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OK here we go !

as I am waiting for some aerial spreaders to finish my Dunkerque (1/350), I will begin my Tribal class DD (1/350).

so I will also use black cat early set, various generic PE and leftovers, and some included PE.

I think to paint it 507a/b, but did not chose the exact ship for the moment (an early fit, however).

first thing, the bow :

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

some cuts to help bend it upwards

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

so stifferners for upper part in place, and deck bent upwards at the right amount.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

stiffenerd need some glue drying before final piece to replace



I will also have to slightly "square" the lower part of bow with some fine filing

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

now, some CA glue drying.

after that, some slots filling with scratch plastic, putty, and sanding.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

This is great - thanks for showing us the step-by-step for fixing that sheer!

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De quoi s'agit-il?

An example of ummmm... Sheer persistence?

as I have to give back to caesar what owns to caesar, I found this technique in a british modelling forum !

so, filled the slots with scrap plasticard :



filed/sanded :



and somewhat puttied :

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

Mhhh it needs some more putty :

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

Nice ! I am pretty happy with results :




So I am waiting for J. Roberts book now.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

So,

as putty recessed during weekend, I will wait a little more to achieve a better bow with putty a bit later.

as i just received my book, I will now check portholes as it seems to be some minor differences between kit and plans of 1938.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

I see that crews galley need to be wider, so I add some plastic on the sides, and will drill portholes later.
crews galley needs to be wider because two stairs on the left and right side go down from the roof to the main deck, and those stairs normally are arriving on the side of funnel.
If I dont widen it, stairs will arrive just in front of funnel...



Trumpeter did also bad for rear of forecastle, as gangway goes inside, and doesnt abruply stop against a bulkhead (piece c6)
So I am preparing an "inside" construction.



something more relevant of what I mean :



the rear of the forecastle structure also needs some widening... and some porthole corrections.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

rear structures during enlargement :




also note that Trumpeter missed the starboard incined ladder. so I added a hole through deck.

doors in place :




porholes in place, and note the widened rear of forecastle : it now includes a recess for inclined ladder to signal deck :

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

That's a lot of corrections. Too bad Trumpy couldn't be more accurate.

Keep up the good work!

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Darren (Admiral Hawk)
In the not so tropical climate of the Great White North.

Thank you !

yes there is a lot of small additions, corrections, and so on.
I will use various generic/leftover PE, IJN mushroom vents leftovers of previous models, because model doesn't include any of these? and so on...

forecastle base in place now. and crews galey roof nearly ready to receive some more hatches, sounding machine and oil bunker.
will also be in need of some old photoetch railing leftovers tailored at a matching size.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

crews galey roof ready, and inclined ladder in place

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

By the way, shall someone tell me the color of early war semtex applied to a Tribal DD ?
I find so many contradictory informations !

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

Very nice work, particularly that sheer correction.

as my book is specifically dedicated to Cossack, I will opt for this one because it seems some minor items like deck lockers were specific to each member of class.

so it will be 1940 in dark HFG 507a/b, with white pennant number to add some eyecatching.

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut

It seems that the safest choice for semtex color would be a "dry asphalt" color for this period.
I will then opt for a medium grey.

I also replaced the breakwater (I used paper coated with thin CA glue), as Trumpeter gave a somewhat vertical one with supports on the rear side, and real one had a forward leaning appearance, and support gussets (not placed for now) on the front side.



also note in the background, my "crude oil" tank for my own bodily boiler : a glass of carribean brown rum .

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Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! - David Glasgow Farragut