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Off to a great start, Joe.

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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Thanks Martin!

Nice job Joe Hull looks most complicated and intricate to put together supposed to be a fun kit to model not a jigsaw puzzle jeez.. Companies raise the bar but it always gets complicated.




Jose

You are going to make the rest of look bad again.

Looking very promising.

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Thank you gentleman! Yes Jose the ship is like a giant jigsaw puzzle! I am very carefully pouring over ever possible seem to make sure it is right.

The hull sides are now on. Much seem filling:

IMG_3622 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3623 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3644 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3645 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

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Much work done on the flight deck. It is a combination of Pontos, Tamiya grating, and Lion Roar perforated plate. I had to Dremel tool the Pontos part to remove the solid area and install the perf board. Flight deck is not attached as of yet. Total time is 135 hours thus far.

IMG_3619 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3621 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3625 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3630 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3634 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3633 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3635 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3636 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3638 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

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IMG_3640 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3654 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

Looking absolutely brilliant so far.

Quite a bit of mutilation!

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Open 12.7 cm gun tubs modified with Lion Roar:

IMG_3539 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3542 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3673 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3669 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

Hanger door with Lion Roar and hanger area with Pontos:

IMG_3657 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr


IMG_3660 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

Nice! Lot of work for those guntubs.

Looking great so far!
What kind of glue do you use for mating those large PE decks to the plastic hull?

Cheers,

Marijn

Thanks Dan and Marijn! I used thin CA on the decks.

Now I see the two PE sets are so useful! This is going to be amazingly detailed!

Aop

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--1/350 Tamiya DKM Tirpitz Nov 1944

--1/350 scratch-build HMS Lion never built battleship (1938)

And our artworks!

Missed this one but I'll be definitely checking in from time to time. I'm building the same kit for about a year or two now Koppalakki's one was inspirational to me as well.

Seems you had a great start, looking really good so far!

Thanks Aop and Gewoon! Some progress on aft bridge. I added the Lion Road gun tub bottoms and put in 0.005 styrene triangle supports. I had the option of using the Pontos parts but felt they showed too much gap around the supports, and also felt the supports were too thick. I also added other styrene supports in accordance with Skulski.

IMG_3690 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3693 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

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Looking good!

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Great work!
The scratch built support match the molded kit supports perfectly.

Cheers,

Marijn

Thank you Marijn and Strategos! I have finished installing the gun tubs and added the framing in styrene on the smaller ones:

IMG_3711 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3713 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3715 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3717 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

IMG_3721 by Joseph Simon, on Flickr

Nice! I expect to see this at MosquitoCon in April

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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I'll bring it if you insist. It may take you some time to judge a box of parts however!