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[Mark1]

A good improvement.

 

[Ian M]

Well those boats come along quite nice.
An interesting ship as well.
Can you please post the Full Image option and not the thumbnail. Much easier for all to see. Saves me having to Edit them too

 

[BigGrandad]

Well those boats come along quite nice.
An interesting ship as well.
Can you please post the Full Image option and not the thumbnail. Much easier for all to see. Saves me having to Edit them too

Will do Ian.

 

[BigGrandad]

opinions please, that’s a bit of ships ladder with alternate rungs removed, think it looks a bit clunky.
full image Ian

 

[Mark1]

Yeah does a bit, guess you got none of the ship handrail left over.

 

[BigGrandad]

Yes, have quite a bit but the gaps are way too large.
i think I will try it anyway on the other launch and pot it for comparison.

 

[BigGrandad]

Found some 1/700 railings, less bulky but extra rail

 

[BigGrandad]

Think this might be the answer

 

[stillp]

Think this might be the answer

Yes, that's better.
Pete

 

[Mark1]

Sorted

 

[BigGrandad]

I think that’s about it as far as detailing goes, quite happy with their appearance.

 

[Mark1]

Definitely worth the extra time spent.

 

[BigGrandad]

This is as far as I am going with the ships launches. May add rudders.

next job is to improve these ‘blobs’. Going to use the Borodino build pics as reference again.

 

[Ian M]

The detailing on those launches! Top work Sire!

 

[BigGrandad]

Thank you Ian.
paintwork almost finished on launches now, just a bit of shading/weathering then ready to add to model. Bit of a conundrum, can’t decide whether
to add the funnel braces now or after the boats and launches are fitted to the boat deck, gonna be a pain either way.
also done some more work on the seascape.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Sorry Graham, missed a lot of this. Lovely build!

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Sorry Graham, missed a lot of this. Lovely build!

Me too. That is a properly dirty filthy battleship. The day before he's sunk by the Japanese!

 

[JR]

Love the whole build, the launches look great with paint on .

 

[BigGrandad]

Running out of enthusiasm (and patience) with this build so decided on no more extra detailing, just finish the rigging and seascape and some touch up work. Then back onto my long term project (HMS Dreadnought 1907).
Will post some piccys of this when it comes out of storage.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Personally I think that’s a great build Graham. Very much out of the normal run of battleships that we see built. You have generated a superb model so please stick with it until it is completed.