is a tube-within-a-tube structure, with spacers to properly position the outer tube. It went together easily, and I'm pleased that it actually looks like a tube and not, say, like a corrugated pipe culvert! Regards,