Bismarck. Trumpeter 1/200.

[JR]

Ian .
Very nice , esp that PE ! Anything needing one than one bend is frightening !

[Ian M]

Having spent 3hours yesterday finishing the last five of the seven searchlights. and building 90% of the second of four radar turrets, I think I need a break. I have ordered some magnifier thingies. Even with my extra strong "reading glasses" my eyes are done in!
So until they arrive its big bits, maybe a bit of painting,.

[boatman]

Having spent 3hours yesterday finishing the last five of the seven searchlights. and building 90% of the second of four radar turrets, I think I need a break. I have ordered some magnifier thingies. Even with my extra strong "reading glasses" my eyes are done in!
So until they arrive its big bits, maybe a bit of painting,.

YES Ian with these small bits you need some good magnificers as it was bad enough on my tiger at 1/72 scale let alone the scale you are workin in an rememeber you only get one pair of eyes so go easy on them as im ok now after havin a new lence fitted in me eye but you cant be to carefull when you get eyestrain give it a rest
atb
chrisb

[Ian M]

So any way... LOL
I had an hour or two...
(SWMBO is on USA time so her hours are a bit "flexible" She is on call for a client in Cleveland Ohio. A long story... She should have been over there but they messed up her work permit. So she got turned around at Cleveland Airport and after aloooong wait got put back on a plane to Denmark. Left the house 6AM Sunday Drove her to the airport. Monday night at quarter past midnight, I picked her up at Copenhagen Airport and we got home at about 2am... She was rather tiered and a bit cranky. lol)
Anyway. My 10 days of doing what ever I want are restricted lol.


Avoided the PE as much as I could. I got Radar IV plastic bits done, plus one bit of PE which is at the top of the mast. I also got the two radar I dome thingies built up. No PE Yeah!
The two Catapult things are done and that was one bit of PE on each one. I dont mind PE when it is of a size you can see!
Of the two levels of the super strucktures, the top part is from Yesterday. The larger bottom part today. Strange, this was in two parts. The flat rear part being separate from the walls. What ever, The Port holes got drilled and straightened: I always drill them. the mould cant do the portholes on diagonal surfaces. so they are always moulded in the same angle as the parallel ways. I digress.
The PE deck part that was in with the wood decks from Art Wox fit really well. They are held down with thin CA applied with the Rats tail Bob asked about them I think.
They are just a stretched Polyethylene tube stretched out to make them thinner. I normally make my own buy am out of tube. The ones you can buy are rather long.
Just leave them on and when the tip dries, you can just cut it of.
Cheers and thanks for dropping by.

[BattleshipBob]

So any way... LOL
I had an hour or two...
(SWMBO is on USA time so her hours are a bit "flexible" She is on call for a client in Cleveland Ohio. A long story... She should have been over there but they messed up her work permit. So she got turned around at Cleveland Airport and after aloooong wait got put back on a plane to Denmark. Left the house 6AM Sunday Drove her to the airport. Monday night at quarter past midnight, I picked her up at Copenhagen Airport and we got home at about 2am... She was rather tiered and a bit cranky. lol)
Anyway. My 10 days of doing what ever I want are restricted lol.

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Avoided the PE as much as I could. I got Radar IV plastic bits done, plus one bit of PE which is at the top of the mast. I also got the two radar I dome thingies built up. No PE Yeah!
The two Catapult things are done and that was one bit of PE on each one. I dont mind PE when it is of a size you can see!
Of the two levels of the super strucktures, the top part is from Yesterday. The larger bottom part today. Strange, this was in two parts. The flat rear part being separate from the walls. What ever, The Port holes got drilled and straightened: I always drill them. the mould cant do the portholes on diagonal surfaces. so they are always moulded in the same angle as the parallel ways. I digress.
The PE deck part that was in with the wood decks from Art Wox fit really well. They are held down with thin CA applied with the Rats tail Bob asked about them I think.
They are just a stretched Polyethylene tube stretched out to make them thinner. I normally make my own buy am out of tube. The ones you can buy are rather long.
Just leave them on and when the tip dries, you can just cut it of.
Cheers and thanks for dropping by.

Love the work Ian, how's your nerves after the PE battle lol. It was me asking about the rats tail. The thanks for the info.

Can understand your better half being cranky!

[Ian M]

Love the work Ian, how's your nerves after the PE battle lol. It was me asking about the rats tail. The thanks for the

Not to bad. The air was blue. A bit. Have to be careful though Carina's office is next door. Can't be going full Joe Pesci while she is talking to clients lol.

[BattleshipBob]

Not to bad. The air was blue. A bit. Have to be careful though Carina's office is next door. Can't be going full Joe Pesci while she is talking to clients lol.

Learn to swear either in Japanese or sign language!!

[Mark1]

Glad to hear the deck is good, ive been looking at the artwox one for missouri its not cheap but its the only one i can find for it and its got to come all the way from down under.

[BattleshipBob]

Glad to hear the deck is good, ive been looking at the artwox one for missouri its not cheap but its the only one i can find for it and its got to come all the way from down under.

Snap, I have a artwox deck on the way from Aussie, nothing local.

[Ian M]

Learn to swear either in Japanese or sign language!!

I can swear in six languages!

Glad to hear the deck is good, ive been looking at the artwox one for missouri its not cheap but its the only one i can find for it and its got to come all the way from down under.

I got my deck from a shop in Sweden.

Snap, I have a artwox deck on the way from Aussie, nothing local.

My Yamato deck bought in Poland, had to be ordered in from the far east.

[JR]

Feel for your better half Ian, what a cock up . No wonder she was pissed off after actually getting there only to be sent back .

[Mark1]

I feel for Ian, 10 man cave days,gone just like that!

[Ian M]

I feel for Ian, 10 man cave days,gone just like that!

It's not that bad Mark; She hides away in her office most of the day and we take turns in instigating a coffee break and Lunch. Otherwise she is far to absorbed. LOL
So while she was busy next door, I got some of the plastic sub-assemblies thrown together.
Things I know I can get paint on without to much hassle get built. Where I can see problems the bits get painted befor assembly.

The top of the funnel is only dry fitted. I drilled the pipes out a bit as the hole was more of a dimple! The Brass in the top was not to bad. just the very fine top most frame was a bit fragil...
The main deck house bridge and all that

All only dry fitted so not to take up too much room. Just love opening up square windows. Not. Giv me a good old porthole any day!

This is the fly deck that fits in the slot above the Captains bridge. Not to much room between the two so paint first the fit!

One thing that becomes clear with my chaotic build method is this: No matter who big a bench you have it is never big enough!


That is about it for today though!
Have had an idea that I might paint the structures and then add the ladders. I can see it ending badly painting the 'camo' over the ladders-

Cheers.

[Mark1]

Nice progress,the etch is looking good.

[Jim R]

You're taming the pe beast and it's all looking fine.