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Working with styrene like this much resembles the actual construction of the ship. At this scale a few open doors, such as on the pilot house would be great. Some of the embossed/ribbed wt doors could be done by vacuforming thin stock.

Cheers. Tom

hello all,

Have been working on the aft upper works.





close up of a quick acting door.

I reinforced the sides and roof of the upper parts and placed the deck.





started work on the funnel uptakes.





I recently bought the PT conversion set and made the 20mm Oerlikon and placed it in front of the bridge ( 3 more to go)





enjoy,

Ludwig

hello all,

More work done in the funnel area.



build a frame for the funnel.



vacuum formed the rounded parts and glued them on the frame



close up of one of the uptakes.

placed funnel cap and detailled the funnel , photo's from different angles.







4 20mm oerlikon guns in front of the bridge.



enjoy,

Ludwig

That little ship is going to be quite a looker when all is said and done; I've no doubt you're planning on populating her decks with sailors and officers, right?

Is she going to be static or motorized? I'm guessing the former...

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On the ways:
1/200 Trumpeter HMS Nelson
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In the stash:
1/35 Italiari PT-109
1/35 Tamiya "Pibber" Patrol Boat
1/350 Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV-10

hello all,

@Goodwood , she is going to be a static model , crowded by sailors and officers ( pacific)

More work done on the funnel uptakes.





forward funnel platform placed.



aft funnel pipe supports placed.



still more work to be done , pipes , handrails, more pipes, horn, ....

enjoy,

Ludwig

Beautiful and very clean work. It´s a pleasure to see how the ship is growing. Congratulations

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hello all,

Haven't done that much , placed 2 pipes aft of the funnel.



handrail around top of funnel.



some more pipework on the starboard side.



enjoy,

Ludwig

hello all,



one more pipe on starboard side.



placing some brackets on the vertical ladder.



vertical ladder in place

made one of two vents.







vent seen from below.

enjoy,

Ludwig

That is some great attention to detail, Ludwig! Looking forward to more progress updates!

Happy Christmas!

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Sean Nash, ACG (aircraft camo gestapo)

On the ways:
1/200 Trumpeter HMS Nelson
1/700 Tamiya USS Yorktown CV-5

In the stash:
1/35 Italiari PT-109
1/35 Tamiya "Pibber" Patrol Boat
1/350 Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV-10

hello all,

made the galley vent





enjoy,

Ludwig

Absolutely stunning. I hope to one day tackle a project such as this with the level of detail and craftsmanship as you.

Matt

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beautiful work, as always

thanks guys for the kind replies.

Made one of the 20mm platforms



placed on board.



seen from below and with splinter shield.



with 20mm Oerlikon gun.



Finaly placed the last pipe on starboard side



Made 2 platforms high on the funnel one for the siren the other for the whistle



Placed temporarely some items on the ship, items to come.



overall starboard view.



enjoy,

Ludwig

She's really coming along splendidly!

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Sean Nash, ACG (aircraft camo gestapo)

On the ways:
1/200 Trumpeter HMS Nelson
1/700 Tamiya USS Yorktown CV-5

In the stash:
1/35 Italiari PT-109
1/35 Tamiya "Pibber" Patrol Boat
1/350 Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV-10

Nice work! My big boat dream is a 1/72 Gearing class in her FRAM1 config. I am following your built as an inspiration. Looking forward to see it completed.

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Lambros D.

WHOA!! :O that's a lot of styrene. Excellent work!!

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Jacques
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Still impressive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ludwig, I see you are in belgium, where do you buy your styrene ?

Mcmaster-carr is in the US and I'm in France

I love it!! What an imposing idea to do it in 1:35!

Marc Burcham

Ludwig,

When you started this project back in 2010 I was really impressed with the way you created the vacuformed hull, and I was curious how it would turn out. Now I would say it is turning out excellent!

Phil

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I like the old fashioned pencil sharpener on the work bench. Haven't seen one of those in some time! Indeed your unusual hull fabrication has worked well. In this scale cutting and assembling the ship is not so different than the way the shipyards worked.

Cheers. Tom