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and a closeup of the first piece of railing on the model. Doesn't look that good... well, good enough for me. The white position marks beneath the ladder will have to be retouched though. And - hey, something is really wrong here.... Anybody wants to make a guess? regards, Michael

Hi friends, today I continued on the shelter deck walls and finished the first side. No magic there... The flap in the middle will later be glued to the boat stands that will be added between the walls. If I can manage to tweak them under the fly bridge that is ;(

Thanks for your kind notes, guys! One comment: It was a bad idea to put the fly bridge in. Now it's hard to get the 11 inch turrets with the rotation cylinder in place. It seems I now have to glue them on flat, no rotation possible... Doesn't matter too much since it's strictly "hands off"...

I also experimented a little with paper railing. I think this has potential, if I build some guides to get all my posts to exact 4mm length and the horizontal parts straight. Also, I have to find a "something" to stiffen the paper strips a little better. If anybody is interested: it took...

Hello friends, not much achieved today... First shelter deck wall, two 11 inch barbets and one turret. Next picture will be posted when all of this is done. I don't want to bore you to death :)

Hi John John, Udo is also working on a copy of the kit (to afraid to ruin the original). He is using 220g / qm cardstock. This is what his printer measured from the original. regards, Michael

Vents, the last fiddly bits on the shelter deck attached and the fly bridge built. Not sure if it was a wise idea to attach the fly bridge at this point in time. We will see ;) Note to Roman: * Sheet 10b, one part 55a is white instead of buff * Sheet 11b, one part 51d has a coloring...

Hello friends, here is a detail on how the vents are made. 1) The parts that build a vent. 2) Parts prepared 3) I make the rounded tops by sticking the paper tube on a rounded styrene rod, applying white glue to the "flaps" and forming them around the rod. 4) vent assembled 5)...

Jim, I will certainly do so. thanks, Michael

Lastly, here is a little trick that I often use: If a kit has white marks for parts like this one, then I like to paint a colored frame so that if something doesn't fit perfectly, you won't see white spots, but something in a less apparent color. (There's a hint for designers here: extend the...

And here is my work of today. Spent some hours on it, but it still looks like yesterday :( All parts are glued to the deck now and the first "new style" 6 inch gun is fitted. I painted the barrel black because all other barrels are black as well... Note to Roman: There are three...

@Gil: Well, I admit I had to do one or two parts twice... but that's mainly because I know it is a print-it-yourself model, so I can try something and print a new part if it doesn't work out. @Renaud: ha ha, nice trick. Have to enlarge my appartement first though... Here is a comparison...

Hi John, you are right. The name is Udo, nick is "Logan". regards, Michael

Hello friends, thanks for your kind words about my technique - I have to pass that on to a polish modeler who is known as "Sherman 2" on kartonbau.de - I learned that technique from him. Here is what was achieved today... A lot of work for a few cubes. None of them are glued to the deck...

Hello friends, I want to show you how I build the deck houses. In the image you can see various houses in different stages of completion. I try to avoid folds wherever possible. For me, it is easier to achieve sharp edges by cutting apart the part and then glue it together with the use of...

Just discovered this thread... I have to say, this model really is a must-have! (and a "hope to build it half as good as you" as well). regards, Michael

Barry, thank you very much. The trick is (but works only with this few parts built) to only make pictures of the "good" side. Whatever I attach - if the parts are the same on port and starboard, I alway attach the port part first, then I know how to do it better on starboard. With...

Then I "closed the lid" and mounted the shelter deck. Not much to see today, but it indeed was hours of work. I think, the smaller the parts, the longer it takes ;) best regards, Michael

Hello friends, today I started with finishing all the tiny bits that go on the hull. Now both sides are done. Also I attached the gun mounts (without barrels).

Last picture for today. A more or less unsharp view of all the little bits. Everything went smoothly together - but you have to be careful with all the white parts - it's easy to mess them up ;( So long and thanks for having a look Michael