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I couldn’t get more than five in a row ... rgive me.🥲

Yes, choices choices



I resorted by inserting painted sticks in the lockers (0.3mm rod) with a 'mean colour' guessed for a multi coloured flag, but your version gets to point across quite nicely.

Thanks for your feedback, EJFoeth.
Knowing what an outstanding Hood you're building, I'm especially pleased to hear it.

The idea with the rods is also great. They fit perfectly into the lockers and look like they've been rolled.

You are building a fine model there...

sharp edgy and well thought out.

keep going at this standard-- " we " are most impresses

Jim Baumann

Thank you very much, Jim.

I'm very pleased that the master of detail likes my model. I will try to maintain my standards, and I'll do so with this material....



Curtain up:



The crew folds up the excess tarpaulins for storage. An officer supervises the work from above.



Finally, my compass, into which I had put so much work, could also be placed on the model.



There’s not much to see of his brother in the wheelhouse.



And the first 12-pound naval guns were also allowed to take their places.



The front bridge is now complete, except for the searchlights.

The 12-pounders must have shaken that lightweight bridge quite bit, when fired ... to me the placement of this gun seems somewhat strange.

She is really taken shape slowly!

Beautiful work!

Thank you both.
Yes, it must have shaken like an earthquake on that little bridge, Eberhard.

Hello everyone.

Just a few pictures of the aft bridge today. It's now been fitted with crew and interior details. The searchlights are still missing, as I'm waiting for the 3D print from New Zealand. Also, a signal flag needs to be hoisted, but for that I need the complete mast.



It still annoys me a little that I didn’t show how to attach the tarpaulin here. But crying won’t help, so this is what I’ve done.



The crew is being trained on the 12 pound cannons.



Under the strict supervision of the officers.



That means I’ve now finished everything amidships. As always, following my crafting maxim, I’m working from the inside out.



And so I can now turn my attention to the bow and the stern.

wefalck wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2026 7:57 am The 12-pounders must have shaken that lightweight bridge quite bit, when fired ... to me the placement of this gun seems somewhat strange.

Unfortunately, your instincts were right, Eberhard.

And so I have a major setback to report.
I was so engrossed in depicting a great scene on the bridge that I made a huge mistake. I installed the wrong guns.

The Hotchkiss Conspiracy.

Apparently, villains stole the 3-pounder Hotchkiss, and the shipyard workers mounted the wrong guns.
This cost me a sleepless night. But I was able to remove the 12-pounders that didn’t belong there from the bridge without causing too much damage.



The veneer on the starboard side was more severely damaged and a figure has come loose.



Things went better at the stern. However, removing the cannons there was much more difficult because of the figures.



But it worked. Only one figure came loose, leaving a bit of shoe sole on the deck.



And here you see the culprits and their successors.

Thankfully, the 12-pounders are only minimally damaged. Nothing that can’t be fixed. And to cover the damaged veneer, I found suitable flanges from an old photo-etched brass sheet, which will then go under the Hotchkiss guns.



I’ll keep you updated.

Aaaargh!!! Not fun... I'm sure we've all been there once or twice (or much more!).

Luckily, it's nothing that can't be solved with a bit of glue and paint. But still not fun of course!

Yep, (Hotchkiss) 3-Pd. QF guns were commonly mounted on such elevated positions to fight incoming torpedoboats. Although, at that time they may have been already inadequate against the larger torpedoboats and longer-range torpedos.

Yes Marijn, that's really annoying.

Repairing the damaged areas with the Hotchkiss shouldn't be a problem. I'm making them right now.
As I mentioned, they'll have a slightly larger base, so the damaged veneer should be well covered without needing much paint.

And another great piece of information, Eberhard.

Ahoy, landlubbers!

I've managed to fix my mistake. The incorrect guns have been replaced, and ultimately, no damage was done to the model.
The smaller Hotchkiss guns have taken the place of their larger counterparts, and you can no longer see any trace of the damaged veneer.

But see for yourselves.



The whole thing looks much more harmonious now. The 12-pounders were obviously far too big for the delicate deck.



The team was also able to resume their training.



The whole thing was incredibly stressful.

Joelle wrote: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:43 am The whole thing was incredibly stressful.

But... no pain, no gain!

I hope the results do give you satisfaction though?
Certainly, it looks much better proportionally now.

Thank you Marijn, and that's so true.

I'm very happy with the result and glad I took the risk. Those big 12-pounders looked so oversized on that delicate deck... which I only noticed after the mistake was pointed out to me.

So, all's well that ends well.

Excellent restyling Joelle! Neat and invisible rework. Amazing result. This should adequately compensate for the years of life lost in the repairing process

Thank you so much, SG.

SG1 wrote: Wed Feb 04, 2026 4:41 am This should adequately compensate for the years of life lost in the repairing process

I can definitely sleep well again now. So it seems to have worked.

This may or may not assist... with foredeck details

its the Mikasa after her turret explosion....
double click the image it quite big!

Good morning.

Thanks for the info, Jim. I also had that image in my database, but not in that size, so great. I could have used more of these highly detailed photos for this project. But you work with what you have.


Thanks for your feedback, Willi, I'm glad to hear that. I was just happy the sleepless night was on the weekend and not the night before work. I always have to get up very early, so I could have just stayed up all night.