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Hi friends, I've completed the front mast radars and some other small pieces. The bigger the model, the smaller the pieces it seems. Suddenly it appears that there are not very many pieces left I made the anchors and chains too. On various pictures of 'the real stuff' I noticed that the...

Hi friends, I started with the rigging for the Prince. I saw some members of the forum do it with streched sprue, so I tried that too. Well, I do not know what I'm doing wrong but it did not work very well for me. Stretching the sprue was no problem, nice and thin threads. However, - the...

This is a remarkeble project ! Will follow with interest !

I've started with some smaller builds : searchlights, radar, planes and cranes. For one of the planes I cut the wings and glued them swept back so the plane fits in a hangar. The other one I left with wings spread. This plane will end up on one of the rails. The cranes are quite some cutting...

Hi Rhaven, The turrets do rotate, but I fixed the barrels. They had a tendency to droop.. :(

I have finished the 14" turrets in the way described in the previous posts. I added the AA pompoms on top of the B and C turrets. The building of the pompoms got attention in previous posts as well. These huge turrets look menacing.. On some pictures of the Prince I noticed liferafts on top of...

Thanks :) Will do :)

This 'A' turret is huge... Had a dry fit on the foredeck. I decided to double-up the inner sides for the gunbarrels. Looks sturdier that way. After glueing the sides and top: it is I painted the barrels with Games Workshop paints and mixes. Don't know what the next miniproject will be yet...

Finally, Finally, Got back to the model again.. The build is not dead, far from it. But you know, family comes first ! My youngest daughter is pregnant again, and in her last weeks. In the pregnancy before this she lost her unborn child in the 34st week, so we keep close. We pray that this...

Thanks Zathros :) Will test this ! On my last post I suggested that I would get on with the boats of the Prince. But, before I started with them I got an idea (yes, me ) that when I stuck to this plan I could get problems with setting the aft mast correctly because the booms of the mast are...

I've started with the aft superstructure (the boatdeck). Created the aft smokestack, aft rangefinder and the aft gun emplacements for the (secundary) 5.25" guns. Next step: filling the boat deck with the boats...

I think I found a way to create the PPD's a little bit more to my liking. The designer of GPM (he has done a terrific job !) has designed the radar part of the PPD as a triangular cone. To re-create these from thread I first had to look in my box with cables (I never throw cables and connectors...

I've gone ahead with the bridge structure. Added the battlebridge, the radar platforms, searchlights, ladders aso. Also added the gun emplacements for the 5.25 " port and starboard guns forward facing. Will go ahead with the PPD's (PomPom Directors). I've added a photograph for them; As the kit...

Some new pictures for the PoW. I got a little bit further with the front superstructure. Created the front funnel, the forward mast basis using 1,5 and 2,5 mm brass wire. My son in law got some lying around :-) Also created the four pompoms and their platforms.

Started with the pompoms. For the barrels GPM wants us to wrap tiny pieces of paper around a 0,5 mm metal thread. I tried that but the result was quite unsatifactory. Then I remembered the wire that I used when soldering electronics. This wire is 1 mm thick including the isolation, the...

Started with the superstructure for the bridge and the hangars. Not everything has been glued yet. I cut out the rectangular windows and glued plastic from an overhead sheet behind it. I thought that it would look better this way. The airvent on top of the hangar structure has 90 lamellas...

Had to leave the country for some time. But, I'm backagain :) Continued with the bowdeck hatches, venting, anchor stuff. Process is slow but sure ! These tiny parts take a lot of time, but they add a lot to the model. First part of the superstructure added.

Tips : Do some background research on your model Reserve room Take your time for large models Most important : enjoy yourself :)

I built the 'rails' (?) for the aircraft. I decided to do this now because when the superstructure is built it could be a problem to add it later on. Went further on the bowdeck, more breakwaters (if that is the correct term for them) Progress is slow, but sure ... The bigger the model, the more...

Next update : The hull is closed, I started with the basis of the main gun turrets and breakwaters.