HMS Hood 1/200 Amati Models

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 107-108

More deck details including the hose pipe housing where the anchor chains go

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 109

Another lifeboat which we don’t actually do anything with so after all that and with hull still unpainted there is no mention of it in the instructions despite the fact we are now adding major components onto the deck I said sod it I’m painting the hull see the final set of pictures for the result
After a lot of research I cannot find any reference to Hood having a red anti fouling colour scheme the closest I could find was the one I have used namely a greenish grey for the anti fouling obviously the rubber black dividing line sorry I don’t recall it’s proper name and lastly dark grey for the upper hull etc
I hope I haven’t offended anyone with this colour scheme that I have chosen as I say this is after researching the remaining D forms that still exist unfortunately those from 1940 to 41 are missing for obvious reasons so the actual colour used in the Denmark straits will remain unknown u less something drastic changes as in with HMS Victory

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 110-111

Building more lifeboats relativity simple same as before



Regards

Colin

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 112 Rubber Rafts

Another simple section not much to do the oars we’re troublesome to say the least as they are pe they bend easily as you can in some of them

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 113-116

More Deck fittings added I won’t bore you with the detailed instructions on this as they are all the same as before when fitting deck items suffice to say I’ve added around 200 separate pieces from ventilators tool & weapons cabinets bollards and fairleads see the pictures of the model for these additions
You now have to be very careful how you handle the model for fear of snapping something off and still they don’t mention painting the hull which is ridiculous given the amount of deck detail added which is why I painted mine already

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 117-119

Ok we’ve finished added deck details for now and returned to using wooden pieces to start construction of the bridge of the ship this was fairly straight forward and I’m now waiting for the paint to dry on the brass parts before I can precede any further

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 120-121 Prop Shafts fitting

Hello again been doing loads of sub assemblies this time and marking out and fitting the prop shafts also how I decided on my colour scheme using the latest info from the net via Sovereign Hobbies which I think is the closest you will get to Hoods last known colour scheme
The final set show the sub assemblies completed so far obviously the main turrets pom-poms and lifeboats rubber dinghy’s were all prior constructions but everything else is new
I’ve only shown the Starboard side for the props the port is identical due to amount of photo stages this post will be in 3 sections this section 1

Regards

Colin

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 122 Section 2 Sub Assemblies
I had a major issue here part 723 in part 123 was either not in the kit or I’ve managed to loose it over the 10 year tenure that this kit has endured so I’ve fashioned a replacement using 2 bits of spare deck planking and 4 pieces of scrap sprue brass 1mm in diameter and a home made door from another piece of scrap planking just to be awkward it had to be oval the other side had the mouldings for the surround and the door already moulded onto it

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 124-125 Sub Assemblies Section 3

So here’s the latest section of the build as you can see from the last pictures a lot of sub assemblies have now been constructed some still need painting as can be seen by brasswork still showing

Regards

Colin

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Outstanding work!! A real labour of love. Very well done.

Andrew

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 126
Here we add more brass work to parts already constructed as you can see some of the brasswork needs to be curved to fit around the structure I used a pencil as a rough curve radius and added slight adjustments using needle nosed pliers to get the final curve shape
After that it was a case of assembling the side panels onto the structure as per instructions
Next came the 2 black wooden cubes I’ve previously constructed this had brass panels glued to them using pva as I wanted time to slide each piece into position something the ca I’m using doesn’t allow I also prefitted the doors whilst the panels were still on the brass fret as it’s a lot easier to fit fiddly parts like these while there flat and firmly attached to something than afterwards as per the instructions
And finally added 2 cranes to another deck piece using Tamiya extra thin quick dry cement
Also you’ll notice two type cupola fittings where I substituted thin card for the outer walls this is because the brass supplied refused to stick even after it was annealed to make it more flexible I think that made the glue not want to stick even more so in the end I binned the 2 brass pieces to the spares box and went with card instead besides once painted no one will notice the difference

Regards

Colin

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 127-128
Good morning not much to do here this time glue a couple plastic pieces together add some pe panels and a bit of painting and finally add some railings to a deck
Pictures will explain better than I can

Regards

Colin

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Colin

Yours really is something else. I really am enjoying this. Keep up the great work.

Andrew

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HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Parts 129-130
This time a bit of wood building and 4 more winches as in previous sections and some sort of superstructure assembly z

[adt70hk]

Colin,

If I've got it right, you've got 10 more steps left. Is that right?

ATB.

Andrew