HMS Hood

[Alan 45]

Yeah that's the problem I'm thinking of getting a shed for my work and putting my builds in the spare room as I'm running out of space myself.

[Guest]

I am still progressing slowly with this model,but not helped by one of my cats knocking over an LCD tv, which ended up on top of the hood. So I have had to spend 4 hours repairing the damage done. Some of the photo etch was beyond repair, so I have ordered the Eduard set for the hood, to replace the bits that were damaged. More photos soon.

I also received the plans of the Hood in 1/200 scale. At this scale the Hood is huge.

[flyjoe180]

What is it with cats lately? Is this the start of the takeover?

[Guest]

It must be. Luckly I did not have too much of the superstructure built, otherwise it would have been a lot worse

[Guest]

Looking great Graham,I do'nt envy you with all that tiny pe to do! My eyes hurt just thinking about it. Shame about the damage,glad to hear it was repairable.

[Ian M]

I am still progressing slowly with this model,but not helped by one of my cats knocking over an LCD tv, which ended up on top of the hood. So I have had to spend 4 hours repairing the damage done. Some of the photo etch was beyond repair, so I have ordered the Eduard set for the hood, to replace the bits that were damaged. More photos soon.I also received the plans of the Hood in 1/200 scale. At this scale the Hood is huge.

What a CATastrophe! sorry. They do seem to be at the head of things of late!

Could I ask where you got the plans for the Hood at 1/200 and what they cost.... Are they plans for building a model or just a drawing, if you know what I mean.

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Graham

This is turning into a very interesting build and I'm really sorry to hear about the cat mishap. I hope the damage wasn't too bad, is easily repairable and the cat has been banished from the room!

I have the both the Hood and Bismarck in 1/700 with all the trimmings so I'll be following this build with great interest.

Looks fabulous so far

All the best

Paul

[Guest]

What a CATastrophe! sorry. They do seem to be at the head of things of late!Could I ask where you got the plans for the Hood at 1/200 and what they cost.... Are they plans for building a model or just a drawing, if you know what I mean.

Ian

They are drawings from http://profilemorskie.home.pl/ The cost is about 15 euros

[Guest]

A bit of progress, I have replaced the photo etch damaged by my cat. Here are few photos

The break water installed

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The break water waiting to be painted along with some cable reels. The damaged bit of the break water is wat my cat did. To get a scale of the cable reels, the gap between the circular bits is 3mm

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[flyjoe180]

Nice work Graham.

[Guest]

Very interesting project Graham.

Soon be finished then ?

Laurie

[Guest]

Very interesting project Graham.Soon be finished then ?

Laurie

No, I currently do not have much spare time, so progress is very slow, but I will get there; eventually

[Guest]

A bit of an update

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The eyelets are drilled into the deck using a 0.3mm drill bit. As you can see it will fun to get the rigging thread through the hole

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The last bit of damage by my cat about to be fixed. Unfortunalety you can never get as good a finish with a repair as you get when the bits went together origninally.

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I used a wash on the ribs of the top deck, does it look OK, or is it a bit much?

[Guest]

On the wash Graham I think it is ok and a nice idea. But I would tone it down a little so that there is not so much contrast on the light to dark colours.

Laurie

[Guest]

On the wash Graham I think it is ok and a nice idea. But I would tone it down a little so that there is not so much contrast on the light to dark colours.Laurie

Thanks, I will go over the wash with a thinned down base colour, which should tone it down