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H Alan, How is she progressing? Agree with you about the sense of history, its often m motivation behind which kits i chose Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Good morning to all.
Thought I'd pop in and update-well no progress
made at all since last post due to work
commitments but I am hoping to get back
to it this week at some point.
I'll post some more pictures once the decks
are painted.
Regards to all
Alan
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Hello all Well disaster at the 11th hour, removing the masking tape the residue was stuck fast to the hull, so spent over an hour removing this and rubbing down the whole of the the underside of the hull. Fortunately after a respray it's all looking good! After my attempts at trying to simulate the joins in the deck planks, and there were many, I have opted for the aftermarket decks from Artwox. I am awaiting delivery of these from the US as I couldn't find any in the U.K. Once I've completed painting the upper part of the hull I will post some more photos. One re-sprayed hull. There are a few minor blemishes but looking around at other ships these will be acceptable. I've placed the upper decks in position just to see what it's going to look like Thanks for looking in. Regards. Alan ALW attached the following image(s):
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Pride of place! Just resprayed the boot line so all ready to start on those 1500+ pieces! ALW attached the following image(s):
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Hi Alan,  That looks "BRILL"  Keep up the great work and the end result will be first class. Happy Building Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Its a shame you had to go through all that extra work because of the residue left behind, the finished result looks good though. With regards to the slight blemishes, I'm pretty sure that even real life ships have blemishes in their paintwork
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Alan it looks great  remember it`s a war ship so don`t worry about blemishes and the Artworx decks are superb worth there money every time regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Hull looks great. looking forward to more jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Looks fantastic.Will be a jawdropper once finished
Carl
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Nice job Alan, the hull is looking great.
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Hello all
Thanks to you all for your comments they are
all very much appreciated.
Waiting now for the aftermarket decks to arrive
then I can make some real progress.
Regards to all
Alan
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That hull finish looks great Alan will look great once the new decks are on. Al
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Now that looks great, doing a lovely job.... Regards Alan
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Looks great Alan
Looking forward to seeing more of your build.
Keep up the great work
Regards
Foz
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Hi all Propellers in place. Decks should be with me tomorrow so it's all go here! ALW attached the following image(s):
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First wooden deck installed. Quite easy to fit and very smart looking I think. Onwards and upwards! Alan ALW attached the following image(s):
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Very nice work Alan, love the paintwork. Man he took his time in the sun Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day will cease to be Greet the last light of the library...We were here!
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Great paintwork - the deck is definitely an upgrade!Greetings,
Walter
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Revell B-24D Liberator 1:48
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Italeri "Fiat Mefistofele", Italeri "Moto Guzzi California", Fokker "Red Baron", Revell Bismarck, Revell Tirpitz, Arab Dow, Stage Coach, .....
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Thanks everyone.
The decks have had a huge impact
on the visual quality of this model.
I find the engineering of the wooden
decks incredible.
I cannot wait to see the Hood
complete but I won't be rushing!
More photos soon.
Regards to all
Alan
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