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Iceman 29 wrote: Very very nice, It's just like being there!  One of my favourite models!
[quote="Iceman 29"]Very very nice, It's just like being there! :cool_2: :thumbs_up_1:[/quote] :wave_1: :big_grin:
One of my favourite models!
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Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:38 am |
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Very very nice, It's just like being there! 
Very very nice, It's just like being there! :cool_2: :thumbs_up_1:
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:36 am |
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Themongoose wrote: Although I’m really late on catching up on this build, since i was engaged from the start i wanted to jump in and say how excellent this turned out!! Beautiful, plus I learned a new method for the aerials. I had so much trouble with those on Tirpitz. Will use this on mine…probably tempted to pul it out now On Scharnhorst the front superstructure is very crowded with rigging and antennas. I think Tirpitz is similar. Once you get past that, everything is down hill from there. Start with hardest part, start inside out. It is pretty easy after that.
[quote="Themongoose"]Although I’m really late on catching up on this build, since i was engaged from the start i wanted to jump in and say how excellent this turned out!! Beautiful, plus I learned a new method for the aerials. I had so much trouble with those on Tirpitz. Will use this on mine…probably tempted to pul it out now[/quote] On Scharnhorst the front superstructure is very crowded with rigging and antennas. I think Tirpitz is similar. Once you get past that, everything is down hill from there. Start with hardest part, start inside out. It is pretty easy after that.
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:34 am |
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Although I’m really late on catching up on this build, since i was engaged from the start i wanted to jump in and say how excellent this turned out!! Beautiful, plus I learned a new method for the aerials. I had so much trouble with those on Tirpitz. Will use this on mine…probably tempted to pul it out now
Although I’m really late on catching up on this build, since i was engaged from the start i wanted to jump in and say how excellent this turned out!! Beautiful, plus I learned a new method for the aerials. I had so much trouble with those on Tirpitz. Will use this on mine…probably tempted to pul it out now
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:43 pm |
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Really beautiful build! Rigging is really impressive!
Really beautiful build! Rigging is really impressive!
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 9:16 am |
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Dan K wrote: Just beautiful.
Beyond adding to the gallery, you should enter it in the ION contest as well. Thank you Dan, and why not! 
[quote="Dan K"]Just beautiful.
Beyond adding to the gallery, you should enter it in the ION contest as well.[/quote]
Thank you Dan, and why not! :wave_1:
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 2:36 pm |
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Just beautiful.
Beyond adding to the gallery, you should enter it in the ION contest as well.
Just beautiful.
Beyond adding to the gallery, you should enter it in the ION contest as well.
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:15 pm |
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I took a few better shots the other day, so just adding here before I work myself into the Gallery upload.
One thing I still cant get right is keel blocks to sit flush with every part of the hull. I adjust one - another one sticks out. Seems like a game of whackamole. So I leave it here, but have to consider better approach next time. I also notice few bits that need adjusting in these photos, like peeled paint on railings or something but that is fixed before final model "done".
Ive also added the plaque from Flyhawk on the base.
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I took a few better shots the other day, so just adding here before I work myself into the Gallery upload.
One thing I still cant get right is keel blocks to sit flush with every part of the hull. I adjust one - another one sticks out. Seems like a game of whackamole. So I leave it here, but have to consider better approach next time. I also notice few bits that need adjusting in these photos, like peeled paint on railings or something but that is fixed before final model "done".
Ive also added the plaque from Flyhawk on the base.
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 5:06 am |
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Great job. Love the camo!
Great job. Love the camo!
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 4:13 pm |
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MartinJQuinn wrote: Great build! She was a handsome ship and you've built a fitting representation of her. SG1 wrote: H Y P E R !  Gabor wrote: Nice work!  Donald wrote: All those aerials and their feed wires look superb. Well worth the effort. Thank you! Glad you like it!
[quote="MartinJQuinn"]Great build! She was a handsome ship and you've built a fitting representation of her.[/quote]
[quote="SG1"]H Y P E R ! :woo_hoo:[/quote]
[quote="Gabor"]Nice work! :thumbs_up_1:[/quote]
[quote="Donald"]All those aerials and their feed wires look superb. Well worth the effort.[/quote]
Thank you! Glad you like it!
