Airfix 1/400 HNoMS St Albans

[Bari]

I have never made a ship model before but as i want to do the Trumpeter HMS Hood 1/700 I thought I had better have a practice run. I picked St Albans as it was a bigger scale (therefore easier to see the bits} but I can barely see some of the smaller parts. Thanks goodness for the magnifying glass. The instructions are a bit on the vague side when it comes to the placement of the smaller parts being a sort of photo reproduction. I think this may take some time to do so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Anyway here are some photos of the box and contents.

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[Bari]

Here with a few more photo's, have been really struggling with this one as the bits are so small and I have had several ping off the tweezers and into oblivion. The real problem is that I can't really see what I'm doing even with a magnifier. I think the 1/700 HMS Hood will have to wait until after the cataract operation. If they decide to do it that is.

I noticed that number 2 funnel was at a different angle than the others however it has set so hard that I can't shift it, unlike some other bits which seem to fall off in the slightest breeze.

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[Bari]

Here with a few more picture as the uploader for some reason will only let me use the basic uploader and seems to time out if I try more than five piccies. I also notice that the boot topping appears to be curved but if I run a fixed height guage along the side it is level. An optical illusion perhaps.

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[papa 695]

Hi Barry its starting to take shape now not looking too bad for such a small scale keep up the good work

 

[Bari]

I have had to put this on hold for the moment as I can't really see what I'm doing. I have to see the cataract specialist in a couple of weeks, he will hopefully get my eyes sorted out so I can continue losing the small bits in the carpet but then be able to see enough to find them.

 

[Bari]

Hi, Back again with one new mk2 eyeball. Having looked at what I have done so far in a new light as it were, it doesn't look too good. So have put it on hold until I figure out how to fix it. This cataract surgery is pretty good it only took 30 mins and most of that was doing the anaesthetic. I can now read a newspaper again without glasses and isn't the world bright.

 

[mobear]

glad to hear surgery was a success and hope too see your build soon

mobear