DKM Scharnhorst 1943 - 1/350 Dragon Kit + extras

[Guest]

Thanks Robert, appreciate your comments, hope I don't disappoint.


This week I have been painting the Aft superstructure. Dragons instructions are pretty vague in the boat deck area so what I have shown probably is not accurate. I also painted the Turrets and all of the ships boats. I think the motorized ships boats underwater area should be painted black, but I am not sure if I will attempt this as it is difficult to get a straight clean line. Derek

[spanner570]

That does look nice Derek. Keep the explanations etc., and pictures coming....All good stuff.

[Guest]

Thanks Ron for your continued encouragement.


Haven’t had much modelling time this week due to illness. I used the ‘window glazing’ product on all of the bridge windows, ships boats windows, and searchlights.


The first photo shows the glazing material just applied to the bridge windows and still wet. Note on the searchlight above the bridge windows I have used the PE bezel rather than the clear plastic lens provided in the kit, inside the searchlight was painted aluminium. The second photo shows the dried glazing material on both the bridge windows and searchlight.


Looking at the photos on the screen, I see that I still have some touch-up painting to do. Amazing how you never see these little areas before you post the pictures.


The other two photos show the superstructures populated with the armament, ships boats, winches etc.


As an aside, since it is the 75th anniversary of the HMS Hood tragedy on 24th May this year, I bought this kit this week, always wanted to try a 1/700 kit as it may solve my storage problems. Must say at first glance I am pleasantly surprized at the detail on the kit which contains 429 pieces, and even more so with the Flyhawk super detail PE set which contains over 700 items.


Derek

[Guest]

Looking good Derek 700 scale hood looks good that means you can build twice as many


Roger