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 5:44 am |
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H Y P E R ! 
H Y P E R ! :woo_hoo:
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:33 pm |
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Great build! She was a handsome ship and you've built a fitting representation of her.
Great build! She was a handsome ship and you've built a fitting representation of her.
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:38 am |
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Nice work! 
Nice work! :thumbs_up_1:
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:35 am |
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All those aerials and their feed wires look superb. Well worth the effort.
All those aerials and their feed wires look superb. Well worth the effort.
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 5:26 am |
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Been quite a journey for almost two years or so, but glad to have it done and focus on the next builds (and tidying up old ones, always fun).
The model is finished.
Below are first teaser shots. Intending to take few more later with good camera and in better light conditions, yet here she is in her 1/700 glory, in Battle of North Cape camouflage. I got to say thanks to the forum, and to the authors producing references for these ships. Really has helped me a lot in painting (Antonio Bonomi book was used very extensively here). As well as Jim Bauman's tips on painting railings on the superstructure rather than using PE (I tried Jim!) and thinning out various platforms (where it wasn't too late).
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Been quite a journey for almost two years or so, but glad to have it done and focus on the next builds (and tidying up old ones, always fun).
The model is finished.
Below are first teaser shots. Intending to take few more later with good camera and in better light conditions, yet here she is in her 1/700 glory, in Battle of North Cape camouflage. I got to say thanks to the forum, and to the authors producing references for these ships. Really has helped me a lot in painting (Antonio Bonomi book was used very extensively here). As well as Jim Bauman's tips on painting railings on the superstructure rather than using PE (I tried Jim!) and thinning out various platforms (where it wasn't too late).
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:07 am |
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Simply beautiful.
Simply beautiful.
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 7:39 am |
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That is time well spent mate! He's a real beauty - you've really done him proud. I recently bought the released Dragon kit of this, so this means my mostly incomplete FH kit will never be built. Having started it though, I can fully appreciate everything that you've done to this kit - so I tip my hat to you. Great result, and I look forward to your next project
That is time well spent mate! He's a real beauty - you've really done him proud. I recently bought the released Dragon kit of this, so this means my mostly incomplete FH kit will never be built. Having started it though, I can fully appreciate everything that you've done to this kit - so I tip my hat to you. Great result, and I look forward to your next project
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:01 am |
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First shot of the model that can be said is completed. I am going to go through now all those bits of brass peaking through from paint with magnifying glass, touch up the base here and there, and do proper pics. It took a huge amount of time, Im glad to see the nearing end of the build. Of course today on final moment I have for the first time had an accident with it - a phone dropped on the bow. The railing survived but got bent. Hence they are due a respray, that is the main thing remaining. 
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First shot of the model that can be said is completed. I am going to go through now all those bits of brass peaking through from paint with magnifying glass, touch up the base here and there, and do proper pics.
It took a huge amount of time, Im glad to see the nearing end of the build. Of course today on final moment I have for the first time had an accident with it - a phone dropped on the bow. The railing survived but got bent. Hence they are due a respray, that is the main thing remaining. :heh:
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 2:14 pm |
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MartinJQuinn wrote: Nice work. The rigging is impressive. Thank you, I kinda love the rigging and hate it at the same time. I think after this Im ready to do Victory or Constitution in 1/700.... SG1 wrote: Wow!  thanks! mick wrote: excellent work  Thank you gents. Im now into trying to install railings. I havent done that in a year, rusty - but almost done. Lots of touchups ahead!
[quote="MartinJQuinn"]Nice work. The rigging is impressive.[/quote]
Thank you, I kinda love the rigging and hate it at the same time. I think after this Im ready to do Victory or Constitution in 1/700.... :heh:
[quote="SG1"]Wow! :cool_1: thanks![/quote]
[quote="mick"]excellent work :thumbs_up_1:[/quote]
Thank you gents.
Im now into trying to install railings. I havent done that in a year, rusty - but almost done. Lots of touchups ahead!
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 2:50 pm |
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Nice work. The rigging is impressive.
Nice work. The rigging is impressive.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 10:31 am |
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