"Sink The Bismarck!"

[Mini Me]

I'm in......I don't do "floaty" things but I like yer style! patient 358.

[spanner570]

Allen, Ian and 358. Thank you for your positive comments and welcome aboard.

All the main parts of the superstructure are painted and ready for any 'Bits'



The stern gunnery platform.


...with guns, fire directors and a chimbly.


The bridge structure complete and fixed, ready for the A.A. etc.



Can someone blow off all the dust please.

Cheers.
Ron

[JR]

Nice to have you chaps aboard.
A badly damaged and sinking ship is all new territory for me, so it will be interesting. I could well go down with her, but at least I will have tried.

Tony. The boot topping is the dark strip of paint / anti fouling around the hull of a waterborne craft. Starting at the waterline and reaching upwards for a few feet or inches, depending on the size of vessel. It is also the demarcation line between the draught of the ship when empty and when fully loaded.

Cheers all.
Ron

570 for a retired wood butcher you knowledge of the boaty things is impressive.
Can I join the class please?
Yours 453.

[spanner570]

453. For my sins, I've had 3 'vessels'. I even replaced the teak deck and caulked it on one of them. I don't think my knees ever recovered!

My class? Certainly, but leave that flying b*****d at home!

570

[JR]

453. For my sins, I've had 3 'vessels'. I even replaced the teak deck and caulked it on one of them. I don't think my knees ever recovered!

My class? Certainly, but leave that flying b*****d at home!

570

He send his regards to you !

[Mini Me]

I didn't know you still had that "fine feathered friend" JR......give him a cracker for me! Nice bit of paint slinging 570, looking forward to all the "bits and bobs":thumb2:

[JR]

I didn't know you still had that "fine feathered friend" JR......give him a cracker for me! Nice bit of paint slinging 570, looking forward to all the "bits and bobs":thumb2:

He's very happy Rick shown here swinging on his perch.

[spanner570]

Thanks for the input boys.

I've stuck on the rear part of the superstructure. I re-painted this and the boat deck from the dk. Green to the overall grey. I've left the bridge area green.
Added both chimleys and a few more A.A. weapons.

The black plastic boot topping has been glued onto the hull. There is also a metal strip fixed to the inside of this to give a bit of weight to the model. I intended to take pre-fixing shots of this stage - but I forgot!:upside:





Starting to look a bit more like KGV.







I've added a few bits of colour contrast to the main deck and added the A.A. gun surrounds to the bow and stern 'gathering'






Time for the secondary guns, ships boats and yet more A.A. stuff.

Cheers.
Ron

[outrunner]

Cracking job Ron!


Andy.

[spanner570]

Andy, thanks for taking the time to post your nice comment. :thumb2:

I've put together and glued in place the secondary 'High Angle' weaponry. The barrels look a bit long - I'll check.




Cheers.
Ron

[Allen Dewire]

Morn Ron, Can't help with the barrel length, but I do really like the deck coloring you've done. Looking good so for! I don't know much about big floaty things, but have you maybe forgotten to put something between the smoke stacks? Or is that where the life boats go? A catapult maybe? Just wondering Sir..........

Prost
Allen

[spanner570]

Morn Allen. Thanks for the positive observation on the deck colour. It's a relatively straightforward process. That is another reason why I stick to the kit plastic decks.

You are correct on both counts. Go to the front of the class and give out the pencils! That space is the boat deck. This space was also altered at some time to accommodate a seaplane/ catapult. The boats were moved to the area by the aft funnel.

Overall the model still has plenty of bits to stick on, so it's nowhere near finished.

Looking at pictures, it would seem the barrels are more or less the correct length. But they do look too long.:thinking:

Any road up, thanks for your feedback, much appreciated.

Ron

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Looking good.
Jim

[spanner570]

Thanks Jim.

I've taken a look at my 1/350 KG5 and decided the gun barrels are just a tad too long on the scale I'm building in this thread. Only about 1 or 2mm, but at such a small scale the reduction will be quite noticeable.

Boats fitted and I've yet to trim all the secondary gun barrels.





Here's a bit of fun to show the three different scales of KG5 I've built.
Top. Revell 1/1200
Middle. Tamiya 1/700. The subject of this ongoing build.
Bottom. Tamiya 1/350. One day I'm going to model this in dry dock, hence the lack of boats and a load of red oxide.


Cheers.
Ron

[scottie3158]

Ron,
Apologies I'm late to the party. Looking great so far.